Jordi Suriñach, new president of the AECR The Spanish Regional Science Association-Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional has renewed the Board of the Asociación for the next

4 years. The new period will begin next 1st of july 2012 since june 2016. The new Board is:

President: Jordi Suriñach Caralt. University of Barcelona

Secretary: Miguel Angel Marquez Paniagua. University of Extremadura

Treasurer: Ruben Garrido Yserte. University of ALcalá de Henares.

Jordi Suriñach is Professor of Applied Economics, Director of the Research Institute of Applied Economics (IREA), and member of the AQR-IREA research group. He was the Chairman of the 51th Barcelona ERSA Conference in 2011.