Broad themes and key shifts the organisers are keen to facilitate discussion around include, but are not limited to: - Post-2020 EU Budget, the future of EU Policies and their likely implications for cities and regions, - Energy transitions, environmental sustainability, and designing urban and...

Contributions are welcomed on the following themes: • Climate change as a driver of regional policy • The challenges of low carbon economies • Developing and evaluating sub-national policies for adaptation and mitigation • Post-Copenhagen challenges for taking forward international and...

Topics for discussion include: the role and purpose of higher education; how to measure its impact; higher education institutions (HEIs) and regional competitiveness; the influence of students and graduates on regions; knowledge exchange between HEIs and business; HEIs and community engagement...

Themes for the conference: - 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...

The first workshop aims to develop the theoretical insights from the literature on neoliberalism and neoliberalisation by looking at the impacts the pursuit of neoliberal restructuring has had on different regions and cities. We would be interested in specific regional and urban examples of...

Thematic issues: • Classifications of corporate growth and growth discontinuities • Key characteristics of high growth firms (entry modes, founder background, corporate strategy, skills utilisation, capital structure and so on) • The spatial distribution of high growth firms • Growth...

The conference will include sessions on agriculture, the environment, rural communities and economic development, food and related industries, land use, and development economics. Day 1 will be a joint conference with Société Française d'Economie Rurale (SFER). [gemäß den Informationen des...