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(RP) the special session is based on a research project
S01-Sustainability, Innovation, and Regional Development
*Artem Korzhenevych, IOER, Germany, a.korzhenevych@ioer.de; Alessandra Faggian, GSSI, Italy, alessandra.faggian@gssi.it
*Alessandro Valenza (t33, Italy); Kai Böhme (Spatial Foresight GmbH, Germany); Erich Dallhammer (ÖIR – Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, Austria)
Ex-post evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes 2014-2020 financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) Work Package 12 - Crisis Response
S03-Beyond GDP: New Measurement Frameworks, Inequalities, and Economic Sustainability(RP)
*Adriana C. Pinate, email: adriana.pinate@gssi.it
A study on the effects of Institutional Quality on Perceptions of Inequality at the regional level. The study applies for the first time a novel dataset collected in US and Italy by a group of researchers, in particular, a new variable to measure perceptions of inequalities at different levels.
S04-Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Financial and Spatial Perspective(RP)
*Agnieszka Majorek-Gdula, University of Economics in Katowice, agnieszka.majorek-gdula@uekat.pl; Artur Walasik, University of Economics in Katowice, artur.walasik@uekat.pl
S05-Digitalisation, Skills, and Regional Transformation
*Alessandra Michelangeli, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, alessandra.michelangeli@unimib.it; José Manuel Amoedo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, jm.amoedo@usc.es; Bruno Blanco-Varela, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, b.blanco.varela@usc.es; Giorgia Casalone, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, giorgia.casalone@uniupo.it
S06-Advances in the energy transition: efficient buildings and sustainable industrial processes(RP)
*Alessandro Lorenzo Palma, ENEA alessandrolorenzo.palma@enea.it
Electric System Research
S07-Methods for the evaluation of EU economic dynamics and policies
*Andrea Conte, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, andrea.conte@ec.europa.eu; Andrea Caragliu, Politecnico di Milano, andrea.caragliu@polimi.it; Anabela Santos, Université libre de Bruxelles, anabela.santos@ulb.be
S08-Regional Disparities in Intergenerational Social Mobility
*Andrea Conte, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, andrea.conte@ec.europa.eu
*Alejandro Sanchez-Zarate, UAM-C Mexico, asanchez@cua.uam.mx; Salomón Gonzalez-Arellano, UAM-C Mexico, sgonzalez@cua.uam.mx
The International Campus of Transitions is a research, education, and international cooperation project designed to understand, anticipate, and support contemporary transition processes from an interdisciplinary perspective. Conceived as a binational France–Mexico initiative, the project places the future at the core of academic reflection and territorial action, integrating socioecological, digital, and social transitions...
S10-Culture Based Development in the Regions of India
*Annie Tubadji, Swansea University, atubadji@hotmail.com
S11-The CBD Tiebout-Hirschman-Rothschild Model & Ultra-Right Voting
*Annie Tubadji, Swansea University, atubadji@hotmail.com
S12-Corruption and Local Performance: Identification, Mechanisms, and Policy Responses
*Bertacche Ilenia, University of Corsica, France and CRENoS, Italy, bertacche_I@univ-corse.fr; Bianca Biagi, University of Sassari, GSSI, CRENoS, Italy, bbiagi@uniss.it; Claudio Detotto, University of Corsica, France, CRENoS, Italy, detotto_c@univ-corse.fr
S13-Corridors and Urban Systems in Africa(RP)
*Boyan Kavalov, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Fair and Sustainable Economy, Territorial Development Unit, boyan.kavalov@ec.europa.eu
Corridors and Urban Systems in Africa (CUSA)
*Simona Cafieri, Italian National Institute of Statistics, cafieri@istat.it
*Alexander Petkov, Technical University of Sofia, alexpetkov@tu-sofia.bg; *Carlos Almeida Marques, University of Lisbon Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, camarques@caam.com.pt; Claudia Nunes Ribeiro, Universidade Federal da Amazónia, claudia.nunes@ufam.edu.br; Isabel Villac, Universide Presbiteriana Mackenzie, FAU, belvillac@gmail.com; Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, University of Azores, tomas.lc.dentinho@uac.pt
