RSAI Calendar
39th RSAI:BIS, 2-4 September 2009, Limerick, Ireland
09/02/2009 08:00 - 09/04/2009 16:00

The Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section invites the submission of abstracts to be considered for their 39th Annual Conference. It will be held in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, 2-4 September, 2009. Themes for the conference are listed below. However, quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome.


· All Ireland economy - implications for regional futures
· Geographies of subjective happiness and well-being
· Health, environment and regional development
· Geographies of transition and EU accession
· The future for European regional policy
· Spatial analysis and geodemographics
· Testing the new economic geography
· Innovation and competitiveness
· Spatial productivity disparities
· Transport and infrastructure
· Growth and agglomeration
· Regional labour markets
· Land use constraints


There will be Special Session for early career / doctoral students with prizes for the best conference paper and the best conference presentation by early career researchers.

Early career researchers are those engaged in or having recently completed PhD study in regional science. Those applying for the best presentation must be at a stage prior to a PhD viva date. Applicants for the best conference paper must be within 3 years of their PhD viva. If you are eligible and wish to be considered for these prizes please bring this to the attention of the Secretary when you submit your abstract.

Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted by e-mail to the Secretary at the address below as soon as possible and by January 31st 2009 at the very latest. Authors will be notified of the committee’s decision in March 2009.

For any further information regarding the conference please contact the Secretary: Dr Don J Webber, Secretary RSAI:BIS, Department of Economics, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK. E-mail: Don.Webber@uwe.ac.uk
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