Call for applicants
The Portuguese Regional Science Association (APDR), is pleased to announce the organisation of the Sustainable Regional Development Academy which will be held in Porto, Portugal at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), from 8 -9 July 2025, just before the 2025 APDR conference (10-11 July) at Universidade Portucalense.
The Sustainable Regional Development Academy will be organized for a limited number of participants.
The Academy is designed as a springboard for successful academic careers by examining important issues such as publishing, reviewing, and collaborative research; the event also provides networking opportunities.
During the Sustainable Regional Development Academy, the participants will:
To undertake this tasks participant will be provided with secondary data about the city of Porto, a questionnaire to do during the study visit and a synthesis presentation of the main methods and the way to use them using adequate software platforms (Location Measures, Land Aptitudes, Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, Generalized Q Analysis, Network Analysis, Spatial Econometric Analysis, Base Model, Input Output Model, Spatial Interaction Model).
The Sustainable Regional Development Academy will be organized for a limited number of participants.
The Academy is designed as a springboard for successful academic careers by examining important issues such as publishing, reviewing, and collaborative research; the event also provides networking opportunities.
During the Sustainable Regional Development Academy, the participants will:
- Produce a characterization and diagnosis of the City of Porto.
- Define strategic sustainable development for the city of Porto and design an evaluate one of the projects of the strategy.
- Identify a research question that could help the implementation of the project and try to respond it with the data available and adequate methods.
- Present and discuss the solution to the identified problem.
To undertake this tasks participant will be provided with secondary data about the city of Porto, a questionnaire to do during the study visit and a synthesis presentation of the main methods and the way to use them using adequate software platforms (Location Measures, Land Aptitudes, Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, Generalized Q Analysis, Network Analysis, Spatial Econometric Analysis, Base Model, Input Output Model, Spatial Interaction Model).
Lecturers
Soon available
Format
The Sustainable Development Academy has the following structure:
- Lectures on Location Measures, Land Aptitudes, Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, Generalized Q Analysis, Network Analysis, Spatial Econometric Analysis, Base Model, Input Output Model, Spatial Interaction Model.
- Technical Visit to problematic areas of Porto.
- Working groups sustainable tourism in urban areas, mobility and left behind people and places, migrant integration and cultural identity of places.
- Students’ Presentations Sessions where they have the opportunity to present and discuss their research projects with the instructors and other senior researchers.
Program
July 8, 2025
09H00 Presentation of the Sustainable Development Index, from CESOP of UCatólica
10H00 Location Measures, Land Aptitudes, Network Analysis
11H00 Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, Generalized Q Analysis
12H00 Base Model, Input Output Model, Spatial Interaction Model
13H00 Lunch
14H00 Econometric Analysis
15H00 Spatial Econometric Analysis
16H00 Technical Visit to problematic areas of Porto
July 9, 2025
9H00 Working groups:
14H00 Presentations
15H30 Sessões sobre Migrações, Mercados de Trabalho e Competitividade Regional (Alto Douro, Cova da Beira, Odemira, Algarve,…).
17H00 Mesa redonda sobre Migrações, Mercados de Trabalho e Competitividade Regional.
09H00 Presentation of the Sustainable Development Index, from CESOP of UCatólica
10H00 Location Measures, Land Aptitudes, Network Analysis
11H00 Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, Generalized Q Analysis
12H00 Base Model, Input Output Model, Spatial Interaction Model
13H00 Lunch
14H00 Econometric Analysis
15H00 Spatial Econometric Analysis
16H00 Technical Visit to problematic areas of Porto
July 9, 2025
9H00 Working groups:
- Left behind people and places (Data Gathering and Spatial Econometrics).
- Sustainable tourism in urban areas. Use of Location Measures, Land Aptitudes, Network Analysis.
- Migrant integration and cultural identity of places Use of Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, Generalized Q Analysis
14H00 Presentations
15H30 Sessões sobre Migrações, Mercados de Trabalho e Competitividade Regional (Alto Douro, Cova da Beira, Odemira, Algarve,…).
17H00 Mesa redonda sobre Migrações, Mercados de Trabalho e Competitividade Regional.
Goal
The goal of the Sustainable Development Academy is to provide the participants methodological skills and research experience. It will encourage meaningful discussions and exchange of ideas between the participants and field experts, fostering long-term academic collaboration.
Application - Terms and Conditions
Selection of participants
The Sustainable Regional Development Academy will aim to gather participants from any research field interested in developing skills and learning new methods on the topics of people and places interactions within space.
The number of participants is limited to approximately 25.
Application submission
Participants who want to participate in the Sustainable Regional Development Academy should submit their application via email (apdr@apdr.pt) by 15 March 2025 (midnight CET) and include (in PDF format):
The Sustainable Regional Development Academy will aim to gather participants from any research field interested in developing skills and learning new methods on the topics of people and places interactions within space.
The number of participants is limited to approximately 25.
Application submission
Participants who want to participate in the Sustainable Regional Development Academy should submit their application via email (apdr@apdr.pt) by 15 March 2025 (midnight CET) and include (in PDF format):
- A one-page Motivation letter
- A one-page CV of the applicant
Registration
After notification of acceptance, the accepted applicants must register and pay the participation fee before the registration deadline.
The fee
Participation fee: €190 (until May 1, 2025)
The fee includes:
Please note:
Participants must cover their own travel and accommodation expenses to/from the Academy venue.
The fee
Participation fee: €190 (until May 1, 2025)
The fee includes:
- (8-9) 2 days of Sustainable Regional Development Academy with Technical Excursion
- (9) Participation the Forum of Regions on Migration, Employment and Competitiveness.
- (10-11) 2 days of 2025 APDR Congress
- Lunches and coffee breaks to the 4 days
- Official dinner (day 10);
Please note:
Participants must cover their own travel and accommodation expenses to/from the Academy venue.