S16-Innovation, Transparency, and Policy Implementation in the Israeli Public Sector
*Chen Sharony, Ben-Gurion University if the Negev, Sapir Academic College and Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College, chenisraeli9@gmail.com; Tehila Kalagy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, kalagy@bgu.ac.il;
*Carles Méndez-Ortega, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), cmendezor@uoc.edu; Albert Miró Pérez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), amiroperez@uoc.edu; Joan Torrent-Sellens, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), jtorrent@uoc.edu
*Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen, d.ballas@rug.nl; Martijn Burger, Erasmus University Rotterdam, mburger@ese.eur.nl; Elli Papastergiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, ellipapast@plandevel.auth.gri; Spyridon Stavropoulos, University of Patras, spstaur@upatras.gr
*Dagmara Kociuba, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, dagmara.kociuba@mail.umcs.pl; Alessandra de Renzis, Fondazione Gran Sasso Tech, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy, alesssandra.derenzis@gransassotech.org
*Zoltán András Dániel, University of Pannonia, daniel.zoltan@gtk.uni-pannon.hu; Dorottya Edina Kozma, University of Pannonia, kozma.dorottya.edina@gtk.uni-pannon.hu
S21-Cities at Risk: Urban Growth Dynamics in the Presence of Climate and Natural Shocks
*Daniel Centuriao, West Virginia University, dc00041@mix.wvu.edu; Caroline Welter, West Virginia University, caw00024@mix.wvu.edu
S22-Navigating the future EU Cohesion Policy post-2027 in a transition era
*Daniela-Luminita Constantin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, dconstan@hotmail.com; Cristina Serbanica, “Constantin Brancoveanu” University of Pitesti, Romania, cpantelica@yahoo.co.uk; Erika Marin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, erika.marin@csie.ase.ro; Camelia Delcea, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, camelia.delcea@csie.ase.ro
S23-Insularity, Culture, and Tourism: Innovating for Sustainable Island Futures
*Despina Dimelli, Technical University of Crete, School of Architecture, ddimelli@tuc.gr
*Tamas Gyulai, International Economic Development Council, dr.gyulai.tamas@gmail.com; Péter Maróti, Regional Innovation Agency of South Great Plain region, maroti.peter@darinno.hu
TetRRIS (Territorial Responsible Research and Innovation and Smart Specialisation)
S25-Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
*Elena Ragazzi, CNR IRCrES, Torino, Italy, elenamaria.ragazzi@cnr.it; Marco Mariani, IRPET, marco.mariani@irpet.it; Lisa Sella, CNR-IRCrES, lisa.sella@cnr.it
*Elena Ragazzi, CNR-IRCrES, Torino, Italy, elenamaria.ragazzi@cnr.it; Igor Benati, CNR-IRCrES, Torino, Italy, igor.benati@cnr.it; Lisa Sella, CNR-IRCrES, Torino, Italy, lisa.sella@cnr.it
*Iyad Snunu, Peres Academic Center, Health Services Management, eyadsnunu@gmail.com
We, Arab and Jewish researchers from Israel, are writing an article about the changes in Arab agriculture in the Jewish State of Israel.
S28-Spatial trends, spatial unit roots, spurious spatial regressions, and Regional Science
*Fernando Bruna, Universidade da Coruña, Spain, f.bruna@udc.es; Mariano Matilla-García, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain, mmatilla@cee.uned.es; Román Mínguez, Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha, Spain, roman.minguez@uclm.es; Maryna Makeienko, ESIC University, Maryna.Makeienko@esic.university
S29-Decent work: Job quality in regional science
*Femke Cnossen, University of Groningen, f.d.cnossen@rug.nl; Davide Lunardon, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy davide.lunardon@gssi.it
S30-Beyond Next Generation EU: Impact Assessment and Implications for Cohesion Policy
*Fabio Mazzola, University of Palermo, Italy, fabio.mazzola@unipa.it; Debora Gambina, University of Palermo, Italy, debora.gambina@unipa.it
