Regional and rural development trends over the last forty years – RKK40
The Institute for Regional Studies was established in 1984 as a network-based research institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) with the task of carrying out multi-disciplinary research on urban and regional issues. The turbulence times of the past 40 years (systemic changes in CEE, EU accessions, financial crisis, Covid-19, environmental challenges) has offered the Institute a wide range of research objectives to answer in urban and regional development studies. The conference focuses on the current challenges in urban and regional development with a retrospective hint.
A detailed report on the anniversary events is available here.
The RKK40 Conference Abstractbook is available online:
RKK40 Anniversary conference: Regional and rural development trends over the last forty years, Abstract book
Pécs: HUN-REN CERS Institute for Regional Studies, 2024, 72 p.
ISBN: 9786155949173
RKI-ELEKTRA
Conference date: 29-30 May 2024
Conference venue: Pécs (Hungary), The Bishopric of Pécs, Granary Visitor Information Centre (How to get to the venue.)
If you need help: rkk40conference@krtk.hun-ren.hu
Final invoicing information: the final invoice will be sent via email after the conference.
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
| 9:00 – | Registration (Granary entrance) |
| 10:30 – 12:50
(Bonipert room) |
Plenary session: Welcome and Keynote speeches (Bonipert room)
Tibor Navracsics (Minister of Public Administration and Regional Development) Roland Jakab (Chief Executive Officer, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network) Imre Fertő (General Director, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)
Franziska Sielker (Professor, TU Vienna & University of Cambridge) James W. Scott (Professor, University of Eastern Finland) József Benedek (Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca) |
| 12:50 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Parallel sessions in 4 rooms |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Parallel sessions in 4 rooms |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Coffee break |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Roundtable (Bonipert room) |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Dinner |
Thursday, 30 May 2024
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Parallel sessions in 3 rooms |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel sessions in 3 rooms |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel sessions in 3 rooms |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Plenary lecture and closing of conference |
Detailed programme and session plan: RKK40 Anniversary conference Program
Parallel session rooms
| Date | Time | Room Bonipert | Room Belon | Room Ground floor | The Lapidarium („Kőtár”) |
| Wednesday, 29 May |
14:00 – 15:30 | SS7 | S3 | S9/A | S12/A |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | S4/A | S12/B | SS2 | S11/A | |
| Thursday, 30 May |
9:00 – 10:30 | S9/B | SS1/A | SS6 | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | S4/B | SS1/B | S5 | ||
| 13:30 – 15:00 | SS8 | S10 | S11/B |
Scientific committee: Prof. Dr. James W. Scott, Prof. Dr. Ilona Pálné Kovács, Dr. Viktor Varjú
Organising committee: Dr. Katalin Süle, Dr. Réka Horeczki, Tamás Szabó, Dr. Zsuzsanna Zsibók
The conference is partly supported by the Regional Studies Association.
Conference fee: 42 000 HUF or 125 EUR
One-day fee: 25 000 HUF or 65 EUR
Please see the RKK40 payment instructions and fill out the RKK40 payment form.
Contact and information: rkk40conference@krtk.hun-ren.hu
How to get to Pécs and other useful travel information are in this flyer
Publishing opportunities
The following partner journals invite submission of conference participants’ full papers for publication:
– Regional and Business Studies (Category “C” at the Regional Science Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
– Modern Geográfia (Category “A” at the Demography Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, MTA IX. Department)
– Tér-Gazdaság-Ember (MTA RTB ’B’ category)
– Turisztikai és Vidékfejlesztési Tanulmányok (MTA RTB ‘C’, MTA X. Department, category ‘A’)
