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48th Congress of the European Regional Science Association

Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness:
Regional Perspectives

Presentation

The 2008 ERSA Congress will be jointly hosted by the Department of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool and the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International.

Chosen as European Capital of Culture for 2008, Liverpool has been the focus for numerous regeneration initiatives. The City has changed dramatically in the last decade and is emerging as one of the UK's leading centres for learning, culture, entertainment, sport and endeavour. The Congress will provide an excellent opportunity to see, and reflect on, the substantial progress that has been made.

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Congress themes

The overarching theme for the Congress will be Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness – Regional Perspectives. This encapsulates a number of different aspects that are topical and relevant not only for Liverpool but also across the whole of Europe.

Congress Thematic Topics

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 but as usual there will provision for other topics. There will also be young scientists sessions.

• Cultural regeneration and its evaluation
• Climate change and its implications for urban and regional development
• 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 European Union
• The regenerative role of river basin management
• Spatial targeting and urban policy
• Geographical information systems 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 and Liverpool: two cities compared
• Cross-border cooperation and development
• Renewable energy; a regional development perspective
• Regeneration of urban districts: analysis, policy and evaluation
• 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 policy
• City and regional marketing
• Location of economic activities and people: new directions
• City and regional governance: the role of city regions
• Infrastructure, transport, mobility and communication
• Learning regions
• New frontiers in regional science: theory and methodology

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Dates and deadlines

Important dates and deadlines are as follows:

1. 14 January:      Abstract submission
2. 29 February:     Notification of acceptance of abstracts
3. 30 April:           Submission of papers for R-sessions
4. 31 May:           Notification of acceptance of R-sessions papers
5. 16 June:          Deadline for return of reduced fee Registration Form
6. 16 June:          Submission of other papers (for other than R-sessions

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Submission of abstracts

Prospective participants should submit an abstract of up to two pages by 14 January 2008. 

Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent to authors by 29 February 2008 and the deadline for full paper submission is 30 April 2008.  

To submit an abstract please click here

For further information please contact:
Sandra Robinson
University of Liverpool
Department of Civic Design
The Gordon Stephenson Building
74 Bedford Street South
Liverpool
L69 7ZQ
UK

Email:   ERSA2008@liverpool.ac.uk

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Conference's official web site

Please check the conference's official web site for updates and further details.

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