*Filippo di Pietro, Joint Research Centre, Filippo.di-pietro@ec.europa.eu; Andrea Conte, Joint Research Centre, Andrea.CONTE@ec.europa.eu
S32-Impossible Triangularity? Cohesion, Competitiveness, and Defense in European Governance
*Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, gcpas@uaic.ro; Liviu-George Maha, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, mlg@uaic.ro; Cristian Incaltarau, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, cristian.incaltarau@uaic.ro
S33-Regional Vulnerabilities and Trade Dependencies
Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, roberta.capello@polimi.it; Roberto Dellisanti, Politecnico di Milano, roberto.dellisanti @polimi.it; *Giovanni Perucca, Politecnico di Milano, giovanni.perucca@polimi.it
S34-Geography and the determinants of political discontent
Davide Luca, University of Cambridge, dl622@cam.ac.uk; Camilla Lenzi, Politecnico di Milano, camilla.lenzi@polimi.it; Giovanni Perucca, Politecnico di Milano, giovanni.perucca@polimi.it
*Govindapuram Suresh, IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, govindapuram.suresh@krea.edu.in
S36-AI in Energy Environmental Sustainable Tea Economics
*Prof. Gyan Mudra and Dr Srinivas Surisetti, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, srinivas.surisetti@tiss.ac.in
S37-Culture at Work: How Creative Industries Shape Regional Development
*Ioannis Kaplanis, Athens Epidaurus Festival & Athens University of Economics and Business, i_kaplanis@yahoo.co.uk; Ioannis Radin, University of Thessaly, rantin@uth.gr
*Israfil Boyaci, Faculty of Business, Istanbul Ticaret University, Türkiye, iboyaci@ticaret.edu.tr
*Israfil Boyaci, Faculty of Business, Istanbul Ticaret University, Türkiye, iboyaci@ticaret.edu.tr
S40-Leveraging Public Procurement for Regional Sustainability Transitions
*Jonathan Morris, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, J.morris@ioer.de; Steven Parker, Open University, steven.parker@open.ac.uk
S41-Fair Transition, Resilience and Cohesion Development in the Frontier Region. Is it possible?
*Prof. Justyna M. Chodkowska-Miszczuk, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, justyna.chodkowska-miszczuk@us.edu.pl
*Kadri Leetmaa, Ingmar Pastak, Garri Raagmaa, University of Tartu, Department of Geography, kadri.leetmaa@ut.ee, ingmar.pastak@ut.ee, garri.raagmaa@ut.ee
The session is partly related to the research project “Rethinking smartification from the margins: Co-creating Smart Rurality with and for an Aging Population” (2023-2027), funded by Estonian Research Council.
*Prof. Anna Vaňová and Katarína Vitálišová, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, katarina.vitalisova@umb.sk
STICS - Smart Transformation and Innovation Consortium Slovakia funded by the EU Next Generation EU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project Smart Transformation and Innovation Consortium Slovakia (STICS) No. 09102-03-V01-00011.
S44-Local governments, diplomacy, and regionalism(RP)
*Petra Kinga Kézai, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary; kezai.petra@krtk.elte.hu; Dessislava Poleganova, National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, dpoleganova@yahoo.com
The session will be financed by the research project no. 146411 with the support provided by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the K-23 funding scheme.
S45-Regional Economy and Human/Capital Mobility
Kenji Kondoh, School of Economics, Chukyo University, kkondo@mecl.chukyo-u.ac.jp
S46-Talent Geographies and Regional Resilience: Peripheral Responses to Global Transformation(RP)
*Tibor Kovács, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kovacs.Tibor@uni-mate.hu; Szabolcs Mátyás, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary, matyas.szabolcs@uni-nke.hu; Mária Vasvári, University of Debrecen, Hungary, vasvari.maria@science.unideb.hu
Our study examines how three peripheral European NUTS3 regions – Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (Hungary), Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (Germany), and North Ostrobothnia (Finland) – can develop resilient talent ecosystems amid demographic decline and persistent socio-economic peripherality...
