59th ERSA Congress

ERSAs 59th Congress, titled “Cities, regions, and digital transformations: Opportunities, risks and challenges”, will be taking place on 27-30 August in Lyon, France. It will host a variety of themes in spatial, regional, and urban economics, economic geography, and regional policy topics like local governance and institutions.

Featured in this years programme is a special session (S66-S1) on assessing the impacts of automated driving and automated mobility. During this session ARCADE partners University of Leeds and VTT will be presenting on the topic of: Impacts of automated transport on cities: How to discuss and study impact mechanisms. The topic will be presented on Friday, 30 August from 11:00 to 13:00.

Each year the congress attracts approximately 800 participants from all over the world. With the ambition of having a stronger interdisciplinary dimension featuring contributions from social science, engineering and big data, ERSA has become the largest academic conference in regional science worldwide.

Register here and visit the website to read more about the congress.