September 19, 2012 at 8:30 AM – September 20, 2012 at 1:30 PM

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City

The world of workforce development is changing. Explore the drivers of
this change and what they mean at this national conference hosted by
the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta.

Key-note presentations, panel presentations and facilitated discussions will address:

*Changing nature of work

*Bridging workforce and economic development

*Funding trends

*Serving chronically unemployed

*New partners, new collaborations

*Sectoral approaches

*Workforce intelligence systems

*Structural changes in the economy

This event requires registration: http://workforce.kcfed.org

Position Summary: The incumbent of this position is assigned to the Division of Regional Planning and Research and is responsible for carrying out the overall functions of the ARC research program. This position is responsible for the management of ARC research projects, the evaluation of ARC research projects, and the planning for future research activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages, reviews, evaluates, and analyzes ARC research projects and program evaluations for use in improving and developing new and existing project and program areas. The incumbent monitors contracts and reviews contractor progress reports.
• Disseminates research results to the ARC federal office, the Appalachian states, and the Appalachian local development districts for use in evaluating individual programs and projects and improving ARC program and project delivery.
• Analyzes regional data and assists in the development of information for public consumption concerning the socioeconomic conditions in the Appalachian Region and the economic impact of the Commission’s programs. The incumbent insures that the information is valid and understandable to the general public.
• Determines areas where investigations, studies, research, and evaluations are needed. The incumbent prepares an annual research plan for Commission approval through staff research and study efforts.
• Provides advice and guidance on the development of Commission research programs and projects using prior economic studies, statistical procedures, and prior research to determine the validity of proposed research activities. The incumbent advises on the attainability and the redesign of research proposals and evaluates the qualifications of potential contractors.
• Attends Commission meetings as a resource person for socioeconomic research and program evaluations. The incumbent responds to Commission inquires and questions during Commission meetings and throughout the year as they relate to all phases of the ARC research program for economic development.
• Recommends economic development and program evaluation speakers for ARC events. The incumbent is a member of the ARC conference planning team when the conference focus is related to ARC research.

Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in economics, planning, or closely related field.
• Strong knowledge of the principles of regional and economic development.
• Experience in conducting or directing economic development or program evaluation research.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and translate conclusions into useful information for the general public.
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams.
• Experience in public speaking.

Mandatory Requirements: Successful completion of a federal background investigation; United States citizenship.

Salary and Benefits: Pay will be commensurate with experience. This is not a federal position; however, if a federal employee is selected for this position and transfers without a break in service of more than three calendar days, he/she is entitled to continue his/her retirement, life and health insurance benefits, and leave entitlements. A non-federal selectee will be offered a comparable benefits package.

How to Apply
Applicants should submit a resume or other form of application and a cover letter or separate statement addressing the qualifications for the position by email, fax, or mail to:

Appalachian Regional Commission
Human Resources Office, Suite 700
1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009-1068
Email: hr@arc.gov
Fax: 202.234.8599

Applications must be received by the closing date.
ARC is an equal opportunity employer.

The NARDeP Center seeks applicants for two post-doctoral fellow positions. The fellows will actively engage with the NARDeP national advisory board, stakeholders, and elected and appointed officials to develop and disseminate policy briefs, supplemented with refereed journal articles related to the following broad areas:

. The farm and agricultural sectors

. The environment

. Rural families, households and economies

. Consumers, food and nutrition

Both positions will be filled initially for twelve months, with an additional 6-12 months appointment contingent on performance and availability of funds. Through the experience with NARDeP, the fellows will complement the strong disciplinary training of their PhD program with exposure to a broad range of social sciences and learning-by-doing in policy dialog and evaluation, grant development and project execution. Some opportunity may exist for a limited amount of graduate-level teaching. At the end of their post-doctoral experiences, the fellows will have developed a national network of senior academic and policy colleagues from which they may launch successful careers as faculty members or think-tank researchers.

One fellow will provide team leadership in the area of quantitative regional economic modeling and be located at the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pa. The other fellow will provide leadership to social media or other data mining for national and regional issue identification and framing, and be located at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. For this position prior training in political science, sociology or related disciplines will be advantageous. Each fellow will interact virtually with the full NARDeP team, with supplemental travel as needed to domestic professional conferences, policy meetings in Washington DC and the three other RRDC host sites, or to meet with consultants at other universities.

