In a context of economic and social turmoil, resilience has new contours and takes a leading role in regional development and territorial cohesion. Being aware of the challenges facing the new dynamics associated with innovation and regional creativity, the project HARVEST Atlantic – Harnessing all resources valuable to economies of seaside territories on the Atlantic, is organizing an international workshop, that has as main objective to contribute to the definition and development of the scientific agenda at the intersections of innovation , creativity and resilience.
The event is organized by the Spatial and Organizational Dynamics Research Centre of the University of Algarve (CIEO), in partnership with the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR), branch of RSAI – Regional Science Association International. The workshop “Resilient Territories: innovation and creativity for new modes of regional development”, will be held on 29th November at the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve at Campus de Gambelas (Faro, Portugal). The participation of speakers internationally recognized in the field is confirmed, such as Ron Boschma, University of Utrecht and CIRCLE – Lund University, Philip Cooke, Institute for Sustainable Development at Oxford and the University of Cardiff, Roberta Comunian, King’s College London, and Mario Davide Parrilli of Orkestra – Basque Institute for Competitiveness. The confirmed speakers include Artur Rosa Pires, University of Aveiro, Pedro Costa, DINAMIA – CET, ISCTE – IUL, and Regina Salvador from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The workshop aims at a broad participation of the scientific community focused on Regional Studies, and is already open the phase of article submission, deadline will run until November 1st. In parallel with the scientific sessions, a focus group involving the presence of regional stakeholders and experts will be organized, in which problems related to human capital in the economy of the sea will be discussed.
SOURCE: Universidade do Algarve
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