RSAIBIS - Regional Science Association International British and Irish Section http://www.rsai-bis.org British & Irish section is one of the 18 European sections of RSAI Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 RSAI-BIS Annual Conference 2010 http://www.rsai-bis.org/404/rsai-bis-annual-conference-2010/ http://www.rsai-bis.org/404/rsai-bis-annual-conference-2010/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12:42 +0000 rsaibis http://www.rsai-bis.org/?p=404 The Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section invites the submission of abstracts for their 39th Annual Conference, to be held in Glasgow from August 25-27, 2010.

Suggested themes for the conference are listed below, though quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome.

  • Regional Growth and Productivity
  • Differential Regional Impacts of the Current Economic Crisis
  • Sustainable Regional Development
  • Regional Energy Use and Environmental Impacts
  • Patterns of Migration and Implications for Regional Labour Markets
  • Evaluating Regional Development Policies
  • Spatial Analysis and Geodemographics
  • Multisectoral Modelling Approaches
  • Innovation and Competitiveness
  • Spatial Productivity Disparities
  • Transport and Infrastructure
  • Rural Economies and Communities

There will be Special Session for early career/doctoral students with prizes for the best conference paper and the best conference presentation by early career researchers.

Early career researchers are those engaged in or having recently completed PhD study in regional science.  Those applying for the best presentation must be at a stage prior to a PhD viva date.  Applicants for the best conference paper must be within 3 years of their PhD viva.  If you are eligible and wish to be considered for these prizes please bring this to the attention of the Secretary when you submit your abstract.

Please submit abstracts of up to 300 words by e-mail to the Secretary at the address below as soon as possible and by February 12th 2010 at the very latest. Authors will be notified of the committee’s decision in April 2009.

For any further information regarding the conference please contact the Secretary: Dr Declan Jordan, Secretary RSAI:BIS, Department of Economics, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland. E-mail: d.jordan@ucc.ie.

]]> http://www.rsai-bis.org/404/rsai-bis-annual-conference-2010/feed/ 0 Student and Early Career Awards 2009 http://www.rsai-bis.org/329/student-and-early-career-awards-2009/ http://www.rsai-bis.org/329/student-and-early-career-awards-2009/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:37:52 +0000 rsaibis http://www.rsai-bis.org/?p=329 The Regional Science Association International – British and Irish Section (RSAIBIS) is inviting applications for three student awards in Regional Science. Essays in any area of Regional Science (spatial economics, quantitative economic geography) are judged by a 4-member committee. The awards are:

Research Student / Early Career Award
Applicants should be either current postgraduate research students or individuals who have completed their postgraduate studies in the last three academic years in any area of Regional Science. Only single authored (published or unpublished) papers are eligible; full PhD dissertations will not be accepted.

Taught Postgraduate Student Award
Applicants should be taught postgraduate research students in any area of Regional Science. Submissions should be an MSc/MA dissertation.

Undergraduate Student Award
Applicants should be undergraduate students in any area of Regional Science. Submissions should be an undergraduate dissertation (5,000 – 10,000 words).

Details are provided on the attached Call For Submissions. The closing date for receipt of submissions for all three prizes is November 30th, 2009.

]]> http://www.rsai-bis.org/329/student-and-early-career-awards-2009/feed/ 0 Student Awards 2007 http://www.rsai-bis.org/206/student-awards-2007/ http://www.rsai-bis.org/206/student-awards-2007/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:46:11 +0000 admin http://www.rsai-bis.org/?p=206 The Research Student Award was awarded to Rosa Sanchis-Guarner (London School of Economics and Political Science) for her research work on “Analysing migrations from a New Economic Geography approach: Some evidence for the Spanish case” – Amaya Vega (National University of Ireland, Galway) received a commendation for her work on “Residential location and travel to work mode choice under central and suburban employment destination patterns”.

Benjamin Dachis (London School of Economics and Political Science) was awarded the Taught Postgraduate Student Award for his paper on “The determinants of airport cargo volume: An empirical analysis of the location of express package and air cargo activity in the United States”.

The Undergraduate Student Award was awarded to Jenny Runnacles (University of Bristol) for her paper on “Why are there so many smokers in China? A Multi-level Analysis of geographical variations in smoking Prevalence.

]]> http://www.rsai-bis.org/206/student-awards-2007/feed/ 0 Fifth Israeli / British & Irish Regional Science Workshop http://www.rsai-bis.org/202/fifth-israeli-british-irish-regional-science-workshop/ http://www.rsai-bis.org/202/fifth-israeli-british-irish-regional-science-workshop/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:37:31 +0000 admin http://www.rsai-bis.org/?p=202 This Workshop will take place from 29 April to 1 May 2007 (inclusive), and will be held in Tel-Aviv. The overall theme for this Workshop is Regional Science: Extending the Frontiers. The primary organisation will be undertaken by the Israeli Section of RSAI, coordinated by Danny Felsenstein and Amnon Frankel. The cost of accommodation will be covered, and assistance with travel expenses may be available, but only for a very limited number of participants. On the final day of the Workshop it is planned to have a tour of Northern Israel, but alternatives may be arranged, depending on the preferences of the participants.

Those who have attended previous Workshops in this series will recall the pleasant as well as productive aspect of such occasions (the Fourth Workshop, held in Edinburgh in 2003, gave rise to a Special Issue of the Annals of Regional Science, entitled “Linking Supply and Demand in Local Labour Markets”). Although intended primarily for members of the Israeli and the British & Irish Sections, members of other sections are welcome to attend, subject to availability of places. Anyone interested in presenting a paper, or participating in the Workshop in some other way, is asked to contact John Parr before 19th February.

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