Fellows will be compensated at a level commensurate with recent PhDs in their field of study, and will have access to health care benefits.

Required Qualifications:

. PhD in a social science field related to the focus area for which the individual is applying by date of appointment.

. Demonstrated interest in topics addressed by NARDeP.

. Demonstrated empirical modeling skills.

. Strong English written and verbal communications skills.

. Ability to travel independently by air and drive an automobile.

. US Citizen or permanent resident status.

Preferred Qualifications:

. Academic record of publications related to the issues addressed by NARDeP.

. Demonstrated ability to synthesize academic and policy inputs from a wide array of sources.

. Understanding of the land grant university system.

. Experience living or working in rural areas of the United States.

. PhD in process or completed within last year, or PhD with strong professional experiences in a related but different area of application (e.g., urban economics, international development economics, health care policy, telecommunications policy, state and local government administration).

Individuals applying for the position should expect to begin work within the June 1 – October 1, 2012 window. Individuals who hold ABD status are strongly encouraged to apply but will not be appointed until they have met all degree requirements.

Application Procedure:

Applicants should submit a letter of application. The letter should clearly indicate which position is sought (economics or public policy). Individuals with experience and training in both economics and public policy are welcome to apply for both positions simultaneously with one application. The letter of application should address how the post-doctoral experience will help the candidate achieve their ultimate career goal. Candidates holding ABD status should specify their expected date of degree completion. In addition, applicants should provide a curriculum vita, copy of PhD program course transcripts, a writing sample, and cell phone contacts for three professional references.

Review of applications is anticipated to begin on May 15, 2012 and will conclude when successful candidates are identified. All materials should be emailed in a single pdf to: sgoetz@psu.edu with subject line “Post-Doctoral Fellow Application.”

The Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge is seeking to fill one postdoctoral research fellow position. This is a two year appointment starting on May 1, 2012. The successful applicant will be involved in a TECTERRA (www.tecterra.com) funded project focused on the development and application of Food Security Forecast Systems.

The research is focused on the design of integrated assessment models for food security forecast systems. The successful candidate will conduct research on impacts of biophysical and anthropogenic changes on resource uses and food production and multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) using data from stakeholder surveys. The PDF will work with Prof. Wei Xu on this project. Major responsibilities of the PDF include collecting and analyzing data, designing and applying integrated assessment (IA) tools, and incorporating IA into the food security forecast system.

Qualification & Skills: The candidate should have a PhD in Geography or cognate fields. She or he should have experience in GIS and MCDM modeling. Experience in programming and statistical packages such as R is desirable.

Salary and Benefit:  Salary is commensurate with experience and based on current NSERC guidelines

A review of applicants will begin immediately.

Interested candidates can apply by email with a cover letter highlighting personal skills and qualifications relevant to the position, a detailed CV, a research statement (no more than two pages), a list of publications, and the names and contact information of three references to: Dr. Wei Xu
(wei.xu@uleth.ca)

You can learn more about the conference, submit an abstract, and register for the conference and workshops at the NARSC Website at:

http://www.narsc.org/

Click on the link to the conference section for general information on the conference.

To register for the conference or submit an abstract/session online you must first login to the User Area. If you attended a NARSC conference over the past couple of years or are a member of a North American regional science organization, when you reach the login page of the User Area, you will be asked to enter your provided username and password.  Otherwise, when you reach the login page of the User Area, you will be asked to click on a link and enter your e-mail address so we can check if you are already in our database. If you are in our database, your username and password will be e-mailed to you so you can login. If you are not in our database, you will need to register for a free NARSC user account and then you will be able to register for the conference and submit an abstract.

Once logged, you can change your password, update your profile, submit an abstract/session, register for the conference, and check the status of your registration.  You will be able come to your account in the User Area subsequently using your valid username and password.  In case you forget your password, just contact technical support at support@dreamco.com with your e-mail address and your password will be e-mailed to you so you can login.

Individual papers, posters, and sessions must be submitted online in the abstract submission section of the Website between now and August 1, 2012. The conference registration section is open and allows secure electronic financial transactions. We will continue to host poster sessions, and have an expanded set of pre-conference workshops, which will be held November 7th. Be sure to consult the conference website for additional information and details.

