Regional Science Association International

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) until the end of 1989 Regional Science Association (RSA), is the worldwide umbrella organization of Regional Science . It was founded in 1954 on the initiative of the American economist Walter Isard . The European Regional Science Association (ERSA), the Regional Science Association of the Americas (RSAmericas) and the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) are subordinate to it.

The society publishes the journal Papers in Regional Science and has organized a world congress since 1980, which has been held every two years since 2012 (previously every four years). It also awards several awards, the most important of which is the Founder's Medal . According to its own information, the RSAI has over 4000 members.

List of presidents

Walter Isard , 1957–1959 Robert B. Mitchell , 1959-1960 Edward L. Ullman , 1960-1961 Edgar M. Hoover , 1961-1962 William L. Garrison , 1962-1963 William LC Wheaton , 1963-1964 Charles L. Leven , 1964-1965 William Warntz , 1965-1966 Britton Harris , 1966-1967 Benjamin H. Stevens , 1967-1968 Torsten Hägerstrand , 1968–1969 Benjamin Chinitz , 1969–1970

Gerald AP Carrothers , 1970-1971 Kazimierz Dziewoński , 1971–1972 Leon N. Moses , 1972-1973 Genpachiro Konno , 1973-1974 Stan Czamanski , 1974-1975 Morgan D. Thomas , 1975-1976 Leo H. Klaassen , 1976-1977 Per Holm , 1977–1978 William Alonso , 1978-1979 Martin J. Beckmann , 1979-1980 Jean Paelinck , 1980-1981 Ryszard Domański , 1981–1982

Barclay G. Jones , 1982-1983 Allan Pred , 1983-1984 Åke E. Andersson , 1984-1985 Lloyd Rodwin , 1985-1986 David Boyce , 1986-1987 Noboru Sakashita , 1987-1988 Rolf Funck , 1988–1989 Rodney C. Jensen , 1989-1990 Peter Nijkamp , 1991-1992 Lay J. Gibson , 1993-1994 Kingsley E. Haynes , 1995-1996 Peter WJ Batey , 1997-1998

Hirotada Kohno , 1999-2000 Geoffrey JD Hewings , 2001-2002 Antoine Bailly , 2003-2004 Robert J. Stimson , 2005-2006 Roger R. Stough , 2007-2008 Roberta Capello , 2009-2010 Yoshiro Higano , 2011–2012 Jean – Claude Thill , 2013–2014 Andrés Rodríguez-Pose , 2015–2016 Jacques Poot , 2017 Budy Resosudarmo, 2017–2018 Mark D. Partridge , 2019-2020

(until 1990 the term of office was one year, since then two years)

further reading

• David Boyce: A short history of the field of regional science . In: Papers in Regional Science . tape 83 , 2004, pp. 31-57 , doi : 10.1007 / s10110-003-0176-9 .
• Walter Isard : History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International: The Beginnings and Early History . Springer, Berlin a. a. 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-00934-4 .

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Society for Regional Research - German-speaking section of the Regional Science Association

Individual references, comments

1. ↑ David Boyce: A short history of the field of regional science . In: Papers in Regional Science . tape 83 , 2004, pp. 34 , doi : 10.1007 / s10110-003-0176-9 .
2. ↑ RSAI Worldwide Official Website, last reviewed May 28, 2016.