Annual International Conference 2011 Regional development and policy – challenges, choices and recipients Sunday 17th – Wednesday 20th April 2011: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Excursion, walking tour and evening drinks reception Sunday 17th April) For more information please go to: Abstract submission deadline – 31st January 2011 This conference will take place at the University of Newcastle and the Civic Centre over four days in April 2011 and will include daily plenary, workshop and special roundtable sessions. We welcome papers from all – academics, students and those working in policy and practice. The event is inclusive and offers networking opportunities for all in our field. The organisers welcome proposals for special sessions, themed workshops and innovative forms of networking and collaboration. If you would like to organise or offer a session to the conference please contact Lisa Bibby-Larsen at: The challenges for regional development are intensifying. Long-term factors shaping the prospects for cities and regions include the effects of climate change and new demands on energy, water and food systems. Cities also face significant demographic shifts. Rapid technological changes – captured in the notion of an emerging Knowledge Economy – will also affect cities and regions. Moreover, we are witnessing significant changes in international political economy – encapsulated by the term globalisation – but increasingly understood as incorporating the rise of new economic powers, such as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and, above all, China). The immediate context for thinking about these questions in many parts of the world is the aftermath of a severe economic crisis and a new politics of austerity. Local, regional, national and international actors continue to search for new policy solutions at a time when traditional forms of governance are being
tested and new forms of regional politics are emerging. In many parts of the world regional disparities are growing as more economic activity becomes
concentrated in global city regions, posing questions about the future of cities and regions beyond the metropolis. In these austere times, some voices
question the need for regional policy itself and public policy debates increasingly focus on these dilemmas. Gateway themes:
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