The Italian Regional Science Association (A.I.S.Re), the Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), announces its XLIV Annual Scientific Conference and welcomes contributions from reserchers working on different disciplines in the field of regional science. 

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Europe and the Mediterranean between transitions and conflicts. Opportunities and risks for regions and territories

Call for papers – XLIV Annual Scientific Conference

Naples, 6-8 September 2023

The Italian Regional Science Association (A.I.S.Re), the Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), announces its XLIII Annual Scientific Conference and welcomes contributions from reserchers working on different disciplines in the field of regional science.

The conference venue is Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Palazzo Pacanowski, via Generale Parisi, 13, Napoli.

The main theme of the XLIV Conference is the profound transformation at place in Europe, and especially in the Mediterranean area, as a result of both the technological and ecological transitions and of the new geo-political tensions.

The deep changes underway are expected to have important socio-economic effects and to reshape opportunities and risks for regions, cities and territories. The adoption of digital technologies is proceeding at a weaker pace than expected and unevenly among regions, slowing down the recovery of productivity and worsening territorial differences between North and South and between core and peripheral areas. The ecological transition, made urgent by the climate crisis, has found an obstacle in the strong growth in energy prices, mainly following the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine. An impressive migratory flow towards Europe persists in the Mediterranean basin, but new opportunities are also opening up for the development of international trade and supply chains, which are being redesigned with the war and the post-pandemic era. These factors describe a new, more complex and changing scenario in which the future of the territories must be framed and appropriately rethought, in order to make the most of the possibilities offered by the PNRR, already in the early stages of implementation. The conference intends to represent an opportunity for reflection and discussion on the determinants and consequences of the structural transformations taking place in the various territories, as well as on the policies and governance structures which, in a context of greater uncertainty and political and economic turbulence, can better initiate and / or facilitate the transition towards a phase of renewed growth of the country and its regions.

Besides the main theme, the A.I.S.Re conference is a place for debating the major topics in regional science. Thus, the A.I.S.Re invites all those interested to present original scientific works on the following themes:

A. Governance, regional and territorial public policies, European programming
B. Growth, decline, and regional disparities
C. Globalization, value chains and local production systems
D. Methods of territorial analysis and spatial econometrics
E. Labor, welfare, personal services and social policies
F. Tourism, culture and local development
G. Urban planning, real estate market and city development processes
H. Infrastructure, transport, mobility and local development
I. Wellbeing, sustainability, and local development
L. Urban development and agglomeration economies
M. Development and local entrepreneurship
N. Innovation, creativity and local development
O. Policy evaluation methods

HOW TO JOIN THE ASSOCIATION/CONFERENCE

There are two ways to participate in the Conference:

• with organized sessions. Participants can propose themselves as session organizers (no more than two sessions per organizer) on specific themes. The proposal can be submitted directly from the login area of the website, by entering the name of the scientific manager, the session title and the tentative number of presentations. The deadline for the submission is January 31, 2023.
• with individual papers or posters. Those interested should submit an abstract by February 28, 2022, directly from the login area of the website. Posters presentations are subject to the same procedure as for papers. In this case, the abstract should include in the title “poster mode”. The detailed instructions for presenting authors on the editing of papers and posters are available at the conference website (link).

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

• March 31, 2023  Papers/poster acceptance
• May 31, 2023       Registration at early bird fee
• June 20, 2023     Registration at full fee
• July 15 ,2023       Papers/posters submission
• July 20, 2023      Programme publication on the website (www.aisre.it), based on payed registrations.

AWARDS

To promote the dissemination of Regional Science among young scholars, AISRe will assign the following awards:

• PhD. Dissertation Awards
• Best paper presented by a young scholar Award
• Best poster Award

The instructions for application are published in a dedicated call available in the Awards section.

REGISTRATION TO THE ASSOCIATION/CONFERENCE

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. Useful information for registering for both the association and the annual conference, are available at the Registration section.

