Special Sessions

Special sessions for the ERSA 2012 Bratislava Congress

The proposed 2012 ERSA Special Sessions themes are as as follows:

  • ZA. SS- Regional Policy Institutions - Phil McCann, Ian Gordon, Mike Danson & Michael Steiner

  • ZB. SS- Central European Regional Science - Oto Hudec

  • ZC. SS- Creative Cities and Regions - Štefan Rehák

  • ZD. SS- Recent Advances in Spatial Econometrics (in honor of James LeSage) - Manfred M. Fischer

  • ZE. SS- Poverty Analysis (methodology, measures and policies) - José L. Calvo

  • ZF. SS- Regional attractiveness, mobility and attraction policies - Antonio Russo

  • ZG. SS- Graduates, entrepreneurship and regional labour markets - Sierdjan Koster, Maria Abreu, Viktor Venhorst

  • ZH. SS- Sustainable Urban Tourism Development - Anna Pawlikowska-Piechotka

  • ZI. SS- Air Transport and Local Development - Jorge Miguel Silva

  • ZJ. SS- Economic crisis and regional resilience - Yannis Psychiaris

  • ZK. SS- Long run impacts of major transport investments - Paul Cheshire

  • ZL. SS- Urban transformation in China - Riccardo Cappellin

  • ZM. SS- Territorial Governance, rural areas and local agro food systems - André Torre & Jean Baptiste Traversac

  • ZN. SS- Regional Integration and Japan-EU Economy Kenji Kondoh

  • ZO. SS- Reconsidering the role of universities in regional development Tanja Sinozic, Helen Lawton Smith, Michaela Trippl

  • ZP. SS- Smart Specialisation: regional economic Transformation Strategies - Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Philip McCann

  • ZQ. SS- Territorial Co-operation and Cross-border Issues- Grzegorz Gorzelak and Katarzyna Zawalinska

  • ZR. SS- Smart cities - today and tomorrow - Maciej Turala

  • ZS. SS- Knowledge, Innovation and regional Growth- Roberta Capello

  • ZT. SS- Academic Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization: International Perspectives - Tüzin Baycan

  • ZU. SS- Industrial districts/industrial clusters and related place-based Policies in a changing Europe - Rafael Boix, Fabio Sforzi

  • ZV. SS- Territorial Dynamics of Innovation and Growth in Emerging Countries Andrés Rodríguez Pose, Riccardo Crescenzi

  • ZW. SS- Location of New Plants: Externalities and Agglomeration Economies - Josep Maria Arauzo, Miguel Manjón-Antolín

  • ZX. SS- Rural development, Banks and local Entrepreneurship - Chrysanthi Balomenou

  • ZY. SS- ERES Special Session - Paloma Taltavull

  • ZZ. SS- Urban Economics Association - Henry Overman, Daniel Sturm and Thierry Mayer

  • ZZ. SS- Urban Economics Association - Young Scientists - Henry Overman, Daniel Sturm and Thierry Mayer

  • ZZA. SS- Creative industries and wealth in European Regions: causality issues- Rafael Boix, Pau Rausell

  • ZZB. SS- What kind of institutions for regional policy- Michael Steiner

  • ZZC. SS- Building North South Mediterranean Integration- Italian Section of ERSA

  • ZZD. SS- Technological activities and diffusion in the EU and neighbouring countries - Edward Bergmann and Raffaele Paci

  • ZZE. SS- Internationalisation of business R&D and innovation- Bernhard Dachs

  • ZZF. SS- The impacts of recycling within the EU - Rui Cunha Marques, Nuno Ferreira da Cruz and Pedro Simões

  • ZZG. SS- Economic Evaluation of Cultural heritage - Tuzin Baycan and Jan Rouwendal

  • ZZH. SS- Evolutionary Economic Geography: Knowledge Spillovers and Relatedness - Dieter F. Kogler, David Rigby and Ron Boschma

  • ZZI. SS- Society in Motion: Special session in honor of Prof. Danny Sheffer - Ammon Frenkel, Peter Nijkamp and Philip McCain

  • ZZJ. SS- Services of General Interest
    - Daniel Rauhut and Alois Humer