Paul Elhorst: Editor-in-Chief,Spatial Economic Analysis

Organisation: University of Groningen,The Netherlands

Email: j.p.elhorst**[ta]**.nl

Paul Elhorst is Professor of Spatial Econometrics at the University of Groningen,the Netherlands,and author of the book “Spatial econometrics: from cross-sectional data to spatial panels” that appeared in 2014. Since September 2015 he is Editor-in-Chief of the RSA journal Spatial Economic Analysis. His research interests are spatial econometrics,both theoretical and empirical,software,regional labour market analysis,economic growth,research productivity,military spending,contagion,FDI,fiscal policy interaction and transport economics. He has written more than 100 papers in refereed journals,both in English and Dutch,and supervised 7 PhD theses.

Frank Peck: Editor,Regions

Organisation: University of Cumbria,UK

Email: Frank.peck**[ta]**bria.ac.uk

As Director of the Centre for Regional Economic Development,Frank Peck conducts research on regional economies and provides consultancy services for external agencies and organisations involved in local and regional development. Previous research includes publication on the regional impacts of inward investment,industrial restructuring and small business and entrepreneurship in rural areas. More recent work has focused on the regional effects of public procurement and the employment impacts of contact centres in peripheral regions.

Martin Jones: Representative Editor,Territory,Politics,Governance

Organisation: University of Sheffield,UK

Email: Martin.jones**[ta]**ffield.ac.uk

Professor Martin Jones joined the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield in September 2013 as Director of the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (WRDTC) and as Professor of Urban and Regional Political Economy. He previously held positions at Aberystwyth University and was a Pro-Vice Chancellor. Martin is the originator and co-editor of the journal Territory,Politics,Governance and plays an active role in learned societies through the Regional Studies Association. Martin is an interdisciplinary researcher,working in the broad area of society and space and specifically on the interface between economic and political geography.

Alex Singleton: Representative Editor,Regional Studies,Regional Science

Organisation: University of Liverpool,UK

Email: Alex.Singleton**[ta]**erpool.ac.uk

Alex Singleton is a Professor of Geographic Information Science at the University of Liverpool,UK. His research interests surround are concerned with how social and spatial complexities of individual behaviours can be represented and understood within a framework of quantitative social science and computer modelling. He is a Deputy Director of the ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre,and co-editor and chief of the RSA journal Regional Studies Regional Science.

Dieter Kogler: Conference and Events Coordinator

Organisation: University College Dublin,Ireland

Email: dieter.kogler**[ta]**.ie

Dieter F. Kogler is a lecturer in economic geography at University College Dublin. His research focus is on the geography of innovation and evolutionary economic geography,with particular emphasis on knowledge production and diffusion,and processes related to technological change and innovation. He is involved in several multidisciplinary and multi-collaborative research projects,and has recently edited two special journal issues on the topics of global and regional dynamics in knowledge flows and innovation networks (European Planning Studies,09/2013) and evolutionary economic geography (Regional Studies,05/2015). His career path combines professional,education and research experience acquired in Europe,the United States,and Canada within a variety of areas pertaining to the spatial analysis of socio-economic phenomena.

Alexandru F. Ghita: Social Media and Online Role

Organisation: Centre for Urban and Territorial Development,Romania

Email: alexandru.ghita**[ta]**t.ro

Alexandru F. Ghita is an urban & regional planner,independent consultant and researcher in the field of European spatial planning. Since 2014 he is also the Director of the Centre for Urban and Territorial Development,a think-tank based in Bucharest,Romania. As a freelancer,he currently consults for firms and NGOs in the EU requiring specific expertise in Central and Eastern Europe in the field of spatial planning,regionalization processes,urban development,multi-level governance,territorial development and analysis. Alexandru is an active supporter of open data and currently investigates the use of big data in spatial planning. 

