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AFILIACIÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE ESTUDIOS REGIONALES DIVISIÓN DE AMÉRICA LATINA
La Asociación de Estudios Regionales (Regional Studies Association) es la plataforma ideal para que investigadores, decisores políticos y profesionales involucrados en el desarrollo urbano y regional a través de su investigación y su trabajo profesional puedan desarrollar sus conocimientos y sus redes de contactos y así mejorar su perfil profesional.
ASSOCIAÇÃO À DIVISÃO AMÉRICA LATINA DA REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION
A Regional Studies Association é a plataforma ideal para desenvolver os conhecimentos, redes e melhorar o perfil profissional de pesquisadores, formuladores de políticas e profissionais preocupados com o desenvolvimento regional e urbano, com a pesquisa ou política pública.
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To Join the Division
Alejandra Trejo Nieto at abtrejo@colmex.mx or email the division on: latinamerica@regionalstudies.org
Annual General Meeting and Board Election 2022
The Board of the RSA Latin America Division held its Annual General meeting (AGM) by Zoom on Monday 19 December 2022. All members of the Regional Studies Association in Latin America were invited to participate in this meeting. Prior to the meeting, nominations were invited for the position of Chair of the RSA Latin America Division.
Please find below the minutes from the meeting with the results of the Board elections.
MINUTES Latin America AGM 2022
Annual General Meeting and Board Election 2021
The Board of the RSA Latin America Division held its Annual General meeting (AGM) by Zoom on 23 November 2021. All members of the Regional Studies Association in Latin America were invited to participate in this meeting. Prior to the meeting, nominations were invited for the position of Chair of the RSA Latin America Division.
Please find below the minutes from the meeting with the results of the Board elections.
Minutes of RSA Latin America AGM 2021
Annual General Meeting and Board Election 2020
The Board of the RSA Latin America Division held its Annual General meeting (AGM) by Zoom on 5 November 2020 at 2pm GMT. All members of the Regional Studies Association in Latin America were invited to participate in this meeting. Prior to the meeting, nominations were invited for the position of Chair of the RSA Latin America Division.
Please find below the minutes from the meeting with the results of the Board elections.
Minutes of RSA Latin America Division AGM 2020
Annual General Meeting and Board Election 2019
The Board of the RSA Latin America Division held its Annual General meeting (AGM) by Skype on 28 January 2019 at 3pm GMT. All members of the Regional Studies Association in Latin America were invited to participate in this meeting. Prior to the meeting, nominations were invited for the position of Trustee of the Board of the RSA Latin America Division.
Please find below the minutes from the meeting with the results of the Board elections.
KEEP UP TO DATE
Jiscmail
This Latin America email forum provides a platform to discuss and share developments in regional research, policy and practice in Latin America. RSA membership is not a requirement to join and post to the forum. To join the forum, please click here to sign up.
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Forthcoming Event
EMPOWERING KNOWLEDGE FLOWS AND COLLABORATION NETWORKS,
International Conference on Regional Development in South America
February 8-9, 2024, Montevideo, Uruguay
In-person with live streaming
Organized by RSA KIRDSA Network, with the support of Universidad de la República and the Young Scholar Initiative, and endorsed by the RSA Latin America Division.
Keynote speaker & activities
Keynote speaker confirmed: Ron Boschma, Professor in Regional Economics (Utrecht University) and Innovation Studies (University of Stavanger)
Conference activities: parallel sessions, keynote plenaries, round table with policy makers and a paper development workshop.
Call for applications
This conference aims to bring together researchers studying the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the South American context and development processes with a territorial
approach in the region’s countries. We welcome contributions that are related, but not exclusively, to the following topics:
• Innovation and development in territories specializing in extractive industries.
