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Important announcement for participants of 10th CEWS

The Slovak Section of ERSA would like to inform that this year's 10th Central European Winter Seminar in Regional Science in Zuberec, Slovakia (March 11 – 13, 2020) has been cancelled due to an official ban imposed on all mass events in Slovakia as published by the Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic on March 10th, 2020 in connection with the spread of coronavirus. We are sorry to communicate this news, especially in light of all the enthusiasm and work that had been put into the preparation of the seminar. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to the participants.

10th CEWS - registration is open!

Registration for the 10th Central European Winter Seminar in Regional Science is now open. For the registration, please visit following link. During the registration, you will be asked to provide us with the personal information, title and abstract (max. 500 words) of your presentation. At the same time, you will specify your section membership and choose your accommodation. We will send you decision about the acceptance of your abstract together with the invoice. Please notice that the registration fee changes as follows.

The fee includes lunch on Wednesday, participation on the sessions, the proceedings from the seminar, welcome reception on Wednesday, closing reception on Friday and coffee breaks. The fee of an accompanying person includes lunch on Wednesday, welcome reception on Wednesday and closing reception on Friday.

The seminar will be held in the Pension Pribisko in Zuberec (Slovakia). We have booked limited number of rooms for our participants. You can choose your accomodation type during the registration process. We offer following types of accommodation and related services:
Single room for 3 nights including breakfast, dinner and local fees for € 150 (€ 50 per night)
Shared room for 3 nights including breakfast, dinner and local fees for € 126 (€ 42 per night). Should you choose this option please send us the name of the colleague staying with you during the registration.

Save the date of the 10th winter seminar

This year's 10th winter seminar of regional science will take place from March 11th to 14th 2020. We have several great news for you. First, the seminar changed its name. Since next year, the seminar is organized jointly by the Polish, Hungarian and Slovak sections of the European Regional Science Association. Since science has no nationality, we decided to rename the seminar to the Central European Winter Seminar in Regional Science. We are glad that by doing so we contribute to strengthening international cooperation in regional science. The second important news is that we have decided to highlight the contribution of women in regional science and have invited two top researchers. Our dear guests are Eveline van Leeuwen (Wageningen University, NL) and Katarzyna Kopczewska (University of Warsaw, PL). Looking forward to see you in March!

New announcement: postdoc position at the University of Ostrava

The University of Ostrava (Czechia), Department of Human Geography and
Regional Development  offers a post-doc position in economic and urban
geography. Detailed information can be found in the attached document or
here http://prf.osu.eu/job-opportunities/?kdepr=31&prace=1055

7th Central European Conference in Regional Science in Sopron

We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to the 7th Central European Conference in Regional Science which is organized by the Hungarian Regional Science Association in cooperation with the University of Sopron, the Slovak and German speaking Sections of ERSA as well as University of Economics in Bratislava and Technical University of Košice. The CERS Conference is organised every two years in one of the Central European countries for both academics and practitioners, focusing on urban and regional science in the context of the Central European Space. This year it will be held on 9–11 October 2019, in Sopron (Hungary) at the University of Sopron, Alexandre Lamfalussy Faculty of Economics.

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9th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science

The 9th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science is comming! Seminar will take place on 13th – 16th March, 2019 in the Low Tatras ski resort Tale in the hotel Stupka. It is our pleasure also to announce that Andrés Rodrigués Posé is our invited speaker. So, do not miss this opportunity and send your one-page abstract to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until December 31, 2018.

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ERSA Conference Borders and Regional Development

A joint conference of the German Speaking, Hungarian, Polish, and Slovak Sections of the European Regional Science Association, the German Speaking, Hungarian, Polish, and Slovak Sections of the European Regional Science Association call for submission of abstracts to their jointly organized conference on Borders and Regional Development. We invite abstracts for contributions dealing with the topic of the conference in a wide sense and with related topics. The conference will be held in Berlin, Germany, September 6-7 2018. For more information and to submit an abstract go to http://gfr.ersa.org/sommer2018.

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Do not miss Vicente Royuela at the 8th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science!

We are happy to announce that our guest lecturer Vicente Royuela will present his research on Agglomeration economies in developing countries at the 8th Slovak Winter Seminar of Regional Science. Vicente is Professor of Applied Economics at University of Barcelona. He is member of the Board of Directors of the AQR Research Grup and member of the European Organizing Committee of ERSA. He is Editor of REGION and Regional Science Policy and Practice, and sits on the board of other scientific journals. He works in Regional Science and Urban Economics and is in research programs, including Spanish, Italian, EU Horizon 2020 and OECD projects.

Postdoc Research Fellow – Economic geography/Urban geography

Possition anouncement at the Centre of City and Regional Management at the Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, University of Ostrava (Czechia). The key activities of the successful candidate will include completing assignments related to the implemented research in close cooperation with the members of CCRM as well as active participation in the preparation of joint research projects.

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31th ERSA Summer School in Bratislava

The University of Economics in Bratislava in collaboration with the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) is pleased to announce the opportunity for Ph.D. students and young researchers to participate in the 31th ERSA Summer School which will be held from the 1th July to 8th July, 2018 at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia. Within the topic of the summer school Regional Policy Analysis and Planning - Evaluation Theory and Practice recent advances in theory of regional policy, its implementation and evaluation will be discussed. For more information, please visit www.ersa.org.