20 years in the European Union: Catching up, territorial policy and inequalities

 Szeged, 17-18 October 2024

University of Szeged Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

HUNGARIAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 22^nd ANNUAL MEETING

The 22^nd Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Regional Science Association (HRSA) will be held in Szeged on 17 and 18 October 2024. The conference will be co-organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Szeged. We are planning three plenary sessions and around 200 presentations in 24 sections. One plenary and five parallel sessions will be English-speaking ones. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Deadline: 20 September 2024

For the complete program please visit the Hungarian site of the conference.

♦ DRAFT PROGRAMME ♦ 17 October ♦ Thursday ♦

08.30-16.30 Registration

09.00-10.00 General meeting (for HRSA members)

10.00-10.10 Annual meeting, Opening ceremony

10.10-12.00 Plenary session 1. (in English)
Keynotes: Prof. Simona Iammarino (University of Cagliari), Prof. Jiri Blazek (Charles University in Prague), Dr. Valentina Ivanić (Economics Institute, Serbia)

12.00-13.30 Lunch

13.30-16.00 Parallel sessions (6 in Hungarian, 2 in English)

16.00-16.30 Coffee break

16.30-18.00 Plenary session 2. (in Hungarian)

18.00-18.30 Prize award ceremonies

19.00-22.00 Gala dinner

♦ DRAFT PROGRAMME ♦ 18 October ♦ Friday ♦

09.00–12.00 Parallel sessions (6 in Hungarian, 2 in English)

12.00-13.30 Lunch

13.30–15.00 Plenary session 3.  (in Hungarian)

15.00-15.30 Coffee break

15.30–18.00 Parallel sessions (7 in Hungarian, 1 in English)

SESSIONS IN ENGLISH

19 thematic sessions are organized in Hungarian, 5 parallel sessions are in English. For the detailed program please visit the Hungarian site of the conference.

Abstracts (max. 500 words) should be submitted by e-mail to the convenors of the sessions. Presentations of 20 minutes are welcome.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Deadline: 20 September 2024

SESSION 1   Innovation ecosystems: Building regional innovation hubs   Call for papers (pdf)
Session organizers: Zsófia Vas associate professor, head of institute, University of Szeged Institute of Economics and Economic Development – Zoltán Elekes research fellow, HUN-REN CERS ANET Lab & Umeå University
vas.zsofia@eco.u-szeged.hu

SESSION 2   Transition processes in the Eastern European large urban areas during the 20 years after the accession to European Union   Call for papers (pdf)
Session organizer: Viktória Szirmai research professor, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Sociology; Editor-in-chief of City.hu Urban Studies Review
szirmai.viktoria@tk.hun-ren.hu

SESSION 3   Territorial cooperation supported by European Digital Innovation Hubs in the Carpathian Basin   Call for papers (pdf)
Session organizers: Marianna Nagy professor, Aurel Vlaicu University, Arad, Romania – Tamás Gyulai PhD candidate, Széchenyi István University
gyulai.tamas@sze.hu

SESSION 4   Anchoring productive capital beyond the core: Small towns and peripheral industrialization in Europe   Call for papers (pdf)
Session organizers: Erika Nagy senior research fellow, HUN-REN CERS Institute for Regional Studies – Ernő Molnár associate professor, University of Debrecen
nagy.erika@krtk.hun-ren.hu

SESSION 5   Challenges in GVC-dependent FDI development path in Central & Eastern Europe: Assessing regional development within global production networks   Call for papers (pdf)
Session organizers: Zoltán Gál professor, University of Pécs; senior research fellow, HUN-REN CERS Institute for Regional Studies – Magdolna Sass director, HUN-REN CERS Institute of World Economics – Zsuzsanna Zsibók senior research fellow, HUN-REN CERS Institute for Regional Studies
zsibok.zsuzsanna@krtk.hun-ren.hu

REGISTRATION

Registration period: From 1 to 30 September 2024.

Participation fee includes up to 2 presentations. Payment is required after abstract acceptance and registration.

REGISTRATION FEES (for non-domestic participants and organisations)

• 100 EUR for Non-members of RSAI/ERSA
• 75 EUR for RSAI/ERSA members
• 60 EUR for Accompanying persons / Attendee without presentation

REGISTRATION FEES (for Hungarian participants and organisations) 

• 40.000 HUF for Non-members of HRSA
• 30.000 HUF for HRSA members
• 24.000 HUF for Accompanying persons / Attendee without presentation

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY

Details in Hungarian website.

CONTACT

Szilárd Rácz, HRSA secretary szracz@rkk.hu

VENUE

Szegedi Tudományegyetem Gazdaságtudományi Kar
(6722 Szeged, Kálvária sugárút 1.)

CO-ORGANISER

We reserve the right to change the program.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the Annual Conference of HRSA in Szeged.

Kind regards,
Ilona Pálné Kovács, President of HRSA