Dear colleagues, With the help of this e-mail we want to draw your attention to the third contribution to the SECONS (Socio-Economics of Space) Discussion Forum. The forum publishes theoretically-informed and original discussion contributions online in the field of socio-economics of space. We want to focus series of about four or five short papers on specific, currently debated issues. The third excellent contribution to the discussion on fuzzy concepts in regional studies is written by Arnoud Lagendijk, titled "Towards conceptual quality in regional studies: the need for subtle critique - A response to Markusen". In order to download Arnoud's paper go to our unit's web-site http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/grabher/ and click on SECONS Discussion Forum. We are happy to announce that Ann Markusen will round off our discussion on fuzzy concepts in due course. With kind regards, Robert Hassink & Gernot Grabher Editors of the SECONS Discussion Forum Socio-Economics of Space University of Bonn Meckenheimer Allee 166 53115 Bonn, Germany phone: 0049-(0)228-73-2104 fax: 0049-(0)228-73-9731 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/grabher/ -------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hassink Socio-Economics of Space Department of Geography University of Bonn Meckenheimer Allee 166 D-53115 Bonn Germany phone: 0049-(0)228-73-2104 fax: 0049-(0)228-73-9731 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/grabher/people/people.html