ERSA - European Regional Science Association

Types of sessions

The central theme of the Congress is “Territorial cohesion of Europe and integrative planning”.

It is our ambition to relate the issues discussed during the Congress to the overriding objective of the European regional policy – cohesion in social, economic and territorial dimensions. Discussions will also be centred around the integrative approach to regional development of Europe. VIEW ONLINE: Text

Congress thematic topics

* A. New frontiers in regional science: theory and methodology
* B. Location of economic activities and people: new directions
* C. Regional economic modelling and spatial econometrics
* D. Geographical information systems and spatial analysis
* E. Regional policy in Europe
* F. Regional economic growth and development
* G. Globalization and regional competitiveness
* H. Cross-border cooperation and development
* I. Infrastructure, transport, mobility and communication
* J. Metropolitan areas: processes and policies
* K. Urban policy, land use planning, real estate and housing markets
* L. Institutional capacity, social capital and new forms of urban and regional (territorial) governance
* M. Environment, natural resources and sustainability
* N. Leisure, tourism and regional development
* O. Entrepreneurship, networks and innovation
* P. Spatial issues of the labour market
* Q. Social segregation, poverty and social policy
* R. Regional population change, migration, diasporas and development
* S. Territorial marketing
* T. Local and regional public finance, fiscal policies
* U. Decentralisation, regional planning and development
* V. Rural and local development
* W. Urban revitalization and polycentric settlement systems

The programme will include plenary sessions with keynote speakers, special S-sessions as well as traditional general O-sessions, refereed R-sessions and refereed Y-sessions (for young scientists) which will be organised on a variety of themes.

Here is the description of the different types of sessions

1- Keynote Speakers sessions

2 - Refereed R-sessions Papers addressed to these sessions will be refereed by the theme convenor for each thematic topic. The deadline for the full paper submission for R-sessions is April 17th April 2009.

3- Refereed Y-sessions These are the Young Scientists’ sessions. For these sessions, all coauthors of the paper should be younger than 33 years old on September 1st 2009. The full papers will be refereed by the convenor of the Young Scientists’ Sessions. All authors will compete for the Epainos Award, which is awarded to the best paper presented in these sessions. The deadline for submission of the full paper for Y-sessions is 17th April 2009.

4 - General O-sessions Full papers addressed to these sessions are not refereed, but they will be included to the Conference USB stick/pen drive, unless the authors choose otherwise. The deadline for the full paper submission, if it is to be included to the USB stick/pen drive, is 30th June 2009.

5 - Special S-sessions The full papers for these special sessions may be refereed by the special session organiser, if he/she decides to do so. The deadline of 30th June 2009 for the inclusion to the Conference USB stick/pen drive still applies.