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Regional Studies Association

Annual President’s Event 2014

The Doyle Bloomsbury Hotel

Thursday, 27th November 2014

Ceremony marking the opening of the Regional Studies Association China Division, September 2014

Welcome, We are delighted to offer you a very warm welcome to this year’s President’s Event. This year of course we are without our President. Professor Sir Peter Hall, our inaugural President and a founder member of the Association sadly passed away in the Summer but we will be remembering him tonight when our guest speaker, Professor Nick Phelps presents a tribute to him and to his contribution. Tonight we will also be running our annual awards ceremony recognising excellence in our field. We pass our congratulations to all those who have been honoured this year and especially to those who will receive their award this evening. The Association has had a busy year.

We have opened an RSA Chinese Division with a project office in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. There was the auspicious number of 66 new members at the opening ceremony which was attended by the Chair and Chief Executive in September

In 2015, the Association will launch two new grant schemes aimed at its individual and fellowship members to complement its Early Career Grant scheme which has awarded over £240,000 to 24 emerging scholars

The new gold open access journal Regional Studies, Regional Science was successfully launched and its 27 articles will have attracted more than 17,000 downloads in 12 months

Territory, Politics, Governance has been accepted by Thomson Reuters for early consideration for inclusion in the Web of Science. Inclusion gives an impact factor

At our largest DG Regio/Committee of the Regions/DG Emploi Open Days European Week for Regions and Cities organized for European policy makers and practitioners, more than 1000 people attended the four RSA hosted University sessions plus the Early Career

Master Class on Cohesion Policy

In December 2013, the Association’s inaugural USA conference in UCLA, Los Angeles was hailed a great success and the Winter conference 2014, is the biggest in our history

Membership has risen to its highest ever level and is more international and more evenly spread across career stage than in the past

As ever, we remind you that any Association can only be as good as its members are active. Do continue to engage with us. Tell us what you would like to do and challenge us to offer more. All best wishes, Andrew Beer Sally Hardy Chair Chief Executive

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Regional Studies Association

Annual President’s Event The Doyle Bloomsbury Hotel

Thursday 27th November 2014

Guest Speaker Professor Nick Phelps, University College London, UK

Nick will present a tribute to the late Professor Sir Peter Hall, formerly President and founder member of the

Regional Studies Association

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Evening Programme

19:00 Arrival drinks 19:30 Awards ceremony hosted by Professor Andrew Beer, University of Adelaide, Australia, Chair of the Regional Studies Association 19:45 Dinner 22:00 Close Prof. Nick Phelps will make his speech during dinner

Dinner Menu

Starter Terrine of two salmons lightly smoked wrapped in black forest

ham, asparagus vinaigrette

Vegetarian

Tian of fresh and smoked mozzarella, avocado mousseline, roast pepper oil

Main Course Poached fillet of lamb wrapped in leek,

aubergine tian, grilled potatoes

Vegetarian

Honey glazed butternut squash caranolli risotto, fresh herbs, mascarpone cream

Dessert Red berry gratin, champagne sabayon basil ice cream

Coffee

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Awards

Awards to be presented at this evening’s dinner

Routledge Award for Early Career Excellence 2014 Dr Gianpiero Torrisi, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, UK

‘Regional Resilience in Italy: A Very Long-Run Analysis’

Nathaniel Lichfield Award 2014 Alan Zarychta, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder, USA ‘The Effects of Decentralized Health Service Delivery Models on Women’s Health’

Best Book Award 2014

Voted for by the Regional Studies Association membership from a list of titles published in 2013

Tassilo Herrschel, University of Westminster, UK

‘Cities, States and Globalisation’ Regions and Cities Book Series, Routledge, UK

Institutional Award Routledge Publishing

To be received by Dr. David Green, Global Publishing Director

Best Paper Regional Studies 2014 Voted for by the editors of Regional Studies

‘Do Institutions Matter for Regional Development’ (Regional Studies, Volume 47, Issue 7, 2013)

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK

Best Paper Territory, Politics, Governance 2014

Voted for by the editors of Territory, Politics, Governance ‘When Territory Deborders Territoriality’

(Territory, Politics, Governance, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2013) Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA

Awards

The following list of awards have been conferred and presented at other RSA events throughout the year.

