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Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS – deadline for submission

14^th February 2010

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Regional Responses and Global Shifts: Actors, Institutions and Organisations

Pécs, Hungary

Monday 24^th – Wednesday 26^th May 2010

Key note speakers include:

Dirk Ahner, Director-General, EU Regional Policy, European Commission

Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General, Committee of the Regions

A. Innovative strategies and practices of firms in regional development

B. Labour markets and labour organisations and their continued relevance for regional

development

C. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO): facilitators of regional development?

D. Regional policies: government and quasi-government initiatives

E. Reassessing EU Regional Policy

F. People in regions: leadership, collective action and regional development

G. Financing regions: global financial crisis and beyond?

H. Cooperation across borders

I. Global environmental change and the future of regional development

J. Theory and research in regional studies

K. Spatial planning in cities and regions

L. Experience economy and experience society. Culture, leisure and experiences in spatial

strategies

M. Creative regions in a creative economy

N. Regional Policy and Development in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe

For more information and to submit and abstract and register click the link below:

Victoria Buckley

Administrator and Conference Officer

Regional Studies Association

PO Box 2058

Seaford. BN25 4QU

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1323 899 698

Fax: +44 (0)1323 899 798

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