*Leïla Kebir, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, leila.kebir@unil.ch; Artur Ochojski, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland, artur.ochojski@ue.katowice.pl; Adam Polko, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland, adam.polko@ue.katowice.pl; Frédéric Wallet, INRAE Occitanie-Toulouse, France, frederic.wallet@agroparistech.fr
*Giuseppe Luca Polizzi, UNU-CRIS, lpolizzi@cris.unu.edu
UNU - CRIS Research Project
S49-Global challenges and regional changes in retail trade the urban and rural areas perspective(RP)
*Krystian Heffner, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland, heffner@ue.katowice.pl; Małgorzata Twardzik, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, mtwardz@sgh.waw.pl
Warsaw Retail and Consumption Observatory" Research Project
S50-Entrepreneurial SMEs and territorial contexts: strategies, impacts, and dynamics
*Marcus Dejardin*, Université de Namur & UCLouvain, marcus.dejardin@unamur.be; Jean Bonnet, Université de Caen Normandie, jean.bonnet@unicaen.fr; Mauricio Castillo-Vergara, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, hcastillo@uahurtado.cl; Domingo García Pérez de Lema, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, domingo.garcia@upct.es
*Maria Rosaria Seminara, ENEA, mariarosaria.seminara@enea.it; Giuseppe Pellegrini Masini, ENEA, giuseppe.pellegrinimasini@enea.it; Vincenzo Provenzano, University of Palermo; Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Cranfield University
*Matteo Beghelli, Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna, matteo.beghelli@rer.camcom.it; Nicola Camatti, University Ca' Foscari, Venice
S53-Accessibility and Inequality in the Context of Transport and Urban Form
*Louafi Bouzouina, ENTPE/LAET, University of Lyon, louafi.bouzouina@entpe.fr; Mehmet Guney Celbis, ENTPE/LAET, University of Lyon, mgcelbis@entpe.fr
S54-Beyond GDP: Rethinking Progress and Well-Being in Regions and Cities(RP)
*Mihaela Clincu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, mihaela.clincu@uaic.ro; Sébastien Bourdin, EM Normandie Business School, sbourdin@em-normandie.fr; Bogdan-Constantin Ibănescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, ibanescu.bogdan@uaic.ro
SAGES: Spatial Analysis of Growth, Environment and Sustainable Well-being
*K.N.Nadeeshani Silva, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, nadee@agri.ruh.ac.lk
*Nikos Kapitsinis, University of Copenhagen, nka@ign.ku.dk; André Carrascal-Incera, University of Oviedo, carrascalandre@uniovi.es; Lefteris Topaloglou, University of Western Macedonia, etopaloglou@uowm.gr; Mihail Arandarenko, University of Belgrade, mihail.arandarenko@ekof.bg.ac.rs
The ISABEL project, funded by Horizon https://isabelproject.eu/
*Oumhani Eddelani, FSJES - USMBA, oumhani.eddelani@usmba.ac.ma
*Éva Komlósi, University of Pécs, komlosi.eva@ktk.pte.hu and Balázs Páger, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, pager.balazs@krtk.elte.hu; Marcus Dejardin, University of Namur, marcus.dejardin@unamur.be; László Szerb, University of Pécs, szerb.laszlo@ktk.pte.hu
S59-Innovation Beyond the Frontier: Alternative Approaches for Understanding Regional Innovation
*Rahmi Can Yamanoglu, Gran Sasso Science Institute, rahmican.yamanoglu@gssi.it; Alena Myshko, Gran Sasso Science Institute
S60-Innovation at the service of the traditional economy
*Raphael Bar-El, Ben-Gurion University and Sapir Academic College, rbarel@bgu.ac.il
S61-International migration and local communities
*Roberto Dellisanti, Politecnico di Milano, roberto.dellisanti@polimi.it; Orsa Kekezi, Swedish Institute for Social Research, orsa.kekezi@sofi.su.se
S62-Rural areas: attractiveness, policies and development paths(RP)
*Rosella Nicolini, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; rosella.nicolini@uab.cat; José Luis Roig Sabaté, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, joseplluis.roig@uab.es
RURALITIC (Funded by European Union, Project 101181142)
*Roxana Maria Triboi, LE:NOTRE Institute, The Netherlands & Asociația Climato sfera, Bucharest, Romania, roxana.triboi@gmail.com
This Special Session is grounded in ongoing applied research and policy innovation projects on urban/regional food governance, social food infrastructures and just transitions (e.g., living labs, municipal food strategies, public procurement and anti-poverty territorial policies).
