Membership for the Regional Science Association and  2026 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 January 31, 2026.

 

Table 1. Aisre Membership Fees by member category

Member category	Association fee
Individual member	€ 130
Individual member as young member or PhD student or research fellow	€ 65
Collective member	€ 1300

(amounts in €)
Note: Aisre defines a “young member” as someone who is under 35 years of age at the starting date of the conference.
The collective member nominates its own contact person to whom the services available to individual members are delivered.

Services delivered to individual member:

1. subscription to the journal SR-Scienze Regionali (Il Mulino) for the following calendar year
2. the volume of the AISRe E-book (Donzelli) published during the membership year; 
3. registration with the RSAI, Regional Science Association International and online access to the journal Papers in Regional Science and Regional Science Policy & Practice for the calendar year following registration;
4. registration with a reduced fee to the Annual Conferences of the International Associations European Regional Science Association (ERSA) (www.ersa.org) and Regional Science Association International (RSAI)  (www.rsai.org) for the calendar year following registration;
5. the opportunity for young members to attend the Summer/Winter Schools promoted by 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	Presential conference		Payment purpose
		Reduced fee by 22/03/2026	Full fee after 22/03/2026
A	Fee as individual member	€ 260	€ 360	Aisre2026 fee A
B	Fee as young member (1) or PhD student or research fellow (2)	€ 100	€ 200	Aisre2026 fee B

(amounts in €)
Notes: (1). Proof of young membership shall be provided by sending a copy of an identity document to segreteria.tecnica@aisre.it. (2). PhD students and Research Fellows must send a department certificate to confirm their status to segreteria.tecnica@aisre.it.

 

3. Collective members

Following the extraordinary members’ assembly held on 11 March, an amendment to the statutes was approved that no longer allows registration as collective members. The Board of Directors is exploring other forms of collaboration with organisations in the near future.

Registration will be open only to individual members this year.

 

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 25th June	€50	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 €130, reduced to €65 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 €130; junior members €65) 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 purpose 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 Aisre2026 A fee to indicate registration of an individual member at the association and conference.