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

Download the  AISRE-Call for Papers 2024

Cities and Regions in the Digital Era and the
Challenge of the Transition Towards the Circular Economy

Call for papers – XLV Annual Scientific Conference

Turin, 4-6 September 2024

The Italian Regional Science Association (A.I.S.Re), the Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), announces its XLV Annual Scientific Conference organized in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Contributions from researchers working on different disciplines in the field of regional science are welcome. The conference venue is Università degli Studi di Torino, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena, 100A.
The central theme of the conference is the digital and circular transformation and the new opportunities and challenges emerging from these radical changes for regions and cities. Despite the large commitment and investments envisaged by the PNRR, the adoption of the new digital technologies remains weak and highly unbalanced across businesses and territories, with the risk of worsening the territorial gaps between North and South as much as between centers and peripheries, and of postponing the much desired, and increasingly necessary, relaunch of productivity. The transition towards a circular economy, made compelling by the climate crisis, has found a further obstacle in the rapid and unexpected growth of inflation, and in particular in the sharp increase in energy prices, especially following the explosion of the conflict in Ukraine. The combination of these factors depict 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 best of the vast possibilities offered by the PNRR, already in the early stages of implementation. The conference aims to represent an opportunity for reflection and discussion on the determinants and consequences of the digital and circular transformation underway in the various territories, as well as on the governance policies and structures which, in a context of greater political and economic uncertainty and turbulence, can better initiate and/or facilitate the transition towards a phase of renewed growth of the country and its regions and cities.

Besides the main theme, the A.I.S.Re conference encorauges the discussion on 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 oof 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, 2024.
• with individual papers. Those interested should submit an abstract by February 29, 2024, directly from the login area of the website. Consult this LINK to see detailed instructions for abstract submission. A template file for papers editing is also available on the Conference site (LINK).

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

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

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

REGISTRATION TO THE ASSOCIATION/CONFERENCE

Registration and participation in the Conference is subject to A.I.S.Re. membership, as individual, corporate or young member, available in the login area. Registration and membership fees are available at this LINK.

AISRe membership benefits include:

• the subscription to Scienze Regionali (Italian Journal of Regional Science) for the following calendar year;
• 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 journals Papers in Regional Science and Regional Science Policy and Practice for the following calendar year, the opportunity to pay a reduced fee at the Annual Conferences of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) (www.ersa.org) and the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (www.regionalscience.org):
• Young scholars have also the opportunity to participate to the Summer/Winter Schools of AISRe.

COMMITTEES

Local Organizing Committee

Valentina Biconne, Politecnico di Torino
Massimiliano Coda Zabetta, Università degli Studi di Torino
Alessandra Colombelli, Politecnico di Torino
Elettra D’Amico, Politecnico di Torino
Fabrizio Fusillo, Università degli Studi di Torino
Gianluca Orsatti, Università degli Studi di Torino
Andrea Panelli, Politecnico di Torino
Francesco Quatraro, Università degli Studi di Torino (Chair)
Francesca Silvia Rota, Università degli Studi di Torino
Alessandra Scandura, Università degli Studi di Torino

Scientific Committee

Cristiano Antonelli, Università degli Studi di Torino
Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano
Alessandra Colombelli, Politecnico di Torino
Andrea Conte, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Egidio Dansero, Università degli Studi di Torino
Camilla Lenzi, Politecnico di Milano
Davide Piacentino, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Francesco Quatraro, Università degli Studi di Torino
Elena Ragazzi, IRCrES-CNR – Istituto di Ricerca sulla crescita economica sostenibile
Domenico Scalera, Università del Sannio
Alessandra Scandura, Università degli Studi di Torino
Stefano Usai, Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Promoting Committee

Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino
Raffaele Caterina, Università degli Studi di Torino
Christophe Feder, Università Valle d’Aosta
Aldo Geuna, Università degli Studi di Torino
Simone Landini, IRES Piemonte
Elisabetta Ottoz, Università degli Studi di Torino
Massimiliano Piacenza, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale
Francesco Ramella, Università degli Studi di Torino
Michele Rosboch, Università degli Studi di Torino e IRES Piemonte
Roberto Zanola, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale

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

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