• Interaction and collaboration networks in innovation processes of South America
• Relatedness, productive specialization and technological diversification in South American regions
• Local development, clusters and industrial districts in the context of South American countries
• Environmental challenges and green transitions in South American regions
• Migration, brain drain and brain circulation in South America
• Cities as poles of development, innovation and inequality in South America
• Global Value Chains, knowledge flows and diversification opportunities in South America cities.
• Gender gaps in science, technology and innovation, causal factors at the regional level.
We welcome contributions with theoretical focus, methodological innovations and/ or with implications for the design of public policies for innovation and regional development
in South American countries. Upload your contribution here: https://bit.ly/kirdsa
• Extended abstracts: max 2500 words. References, figures and/or tables that are not considered in the word count.
• Full papers (optional): max 8000 word
Important dates
- June 20th: Submission for abstracts (and papers) Start
- September 20th: Submission for abstracts (and papers) End
- October 20th: Notification of acceptance
Registration & financial support
There is no registration fee. Thanks to Regional Studies Association (RSA), funds are available to partially finance travel and accommodation of RSA members. In addition, the Urban and Regional Economics Working Group of the Young Scholar Initiative (YSI) – Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) encourages and supports Young Scholars (Students/ Early Career). Partial travel and accommodation funds are available. If you apply for the YSI session, please specify in your submission. Conference proceedings will be published online including ISBN(optional) Considering the international characteristic of the network, we use English for written communication, but submissions and presentations can be delivered in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Organizing committee
- Andrea Belmartino (Gran Sasso Science Institute – Italy)
- Pablo Galaso (Universidad de la República – Uruguay)
- Sergio Palomeque (Universidad de la República – Uruguay)
- Contact – kirdsa.rsa@gmail.com
Scientific committee
- Carlos Bianchi (Universidad de la República – Uruguay)
- Adrián Rodríguez Miranda (Universidad de la República – Uruguay)
- Cecilia Tomassini (Universidad de la República – Uruguay)
- José Borello (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento – Argentina)
- Daniela Calá (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata – Argentina)
- Andrés Niembro (Universidad Nacional de Río Negro – Argentina)
- Igor Tupy (Universidade Federal de Viçosa – Brazil).
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Click here to register.
Past Events
Convocatoria recepción de artículos: Perspectivas latinoamericanas en los estudios regionales
Plazo: 15 de septiembre 2022
Escriba sobre su investigación en curso o recientemente completadas en estudios regionales sobre América Latina
Escriba y publique la versión del blog en español y la compartiremos junto con una versión traducida en inglés.
Más información y enviar el blog a: rsablog@regionalstudies.org / @rsa_blog
Call for papers: Latin American Perspectives in Regional Studies
Deadline: 15th September 2022
Write about active or recently completed regional studies research based in Latin America.
Write and publish the entire blog post in Spanish to be shared with a translated version in English.
More Information & to submit : rsablog@regionalstudies.org / @rsa_blog
Blog Guidelines (EN)
RSA Global Webinar Series
Online, Friday 13 November 2020
- Plenary: Is Urbanization in the Global South Fundamentally Different? Comparative Global Urban Analysis for the 21st Century
Michael Storper, LSE, Sciences Po and UCLA and Sergio Montero, CIDER
- Panel: Local Economic Development in Latin America
Alejandra Trejo, El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City; Sergio Montero CIDER; Carla Daniela Calá, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and Pedro Amaral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Professional Development Session: Academic Writing and Publishing
Alejandra Trejo, El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City; Miguel Atienza Ubeda Universidad Católica del Norte Antofagasta and Daniela Carl, RSA
2019 Latin America Division Conference
“Institutions, Governance and Regional Development: Rethinking Local Economic Development from the Peripheries”
Conference report from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito student delegation
“At the conference, we were able to get valuable feedback regarding our research, be exposed to many areas of interest within the context of regional studies, and strengthen our network by meeting very interesting and inspiring people.”
Please note: The Latin America Division is a limited agent for the Regional Studies Association but without any authority to incur financial liability for that Association.