Conference organizers welcome individual papers and organized sessions relating to a wide variety of topics inclusive within the diverse realm of regional science.  We are an international scholarly organization that focuses on regional analysis, ranging from urban and spatial theory to applied problems in regional development, sustainability, environmental management, and rural land use.  We are an interdisciplinary association, with members representing fields as diverse as economics, agricultural economics,
public policy, urban planning, civil engineering, geography, finance, and demography.  The annual North American RSAI conference is the premier regional science meeting in North America and attracts scholars and practitioners from around the world.

A block of rooms have been reserved at the Ottawa Westin at a rate of $203 per night (Canadian).  The Westin is extending the conference rate for those who wish to spend extra time in Ottawa, subject to availability.

 If you have questions, here is contact information:
Local arrangements:
Bruce Newbold 1-905-525-9140 x27948; Email: newbold@mcmaster.ca
Mark Brown, 1-613-951-7292; E-mail: mark.brown@statcan.ca
Program Chair:
Antonio Páez, 1-905-525-9140 x24082; E-mail: paezha@mcmaster.ca
Overall Arrangements
Jean-Claude Thill, NARSCouncil@uncc.edu

We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa!

The Regional Science Association International organizes its 2nd Summer Course, with the theme Regional and Urban Economics – Operational models of regional economies and spatial econometrics  that will be held between June 4^th until June 9^th 2011 in São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

The RSAI Summer Course offers an integrated structure of training, active participation, and discussion for PhD students and young researchers in regional science.

The summer course will be focused on the issue Regional and Urban Economics, Operational models of regional economies and spatial econometrics. In a format of combined lectures and hands on training provided by top-level experts that will lectures the following themes of regional science: Regional and Urban Economics, Transport Economics, Spatial econometrics & Operational models of regional and urban economies.

Application process

Master students, doctoral, PhD students and other applicants who want to participate in the summer course should submit the Application Form (download file) by email to rsai@apdr.pt.

The Application Form must be accompanied by:

-       Name and address of two researchers who are willing to write a letter of recommendation (may include the doctoral / PhD supervisor)

-       Scientific CV

Deadlines

-       Application Form (Abstract submission): 15^th April

-       Notification of accepted abstracts: until 30^th April 

-       Paper submission: 15^th May

Registration

The registration fee is 200 euros (The number of participants is limited to 30).

It includes: attending all lectures, study visit, lunches, official dinner and accommodation in a double room.

The Programme/ Schedule is available online at http://www.regionalscience.org/Table/Summer-Courses/Program/

Scientific committee 

• Eduardo Haddad (University of S. Paulo - ehaddad@usp.br)
• Geoffrey Hewings (University of Illinois - hewings@ad.uiuc.edu)
• Henk Folmer (University of Groningen - H.Folmer@rug.nl)
• Rosário Macário (Technical University of Lisbon – rosariomacario@civil.ist.utl.pt)
• Tomaz Dentinho (University of Azores/APDR – tomazdentinho@uac.pt)

Organising Committee

• Tomaz Dentinho (RSAI – tomazdentinho@uac.pt)
• Elisabete Martins (RSAI - elisabete.martins@apdr.pt)
• Suzana Sardinha (CEEPLA – ssardinha@uac.pt)

Applications are invited for a 9-month tenure-track faculty position in Regional Natural Resources Planning and Management at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful applicant will be expected to develop and maintain an active research program focusing on regional planning of natural resources. The specific areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to water resources, urban ecology, energy development, or land use planning. Extramural support through grants and contracts and peer-reviewed publication of research results is expected of departmental faculty. Primary teaching responsibilities may include undergraduate courses in ecology and conservation of natural resources, regional planning and management of natural resources, and a graduate course in the area of expertise. The department and college are active participants in the South Central Climate Science Center Consortium and the college’s Sustainable Land and Water Use strategic research initiative, and collaboration with these groups will be encouraged. Professional service activities are expected. This is a 9-month teaching and research position, with summer salary dependent upon availability of research grants or additional teaching. Anticipated start date is August 1, 2012.

THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Natural Resources Management consists of 14 full-time faculty members. About 250 undergraduate students and 60 graduate students are currently enrolled. Degrees are offered at the B.S. level in Natural Resources Management with emphasis areas in Wildlife biology, Fisheries Biology, Range conservation, Ranch management, and Conservation science. M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in Wildlife, Aquatic and Wildlands Science and Management. The department encourages multidisciplinary research and also houses management and research staff from state and federal natural resources agencies.

THE COLLEGE

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is a leading college at Texas Tech University with six academic departments: Agriculture and Applied Economics, Agricultural Education and Communications, Animal and Food Sciences, Landscape Architecture, Plant and Soil Science, and Natural Resources Management, as well as multiple research centers and institutes. For the most recent academic year, the college had 80 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 1,437 undergraduates, 210 M.S. students, and 138 Ph.D. students. CASNR has an annual operating budget of more than $10M and receives approximately $15M annually in research funding.

THE UNIVERSITY
Texas Tech University is one of four major state-supported multidisciplinary universities in Texas. The University consists of 10 colleges, a School of Law, The Graduate School, and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Currently, more than 32,000 students attend classes at the Lubbock campus. A Water Research Center resides within the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the Department is an active player in the South Central Climate Center Consortium. The City of Lubbock has about 230,000 residents, a moderate to low cost of living, and is situated on the Llano Estacado (Southern High Plains).

You may inquire about the position at the SRSA meetings in Charlotte with:

Michael C. Farmer, Associate Professor
Agricultural and Applied Economics & Natural Resources Management
Agricultural Sciences Building – Box 42132 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409
(806) 742 – 2821 x251 or
(806) 742 – 2841 x242
(806) 742 – 1099 fax

Enabled by new (geo)computational techniques and approaches, we are currently witnessing a resurgence of interest in both research papers as well as project methodologies that draw on the original concepts and theories from Time-Geography.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers applying Time-Geographic concepts in their research in the multidisciplinary context of GIScience.

Topics of this workshop include, but are not limited to:

§ Analytical extensions of the Time-Geographic framework

§ Innovative Time-Geographic methods addressing the problems of movement, transport and interaction

§ Scalability – how to operationalise aggregation and generalisation of space-time paths

§ Spatio-temporal data models for implementing Time-Geographic approaches

§ GIS-based methods for comparison of multiple space-time paths which explicitly consider spatial and temporal dimensions

§ Data sources (including VGI), data quality/resolution issues, and ‘models vs. real-world data’

§ Visualisation of voluminous spatio-temporal data sets and their interpretation

§ Interactive approaches addressing any of the above

Authors are invited to submit original research contributions in English, on any topic related to those above. There is a full paper track as well as an extended abstract track to encourage submission of works presenting research in progress. We encourage submissions from PhD students.

Extended abstracts (less than 1500 words) should be emailed to Otto Huisman (huisman@itc.nl), or Tijs Neutens(tijs.neutens@ugent.be) by the dates specified below. Each submission will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the program committee. All accepted extended abstracts will be published online before the workshop. Authors of the best 6-8 papers will be invited to extend their papers for a journal special issue. Selection will be based on scientific quality, originality, and relevance to workshop topics.

Workshop homepage: http://gip.itc.nl/timegeo/

Important Dates

Deadline for extended abstracts: 1 May 2012

Notification of acceptance: 1 June 2012

Workshop date: September 18, 2012

Program Committee

Professor Pip Forer, University of Auckland

Dr Otto Huisman, University of Twente

Professor Menno-Jan Kraak, University of Twente

Professor Mei-Po Kwan, Ohio State University

Professor Harvey Miller, University of Utah

Professor Martin Raubal, ETH Zurich

Dr Tijs Neutens, Ghent University

Professor Shih-Lung Shaw, University of Tennessee

Professor Nico van de Weghe, Ghent University

Organizers

Dr Otto Huisman, University of Twente

Dr Tijs Neutens, Ghent University

GENERAL APPROACH

The meeting strives to advance awareness about and understanding of: (1) the standing of Ibero- America (regions and macro region) in the world, (2) the reactivation of our specificities and identities, (3) the pondering of medium and long term roles of its regions and the macro region in the era of globalization, (4) the establishment of a broad strategy for our macro and micro regions to a more effective role in the world context (economic, social, political and cultural).