Paul Hildreth: Policy and Debate

Organisation: University College London,UK

Email: paul.hildreth.11**[ta]**.ac.uk

Paul is an independent advisor on cities,regions and local economies with local,national and international experience. He is a Visiting Policy Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) at Salford University,Associate for the Centre for London and non-executive Director of Cambridge Econometrics. He participated in the 2014 Research Evaluation Framework (REF) of UK universities. He has been an adviser to international (e.g. OECD,UNHABITAT,Council of Europe and UNDP) and UK organisations (e.g. Centre for Cities,Work Foundation,Department of Communities and Local Government and CABE). He has published papers on regional policy,place shaping,governance and localism,city-regions,medium-sized cities and sub-national economic policy.

Weidong Liu: Member/China

Organisation: Chinese Academy of Sciences,China

Email: liuwd**[ta]**nrr.ac.cn

Weidong Liu is a full professor in Economic Geography and assistant director at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,China. His areas of study are regional development and policies in China,foreign direct investments,spatial impacts of new information and communication technologies,and the changing geography of automobile industry in China. Weidong is the (co-)author of 12 books (one in English) and 150 peer-reviewed journal papers (35 papers in English). He is the chair of the RSA-China Division and the head of the Commission on Economic Geography of the Geographical Society of China.

Julie Tian Miao: Early Career Representative

Organisation: University of Glasgow,UK

Email: Tian.Miao**[ta]**sgow.ac.uk

Julie Miao is a Lecturer in Urban Planning and Development at Glasgow University,and Glasgow-Nankai Postgraduate School in China. Her research interests are knowledge economy,innovation policy and knowledge-based city/regional development. Especially she is interested in knowledge spaces,such as science parks,innovation centre and incubators,and their effect on cities’ competitiveness. Julie worked as the Early Career Representative for RSA since 2013,and she is the main coordinator for the RSA Students & Early Career Social Event Serials.

Chloe Chang Liu: Student Representative

Organisation: University of Hong Kong,China

Email: chloeliu**[ta]**.hk

Chloe Liu is currently a PhD research student in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. Her current research interests are about the cultural and creative industries and regional development studies. She has previously been awarded a M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University in New York,and holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Tongji University in Shanghai.

Mattia Casula: Student Representative

Organisation: LUISS University,Italy

Email: mcasula**[ta]**ss.it

Mattia Casula is currently a PhD research student in the Department of Political Science at LUISS University in Rome. His research interests are about Cohesion Policy in European underdeveloped regions and defragmentation policy in Italian regions. He has previously been awarded a BA in Political and Organizational Sciences and a MA in Politics,Administration and Organization from the University of Bologna.

Michael Taster : Observer

Organisation: University of Sheffield,UK

Email: mktaster1**[ta]**ffield.ac.uk

Michael Taster is a current PhD research student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield. His current research project is sponsored by the RSA and is entitled,"The Creation and Reproduction of Policy Relevant Spatial Knowledge and New Publishing Models,A Case Study of Regional Studies." The project seeks to investigate how developments in the scholarly communication system are affecting spatial studies. He has previously been awarded an MA in Town and Regional Planning from the University of Sheffield and holds an BA and MSt in Classical Archaeology from the University of Oxford.

研究委员会

Ron Boschma: Chair

Organisation: CIRCLE,Lund University,Sweden

Email: ron.boschma**[ta]**cle.lu.se

Since January 2013,Ron Boschma is Full Professor in Innovation Studies at Lund University in Sweden. He is also Full Professor in Regional Economics at the Department of Economic Geography at the Faculty of Geosciences,University of Utrecht. He has widely published in international journals on Evolutionary Economic Geography,the spatial evolution of industries,regional systems of innovation,the structure and evolution of networks,agglomeration externalities and regional growth.

Stuart Dawley: Member

Organisation: University of Newcastle,UK

Email: stuart.dawley**[ta]**castle.ac.uk

Dr Stuart Dawley is a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University. His current research focuses upon the evolution of local and regional economies,particularly understanding the dynamics of path creation and development as part of the energy transition.  More broadly,his research previously connected to an array of themes including regional competitiveness,sector studies, labour markets and migration. This includes work undertaken for international,national and regional agencies and organisations,including the European Commission,Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC),Dept. for Communities and Local Government (DCLG; ) and Dept. for Business,Innovation and Skills (BIS; UK). 

