We welcome all submissions with a regional focus and especially those in the following areas: Urban and regional polic; New challenges in urban planning; New economic geography; Big data and regions; Climate change and sustainability; Politics and territory; Mega-regions and City regions;...

Rethinking the Region and Regionalism in Australasia seeks contributions from researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in all areas of regional analysis, especially those focussed on Australasia. Themes of interest to the conference include: - Regions at the end of the mining boom; -...

Social and economic imbalances of the current phase of globalization require a rethinking of the model of international and regional development. The issues of inequality, ecological risks, and poor growth in some areas put at the center of the scientific and political debate the theme of values...

Topics: 1) Regional and urban policy transfer between the EU and third countries 2) Intra-EU policy transfer and cross-national learning 3) International perspectives and comparisons: exploring the success factors in cross-national learning in regional and urban policies

Papers which are collaborative, international or multi-disciplinary are especially welcome: - Modelling and theorising the space economy: urban renewal and regional growth; - New approaches to agglomeration and the clustering of economic life; - The impacts of devolution and constitutional change...

Diversity within regions is often considered one way to achieve sustainability and stability in economic growth and development. As a region’s social and economic structure becomes more diverse, it becomes less sensitive to external shocks. Variety in economic activities as well as divergent...

The RSA 2014 Global Conference in Brazil will focus on thinking about paths, policies and ideas to strengthen vulnerable places and to develop cohesive and resilient territories. We acknowledge that only adaptive and flexible regions can succeed in an ever-changing world. This conference offers...

Contributions are therefore invited which fit with the following themes and which are based on an original piece of research and are potentially publishable. - Urban/Territorial Politics - State Centrism and Territorial Politics - Institutions and Economic Development/Growth - Regional Policy in...

Contributions are therefore invited which focus primarily, although not necessarily exclusively, on one or more of the following themes: - New sites and forms of territorial cooperation and/or conflict at the scale of regions and localities - Cooperation, disputes and resistance around...

Papers on governance, city-regions, spatial planning and analysis which may look at the position in China but which may focus elsewhere are most welcome. Gateway Themes: - Environmental sustainability - Migration and labour markets - Social justice and civil society - Rural challenges -...