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Career opportunities are scarce in the current economic climate, and the situation is likely to get worse in the coming ‘age of austerity’. So any help one can get in the moment of finding a job is welcome. Here we will focus on academic jobs, although there are other opportunities that graduates can consider, such […]
It’s been a while since the last ‘Focus on’ blog post, so it’s now time for another one. Today’s post is on EPRC – that is, the European Policies Research Centre. The EPRC is based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (Scotland) and they are, as the name suggests, a research centre focusing on […]
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What are NUTS? Well, it stands for Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics and it’s a hierarchical way of dividing up the economic territory of the EU for collecting statistics, doing analysis and for framing regional policies. So, fairly important! But, everyone already knows this of course. How long have NUTS been around for? The […]
.This is clearly a thorny issue, to which the Regional Studies community could definitely contribute. An important point to bear in mind is that Paul Romer, using his reputation and wealth, has been actively promoting this idea around the world, which means that sooner or later it might become a real possibility. Its implications however […]
I’m now choosing the bike to buy …. certainly I want a lighter one than the one that I rode to Paris! In fact I’d quite like one with someone else to cycle it.”
Overall, some interesting stuff and worth a look…