NECTAR Newsletter summer 2020
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Postponed Workshops and Special Sessions The Western regional science (WRSA) March 18-21, 2020 Hawaii USA was cancelled, including the CL5 special session Regional Science and Tourism. WSRA will be combined with NARSC, November 11-14, 2020, in San Diego. NECTAR Clusters 5 (Leisure, Recreation and Tourism) and 6 (Accessibility) are organising a NECTAR special session at NARSC on Regional Science and Tourism in the Era of Global Uncertainty. A call for paper has been distributed already. A Cluster 5 Special Session “ICT, Transport and Tourism” was to be organised at the June Regional Science Association World Congress in Marrakech. RSAI was postponed and is considering multiple future options, including holding the World Congress in Morocco in May 2021. A Cluster 6 Special session “Accessibility and Quality of Life” at the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) Conference hosted by Portland State University, USA, has been postponed from July 2020 to August 2021. NECTAR Cluster 3 (Logistics and Freight) workshop on “Intermodality and synchromodality in the European Modular System”, organized by University of Zaragoza and planned for June 4-5 2020, will be postponed to June 3-4 2021. NECTAR Cluster 5 workshop “Policies and Strategies in Sustainable Tourism”, hosted by BBW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, planned for 18th & 19th of June, will be postponed to end June – early July 2021. The final date will be announced soon. The NECTAR Cluster 6 (Accessibility) and Cluster 4 (Travel, Migration, Housing and Labour Markets), together with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) are organizing a joint workshop “Challenges for Transport and Accessibility Policy: New Data Sources and Mobility Options”. The meeting was planned for 1- 2 October 2020 in Seville, Spain, and is rescheduled to early October 2021. Cancelled NECTAR workshop The NECTAR cluster workshop “Social and Health Implications of Active Travel Policies” originally planned for 26-27 March at the University of Venice was rescheduled to October 15-16, 2020, but given the uncertainty of the pandemic the decision has been made to cancel the workshop. The ambition is to organise a new NECTAR event in Venice in 2022. 2021 NECTAR International Conference Given the uncertainty of the global COVID pandemic, we decided to postpone the biennial NECTAR conference hosted by the University of Toronto to November 7-9, 2021. This is in the same week as the NARSC 2021 conference in Denver (Colorado), organized Nov 10-13, 2021. This allows NECTAR members to combine both conferences in one trip. Workshop Report Cluster 8 co-chairs Tuuli Toivonen and Luc Wismans organised a NECTAR special session at Mobile Tartu Conference in Estonia on Mobile phones, travel and transportation. The conference was organised online June 30, 2020. More than 240 participants from 48 countries registered. The special session comprises 5 online presentations. Mobile Tartu 2020 Virtual Conference playback is available at www.worksup.com (enter an event id: MOBILETARTU2020). Schedule NECTAR Events November 11-14, 2020, special session(s) on “Tourism and Regional Science in the Era of Global Uncertainty, 2020 North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) in San Diego, CA June 3-4 2021, NECTAR Cluster 3 (Logistics and Freight) workshop on “Intermodality and synchromodality in the European Modular System”, organized by University of Zaragoza Aug. 9-13, 2021. Cluster 6 Special session “Accessibility and Quality of Life” at the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) Conference hosted by Portland State University, USA, Nov 7-9, 2021, biennial NECTAR conference, the University of Toronto, Canada |
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Winner 2020 - Martin Beckmann Annual Award for the best paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2019
The Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award for the Best Paper in Papers in Regional Science
Winner 2020
RSAI has the great pleasure to announce that the jury consisting of Janet Kohlhase, Dan Rickman and Jouke van Dijk chose the article:
Roberto Ezcurra and Vicente Rios, Quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union. Evidence from the Great Recession, published in Volume 98, Issue 3, June 2019, Pages 1267-1290.
Motivation: Through an elegant scientific approach, the paper examines the relationship between quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union during the Great Recession. The results show that the quality of government is an important factor when shaping the regional reaction to the crisis. The analysis clearly deonstates that higher quality of government is associated with greater regional resilience over the Great Recession. The paper gives emphasis to the role played in this context by spatial spillovers induced by the quality of government in neighbouring regions, which turn out to have an important role.
as the winner of the Martin Beckmann Prize as the best paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2019.
Winner 2021 RSPP Annual Paper Award For the Best Paper in Regional Science Policy and Practice published in 2019
RSPP Paper 2021 Award (related to papers published in 2019)
RSPP Annual Paper Award
For the Best Paper in Regional Science Policy and Practice
Winners 2021
André Torre, Etienne Polge and Frederic Wallet (2019) - Proximities and the role of relational networks in innovation: The case of the dairy industry in two villages of the “green municipality” of Paragominas. Regional Science Policy & Practice 11(2), 279-294
"Interesting paper for showing structural differences between large- and small-scale productions, with an informative characterization and a clear presentation of integrated methods that allow the analysis of a local and global issue (deforestation) also looking into rural innovation. Somewhat descriptive and eclectic, but uses interview data and interesting methodology to examine spatial linkages and proximity effects using empirically testable models out of qualitative fieldwork. The principles clearly articulated in the paper can be applied in numerous different contexts across many countries and regions and will be of real interest to wide range of regional scientists tackling policy-relevant challenges in contexts where there is a paucity of secondary data. It is an enlightening Policy & Practice entry-level paper for a bright student to get his/her feet wet with this general topic."
