SPECIAL SESSION THEMES
Empowering Communities for Change: Participatory Actions and Local Development
Organiser:Artur Ochojski
Universities and regional development
Organisers: Miroslav Šipikal and Štefan Rehák
Regional development in times of transformation. Tailored responses from Cohesion Policy
Organisers: Daniela L. Constantin, Romeo V. Ionescu, Erika Marin, Cristina Serbanică
Sustainable geospatial technologies
Organisers: Sanda Naş, Adrian Rădulescu
Regional challenges of GVC-dependent FDI development and role of foreign-owned companies in regional development in Central & Eastern Europe
Organisers: Zoltán Gál, Magdolna Sass, Balázs Páger
Socio-economic Context of International Trade and Transport Infrastructure Development in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)
Organiser: Renata Pisarek-Bartoszewska
Towards a Convergent Future: Reindustrialization and Sustainability in Southeast Europe under the Euro Framework
Organiser: Kosyo Stoychev
Regional aspects of gender differences in labour market outcomes
Organiser: Stephan Brunow
YOUNG SCIENTIST SESSION
Organisers: Oto Hudec, Camelia Delcea, Balázs Páger, Wojciech Dyba
GENERAL SESSION THEMES
Spatial planning and sustainable development
Energy and green transition
Circular economy and environmental challenges
Culture, tourism and regional/local development
Land use, transport and accessibility
Regional and urban resilience in the face of current crises
*Demographic change, migration
Social and spatial inequalities in a global world
Labour Markets, entrepreneurship and regional development
*Innovation and regional competitiveness in changing times
Current challenges of smart specialization
Trade, foreign direct investments and transformation of global value chains
Digital and technological transformation of cities and regions
*Institutions, quality of government and regional policy
Spatial issues of regional finances
Current geopolitical and geo-economic challenges
*Contemporary urban challenges and urban transformation
New perspectives on urban-rural relationships
Economic development in rural regions and places
*Spatial econometrics
Methods and models in regional science and urban economics