Prague, Czech Republic

This conference is the twelfth in the Association's international series of events, and it comes at a time when great changes are unfolding in Europe, both in terms of regional development and regional policy. The meeting takes place in Prague, at the heart of the Czech Republic.

Hosted by the University of Economics Prague the theme of this years conference is "Regions: The Dilemmas of Integration and Competition?"

The conference follows the structure of previous events with a number of plenary presentations interspersed with several parallel gateways, many of which will run throughout the conference.

Those interested in contributing to the conference are invited to submit an abstract (between 400 - 800 words), giving the relevant Gateway and FULL CONTACT DETAILS by 29th February 2008. You are encouraged to discuss your ideas with the Gateway convenors before submission but in all cases abstracts must be sent to the Regional Studies Association VIA THE WEBSITE so that they can be logged and author contact details registered for the receipt of further information. If accepted your abstract will form your submission to the conference volume with carries an ISBN Number.

Submission deadline - 29th February 2008

Conference Parallel Workshop Themes

• European Regional Policy

  Convenor: John Shutt, ERBEDU, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, Tel: +44 (0)113 812 3221, Email: J.Shutt@leedsmet.ac.uk
  

• Regions: hubs of global knowledge

  Convenor: Lisa de Propris, University of Birmingham, UK, Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6258, Email: l.depropris@bham.ac.uk
  Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 30 253 2896, Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 30 253 2896, Email: R.Boschma@geog.uu.nl
  

• Labour Market Dynamics, Human Capital and Migration

  Convenor: Serge Coulombe, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada, Tel: +1 613 562 5800 ext 1689, Email: serge.coulombe@uottawa.ca plus Michel Beine, University of Luxembourg, Tel: +352 4666 446 752, Email: michel.beine@uni.lu
  

• Rural Economic Development - Core-periphery relations: problems of rural areas development

  Convenor: Martin Pelucha, University of Economics in Prague, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, nam. W. Churchilla 4, Prague 3, 130 67, Tel: +420 222 230 259, Email: pelucham@vse.cz and Zuzana Bednarikova, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Tel: +420 222 000 507, Email: bednarikova@vuze.cz

• City Regions

  Convenors: Tassilo Herrschel, University of Westminster, London, UK, Tel: +44 (0)207 911 5000, Email: t.a.herrschel@westminster.ac.uk, Iwona Sagan, University of Gdansk, Poland, Tel: +48 58 523 6612 Email: geois@univ.gda.pl and Martin Ourednicek, Charles University, Czech Republic, Tel: +420 221 951 378, Email: slamak@natur.cuni.cz
  

• Spatial Planning and Territories

  Convenors: Gordon Dabinett, University of Sheffield, UK, Tel: + 44 (0)114 222 6197, Email: g.e.dabinett@shef.ac.uk, Stefanie Dühr, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0)24-361 30 51, Email: s.duhr@fm.ru.nl

• Multi-Level Governance

  Convenors: Arnoud Lagendijk, University Radboud Nijmegen, Nijmegen School of Management, Spatial Planning, Thomas van Aquinostraat, PO Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 24 361 1925, Email: a.lagendijk@ru.nl and Zuzana Trhlinova Khendriche, Dept of Regional Studies, Economics and Public Administration, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic, Email: trhlinz@vse.cz, Tel: + 42 022 409 5546

• Sport and Tourism Culture - Creative experience economies: regional integration through competition?

  Convenors: Henrik Halkier, University of Aalborg, Denmark, Tel: +45 96 359 138, Email halkier@ihis.aau.dk and Marek Kozak, University of Warsaw, Poland, Tel: +48 (0)22 826 1654, Email: m.w.kozak@uw.edu.pl

• Regional Identities and Imaginations

  Convenor: Brian Graham, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK, Tel +44(0)2870 323399, Email: bj.graham@ulster.ac.uk and Pavel Chromy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Tel: +420 221 995 515, Email: chromy@natur.cuni.cz

• Knowledge-based development in old industrial regions

  Convenors: Paul Benneworth, University of Newcastle, UK, Tel: +44 (0)191 222 8015, Email: paul.benneworth@ncl.ac.uk and Gert-Jan Hospers, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0) 453 894 554, Email: g.j.hospers@utwente.nl

• Employability and labour market strategies in regional perspective

  Convenor: Colin Lindsay, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK, Tel: +44 131 455 4315, Email: c.lindsay@napier.ac.uk and Lionel Guillemot, University of Angers, Angers, France, Tel: +33 (0)241 226 353, Email: lionel.guillemot@univ-angers.fr

• Local and Regional Economic Development

  Convenors: Andy Pike, University of Newcastle, UK, Tel: +44 (0)191 222 8011, Email: andy.pike@ncl.ac.uk and Mário Vale, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Tel: +35 121 7940218, Email: Mario.vale@ceg.ul.pt

• Democracy and Regions

  Convenor: Oto Potluka, IREAS, Institute for Structural Policy, Stepanska 45, Prague 1, 110 00, the Czech Republic, Tel: +420 222 230 259, Email: potluka@ireas.cz and Miroslav Kundrata, Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation, Udolni 33, 602 00 Brno, the Czech Republic, Tel: +420 515 903 130, Email: miroslav.kundrata@nap.cz

• Environmental Issues in Local and Regional Development

  Convenors: Gerd Lintz, Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)351 4679-234, Email: G.Lintz@ioer.de Peter Wirth, Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)351 4679-232, Email: P.Wirth@ioer.de

Submission Guidelines

Please submit via our website at www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk  by 29th February 2008. The conference abstract submission page will close on this date and you will not be able to submit after this date. Your abstract will be accepted - You are required to register and pay at the same time as you submit. The site is secure and accepts all major credit and debit cards. If paying in this way is a difficulty for you please contact the office.

Submissions must include the title, abstract, authors details and choice of gateway.

Proposals will be considered by the Conference Programme Committee against the criteria of originality and interest, subject balance and geographical spread.

Submission Address

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Email: events@rsa-ls.ac.uk

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