RSA Early Career Conference 2013

‘The Future of Regional Studies’

Friday 1^st November 2013, Manchester University, Manchester, UK

Call for Papers closes extended until 25^th August 2013

Further information here: http://www.regionalstudies.org/conferences/conference/the-regional-studies-association-early-career-conference-2013

In recent times regional and local development has been affected by a changing political and economic environment that has thrown into question many of the strategies pursued in recent years. Despite the challenges, the current context provides also an opportunity to revise theoretical and policy frameworks, and to continue working to improve them. The objective of this conference is to bring together a group of early career researchers, and give them a chance to identify and discuss the future lines of research and action for regional studies. Maintaining the RSA openness to a wide range of research topics, with a focus on regional and urban issues, we invite all those who share an interest in this broad area of investigation to join us in Manchester. We will accept abstracts that cover the following, and similar, areas of research:

•  Innovation And Knowledge
• Financialisation And Regional Development
• New Challenges In Urban Planning
• Global Production Networks
• Evolutionary Economic Geography
• Foreign Direct Investment And Regional Development
• Climate Change And Sustainability
• Urban And Regional Governance, Politics And Territory