Special Post: Tom Christoffel - U.S. Country Representative, Regional Studies Association
Regional development and policy – challenges, choices and recipients
Sunday 17th – Wednesday 20th April 2011: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
For more information please go to:
http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/2011/april-newcastle/register.pdf
Only a few days remains to register and submit your abstract and to gain the reduced membership registration fees
Abstract submission deadline – 31st January 2011
This conference will take place at the University of Newcastle and the Civic Centre over four days in April 2011 and will include daily plenary, workshop
and special roundtable sessions.
We welcome papers from all – academics, students and those working in policy and practice. The event is inclusive and offers networking
opportunities for all in our field. The organisers welcome proposals for special sessions, themed workshops and innovative forms of networking and collaboration. If you would like to organise or offer a session to the conference please contact Lisa Bibby-Larsen at
events@rsa-ls.ac.uk and we will assist you.
The challenges for regional development are intensifying. Long-term factors shaping the prospects for cities and regions include the effects of climate
change and new demands on energy, water and food systems. Cities also face significant demographic shifts. Rapid technological changes – captured
in the notion of an emerging Knowledge Economy – will also affect cities and regions. Moreover, we are witnessing significant changes in international
political economy – encapsulated by the term globalisation – but increasingly understood as incorporating the rise of new economic powers, such as the
BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and, above all, China). The immediate context for thinking about these questions in many parts of the world is the aftermath of a severe economic crisis and a new politics of austerity.
Local, regional, national and international actors continue to search for new policy solutions at a time when traditional forms of governance are being
tested and new forms of regional politics are emerging. In many parts of the world regional disparities are growing as more economic activity becomes
concentrated in global city regions, posing questions about the future of cities and regions beyond the metropolis. In these austere times, some voices
question the need for regional policy itself and public policy debates increasingly focus on these dilemmas.
Gateway themes:
A Climate change, resource pressures, environment and sustainable regions
Gerd Lintz (g.lintz@ioer.de), Peter Wirth (p.wirth@ioer.de) and Andrew Beer (andrew.beer@flinders.edu.au)
B Labour markets, migration and regional development
Alessandra Faggian (A.Faggian@soton.ac.uk), Mark Partridge (partridge.27@osu.edu) and Anne Green (a.e.green@warwick.ac.uk)
C Inequality, diversity and regional development
Irene Hardill (Irene.hardill@northumbria.ac.uk), Solange Villette (solange.villette@orange.fr) and Lionel Guillemot (l.guillemot@univ-angers.fr)
D1 Rurality/peripherality and regional development
Peter de Souza (peter.souza@hihm.no) and Anne Lorentzen (al@plan.aau.dk)
D2 The social and economic role of rural businesses (themed workshop strand)
Session to be co-ordinated by Gary Bosworth, (gbosworth@lincoln.ac.uk), Bob Newbery, (Robert.Newbery@newcastle.ac.uk) and Jane Atterton, (jane.atterton@ncl.ac.uk)
D3 Patterns of rural change and rural cohesion policy (ESPON) (themed workshop strand)
Session to be co-ordinated by Andrew Copus (andrew.copus@nordregio.se)
E Spatial econometrics
Vasillis Monastiriotis (v.monastiriotis@lse.ac.uk) and Bernard Fingleton (bf100@cam.ac.uk)
F Borders and border regions
Gianluca Spinaci (Gianluca.Spinaci@cor.europa.eu) and Nicola Bellini (nbellini@sssup.it)
G1 Competitiveness, competition and cooperation
Gillian Bristow (BristowG1@cardiff.ac.uk)
G2 The impact of global economic crisis on capital cities (themed workshop strand)
Session to be co-ordinated by Olga Mrinska (omrinska@gmail.com)