*Roxana Maria Triboi, LE:NOTRE Institute, The Netherlands & Asociația Climato sfera, Bucharest, Romania, roxana.triboi@gmail.com
S65-Territorial transformation using multiphysics(RP)
*Stefano Bonfa and Uma Gunasilan, OxSDE Multiphysics, s.bonfa@yahoo.co.uk
OxSDE Multiphysics
S66-The spatial, regional and urban dimensions of circular economy
*Sébastien Bourdin, EM Normandie Business School, France, s.bourdin@ieseg.fr; André Torre, INRAE & Université Paris-Saclay, France, andre.torre.2@inrae.fr; Forman Balázs György, John von Neumann University, Hungary, forman.balazs@nje.hu; Silvia Grandi, University of Bologna, Italy, s.grandi@unibo.it
S67-Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Macroregion
*Salma Hichri, FSEG Sfax, CODECI, University of Sfax, Tunisia & CITERES-DATE, University of Tours, salmahichri@gmail.com; Hamadi Tizaoui, FSHS - University of Tunis, Tunisia, tizaoui.hamadi@yahoo.fr; Paolo Sospiro, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, Università eCampus, Italy & EUAbout, Brussels, psospiro@eu-about.eu; Maher Gassab, EST - University de Manouba- Tunisia, maher.gassab@esct.rnu.tn; Hanene Jamoussi, MOCFINE- ESCAE Université de Manouba, hanene.jamoussi@esct.uma.tn
*Stella Angova, UNWE, Media Department, UNESCO, sangova@unwe.bg; Diama Andreeva-Popyordanova
UNESCO Chair on Media and Information Literacy and Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development; CICERONE Project
*Sara Clavero, TU Dublin, sara.clavero@tudublin.ie; Francisco Santarremigia, AITEC, fsantarremigia@aitec-intl.com
FITTER-EU and TWIN RD
S70-Uneven Prosperity: Spatial Polarisation, Social Vulnerability, and In-Work Poverty
*Melinda Smahó, ELTE CERS Institute for Regional Studies West Hungarian Research Department, Hungary, Széchenyi István University, Albert Kázmér Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, smaho.melinda@krtk.elte.hu; smahom@sze.hu; Aleksandra Ravnachka, National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Acad. Georgi Bonchev; South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, a_lravnachka@abv.bg
S71-Future-oriented Regional Transformation Pathways in Central and Eastern Europe(RP)
*Suyash Jolly, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, University of Ostrava, Czechia, suyash.jolly@osu.cz; Gerrit Jan Hospers, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, University of Ostrava, Czechia, gert-jan.hospers@osu.cz; Anton Sentic, Zhaw University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland, anton.sentic@zhaw.ch
REFRESH (https://www.osu.cz/30003/refresh/)
S72-Machine learning methods in the service of regional science(RP)
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, University of Azores, tomas.lc.dentinho@uac.pt; Gabor Pozsgai, coleoptera.hu, pozsgaig@coleoptera.hu
LANDWISE
S73-Digitalization and inequality: territorial disparities and policy effectiveness
*Benedetta Coluccia, Pegaso Digital University, benedetta.coluccia@unipegaso.it; Valentina Cattivelli, Pegaso Digital University, valentina.cattivelli@unipegaso.it
S74-Tools for Measuring Regional Tourism Flows(RP)
*Vedran Milojica, Institute for Tourism Zagreb, vedran.milojica@iztzg.hr; Damir Krešić, Institute for Tourism Zagreb, damir.kresic@iztzg.hr
Project title: System of satellite accounts for sustainable tourism in the Republic of Croatia (CRO. Sustav satelitskih računa održivog turizma Republike Hrvatske)
S75-Urban Environmental Transitions: Communities, Policies, and Practices
*Vered Uziel, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College and Fany Yuval Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, vereduz@jmc.ac.il
S76-Migration – Trends, challenges and opportunities
*Stephan Brunow, University of Applied Labour Studies, stephan.brunow@arbeitsagentur.de; Marie Abreu, Bianca Biagi, Viktor Venhorst
S77-Smart and Sustainable Cities and Territory
*Stefano Aragona, Francesco Parisi, Rome Section of the National Institute of Bioarchitecture, INBAR; stefano.aragona@gmail.com; Francesca Silvia Rota, University of Turin.
S78-Regional Inequalities and Development Pathways in Post-Crisis and Post-Transition Economies
Vladislav Marjanović, Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia and ERSA Serbia, vladislav.marjanovic@eknfak.ni.ac.rs; Aleksandar Manasijević, Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia and ERSA Serbia, aleksandar.manasijevic.eknfak@gmail.com
S79-Advancing Data-Based Policy-Making for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development
Jelena Stanković, Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia and ERSA Serbia, jelena.stankovic@eknfak.ni.ac.rs; Aura Reggiani, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy, aura.reggiani@unibo.it; Marina Stanojević, Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia and ERSA Serbia, marina.stanojevic@eknfak.ni.ac.rs
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