The winner paper is free on-line until the end of August - https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rsp3.12151
The ERSA Web Conference | Spatial Challenges for the New World, 25-27 August, 2020
Dear Members, Dear Colleagues,
- Keynote Speeches
- Roundtable on Covid-19 with proven scholars and experts
- Parallel Sessions : Special Session topics, General topics
- Young Scientists' Sessions
- Online Networking breaks
- more opportunities
An extraordinary Speakers' Line up including Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Simin Davoudi, Mafini Dosso, Raquel Ortega-Argilès, Daniel M. Sturm and Hans Westlund more
- Detailed programme available by July 15th
- Registration for attendees to start on July 20th
OFERTA DE CURSOS ONLINE DA PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ECONOMIA - FEA-USP PARA PÚBLICO EXTERNO
In memory of Professor Dr. Karin Peschel (1935-2020)
3rd (online) International Conference on RETHINKING CLUSTERS: PLACE-BASED INITIATIVES FOR INCLUSIVE, INNOVATIVE AND REFLECTIVE SOCIETIES, 24-25 November, 2020
RETHINKING CLUSTERS
3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLUSTER RESEARCH (online)
VALENCIA, SPAIN, NOVEMBER, 24th-25th, 2020
We are happy to announce the online RETHINKING CLUSTERS 2020 Conference for November, 24th-25th, 2020.
Due to Covid restrictions, the Conference migrates to an online version, to keep conversation among scholars alive!!
- The deadline for paper submission has been extended up to September, 1st, 2020.
- Remember to provide at least three key words when submitting, indicating the Track you prefer.
Please, see the new Call for Papers and visit:
https://www.rethinkingclusters.org/
Those of you that already submitted, not necessarily submitting again.
Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver and Rafael Boix, on behalf of the 3rd (online) Rethinking Clusters Workshop Organizing Committee.
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings is awarded the 2020 RSAI Founder’s medal
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings, Emeritus Director of REAL, has been awarded the 2020 Founder’s medal!
The proposal, made by the committee Mark Partridge (President); Lily Kiminami (PRSCO); Andrés Rodrigues-Pose and Philip McCann (ERSA); and Dan McMillen (NARSC), was approved as suggested by the award rules by the previous winners of the same award. The RSAI Council thanks all members of both groups for their professional service and dedication.
This award comes as no surprise, given Geoffrey’s outstanding career in Regional Science.
Prof. Hewings was the founding Director of REAL and served in this position until August 2016. He obtained a B.A. from the University of Birmingham (UK) and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (Seattle). Prior to coming to Illinois in 1974, he was on the faculty of the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and the University of Toronto (Canada).
He is also a recipient of the Fulbright and the Woodrow Wilson awards and, in 2003, he has also been nominated Fellow of the Regional Science Association International. He is also Fellow of the International Input-Output Association (since 2010) and the Western Regional Science Association (also since 2010). Geoffrey has also served as President of the North American Regional Science Council, the Regional Science Association International, the Western Regional Science Association and the International Input-Output Association.
The RSAI congratulates Geoffrey on this outstanding achievement!
Papers in Regional Science - 2019 Impact Factor
Papers in Regional Science’s 2-year and 5-year Impact Factors each increased in 2019. Additionally, the journal’s rankings in Geography and Economics improved, and its rank in Regional & Urban Planning remained the same.
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2018 |
2019 |
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2 -year impact factor |
2.020 |
2.220 |
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5-year impact factor |
1.992 |
2.165 |
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Rank in Regional & Urban Planning |
23/39 |
23/39 |
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Rank in Geography |
40/83 |
37/84 |
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Rank in Environmental Studies |
66/116 |
68/123 |
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Rank in Economics |
100/363 |
96/371 |
NARSC Summer Speakers Series
The North American Regional Science Council is pleased to announce its 2020 Summer Speakers Series. Registration is free, but you must register for each presentation separately. The line-up of speakers and their presentation titles can be found below. For more detailed information, including presentation abstracts and presenter bios, please go to http://www.narsc.org/newsite/narsc-summer-speakers-series/.
SPEAKER 1
Title: Regional Science: Origins and Development – A Personal Perspective
Presenter: Luc Anselin, University of Chicago.
Time: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)
Registration Link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gtEBGbCGRPK518_Qs3gNxQ
SPEAKER 2
Title: Anticipating a World of Automated Vehicles: Cost, Energy, & Urban System Implications
Presenter: Kara Kockelman, University of Texas at Austin.
Time: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)
Registration Link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mseS0EtnQZaIRZNaOvetMA
SPEAKER 3
Title: COVID-19 and Implosion of Regional Economies
Presenter: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University.
Time: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)
Registration Link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6UG3FrJ3Rgmx8bVO57f6_A
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