Dear Colleagues

 

Understanding and Shaping Regions: Spatial, Social and Economic Futures

Leuven, Belgium: 6-8 April 2009 (optional field trip on

 

 

EXTENDED DEADLINE – New deadline for abstract submission is

Friday 23^rd January 2009

 

We have been advised by several members that the previous deadline of 8^th January 2009 clashes with several other deadlines and may therefore be difficult to hit.

 

• Early registration fees still apply – see website for full details.
• Territorial registration fees are now available.
• All abstracts will be accepted but the convenors reserve the right to enter discussion with you to ensure the abstract best fits the theme of the conference.
• Papers are welcome from all – academics, students and those in policy and practice.
• Abstracts are published in an ISBN publication.
• Best paper competition

 

Plenary speakers include:

 

• Danuta Hubner, Commissioner, European Commission
• Professor Liu Shiqing, West Development Research Centre, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, PRC
• Truman Packard, World Bank, World Development Report
• Professor Frank Moulaert, KU Leuven
• Professor Andres Rodriguez-Pose, LSE
• Mikel Landabasso, European Commission (tbc)

 

Conference Themes:

 

• Regional policy and evaluation
• Regions as innovation hubs?
• Labour markets, employability, worklessness and migration
• Spatial planning, cities and regions
• City regions, governance and democracy
• Tourism, innovation and local development
• Experience economy and spatial strategies
• Regional and local identity: culture and imagination
• Economic restructuring
• Local and regional economic development
• Liveability and environmental quality in local and regional development strategies
• Territorial politics, regionalism and federalism
• Social inequality, health and well-being – regional perspectives
• Mobilities and connectivities – drivers for change
• Non-urban issues – rurality and peripherality and island development

 

We would like you to join us in the beautiful city of Leuven only 15 minutes from Brussels to enjoy an interesting three days amongst colleagues and friends.

 

Submit and register your abstract here:

https://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/ei/getdemo.ei?id=8&s=_3W40NVSJO

 

More information is available at:

http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp#leuven09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa Bibby Larsen, Conference Officer,

Regional Studies Association, PO Box 2058

Seaford  BN25 4QU

 

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Tel: + 44 (0)1323 899 698

Fax: + 44 (0)1323 899 798

 

www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk

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