{"526061":{"#nid":"526061","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Regional Studies Association North America Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urbaninnovation.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Urban Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E is thrilled to host the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.regionalstudies.org\u0022\u003ERegional Studies Association\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E North American conference on June 15-17, 2016 on the theme\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.regionalstudies.org\/conferences\/conference\/rsa-north-american-conf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECities and Regions: \u0026nbsp;Managing Growth and Change\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis conference is a great opportunity to bring together the international membership of the Regional Studies Association in the City of Atlanta at the Georgia Institute of Technology to discuss how,\u0026nbsp;in the wake of the global financial crisis, cities all over the world are searching for new policies and practices capable of addressing major shifts in socio-economic relations at the urban and regional scale. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegional policies, particularly in the North American context, have responded to economic challenges by adopting new technologies \u003Cem\u003Eand\u003C\/em\u003E new institutional and organizational forms to manage growth and change at the city scale. \u0026nbsp;The result is a complex and uneven landscape of public and private actors delivering financial services, scaling-up supply chains, coordinating firm networks, diffusing process and material innovations, and organizing new forms of civic representation and participation. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inter-related processes of industrialization, urbanization, and regional and local development are complex. \u0026nbsp;These processes pose a major challenge for regional policy, firstly, for our conceptualizations of regional and urban development and, secondly, for specifying appropriate policy fixes to provide the conditions for sustainable, smart, and equitable economic growth. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis conference provides a platform for researchers to address the effects of these policy, organizational, and institutional innovations and their impact on work, identity, governance, production networks, infrastructure investments, technology diffusion, and ultimately place. The conference will focus on the policy implications of emerging forms of governance and policy delivery relative to uneven development and inequality in a post-crisis era of ongoing market liberalization, financialization, and global competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference program highlights important leaders in the field of regional studies to discuss sustainability, equity, energy, innovation, manufacturing,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy the US was First: Unpacking the Shale Boom (and Bust)\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aap.cornell.edu\/people\/susan-christopherson\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EProfessor Susan Christopherson, Cornell University, USA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESocializing Data: Mapping Culture and Governance in the Era of Smart Cities\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/geography.as.uky.edu\/users\/zook\u0022\u003EProfessor Matthew Zook, University of Kentucky, USA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Evolution of Knowledge Spaces: Inventors, Firms, Regions\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ucd.ie\/research\/people\/geography\/drdieterkogler\/\u0022\u003EDr. Dieter Kogler, University College Dublin, Ireland\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERegional Vulnerability and Resilience in an Epoch of Anthropocene\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/geography.rutgers.edu\/people\/faculty-core\/44-people\/faculty\/87-faculty-leichenko\u0022\u003EProfessor Robin Leichenko, Rutgers University, USA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESustainable for whom? Regional Planning in the 21st Century\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ced.berkeley.edu\/ced\/faculty-staff\/karen-chapple\u0022\u003EProfessor Karen Chapple, University of California, Berkeley, USA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETitle TBD\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.geog.ucla.edu\/people\/david-rigby\u0022\u003EProfessor David Rigby, UCLA, USA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2016 RSA North America Conference, in the 51st Year of the Regional Studies Association, is an opportunity to discuss these issues, to chart future research imperatives, and to address concerns and challenges confronting policymakers and practitioners.\u0026nbsp; The conference organizers are keen to attract papers and sessions addressing a broad research and policy agenda, including contributions from disciplines that offer relevant insights associated with recasting our cities and regions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConference Tracks and Themes:\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Smart Cities, Smart Regions:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Econnecting and connected regions, intersections of ICT and urban infrastructure, diffusion networks, partnership approaches, internet of things, financing city and regional development\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EB. Regional Innovation: Theory, Methods, Practice:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eurban and regional theories, methodology, value change (including big \u0026amp; open data), visualization, spatial economic analysis, metrics\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EC. Territory, Politics, Governance:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Emetropolitan politics, institutions, regionalism, data-driven governance, policy evaluation, urban policy mobilities, intermediaries\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ED. 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