Sir Peter Hall Contribution to the Field Award 2014

Prof. Ray Hudson, Durham University, UK

Contribution to Scholarship in the Field of Regional Studies Ros Whitehead, Managing Editor E & PA, UK

Best Paper Spatial Economic Analysis 2014

Voted for by the editors of Spatial Economic Analysis ‘Efficient GMM Estimation of a Cliff and Ord Panel Data Model with

Random Effects’ (Spatial Economic Analysis, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2013)

Gianfranco Piras, West Virginia University, USA

Best Referees Regional Studies 2014 Voted for by the editors of Regional Studies

Michael Fritsch, Fredrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

Best Referee Spatial Economic Analysis 2014 Voted for by the editors of Spatial Economic Analysis

James Lesage, Texas State University, USA

Best Referee Territory, Politics, Governance 2014 Voted for by the editors of Territory, Politics, Governance

Mat Coleman, Ohio State University, USA

First Name Last Name Company Primary Email

Alekos Alexiou University of Liverpool dblalex@liverpool.ac.uk

Sarah Ayres University of Bristol Sarah.ayres@bristol.ac.uk

David Bailey Aston University D.bailey@aston.ac.uk

Mirela Barbu Kings College London Mirela.barbu@kcl.ac.uk

John Bachtler University of Strathclyde J.f.bachtler@strath.ac.uk

Andrew Beer The University of Adelaide andrew.beer@adelaide.edu.au

Anna Beer

Gill Bentley University of Birmingham g.a.bentley@bham.ac.uk

Leslie Budd Open University L.c.budd@open.ac.uk

Ignazio Cabras Northumbria University Ignazio.cabras@northumbria.ac.uk

Helen Caraveli The Athens University of Economics and Business caraveli@aueb.gr

Daniela Carl Regional Studies Association daniela.carl@regionalstudies.org

Luis Carvalho Erasmus University Rotterdam decarvalho@ese.eur.nl

Susan Christopherson Cornell University smc23@cornell.edu

Alan Clark University of Cambridge ac10002@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Paul Cowie Newcastle University Paul.cowie@ncl.ac.uk

Niall Crosbie Waterford Institute of Technology niallcrosbie@hotmail.com

Michael Curameng-Henderson Regional Studies Association finance@regionalstudies.org

Ayse Demir aud1@le.ac.uk

Basak Demires Ozkul Istanbul Technical University basakdemires@alum.mit.edu

Paolo Di Caro University of Catania pdicaro@unict.it

Les Dolega University of Liverpool L.dolega@liverpool.ac.uk

Frank Eckardt Bauhaus University, Weimar Frank.eckardt@uni-weimar.de

Simona Epasto University of Macerata Simona-epasto@unimc.it

Aksel Ersoy University of Bristol Aksel.ersoy@bristol.ac.uk

Balazs Gyorgy Forman Corvinus University of Budapest Balazs.forman@uni-corvinus.hu

Ugo Fratesi Politecnico di Milano Ugo.fratesi@polimi.it

Wenying Fu South China Normal University fuwenying@m.scnu.edu.cn

Ben Gardiner Cambridge Econometrics Ltd bg@camecon.com

John Gibney University of Birmingham J.gibney@bham.ac.uk

Amy Glasmeier Pennsylvania State University akg1@ems.psu.edu

Ulrich Graute U.graute@scriptito.de

Conference Awards

Global Conference 2014, Fortaleza, Brazil Sustaining Regional Futures

Best International Conference Paper

‘Innovation, urban attributes and scientific structure: a Zero-Inflated-Poisson model for biotechnology in Brazil’

Rodrigo Simões & Sueli Moro, Centre for Development and Regional Planning (Cedeplar), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Brazil and

Ada Martins, Biominas Brazil, Brazil

Best International Conference Paper - Early Career category ‘Sub-national economic policy fiscal self-dependence and economic growth:

The cases of San Juan and Mendoza (Argentina)’ Eric Brain Dahl and Javier Diaz Bay,Universidad Católica de Cuyo, Argentina

European Conference 2014, Izmir, Turkey

Diverse Regions: Building Resilient Communities and Territories

Best International Conference Paper ‘Economic growth, density and subjective well-being in Finnish Regions: The paradox

of affluence in geographic context’ Mikko Weckroth, University of Helsinki, Finland

