The 7th International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China

   The College of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, together with International Regional Science Review, Journal of Regional Science, Spatial Economic Analysis, Growth and Change, Journal of Social and Economic Geography, Economic Geography, and Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences is pleased to announce that we are organizing a two-day workshop on Regional, Urban and Spatial Economics on June 8-9, 2018 at Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Keynote Speakers

Next year we are pleased to have the following four distinguished keynote speakers:

Alan Murray 

University of California at Santa Barbara

Sandra Poncet

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Dao-zhi Zeng

Tohoku University

Siqi Zheng

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paper Submission and Registration

Following the tradition of six highly successful workshops to date, we aim to continue to attract high-quality research output, further increase the visibility of regional science, urban economics, and spatial economics in China, and reinforce the research network for top level China-focused scholars from across the globe. We welcome submissions on the following themes:

Urban dynamics and transformation;

Urban network and spatial interdependencies;

Housing market: supply, demand, prices and policies;

Firm and household location decisions;

Regional growth and development;

Labor market and inter-regional and rural-urban migration;

Agglomeration and new economic geography;

Environment, energy and sustainable development;

Transportation and its economic impacts

Any other topics on regional, urban and spatial economics in China 

  For those who are interested in presenting a paper in the workshop, please submit in English a draft paper or an abstract to ruse2018@outlook.com. The submission deadline is February 1st, 2018. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by March 1st, 2018 and a complete paper in English is due on May 1st, 2018.

  For non-student participants, there is a registration fee of 100 U.S. dollars. (This registration fee is established to encourage attendance for the entire meeting and to cover the cost of registration and all meals). For student presenters, no registration fee will be charged. Details on the payment of registration fee and reimbursement will be sent once your paper has been accepted for presentation. Participants need to pay their own cost of accommodation and transportation.

   The SSCI journal International Regional Science Review will have a special issue for this workshop. All papers submitted to the workshop will be considered for the special issue, and the selected papers will receive invitations for submission to the special issue. These submissions will go through the normal anonymous review process. For consideration of publication in International Regional Science Review, papers must offer new theoretical and/or methodological insights. See http://journals.sagepub.com/home/irx/ for journal details. In addition, editors from Journal of Regional Science, Spatial Economic Analysis, Growth and Change, Journal of Social and Economic Geography, Economic Geography, and Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences will attend the workshop. They also welcome other general submissions that fit those journals.

 Further Information

    Included in the “First-tier University”, “985” and “211” national projects, Hunan University is one of the top universities in central China. The university has a long history of economic teaching and research with its first Econ department established in 1926. The College of Economics and Trade (CET), located at the northern campus, is a relatively young college established on the legacy of the former “Hunan Institute of Public Finance and Economics.” The college owns three departments (international trade, economics and public finance) and is swiftly expanding with specific focus on international trade and urban/regional economics. While 70% of its faculty members has studied and done research overseas, the college is urgently seeking international academic cooperation to produce high-quality journal articles and academic projects.

   Hunan University, with its predecessor being the Yuelu Academy founded in year 976, is located in the breath-taking Mount Yuelu national scenic area in Changsha, close to the Xiang River (one of the largest tributaries of the Yangtze River). Shaoshan, the birthplace of Chairman Mao Zedong, is 60 miles south of Changsha. The world-renowned Zhangjiajie national park is 200 miles west of Changsha. A complete guide for the mysteries in Changsha and Hunan will be provided upon your arrival.

For further inquiries about the conference, please contact Dr. Yue (Chris) Hua 

(huayue1126@outlook.com or huayue@hnu.edu.cn )