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April 19, 2008

European Regional Studies Association 2008 Congress: Culture, Cohesion & Competitiveness - Regional Perspectives: 27-31 August, Liverpool

The 2008 ERSA Congress will be jointly hosted by the University of Liverpool Department of Civic Design and by the British & Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International. The programme will be organised around a variety of topics and include plenary sessions with lectures by distinguished keynote speakers, including Professor Ed Glaeser (Harvard). A number of topics will reflect the central theme of 'Culture, Cohesion & Competitiveness ', but there will be provision for other regional and urban development topics in a programme including: Cultural regeneration; Climate change; The evidence base for regional policy; Regional analysis of enterprise formation, deformation and survival; The development of air transport in European regions; Labour mobility in the extended EU; The regenerative role of river basin management; Spatial targeting and urban policy; GIS and spatial analysis; Local dimensions of sustainable development; Globalisation and regional competitiveness; Migration, diasporas and development; Social segregation, poverty and space; Rural and local development; Dublin & Liverpool: two cities compared; Cross-border cooperation and development; Renewable energy; Regeneration of urban districts; The future for regional policy in Europe; Public health and regional prosperity; Spatial econometrics; Long-term unemployment and lagging regions; New technologies, innovation and space; Public finance and regional development; Sustainable development and regional economic strategies; Spatial economic analysis; Retail development and competitiveness; Agglomeration, clusters and polic; City and regional marketing; Location of economic activities and people; City Regions and governance; Infrastructure, transport, mobility and communication; Learning regions; and New frontiers in regional science: theory and methodology Further details from http://www.liv.ac.uk/ersa2008/index.htm

Posted by iroronan at April 19, 2008 09:23 AM