Philip Morrison, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Best International Conference Paper - Early Career category European Conference 2014, Izmir, Turkey

‘”Piñatas”, Pacifiers and the Politics of Regional Development Incentives: Insights from Northern Ontario, Canada’

Heather Hall, Memorial University, Canada

First Name Last Name Company Primary Email

David Green Taylor and Francis David.green@tandf.co.uk

Oscar Hardy

Sally Hardy Regional Studies Association Sally.hardy@regionalstudies.org

John Harrison Loughborough University J.harrison4@lboro.ac.uk

Madeleine Hatfield Regional Studies Association regionalstudies@ybediting.com

Tassilo Herrschel University of Westminster t.a.herrschel@westminster.ac.uk

Paul Hildreth SURF, Salford University pvhildreth@yahoo.co.uk

Ulrich Hilpert Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Ulrich.hilpert@uni-jena.de

Martin Jones University of Sheffield Martin.jones@sheffield.ac.uk

Neil Lee London School of Economics n.d.lee@lse.ac.uk

Philip McCann University of Groningen P.mccann@rug.nl

Zrinka Mendas Anglia Ruskin University Z.mendas@gmail.com

Tomasz Mickiewicz Aston University t.mickiewicz@aston.ac.uk

Elizabeth Mitchell Regional Studies Association elizabeth.mitchell@regionalstudies.org

Max Nathan London School of Economics m.a.nathan@lse.ac.uk

Peter O’Brien Newcastle University obrienpeter72@yahoo.com

Laila Ozolina Latvian University Ozolina2013@gmail.com

Shyamoli Patel Cambridge Econometrics Ltd sp@camecon.com

Frank Peck University of Cumbria Business School Frank.peck@cumbria.ac.uk

Nick Phelps University College London n.phelps@ucl.ac.uk

Andy Pike University of Newcastle Andy.pike@ncl.ac.uk

Igor Pilipenko Lomonsov Moscow State University Igor_pilipenko@yahoo.com

Oto Potluka University of Basel potluka@ireas.cz

Zsolt Radics University of Debrecen radicszs@delfin.ktle.hu

Lesa Reynolds Regional Studies Association Lesa.reynolds@regionalstudies.org

Dean Riddlesden University of Liverpool D.riddlesden@liverpool.ac.uk

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First Name Last Name Company Primary Email

Catherine Robinson University of Kent C.robinson-501@kent.ac.uk

Regina Salvador New University of Lisbon regina.salvador@fcsh.unl.pt

Saskia Sassen Columbia University sjs2@columbia.edu

Benoit Sauvage Regional Studies Association benoit.sauvage@regionalstudies.org

John Shutt Leeds Metropolitan University John.shutt@harrisresearch.co.uk

Andrejs Skaburskis Queens University skabursk@queensu.ca

Nigel A Spence Queen Mary and Westfield College n.spence@qmul.ac.uk

Olga Starineca University of Latvia Olga.starineca@lu.lv

Michael Steiner Karl-Franzens-University Graz Michael.steiner@uni-graz.at

Michael Storper UCLA storper@ucla.edu

Stephen Syrett Middlesex University S.syrett@mdx.ac.uk

Nikolas Thomopoulos London School of Economics n.thomopoulos@lse.ac.uk

Phil Tomlinson University of Bath p.r.tomlinson@bath.ac.uk

Gianpiero Torrisi University of Portsmouth Gianpiero.torrisi@port.ac.uk

Alan Townsend University of Durham Alan.townsend@dur.ac.uk

Mario Vale Universidade De Lisboa Mario.vale@campus.ul.pt

Jessica Vivian Taylor and Francis Jessica.vivian@tandf.co.uk

Imogen Wade UCL, School for Slavonic & East European Studies Imogen.wade.10@ucl.ac.uk

Richard Wakeford Birmingham City Unversity Ricard.wakeford@ruralstrategy.co.uk

Deeptha Wijerathna Griffith University Deeptha.wijerathna@griffithuni.edu.au

Martin F. Willey willeyytp@aol.com

Takashi Yamamoto Takushoku University tandy@kfa.biglobe.ne.jp

W.C.H Yeung National University of Singapore henryyeung@nus.edu.sg

Alan Zarychta University of Colorado Boulder Alan.zarychta@colorado.edu