Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference 2010 “Regional Responses and Global Shifts: Actors, Institutions and Organisations”

Date: May 24-26, 2010

Site: Pécs, Hungary Organiser: Regional Studies Association

Topics: Papers which are collaborative, international or multi-disciplinary are especially welcome.

Specifically, this conference calls for papers in the following interrelated themes:

Innovative strategies and practices of firms in regional development;

Labour organisations and their continued relevance for regional development;

Non-governmental Organisations (NGO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO): facilitators of regional development? Regional policies: government and quasi-government initiatives;

Reassessing EU Regional Policy;

People in regions: leadership, collective action and regional development;

Financing regions: global financial crisis and its future? Cooperation across borders;

Global environmental change and the future of regional development;

Theory and research in regional studies;

Spatial planning in cities and regions;

Regional policy and development in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe.

The organizers welcome papers from all – academics, students and those working in policy and practice.

Language: English

Deadline: February 14, 2010.

All participants will need to register and pay for the conference when submitting their abstract via our secure online conference portal at: www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk

Contact: Lisa Bibby-Larsen, Conference and Marketing Officer, Regional Studies Association, PO Box 2058, Seaford BN25 4QU, United Kingdom

Tel.: + 44 1323 899 698 Fax: + 44 1323 899 798

E-mail: lisa.bibby-larsen@rsals.ac.uk

Internet: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/2010/may-pecs/cfp.pdf (source: Internet)