2025 The Jean Paelinck RSAI Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods
DEADLINE to RECEIVE NOMINATIONS: May 31st 2025
Winners
2023 |
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The Jean Paelinck committee, made up of Geoffrey Hewings (Chair), Isabelle Thomas, Janet Kohlase, Juan Cuadrado-Roura, and Kieran Donaghy, provided the following motivation: Paul Elhorst is Professor of Spatial Econometrics at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, Fellow of the Spatial Econometrics Association and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Spatial Economic Analysis. During his 40 years academic career he has maintained an active research and publication schedule, a career that demonstrates his commitment to research and scholarship in regional science methods. In the 1990s his research activities focused on regional labor market analysis and then shifted increasingly to spatial econometric methods (theory and applications), with applications in a diversity of research areas such as economic growth, research productivity, regional tax competition, military spending, foreign direct investment and transport economics. |
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2021 |
2015 |
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The selection committee, made up of Prof. Budy Resosudarmo (ASU; Chair). Prof. Michael Batty (UCL), Prof. Janet Kohlase (University of Texas at Houston), Prof. Isabelle Thomas (Universitè Catholique de Louvain), and Prof. Jouke Van Dijk (University of Groningen), provided the following motivation for the prize: “After examining the works as well as considering recommendations by nine distinguished RSAI fellows, the committee is delighted to award the 2021 Jean Paelinck RSAI Award to Professor Daniel (Dan) A. Griffith. The committee is convinced that since early 1970s till these days Professor Griffith consistently contributed and shaped the field of regional science and, in general, advanced spatial statistics by publishing more than 180 journal articles, approximately 70 of them are as single author, in key regional science/spatial statistics journals and 11 important books. His contributions have been recognized with awards from many academic societies and professional organizations, including being an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association”. |
Professor Manfred M. Fischer, from Vienna University of Economics and Business, received the RSAI Jean Paelinck Award 2015. The Jean Paelinck Award recognizes and honors the truly outstanding scholarly achievement of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of Regional Science Methods and it is awarded with the nomination of five RSAI Fellows, with the selection of the Jury and with the approval by the RSAI Council. Manfred M. Fischer fulfills all the required criteria in an excellent way:
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2019 |
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The Jean Paelinck Award recognizes and honors the truly outstanding scholarly achievement of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of Regional Science Methods and it is awarded with the nomination of five RSAI Fellows, with the selection of the Jury and with the approval by the RSAI Council. |
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2017 |
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Professor Arthur Getis, a Professor Emeritus of Geography at San Diego State University, received the RSAI Jean Paelinck Award 2017. The Jean Paelinck Award recognizes and honors the truly outstanding scholarly achievement of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of Regional Science Methods and it is awarded with the nomination of five RSAI Fellows, with the selection of the Jury and with the approval by the RSAI Council. |
Award honoring Jean Paelinck, one of the four founding Fellows of RSAI
2025 The Jean Paelinck RSAI Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods
DEADLINE to RECEIVE NOMINATIONS: May 31st 2025
1. Goal
1.1 The “Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods” recognizes and honors the truly outstanding scholarly achievement of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of Regional Science Methods. Such an achievement should be recognized from an early stage in a recipient’s academic career and be sustained throughout the duration of their career.
1.2 The Award celebrates that career and recognizes the attainment of outstanding scholarly excellence in contributing to innovation in the development of Regional Science Methods.
2. The Award
2.1 The Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Regional Science Methods is established to recognize and honor the distinguished scholarly career of Jean Paelinck, one of the four foundation Fellows of RSAI.
2.2 The Award will be given periodically (every odd year) by the RSAI Council, and is recognized as one of the highest honors bestowed by RSAI.
3. Eligibility
3.1 The Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods may only be awarded to a regional scientist who has already been recognized for his/her scholarly excellence.
3.2 Normally the recipient of this Award would be nearing retirement or be formally retired, but still be active as a contributor to scholarship in Regional Science.
4. Nomination and Process for Making the Award
4.1 Nominations or consideration for the Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods will be solicited every two (2) years.
4.3 A nomination for consideration for the Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods comes from RSAI Fellows. The criteria to be addressed in nominating a candidate should include -among others-, the following: demonstration of early career scholarly contribution, sustained continuing scholarly contribution, international impact, inter-generational impacts (students and colleagues), impact on other related areas to regional science.
4.4 A nomination must be accompanied by testimonials from a minimum of five (5) eminent scholars from at least three (3) nations who are able to verify the importance and scholarly standing and importance of the nominee’s publications. Nominations may remain active for five (5) years.
4.6 The nomination and supporting documents are to be sent to the Executive Director of RSAI who will then forward them to the members of a Selection Jury. Deadline to receive the nomination and supporting documents will be May 31st of the year of the Award.
4.7 The Selection Jury comprises a Chair (selected by the RSAI Council, and who is a member of the RSAI Long Range Planning Committee), plus four (4) RSAI Fellows. A Chair’s tenure is limited to two (2) selection processes. Two (2) RSAI Fellow members of the Selection Jury rotate off every two (2) years.
4.8 When the Selection Jury recommends someone for the Award, the Executive Director will inform the RSAI Council in writing of the nominee. Unless within fourteen (14) days more than one-third of the members of the RSAI Council advise the Executive Director in writing of their dissent regarding the nomination, then the RSAI President or Executive Director will write to the nominee and invite him/her to accept the Award.
4.9 The presentation of the Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods will take place at one of the RSAI supra-regional meetings (NARSC/RSAmericas, ERSA, PRSCO), or at the RSAI World Congress.
5. The Award
5.1 The Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Lifelong Scholarship in Regional Science Methods will consist of a framed certificate containing the words “The Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods.”
5.2 The certificate will include the RSAI logo and the name of the Award, and a citation outlining the recipient’s scholarly achievement and the reasons why the Award is being made.