The Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth - established in 2006 - aims at bringing together original economic and interdisciplinary papers that cast some light on new developments in theoretical and empirical research on economic growth and development in urban environments. The forum should also...

Topics: - cities and creative quarters as seedbeds for innovation - urban infrastructure and the accessibility of cities - European and national policies for urban development - measurement of urban development - the impact of formal and informal institutions on the development of cities and...

The 4th Halle Forum is devoted to the development of cities located in Central and Eastern Europe that have been undergone the process of transition from the planned to the market economy. The two-day conference will cover four main topics (whereat the restriction to cities in post-socialist...

For the 2nd Halle Forum in 2008 the organisers are planning to bring together scholars dealing with development problems of cities in de-industrialised regions with a special reference to post-transition economies. Colleagues from CEE countries are particularly welcome. The special topic of the...

Topics: • Empirical and theoretical advances in agglomeration economies, • Entrepreneurship, innovation and urban economic growth, • The impact of networks and milieus on urban economic growth, • Knowledge spillover and technology transfer in urban innovation systems, • Urban business...