H New approaches to regional development policy
Arnoud Lagendijk (a.lagendijk@ru.nl) and Pedro Marques (p.m.marques@newcastle.ac.uk)
I Social justice and regional development
Gordon Dabinett (g.e.dabinett@sheffield.ac.uk) and Thilo Lang (t_lang@ifl-leipzig.de)
J1 The politics and governance of regional and territorial development
Tassilo Herrschel (t.a.herrschel@westminster.ac.uk)
J2 Shrinking cities: The governance of shrinkage within a European context (invitation only)
Session to be co-ordinated by Vlad Mykhnenko (Vlad.Mykhnenko@nottingham.ac.uk)
K Regional identity and regionalism
Pavel Chromy (chromy@natur.cuni.cz)
L Financing the regions – current and future challenges
Martin Sokol (m.sokol@qmul.ac.uk), Zoltan Gal (galz@rkk.hu) and Ewald Engelen (E.R.Engelen@uva.nl)
M1 Regional development and development management in a global context
Ulrich Graute (graute@un.org) and Mikhail Dimitriev (M.Dmitriev@csr.ru)
M2 RDAs: The next generation? Networking, knowledge and regional policies (invitation only)
Session to be co-ordinated by Henrik Halkier (Halkier@cgs.aau.dk)
N Phoenix industries and innovation
Abdel-Illah Hamdouch (Abdel.Hamdouch@univ-lille1.fr), Stuart Dawley (s.j.dawley@ncl.ac.uk)
O1 Enterprise, entrepreneurship and learning in resilient regions
Mark Hart (mark.hart@aston.ac.uk), Roel Rutten (R.P.J.H.Rutten@uvt.nl), Helena Lenihan (helena.lenihan@ul.ie)
O2 Social Dynamics of Innovation Networks (SDIN) (invitation only)
Session to be co-ordinated by Roel Rutten (R.P.J.H.Rutten@uvt.nl)
P1 Creative Industries and regional development
Caroline Chapain (c.a.chapain@bham.ac.uk, Roberta Comunian (r.comunian@soton.ac.uk), Nick Clifton (nclifton@uwic.ac.uk)
P2 Innovation and regional development (invitation only session)
Session to be co-ordinated by Enea Gkikas (e.gkikas@wales.ac.uk)
Q1 Cultural and experiential economies
Lisa de Propris (l.de_propris@bham.ac.uk), Anne Lorentzen (al@plan.aau.dk), Olivier Crevoisier (Olivier.crevoisier@unine.ch)
Q2 Regional development and tourism (themed workshop strand)
Flora Diaz-Perez (fdiazp@ull.es)
R Communities, civil society and the role of education and the quadruple helix of regional development
Oto Potluka (potluka@vse.cz) and Peter McGregor (p.mcgregor@strath.ac.uk)
S1 EU Policy and practice
John Bachtler (john.bachtler@strath.ac.uk) and Philip McCann (P.McCann@rug.nl)
S2 Assessing EU cohesion policy’s impacts and effectiveness in Central and Easter European countries (invitation only)
Session to be co-ordinated by Marcin Dabrowski (Marcin.Dabrowski@oeaw.ac.at)
T Territorial cooperation
Kai Boehme (kai.boehme@spatialforesight.eu) and Thiemo Eser (Thiemo.Eser@mat.etat.lu)
U Spatial planning
Krisztina Varró (k.varro@fm.ru.nl) and Alasdair Rae (a.j.rae@sheffield.ac.uk)
V Place leadership
Markku Sotarauta (Markku.sotarauta@uta.fi) and John Gibney (J.Gibney@bham.ac.uk)
W1 RDAs: The next generation? Networking, Knowledge and Regional Policies (invitation only)
Session to be co-ordinated by Henrik Halkier (Halkier@cgs.aau.dk)
W2 Eurodite/Knowledge dynamics (themed workshop strand)
Session to be co-ordinated by Hugues Jeannerat (Hugues.jeannerat@unine.ch)
W3 The great debate: Post regionalism – the challenge facing the North East (themed workshop strand)
Session to be organised by Irene Hardill (Irene.hardill@northumbria.ac.uk)
W4 The changing dynamics of leadership and partnership across European regions (meeting session)
Session to be co-ordinated by Joyce Liddle (joyce.liddle@ntu.ac.uk)
Plenary speakers include:
Plenary 1: Beyond the capitals: the future of second tier cities and the regions
- Ivan Turok
- Andrew Lewis
- OECD speaker tbc
Plenary 2: Spatially blind v spatially targeted policy for regional development
- Johannes Hahn
- Fabrizio Barca
- Philip McCann
- Jose Enrique Garcilazo
Plenary 3: Wellbeing and Regional Development
- Andres Rodriguez-Pose
- Susan Christopherson tbc
- Teresa Rees
For more information please go to:
http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/2011/april-newcastle/register.pdf
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