AISRe membership benefits include:

• the subscription to Scienze Regionali (Italian Journal of Regional Science) for the following calendar year (rivistasr.it/);
• the volumes of the Regional Science Series (FrancoAngeli) published during the business year and the AISRe E-book (Donzelli);
• the registration to the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), which includes an online subscription to the journal Papers in Regional Science for the following calendar year, the opportunity to pay a reduced fee at the Annual Conferences of the International Associations European Regional Science Association (ERSA) (www.ersa.org/) and of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (regionalscience.org/);
• young scholars have also the opportunity to participate to the Summer/Winter Schools of Aisre.

COMMITTEES

Local Organizing Committee

Massimiliano Agovino, Università degli Sudi di Napoli Parthenope
Vincenzo Alfano, Università degli Sudi di Napoli Parthenope
Roberta Arbolino, Università L’Orientale di Napoli
Mariangela Bonasia, Università degli Sudi di Napoli Parthenope
Salvatore Capasso, Università degli Sudi di Napoli Parthenope
Marcella D’Uva, Università degli Sudi di Napoli Parthenope
Luisa Errichiello, ISMed, Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo
Aniello Ferraro, Università degli Sudi di Napoli Parthenope
Luca Pennacchio, Università Parthenope di Napoli
Desiree Quagliarotti, ISMed, Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo

Scientific Committee

Cristina Bernini, Università di Bologna
Salvatore Capasso, Università di Napoli Parthenope
Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano
Mariarosaria Carillo, Università di Napoli Parthenope
Andrea Conte, JRC, Siviglia
Antonio Garofalo, Università di Napoli Parthenope
Lili Kiminami, Università di Nigata, Giappone
Janet Kohlhase, Università del Texas, USA
Patrizia Lattarulo, IRPET, Firenze
Camilla Lenzi, Politecnico di Milano
Rosella Nicolini, Executive Director ERSA, Università della Catalonia, Spagna
Guido Pellegrini, Sapienza Università di Roma
Domenico Scalera, Università del Sannio
John Sporing, Executive Director NARSC, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA
Isabelle Thomas, Università Cattolica di Lovanio, Belgio
André Torre, Presidente ERSA, Agro-Paristech, INRA, Francia
Frank van Oort, Università Erasmus di Rotterdam, Paesi Bassi
Alberto Zazzaro, Università di Napoli Federico II

Promoting Committee

Antonio Acconcia, Università di Napoli Federico II
Anna Laura Baraldi, Università della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”
Enrica Carbone, Università della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”
Gianni Cicia, Università di Napoli Federico II
Pasquale Commendatore, Università di Napoli Federico II
Gianluigi Coppola, Università di Salerno
Marcello D’Amato, Università Suor Orsola Benincasa Napoli
Sergio Destefanis, Università di Salerno
Valerio Filoso, Università di Napoli Federico II
Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Università di Napoli L’Orientale
Antonio Lopes, Università di Napoli L’Orientale
Annamaria Nifo, Università del Sannio
Erasmo Papagni, Università di Napoli Federico II
Riccardo Realfonzo, Università del Sannio
Gaetano Vecchione, Università di Napoli Federico II

Executive Board AISRe

Mariarosaria Agostino, Università della Calabria
Cristina Bernini, Università di Bologna
Cristina Brasili, Università di Bologna
Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano
Augusto Cerqua, Università di Roma La Sapienza
Marusca De Castris, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Silvia Emili, Università di Bologna
Valeria Fedeli, Politecnico di Milano
Camilla Lenzi, Politecnico di Milano
Marco Mariani, IRPET
Ilaria Mariotti; Politecnico di Milano
Marco Modica, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Davide Piacentino, Università di Palermo
Elena Ragazzi; IRCrES-CNR – Istituto di Ricerca sulla crescita economica sostenibile
Laura Resmini, Università di Milano Bicocca
Domenico Scalera, Università del Sannio
Daniela Storti, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA)
Silvia Cerisola, Politecnico di Milano
Simone Landini, IRES Piemonte
Pietro Pizzuto, Università di Palermo

Treasury AISRe
Augusto Cerqua, Università La Sapienza
Via Edoardo Bonardi 3, 20133 Milano
tesoreria@aisre.it

Technical Secretary AISRe
Diana Sarmiento, segreteria.tecnica@aisre.it