Membership for the Regional Science Association and  2027 Annual Scientific Conference

This page contains useful information for registering for both the association and the annual conference, as an individual member, as a collective partner and as a component within the collective member.

1. Membership Fees

Membership of the association is a necessary condition for participating in the activities promoted by AISRe, which is a non-profit association.

You can join the association either at the same time as registration for the conference or at any other time.

Aisre social year runs from July 1st to June 30th.

Registrations made between January and December entitle members to membership from 1 July of the same calendar year.

The registration system on-line for individual members, will be open on February 26, 2027.

 

Table 1. Aisre Membership Fees by member category

Member category	Association fee
Individual member senior	€ 100
Individual member junior (1) (PhD candidate or research fellow, up to 35 years of age)	€ 40

Note: (1). The Young Member status is reserved for PhD students or research fellows who are under the age of 35 on 7 July 2027. This must be demonstrated by uploading a copy of an identity document to the personal area of the website, or by post to segreteria.tecnica@aisre.it.

Services delivered to individual member:

1. the subscription to Scienze Regionali (Il Mulino) for the following calendar year;
2. the volumes of the AISRe E-book (Donzelli Editore), published during the business year;
3. the registration to the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), which includes an online subscription to the journal Papers in Regional Science and Regional Science Policy and Practice, for the following calendar year, and the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).
4. Young scholars have also the opportunity to participate to the Summer/Winter Schools of AISRe.

2. Conference Registration

Registration to the conference as an author or co-author of papers requires Aisre membership for the same social year.

Enrollment in the annual conference entitles you to participate in all sessions, to receive conference materials and to benefit from the services provided during the conference.

Table 2. Conference registration fees for individual members that include membership fees

Fee type	Description	Membership + Conference Fee		Payment description
		Reduced fee by 5/04/2027	Full fee after 5/04/2027
A	Fee as individual member	€ 300	€ 400	Aisre2027 fee A
B	Fee as young member (1)	€ 90	€ 190	Aisre2027 fee B

Note: (1). The Young Member status is reserved for PhD students or research fellows who are under the age of 35 on 7 July 2027. This must be demonstrated by uploading a copy of an identity document to the personal area of the website, or by post to segreteria.tecnica@aisre.it.

 

3. Collective members

Following the extraordinary members’ assembly held on March 11, 2026 an amendment to the statutes was approved that no longer allows registration as collective members. Registration will be open only to individual members.

 

4. Social Events of the Conference

Members and collective members may also register for the social dinner by paying the fee, which will partially cover the expenses that will be incurred by the conference organising committee.

Table 4. Social events

Social events	Fee	Payment purpose
Social dinner, Tuesday, July 6, 2027	€65	Social dinner

 

5. Registration for the Schools
The participation fee for the Summer/Winter schools is €135 for young participants under the age of 35, doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers.
Coffee breaks and lunches are included in the participation fee.
Participants are required to be registered as individual members of AISRe. Individual registration costs €100, reduced to €40 for young participants under the age of 35, doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers.

To enrol in the school, you must register on the AISRe website (www.aisre.it) by creating your own user profile. Payment instructions can be found in your personal area. For further information, please contact Diana Sarmiento at the AISRe secretariat (segreteria.tecnica@aisre.it).

6. Terms and Conditions for Refunds

The AISRe membership fee (senior members €100; junior members €40) is non-refundable under any circumstances. Members will retain all benefits associated with their membership.

The following refund policy applies to the conference participation fee:

Conference and Association registration are subject to the filling out of the registration forms available on the association’s website (aisre.it/en/home).

The registration fees must be paid through a single transaction using:

1. bank transfer with expenses charged to the ordering person
2. credit card using the Unicredit Pago online service available on the Aisre website.

Bank transfer to the following account:

In name of: AISRe – Associazione Italiana di Scienze Regionali
IBAN: IT32R0200805219000105085070
Bank: UniCredit
Bank Branch Identifier: Roma Viale Libia, Piazza Gimma 14, 00199 Roma
BIC/SWIFT: UNCRITM178L

Payment description must include the description as indicated in the table as well as the surname and first name of the participant. For example: Surname First Name Aisre2027 A fee to indicate registration of an individual member at the association and conference.