2011 OPEN DAYS
Early Career Researcher Poster Competition

The second annual early career researcher competition was held at this year's OPEN DAYS, European Week of Regions and Cities (10-13 October). Regional Policy DG, together with the Regional Studies Association, invited early career researchers in European regional policy to present their research in the form of a poster. 6 finalists were chosen this year out of nearly 80 applications by the jury, which was made up of:

• Veronica Gaffey, Head of the Evaluation Unit, DG Regional Policy, European Commission
• Ana Stankaitiene, Principal adviser, EU Structural Assistance Management Department, Ministry of Finance, Lithuania
• David Bailey , Chair of the Regional Studies Association, and Professor at the Faculty of Business, Environment and Society, Coventry University, United Kingdom

The six finalists presented their research at OPEN DAYS in front of approximately 40 participants.

Winner
The winner, Anne Nygaard Tanner from the Technical University of Denmark presented her research;
"Where do high tech industries of the 21st century locate? And how can regional policy attract new industries?"
View the winning entry

Runner-up
Runner-up, Andrei Mitrea from the 'Ion Mincu' University of Architecture and Urban Planning (UAUIM), Bucharest, Romania presented his research on;
"Regional Innovation Systems within Urban-Rural Relations in Romania. A mid-term regional development strategy based on the wood industry".
View the runner-up entry

Click on the links below to view the shortlisted entries

Name	Institution	Title
Steffen Osterloh	Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany	Can Regional Transfers Buy Public Support? Evidence from EU Structural Policy
Alexander Wandl	Spatial Planning and Strategy- Department of Urbanism at TU Delft, The Nederlands	Territories-In-Between: A European Cross Case Study on the Planning of Areas Between Urban and Rural
Daniel Sánchez Serra	Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain	Determinants of the concentration of creative industries in Europe: a comparison between Spain, Italy, France, United Kingdom and Portugal
Marcin Dabrowski	Institute for European Integration Research, Vienna, Austria	Assessing the effectiveness and impacts of EU cohesion policy at the sub-national level in the new member states: is there capacity to deliver?

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