1st AISRe Winter School, Milan 2021

The new challenges for the territory and regional policy: theories and methods of analysis

The first AISRE winter school was held at the University of Milan Bicocca. The event, originally conceived as a summer school, was to be held in July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 emergency, however, the school had to be postponed and will take place exclusively online in the period 1-5 February 2021.

The AISRe schools are an initiative that the association’s steering committee has decided to schedule annually, with the aim of offering young researchers an opportunity not only for training, but also for comparing and discussing their research work.

Sessions in which leading regional science experts debate wide-ranging topics in our discipline are complemented by presentations in which participants illustrate their studies.

The I AISRe Winter School focused on the following themes:

• Wealth and development: comparing old and new indicators
• Global challenges (migration and territorial economic integration)
• Metropolitan cities and urban hierarchy
• Regional policies: tools, models and impact assessments

The local organising committee, to whom the association is grateful for the excellent organisation of the event, consisted of colleagues from the University of Milan Bicocca:

Laura Resmini, Università di Milano-Bicocca (Coordinator)

Luca Bettarelli, Università di Milano-Bicocca

Simona Comi, Università di Milano-Bicocca

The following Regional Science Scholars have made valuable contributions to the school:

Andrea Ascani (Gran Sasso Science Institute) – Global challenges: GVC theories and concepts;

Luca Bettarelli (Università Milano Bicocca) – Global challenges: GVC empirical and methodological issues;

Simona Comi (Università Milano Bicocca) – Policy assessment: quasi-experimental models;

Andrea Conte (EU Commission – JRC) – Territorial impact assessment: the RHOMOLO model

Alessandra Faggian (Gran Sasso Science Institute) – Global challenges: migrations

Camilla Lenzi (Politecnico di Milano) – Urbanisation and wellbeing. Concepts and empirical evidence from European regions;

Giovanni Mandras (EU Commission – JRC) – LAB tools for territorial impact assessment: input/ouput data;

Fabio Mazzola (Università di Palermo) – Regional policies and regional effects of macroeconomic policies;

Ezio Micelli (IUAV) – Urban hierarchy and metropolitan cities;

Tommaso Ramella (Università Milano Bicocca) – LAB policy assessment: quasi-experimental models;

Laura Resmini (Università Milano Bicocca) – Global challenges: GVC Localized vs spatial spillovers

Paolo Veneri (OECD) – Economic development, urbanisation and spatial disparities;