Committees
Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee members per theme:
- Regional Science epistemology and pedagogy,
Prof. Antoine Bailly , University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Sustainability issues in regional development,
Prof. Henk Folmer , Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Regional aspects of the knowledge economy,
Prof. Philip McCann , Groningen University, The Netherlands
- Regional economic modeling and spatial econometrics,
Dr. Henri de Groot , Amsterdam Free University, The Netherlands;
Dr. Steinar Johansen , NIBR, Oslo, Norway
- Geographical information systems and spatial analysis,
Prof. Manfred Fisher , Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria
- CGE-modeling in space,
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings , University of Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Location studies,
Prof. Ian Gordon , London School of Economics, UK
- Gender aspects of regional development,
Prof. Gunnel Forsberg , Stockholm University, Sweden;
Dr. Chris Hudson , Umeå University, Sweden
- Regional health and welfare issues,
Dr. Maria Emmelin and Prof. Lars Dahlgren , Umeå University, Sweden
- Globalization and regional competitiveness,
Prof. Pontus Braunerhjelm , Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
- Infrastructure, transports and communications,
Dr. Andreas Stephan , JIBS, Sweden
- Regional economic growth and development,
Prof. Roberta Capello , Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Problems and prospects of European integration,
Prof. Daniela Constantin , Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
- Cross-border cooperation and development,
Prof. Heikki Eskelinen , University of Eastern Finland, Finland;
Dr. Martin van der Velde , Nijmegen University, The Netherlands
- Urban-rural relationships,
Prof. Paul Cheshire , LSE, UK
- Regional and urban policy, planning and governance,
Prof. Göran Cars , Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
- Land use, real estate and housing markets,
Prof. John Quigley , UC Berkely, USA
- Social capital and regional development,
Dr. Roel Rutten , Tilburg University, Switzerland
- Rural and local development,
Dr. Johan Klaesson , JIBS, Sweden
- Tourism and regional development,
Prof. Dieter Müller , Umeå University, Sweden
- Innovation and regional development,
Prof. Helen Lawton Smith , Oxford University, UK;
Prof. Markku Sotarauta , Tampere University, Finland
- Entrepreneurship and regional development,
Prof. Friedrike Welter , JIBS, Sweden;
Prof. Pontus Braunerhjelm , Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
- Labour markets, migration and demography,
Dr. Mats Johansson , Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden;
Dr. Lasse S Stambøl , Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Social segregation, poverty and social policy,
Prof. Peter Batey , Liverpool University, UK
- Territorial cohesion and regional development,
Prof. Folke Snickars , Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden;
Prof. Peter Nijkamp , Amsterdam Free University, The Netherlands
- Clusters – actors, processes and performance,
Prof. Andreas Cornett , University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Evolutionary economic geography,
Prof. Ron Boschma , Utrecht University, The Netherlands