Conference papers should employ all or any of the following:

1. Open macro regional or sub national approaches

2. Synthetic approaches supported by data and case studies preferred to purely analytical ones

3. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches

4. Bottom-up approaches (social networks, civic organizations, popular movements)

5. Approaches that crisscross East/West and South/North relations

Papers should be connected with:

1. Public policies,

2. Tradition and/or knowledge innovation,

3. The determination to develop –and/or adapt- theories, methodologies and concepts more suited with Ibero-American realities.

PLENARY PANELS (through international panelists especially invited for the purpose)

1. Scope and significance of Ibero-American region(s)

2. Standing of Ibero-America in the world context

3. Ibero-American specificities: basic traits, challenges and potentials of the region(s)

4. Long, medium and short term strategies for Ibero-America and its regions

THEME SUBJECTS (open to all accepted paper participants)

1. Ibero-American theories, methodologies and concepts for regional analysis in the face of globalization and the crisis

2. Regional blocs and regional agreements

3. Strategic potentials and opportunities for development

4. Biodiversity, energy types, and sustainable development

5. Finance and regional policy

6. Economic sectors and land use renewal

7. Urbanization and regional development

8. Population, poverty, and regional inequality

9. Democracy, social organization and politics

10. Technological innovation and endogenous development

11. Social constructions, history, and cultural, educational and gender diversity

SPECIAL FORA

1. Forum for dialogue between postgraduate programs linked to regional development

- Addressed to postgraduate program coordinators, wishing to share and discuss their curricular programs, teaching, research lines and operational academic problems, as well as the impact on society.

- For more information, please write to: ceamecider@unam.mx

2. Call for undergraduate students to participate in teams (maximum three students per team) in the 5th debate-forum: “SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ Y RODRIGUEZ”. The aim is to foster research and academic debate among students.

- Participation is through collective essays dealing with the local, national or international perspective, referring to any of the Theme Subjects of the congress.

- The winning team will receive the “SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ” award.

- For participation requirements see AMECIDER’s web site.

GENERAL RULES

-      The maximum number of authors per paper is two. Any author may not register more than two papers,

-      Papers may be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese,

-      The first page of the paper should contain the following identification information: title, thematic axis, name (s) of author (s), the utilized working method (either completed research or essay in progress). Font: Arial 11 points, 1.5 interlined space,

-      The second sheet of paper will contain: title and abstract (maximum of 300 words, ended with at least three key words in the three accepted languages; font: Arial 11 points and 1.5 interlines space. Footnotes must include the following information of the author (s): academic degrees, institution (s) of affiliation, telephone and e-mail, in font: Arial 9 points, single and justified interlined space,

-      The extension of the paper will be between 15 and 20 pages, charts, schemes and maps included,

-      The paper (s) must be products of research and must not be published anywhere before.

-      The organizers will not check nor accept papers in the following cases:

• Papers sent after May the 14th
• Papers exceeded 20 pages
• Those which do not contain abstract
• Those which do not specify the thematic axis
• Papers without the established accepted format.

PAPER FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

-      Use Word processor, which saves files with extension .doc

-      Margins of 2.5 cm., without headers or frames

-      All texts written in Arial font

-      No special spaces between paragraphs

-      The full text will be justified to 11 points, using upper and lower case letters, no indentation and interlined of 1.5 cm., except the following cases:

• General title: capital centered bold letters of 14 points
• Author (s) name (s) after the title, in bold italic letters to the right side
• Subtitles in 12 points in bold letters to the left side
• Footnotes in 9 points, single space and justified

-      References in Harvard style (Please see: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estilo_Harvard_de_citas)

All papers must be sent only to: amecider@unam.mx, with the special attention to the Academic Commission, who will review the received papers and will decide on the acceptances for them to be part of the Congress and Meeting programmes.

IMPORTANT DATES

-      Paper submission deadline is May the 14th, 2012.

-      Results of the review, as well as the information on the programme will be sent to the authors not later than June the 15th, 2012.

PUBLICATION

All accepted papers are refereed and they will be presented and published in an electronic book with ISBN.

For more information, please visit http://www.amecider.org.mx/contenido/call-for-papers-2012