Lummina (Ina) Horlings: Member

Organisation: Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR),The Netherlands

Email: lummina.horlings**[ta]**.nl

Dr. Lummina Horlings (1962) is Assistant Professor in rural/regional development at the Rural Sociology Group of Wageningen UR in The Netherlands. She studied Geography and holds a PhD in Policy Sciences. Her research work broadly deals with sustainable place-based development. She has a special interest in the ‘human factor’ in place-shaping processes,including the role of values,leadership,cooperation,place identity and self-governance. She is involved in the RSA Research Network on leadership in Urban and Regional Development and the COST Action IS1007 “Investigating Cultural Sustainability”.

Martin Jones: Member

Organisation: University of Sheffield,UK

Email: martin.jones**[ta]**ffield.ac.uk

Professor Martin Jones joined the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield in September 2013 as Director of the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (WRDTC) and as Professor of Urban and Regional Political Economy. He previously held positions at Aberystwyth University and was a Pro-Vice Chancellor. Martin is the originator and co-editor of the journal Territory,Politics,Governance and plays an active role in learned societies through the Regional Studies Association. Martin is an interdisciplinary researcher,working in the broad area of society and space and specifically on the interface between economic and political geography.

Britta Klagge: Member

Organisation: University of Bonn,Germany

Email: klagge**[ta]**-bonn.de

Britta Klagge is full professor of Geography at the University of Bonn,Germany. Her research focuses on economic and urban geography with a special interest in energy issues,finance and governance. A Master of Science in Geography at the the University of Wisconsin-Madison,she received her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1997 and finished her habilitation at the University of Hamburg in 2004. Before coming to the University of Bonn in 2012,Britta was Professor of Economic Geography and Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Cultural Studies at the University of Osnabrück. In addition to serving as Head of Department in Bonn,she is active in various committees and advisory boards both in Germany and abroad. Britta has conducted various third-party funded research projects with international and interdisciplinary partners. The most recent projects deal with renewable energies,infrastructure and alternative financing.

Mario Davide Parrilli: Member

Organisation: University of Bournemouth,UK

Email: dparrilli**[ta]**rnemouth.ac.uk

M. Davide Parrilli is Associate Professor in regional economic development at Bournemouth University,where he is the Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Economics and Business Studies. He has published extensive research on SME development,clusters and districts evolution,regional innovation systems and global innovation networks,global value chains,and social capital in peer-reviewed journals such as RP,SBE,RS,ERD,EPS,TECH,RIPE. In his academic career Davide held tenured positions at the University of Ferrara,Italy,the University of Deusto,Spain,the Central American University in Nicaragua,and the University of Birmingham,UK.

Wolfgang Petzold: Member

Organisation: Committee of the Regions,Belgium

Email: wolfgang.petzold**[ta]**.europa.eu

Wolfgang Petzold is head of unit in the communication department of the Committee of the Regions,the EU’s assembly of regional and local representatives in Brussels. Before,he worked for ten years for the European Commission’s Regional Policy and Employment and Social Affairs Directorate-Generals. Being a sociologist,Wolfgang graduated from the University of Bremen in 1983 and began his career in the field of adults’ education and continued with EU programme management in a regional ministry for economic and European affairs. Wolfgang published several books and articles on EU cohesion policy and lectures at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen since 1999. Twitter: **[ta]**fgangPetzold

Elisa Roller: Member

Organisation: EU Commission,Belgium

Email: Elisa.ROLLER**[ta]**europa.eu

Elisa Roller is Head of Unit for Structural Policy and Economic Analysis in the Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the European Commission.  Before that,she was Deputy Head of Unit for Conception,Forward Studies and Impact Assessment in the Directorate-General for Regional Policy and Policy Coordinator in the Lisbon Task Force of the Secretariat-General,European Commission.  Before joining the European Commission in 2003,she was a Lecturer in European Politics in the Department of Government,University of Manchester,UK.  She received her PhD in Government from the London School of Economics.