1. Growth, convergence and regional and urban development.

2. Inequality and poverty of the territories.

3. Regional competitiveness, efficiency and productivity.

4. Sustainability, environment and natural resources.

5. Demographic change, population and migratory movements.

6. Methods for regional and urban analysis: big data, spatial econometrics and geographic information systems.

7. Globalization and territory: foreign sector, foreign direct investment and inter-territorial flows.

8. Location of economic activities, specialization and cluster analysis.

9. Labor market and territory.

10. Knowledge economy, creativity and geography of innovation

11. Entrepreneurship and business dynamics

12. Territorial planning, urban planning and housing.

13. Tourism and culture.

14. Public sector and regional financing

15. Regional and urban politics and governance.

S-TC University-Environment knowledge transfer sessions

S-JI.- Young Researchers Sessions: “I have an idea…”

S01 – Transformation of the economic model from the territory and mobility

Coordinators: Paloma Taltavull  (UA) y María Feo (UV)

S02 – Big Data and Machine Learning Algorithms in Regional Science

Coordinator: Fernando A. López, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.

S03 – Education and development in space and time: new perspectives

Coordinator: Pau Insa-Sánchez (Universitat de València)

S04 – Territorial inequalities and spatial (in)justice in Europe

Coordinator: Ana Viñuela

S05 – Poverty risk, SMEs, and territory

Coordinadores: Blanca de-Miguel-Molina, María de-Miguel-Molina, Daniel Catalá-Pérez

S06 – Measuring regional changes: the spatial shift-share

Coordinators: Miguel A. Márquez and Vicente Royuela

S07 – Industry 4.0 and sustainability in regions, clusters & industrial districts

Coordinator:  Professor Dr. José Hervas-Oliver

S08 – Input-output models in regional analysis. Theory and applications

Coordinator: Carmen Ramos