Dear List-members, We are pleased to let you know that, due to popular demand, we have extended the submission deadline for abstracts for the RSA Central and Eastern European Conference 2017. We welcome your abstract for either a paper<http://www.regionalstudies.org/uploads/documents/CallForPapersCluj_2017_final_call.pdf> or poster<http://www.regionalstudies.org/uploads/documents/Call_for_Poster_Competition_final_call.pdf> presentation until Thursday 6th July 2017. More details on the conference are listed below. We hope you will be able join us in Cluj-Napoca. Best wishes, Daniela
REGIONAL POLARISATION AND UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT IN CEE: CHALLENGES FOR INNOVATIVE PLACE-BASED POLICIES 10th - 13th September 2017, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Abstract submission deadline: 6th July 2017 Over the last decades new patterns of regional disparities and polarisation have developed in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, drawing the attention of both researchers and policy-makers. Cohesion Policy responded to this challenge by focusing on balanced spatial development of the European regions. However, although achieving significant progress in developing towards the EU-average, CEE still faces serious internal spatial imbalances between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, between core regions and peripheries. The increasing social and economic disparities at regional level within CEE have led to the need to develop new strategies with a strong spatial focus, in order to deal with and respond to the challenges. This conference seeks to explore questions such as: how can we deal with polarisation and peripheralisation? What are the challenges for future space-based policies? What new approaches should be developed to deal with growing regional imbalances? Confirmed Plenary Speakers<http://www.regionalstudies.org/conferences/plenary-sessions/plenary-speakers-cluj-2017>: * Iskra Mihaylova, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI), European Parliament, Belgium * Peter Berkowitz, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission, Belgium * Prof. John Bachtler, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, UK * Prof. Dominique Foray, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland * Prof. Michael Keating, School of Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK * Assoc. Prof. Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland * Prof. Jennifer Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA * Prof. Zoltán Kovács, University of Szeged, Hungary Academy of Science, Hungary * Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Meusburger, Heidelberg University, Germany * Dr. Lech Suwala, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany - Early Career Plenary Speaker * Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca and former Prime Minister, Romania - Gala Dinner Speech To see the full Call for Paper please click here<http://www.regionalstudies.org/uploads/documents/CallForPapersCluj_2017_final_call.pdf>. To read more, please click here<http://www.regionalstudies.org/conferences/conference/rsa-cee-cluj2017> to visit the conference website. To submit your abstract and register for the conference please click here.<https://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge/Meetings/Meeting?ID=155> The conference is open to RSA members and non-member. Currently not an RSA member? If you are currently not an RSA member, you can benefit from our Summer membership offer which gives 10% discount on the membership rate. Use code SummerOffer2017 until 2nd July by signing up for membership at https://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge Daniela Carl Deputy Chief Executive [Summer offer smaller]<http://www.regionalstudies.org/membership> Regional Studies Association<http://www.regionalstudies.org/> Sussex Innovation Centre | Falmer | Brighton BN1 9SB | United Kingdom tel: +44(0)1273 698 017|mobile: +44(0)78 6697 8418 Company No 4116288|Charity No 1084165 [conf picture 1 reduced] <http://www.regionalstudies.org/conferences/conference/rsa-cee-cluj2017> [Picture2 signature small] <http://www.regionalstudies.org/conferences/conference/student-and-ec-2017> [icon-facebook.jpg]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Regional-Studies-Association/85457123358> [icon-twitter.jpg] <https://twitter.com/regstud> [icon-linkedin.jpg] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/regionalstudiesassociation> [https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZW02z9dFg8C4E3QMkrPdmj1-mU1pYEFjn51I2LUpjHFiu5eqR] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/regionalstudiesassociation/> Take advantage of your RSA membership<http://www.regionalstudies.org/membership> and apply for research<http://www.regionalstudies.org/research> & funding<http://www.regionalstudies.org/funding> opportunities. Sign up to our e-bulletin<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=REGIONAL-STUDIES-COMMUNITY&A=1> for latest RSA news.
