The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in cooperation with the Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), the German
speaking section of the European Regional Science Association, are very pleased to announce their joint International Summer
Conference in honor of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
member of WIFO's Scientific Board. This year's workshop will focus on topics around digitalisation, settlement patterns and
urbanisation. Additionally, empirical contributions falling in the broader range of regional economics are also welcome. The
topics of interest include, but are not limited to, questions related to: regional growth and cohesion – regional specialisation
– regional location analyses, spatial location choice and location concepts – geographical impact of economic policy measures
– regional labour markets – regional tourism – regional planning.
Keywords: TP_Digitalisierung
Research group:Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis