The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems: models tools and policy evaluation COST...

The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems:

models tools and policy evaluation

COST Action IS1104 MeetingLisbon 25-28 March 2013

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Outline of the talk

• Today program• Scientific workplan and

activities (1st year)• Scientific workplan and

activities (2nd year)•Webpage and infos

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TODAY PROGRAMPart I

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Today program

• 12:30 – 13:10 Welcoming and presentation • 13:10-13:30 Meeting of contributors to the

book• 13:30 – 15:00 Lunch• Back at 15:00 for the WG sessions • 20:30 dinner

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1ST YEAR SCIENTIFIC WORKPLAN AND ACTIVITIES

Part II

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Aim of the Action

to provide a better understanding of the EU as a complex, multi-level, evolving geographical system, taking duly into account the dynamic processes occuring within such a system and to develop improved strategies for EU regional policies

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Scientific Work plan: first year

• Assessment of the literature (New Economic Geography, Regional economics, strategic location of firms)

• Overview of the main analitycal tools (complex networks, nonlinear dynamics, agent based modelling, spatial econometrics)

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First year activities

• 10 July Steering Committee (SC) Virtual meeting• 18-19 September Urbino SC, Management

Committee (MC) and Working Group (WG) meetings

• 20-22 September MDEF Workshop• 25-28 March SC, MC and WG meetings• Short term scientific missions (STSMs): 7

completed; 12 in progress or to be done

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First Year main outputs

• MDEF proceedings• Scientific reports from the STSMs• Book of the Action• Research papers and other contributions

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2ND YEAR SCIENTIFIC WORKPLAN AND ACTIVITIES

Part II

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Scientific workplan: second year

• Focus on:WG1 multiregional modelsWG2. Integration of financial and labour

markets in more complex analytical structuresWG3 Developing models of firms strategic

locationWG4 nonlinear dynamics, complex networks

applied to spatial analysis

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Working method 1: WG units

Working Group

Leaders

Research Topic

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Working method 2: Networking Original Network: 16+2 countries

Current Network: 22+2 countries

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Main outputs

• Siena (Italy) NED Conference proceedings• Scientific reports from the STSMs• Action IS1104 Working paper series• Training School (Madrid) • Research papers and other contributions

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WEBPAGEPart III

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Webpage

• Almost complete – updating• Webmaster: Fabio Ceccarani• Link: http://www.gecomplexity-cost.eu/ • Please add this link to your personal webpage

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Skype contact and file sharing

• Official COST Skype contat: cost-usc• Filesharing: dropbox, website

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Welcome!Pasquale Commendatore

University of Naples ‘Federico II’, ItalyChair of the Action IS1104

pasquale.commendatore@unina.it

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LOCAL ORGANIZERS: DIANA MENDES

VIVALDO MENDES