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ERSA Monthly news & updates
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In this issue you will find:
- ERSA2026 News
- Journals news
- Upcoming events
- Sections news
- Other events
- Publication
We wish you a good reading
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Call for Special Session Submissions is now open for #ERSA2026 Congress
Bring added value to the ERSA Congress with your Special Session proposal and be part of this new edition in Sofia, Bulgaria.
? Deadline to submit proposals: 19 December 2025
?️ Congress dates: 25–28 August 2026
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Global Challenges and Regional Science (GCRS)
Check out the latest paper:
Volume 4 - December 2025
Housing deprivation in rapidly urbanizing regions: evidence from functional urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Authors:Danny Granda, Luis Mateo-Peinado, Moisés Obaco, Jorge Urrutia-Mosquera
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Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP)
Call for Papers | RSPP Special Issue: Impacts of War in Ukraine: Perspectives and Challenges
Guest Editors: Kateryna Zabarina - University of Warsaw.
Submissions deadline: 31 December 2025
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Check out the latest paper:
Volume 17, Issue 12
Integrating cycling tourism, e-mobility and local development: A spatial model to plan slow tourist paths for E-bike
Author: Luca Pirolo, Rossella Moscarell
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Papers in Regional Science (PiRS)
Latest Article:
Volume 104, Issue 6
The role of spatial structures in shaping regional economic resilience: Evidence from OECD regions based on urban core configurations
Authors: Seulki Kim, Euijune Kim
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New Article in REGION Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025)
Latest Article: Know your competitor! Analyzing and predicting the location of competing stores : The case study of Valora at Swiss railway stations
Authors:Thomas Wieland
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News from Scienze Regionali
New Issue (3/2025) – The latest special issue of Scienze Regionali, guest-edited by Maurizio Mussoni and Laura Vici, explores “Exogenous Shocks and Resilience in Tourism: A Regional Science Perspective.” Explore the issue
Special Issue Highlight (1/2025) – The special issue “The Future of European Competitiveness: The Regional Dimension”, guest-edited by Roberta Capello, gathers leading scholars to reflect on the regional dimension of the Draghi Report—published exactly one year ago—discussing productivity, resilience, and regional disparities in Europe. Explore the issue
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New Article in Review of Regional Research (RRR) Vol. 45 Issue 3August 2025
Special Issue: Geographies of Innovation and Well-Being
with an editorial by Fulvio Castellacci, Emil Evenhuis and Koen Frenken
The issue includes contributions by scholars who have taken up the agenda to move the geography of innovation forward in line with a well-being approach. The collected contributions look at regional impacts of innovation on e.g. income inequality, social progress, and vulnerability, and at how social innovation fosters participatory, place-based interventions.
All articles here
Latest Article:
Modelling segregation based on surveyed neighbourhood preferences
Authors: Daniel Schubert
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Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research has published the 63rd Issue, the third volume corresponding to 2025.
Special Issue 2025 Well-being and quality of life in Latin American and Caribbean cities: progress and challenges:
Latest Article:
Regional disparities in amenities and the life satisfaction of internal migrants
Authors: Grace Carolina Guevara-Rosero, Alexander Sarango-Iturralde, Andrés García-Suaza
Access to all publications here
We invite authors to submit papers here
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Journal of Regional & Urban Economics (JRUE/RERU)
Check out the journal's latest Varia issue
Alongside a tribute to Jean Paelinck, honoring his influential contributions to regional science, this issue features analyses of insular territorial metabolism, spatial dimensions of poverty, the development of circular agri-food chains, real estate market dynamics and the evolving landscape of housing policy.
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Bulgarian Section
2025 Conference
Regional science – concepts, theories and practices in SouthEast Europe
14-15 November 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria
Registration is OPEN!
Download here for the full announcement.
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Polish Section
The 41th International Scientific Conference "Contemporary Determinants
and Directions of Development of Industry and Services" Cracow, Poland, 1-2 December 2025
The registration is open until 30 September.
More information here
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9th Central European Conference in Regional Science (CERS)
Sustainability-driven territorial development. Challenges for CEECs
27-29 November 2025, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The abstract submission is CLOSED.
The programme will be posted soon at https://www.cers.rrsa.ro/
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Hungarian Section
8th Geography of Innovation Conference
Corvinus University, Budapest, 28 – 30 January 2026
Extended abstract or paper submission deadline: 14 July 2025
More details available here
XIV Scientific Conference on Landscape History – History Creating Landscape
Pécs, 5-6 February 2026
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British and Irish Section
The British and Irish Section is delighted to confirm that their 2026 annual conference will take place at Queens University, Belfast on May 13 and 14. Chair of the Local Organising Committee, Dr Kevin Mulligan, says that "the Belfast conference will be a great occasion, and it is wonderful to see the conference returning to Northern Ireland for the first time since 2007".
