Journal of Regional Science

Special issue call for papers: Adverse Economic Shocks, Conflicts, and Resilience at the Regional Level

(Guest) editors: Steven Brakman, University of Groningen
Harry Garretsen , University of Groningen
Charles van Marrewijk, Utrecht University

Economic Shocks and Conflicts
It is well-known that some regions are more resilient than other regions when they experience (economic) shocks. They turn out to be less affected by a shock, or recover more quickly. Examples of large economic shocks are the economic and financial crisis beginning in 2008 and leading to ‘The Great Recession’ or the Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2020.

The literature on the measurement and relevance of regional resilience has grown rapidly in recent years. Also from an empirical perspective, it is by now well established that regions differ in their resilience to shocks or, more generally, structural change. Which determinants affect a region’s resilience or the lack thereof is, however, still not well understood.

This special issue combines research into the causes, consequences and policy responses of regional resilience. Click here for more details.

Heather Stephens joins the Editorial Board

The Journal of Regional Science is pleased to announce that Heather Stephens joins the Editorial Board, starting September 1^st, 2024. At the same time, Alessandra Faggian steps down as member of the board. We like to thank her for her excellent service to the journal.

Heather M. Stephens, Ph.D. is the Director of the Regional Research Institute (RRI) and a Professor of Community and Economic Development at West Virginia University. Her research is focused on examining issues related to regional economic development and the differences in the impact of policies across regions and has been published in leading field journals, including the Journal of Regional Science. She serves on the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) and the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) Council. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and is the chair of the technical advisory committee for the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD). She is the founding editor of NARSC’s outreach journal Reaching Regions and serves on the editorial board of several field journals. She received her Ph.D. and an MBA from The Ohio State University and a BA in economics and public policy studies from Duke University. In addition to her academic experience, she has prior experience working for a U.S. Congressman, on strategic partnership development for a Fortune 100 company, and working as a local economic development director and on regional economic development at a university-based applied research institute.