Dear All,

Hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you about the forthcoming RSA Europe's Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College, 3rd-6th September in Cagliari. Could you please circulate the announcement below to your colleagues, PhD students, post-docs, early career researchers, and any potentially interested contacts. The application deadline to attend this Summer College is Monday, June 24th. Many thanks in advance for your support.

With best wishes,

Klara

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RSA Europe's Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College, September 3rd to 6th, 2019 in Cagliari, Sardinia - Skills, Mobility and Entrepreneurship

The mobility of skilled individuals and the transitional nature of the workplace from a more permanent and stationary setting to one that is project-based and dominated by short term contracts is changing the economic landscape. In addition, as highly skilled workers become more reliant on finding, and subsequently bidding and securing, projects offered by a variety of entities, they also increasingly need to become entrepreneurs rather than just employees who can rely on the support mechanisms that a regular place of work usually offers. Conversely, low skilled individuals face increased job insecurity and competition both domestically and internationally (via imports from low labour cost countries and value chains). The co-evolution of skills, mobility and entrepreneurship, and the rapid pace of how these transitions occur in the contemporary knowledge-based economy provides a fertile environment for inter-disciplinary discourse and scientific inquiry. RSA Europe's Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College 2019 aims to coach students and early career researchers to collaborate and work across disciplines in order to tackle these and related, societal challenges.

2019 RSA Europe Summer College Instructors:

Jennifer Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics, UK
Maria Chiara Di Guardo, University of Cagliari, Italy
Frederick Guy, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Dieter F. Kogler, Spatial Dynamics Lab, UCDublin, Ireland
Emanuela Marrocu, CRENoS, Università di Cagliari, Italy
Ernest Miguelez, University of Bordeaux, France
Alessandro Plaisant, Universita di Sassari, Italy
Stefano Usai, CRENoS, Università di Cagliari, Italy
Elvira Uyarra, University of Manchester, UK

MAIN OBJECTIVES

To develop new networks beyond economic geography and regional disciplines
To explore collaborations at the intersection of disciplines
To push the frontier of scientific inquiry in one field by incorporation of ideas and theories from others
To connect young talented researchers from various disciplinary backgrounds
To offer participants valuable networking opportunities with peers and also with course tutors
To offer participants training in methods and skills and the opportunity to discuss and develop their understanding of, and contribution to, theoretical advancement
To encourage and pursue the development of future leading researchers

The venue, CRENoS (Centre for North South Economic Research) is located at the University of Cagliari in the stunning Mediterranean metropolis of Cagliari, Sardinia, and provides an ideal setting for this event.

For further information about the event and the application process, please see: https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/2019-rsa-europes-socio-spatial-dynamics-summer-college/

If you are interested to join us, pleased submit all application documents and the required video via the platform provided on the RSA Europe's Summer College webpage by Monday, June 24th, 2019.

Acceptance into the College covers accommodation, meals and social activities. There is no formal charge to attend this event but a voluntary donation to RSA Europe of €250 is strongly suggested to support the Foundation’s work.

Read about the experiences of students at our first RSA summer college 2018 here: https://www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-summer-college-2018-a-message-from-the-trailblazers/　

Klara Sobekova

Grants and Knowledge Exchange Officer

Regional Studies Association

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