Belfast is served by two airports, Belfast International Airport and the George Best Belfast City Airport, with good connectivity to the rest of Europe. Dublin Airport has flights to the US, Asia, and Africa and has a direct bus connection to Belfast. Dublin to Belfast is two hours by bus or train. There are also ferry connections to Belfast from Liverpool and Cairnryan in Scotland.
So please mark the date in your diary and keep an eye on the Section website for more details. Call for abstracts opens soon.
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Turkish Section
25th Congress of the Turkish Regional Science Association
In collaboration with the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA)
1st International Joint Congress
The Turkish Section is pleased to invite you to the 25th Congress of the Turkish Regional Science Association, held jointly with the 21st International Congress of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), marking the first international joint congress.
This international event will bring together scholars in regional science, spatial planning, and development economics from across the Middle East and beyond.
29–30 November 2025
Marmara University, Göztepe Campus – Istanbul, Türkiye
More information: www.turkishregionalscience.org
https://meea2025-conference.marmara.edu.tr
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German Speaking Section
Call for Abstracts
Winter Seminar of the German Speaking Section of ERSA, 15-21 February 2026, Innsbruck / Austria
All contributions with a focus on regional/spatial phenomena and an economic, environmental, geographical or social science background are welcome!
Submit your extended abstract at www.gfr.ersa.org by 23 November 2025, indicating any time constraints, and take advantage of a winter seminar with ample time for engaging discussions and socializing opportunities.
Participation in the seminar is free of charge. Travel and accommodation costs, however, must be covered by the participants themselves.
New: Early-career researchers can apply for a grant subsidizing accommodation costs
when submitting their abstract.
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
More information at:
Submission site
Call for abstract
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Italian Section
Call for papers – XLVII Annual Scientific Conference
Florence, June 24-26 2026
REGIONS BETWEEN INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
The Italian Association of Regional Science (A.I.S.Re), the Italian section of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), announces its 47th Annual Scientific Conference.
The conference, which welcomes contributions from national and international scholars across a variety of disciplines related to regional science, will be held at the Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Economia e l’Impresa, Università di Firenze, Polo delle Scienze Sociali di Novoli, Florence.
More information: here
“GIORGIO LEONARDI” 2026 - BEST PH.D. DISSERTATION AWARD - XLI EDITION
To promote the diffusion of Regional Science among young scholars, AISRe (the Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International) has established an annual award for two Ph.D. dissertations in memory of Giorgio Leonardi. Applications must be send within the deadline of March 3rd, 2025.
“AISRe” YOUNG AUTHOR BEST PAPER AWARD 2026 - XVIII EDITION
To promote the diffusion of Regional Science in the Italian university system, AISRe has established an award for the most original and innovative paper presented by a young scholar at its annual scientific Conference. Candidates must send the abstract and paper through the Association’s website by March, 3rd, 2026.
Complete information at the following LINK
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? Great news!
We are glad to announce that Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research has risen to Q3 in the latest Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and Scopus has risen to Q2.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to our dedicated community—authors, reviewers, editorial team, and supporters—for helping drive this achievement.
? Let’s continue advancing regional studies together!
? For full details, visit the JCR information on the Clarivate Master Journal List.
#RegionalResearch #JCR2025 #Q3 #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #Scopus2025 #Q2
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Call for Applications – PhD Positions in Rural Entrepreneurship (Marie Curie DN)
We are pleased to share a call for two Doctoral Candidates in the field of Rural Entrepreneurship, based at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, within the framework of the EPHEMERAL project (Marie Curie Doctoral Network – Horizon Europe).
Research Topics:
1. Rural tourism and heritage identities
2. Food networks & place-based communication beyond the rural
Project website: www.sdu.dk/clf/EPHEMERAL
? Full call and application details available here:
https://www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/concursos-outras-posicoes
An excellent opportunity for early-stage researchers interested in rural sociology, rural tourism, and place-based development. We kindly encourage ERSA members to share this call with their networks.
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ANZRSAI (the Australian and New Zealand section of RSAI)
The ANZRSAI 48th Annual Conference will be held at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, on 1-2 December 2025, jointly with
the Regional Studies Association. The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 26 September 2025. Escape the northern winter for a conference in New Zealand!
For more details:
https://www.anzrsai.org/conference/
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New publication at Springer
Peter Batey, David Plane, Great Minds in Regional Science, Vol. 3, 2025
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New publication at Springer
Luigi Fusco Girard, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, The Future of Liveable Cities, 2023
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New publication at Springer
João Romão, Economic Geography of Tourism, 2025
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Share Your 2025 Book Publication with the RSAI-ERSA Community
Are you a member of the RSAI-ERSA Community and have recently published a book (preferably written in English)? Don’t miss this opportunity to share your work with our network send the details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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