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REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION EARLY CAREER CONFERENCE 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for abstract submission: 31st July 2012

Times of Change: Future Directions in Geography, Urban and Regional Studies

Thursday 1st ? Friday 2nd November 2012, HafenCity University,  
Hamburg, Germany

Recent developments demonstrate that the world economy is a dynamic  
space evolving in unpredictable ways. On the one hand these changing  
trajectories of regional economies provide an opportunity for scholars  
to develop new research projects; but on the other they require  
researchers to sharpen existing theoretical approaches and develop new  
theoretical perspectives to describe emerging phenomena accurately.

In the context of the ongoing financial and economic crisis there is a  
pressing need to think about the future of geography and regional  
studies, and how they contribute to our understanding of recent  
developments and help reshape the future. Topics include the analysis  
of how the financial industry operates across space and how it shapes  
the development of local and regional economies. Related to this  
phenomenon is the ?re-emerging? issue of uneven development within  
Europe. Prior to the crisis notions of convergence within Europe  
dominated debates, but with the economic crisis the situation has  
reversed once again, with ?Northern? and ?Southern? Europe drifting  
apart. Another important development is that after years of talking  
about ?embedded networks? in shaping regional development, ?the  
market? has moved back as a field of study in order to understand  
economic processes and practices of consumption, production and  
exchange on a local as well as on a global level. Overall there is a  
need to continue to extend our theoretical perspectives in the light  
of recent developments.

This conference will shed light on these (re-)emerging themes,  
bringing together a panel of established academics with early career  
researchers and postgraduate students. In doing so it tries to chart  
avenues for future research themes and theoretical approaches in  
economic geography and regional studies. It is an opportunity to learn  
about new trends.

We invite participations within, but not exclusively, the following topics:

     * Geographies of financial markets and institutions
     * Uneven development in Europe
     * Institutions in urban and regional development
     * Markets and marketization
     * New perspectives on Evolutionary Economic Geography
     * Innovation and knowledge

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

     * Professor Jane Pollard, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
     * Professor Gernot Grabher, HafenCity University, Hamburg, Germany
     * Enrique Garcilazo, OECD, Paris, France
     * Professor Costis Hadjimichalis, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece


Academic Organisers: Pedro Marques: [log in to unmask],  
Tim Heinemann: [log in to unmask]
RSA Organiser: Lesa Reynolds: [log in to unmask]

Please register via:
https://eiemea.certain.com/rsa/getdemo.ei?id=1010033&s=_5YS0TOMPM

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