NEWS

• RSA Annual Spatial Economic Analysis Lecture 2010
  The Future of European Regional Policy , by Fabrizo Barca
  Video of the lecture available soon



• Regional Studies: The journal of the Regional Studies Association
  Editor's Choice Articles and Special Issues



• Spatial Economic Analysis: The journal of the Regional Studies Association and the Regional Science Association International (British and Irish Section)
  Call for Papers



• Regional Resilience Conference: Day of Sessions and Regional Studies Annual Lecture
  Please note the following two recent events and newly available materials:
  
  1. Regional Resilience Conference - held as a day of sessions within the Washington DC, Association of American Geographers (AAG) conference on 15th April 2010. Professor Ed Glaeser, presented the key note presentation and Professor Ann Markusen spoke as discussant.
  If you are a current member of the RSA, access the list of presenters and their slides via the Members' Lounge.
  If you are not a current member of the RSA, access the list of presenters and their slides here.
  
  2. Regional Studies Annual Lecture - held also at the Washington AAG meeting and attended by in excess of 1,600 people. Nobel Laureate, Professor Paul Krugman gave the Regional Studies Annual Lecture 2010 with Professor Michael Storper acting as discussant.
  This session was filmed and following the edit this will be made available to members through the Members' Lounge.
  If you are a current member of the RSA, access Professor Krugman's slides via the Members' Lounge.
  If you are not a current member of the RSA, access Professor Krugman's slides here.
  
  View videos of the Washington AAG meeting here



• Regional Studies Association announces the appointment of Professor Philip McCann, University of Groningen, a long standing and active member of the RSA, as a Special Adviser to Johannes Hahn, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy. Philip will work alongside the other newly-appointed Special Adviser, Fabrizio Barca, Director General of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and author of the Independent Report "An Agenda for a Reformed Cohesion Policy".
  Further information
  Hear both Fabrizio Barca and Philip McCann at the EU Cohesion Policy plenary session jointly hosted by the RSA and the RSAI(B+I Section) at the ERSA Conference in Jónkóping, Sweden, 19th - 23rd August 2010.