Academic Conference Programme

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Regional Studies Association Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Conference 2019

Metropolises and Peripheries of CEE Countries: New Challenges for EU, National and Regional Policies

Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 11th – 13th September 2019

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Regional Studies Association Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Conference 2019 Metropolises and Peripheries of CEE Countries: New Challenges for EU, National and Regional Policies Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 11th – 13th September 2019

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Conference Programme at a Glance

Wednesday 11th September 10:00-12:00 Sightseeing Walking Tour (optional, pre-registration necessary) 10:00-13:00 Technical Tour, organised by Lublin City Office (optional, pre-registration necessary) 13:00 Conference registration opens 14:00-14:15 Welcome to the Conference 14:15-15:45 Opening Plenary Session : Polarisation and Peripheralisation in CEE

Chair: Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Speakers: Dr Thilo Lang, Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, Department for Regional Geography of Europe, Germany Professor Ilona Pálné Kovács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary 15:45-16:00 Refreshment Break 16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] 18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception at the Centre for Culture (optional, pre-registration necessary)

Thursday 12th September 8:00 Registration opens 9:00-10:30 Plenary Panel on EU Cohesion Policy and CEE

Chair: Ida Musiałkowska – Poznan University of Economic and Business, Poland

Speakers: Dr Aleksandra Kisielewska, European Commission - DG Regional and Urban Policy, Belgium Dr Piotr Żuber, Warsaw University, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, and Ministry for Investment and Economic Development in Poland Dr Samira Barzin, University of Groningen, the Netherlands – Early Career Plenary Speaker 10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break and CEE Network Meeting (all welcome) 11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] 13:00-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-15:00 Statistics Poland Plenary: New Statistics – New Opening

Chair: Dr Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland

Speakers: Dr Gabriella Vukovich, President of the Hungarian Statistical Office, Hungary Dr Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland 15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break 15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] 19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner at the Hotel Victoria (optional, pre-registration necessary)

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Friday 13th September 8:30 Registration opens 9:30-10:30 Plenary Panel Narodowy Bank Polski and Lublin City Office

Chair: Agnieszka Olechnicka – Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG), University of Warsaw, Poland

Speakers: Dr Piotr Boguszewski, Narodowy Bank Polski Dr Mariusz Sagan, Lublin City Office

10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break 11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-15:00 Parallel Paper Session [5] Including Academic publishing and career development session 15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break 15:30-16:50 Closing Plenary - RSA Polish Section Plenary: Social and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Stability and Change after 1990

Chair: Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Gorzelak, EUROREG, Poland

Speakers: Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Gorzelak, EUROREG, Poland Dr Agnieszka Fihel, University of Warsaw, Poland Dr Maciej Smętkowski, EUROREG, Poland Professor Tomasz Komornicki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Dr Martin Ferry, European Policies Research Centre, United Kingdom 16:50-17:00 Conference Close 17:30-19:00 Closing Reception in the Foyer of the Opera Hall in the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures (optional, pre-registration necessary)

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Conference Programme

Wednesday 11th September

10:00-12:00 Sightseeing Walking Tour (optional, pre-registration necessary) NEW Meeting Point: Tourist Information. Jezuicka 1, 20-113 Lublin 10:00-13:00 Technical Tour of Lublin (optional, pre-registration necessary) Meeting Point: Faculty of Economics Entrance 13:00-14:00 Conference registration Faculty of Economics Entrance 14:00-14:15 Conference Welcome University Hall, Faculty of Law and Administration 14:15-15:45 Opening Plenary Session: Polarisation and Peripheralisation in CEE University Hall, Faculty of Law and Chair: Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Administration

15:45-16:00 Refreshment Break Hallway first floor

16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] Faculty of Economics Session Title: SS3. Development Trajectories of Peripheral Metropolises Room A2 Chair: Jacek Koj – Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland Korneliusz Pylak – Maria Curie Sklodowska Growth Poles or Lonely Wolves: Two Century Long University, Poland Developmental Trajectories of Metropolitan Areas Jakub Bis – Lublin University of Technology, Poland Shedding new Light on Special Economic Zones: Time Korneliusz Pylak – Maria Curie Sklodowska and Place Based Microanalyses University, Poland Andrzej Kotarba – Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Tomasz Żminda – Lublin University of Technology, Poland Dagmara Kociuba – Maria Curie Sklodowska Potential and Development Trajectories of Peripheral University, Poland Metropolises – The Case of Lublin Mariusz Sagan – SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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Wednesday 11th September

16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] Faculty of Economics Session Title: SS4. Towards the Better Understanding of Land-Use Conflicts in Room A3 Rural, Remote and Peripheral Areas Chair: Nica Claudia Calò – Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Germany Monika Wesołowska – Maria Curie Sklodowska Demographic Shrinkage and its Consequences for University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Villages in Poland Management, Poland Duszan Augustyn – Jagiellonian University in Kraków, The Influence of Public Transport Acts 2019 in Poland Poland on Conflicts Concerning the Shape of the Public Transport Network Luc Ampleman – Jan Kochanowski University, Poland A Typology of Transportation Conflicts in Rural and Remote Communities: Some Insights for Central Eastern Europe 16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Development Challenges of the Prime Cities and Other Room 104 Metropolises Chair: Grzegorz Gorzelak, EUROREG, Poland Ivan Tosics – Metropolitan Research Institute, Post Socialist Budapest: Changing Constellations of Hungary Leadership and Development. From Self Determination Through EU Fund Domination till National Control Olga Mrinska – European Bank for Reconstruction The Growing Power of Largest Ukrainian Cities and Development, United Kingdom Ivan Tosics – Metropolitan Research Institute, The Metropolitan Challenge in European Urban Areas Hungary 16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Centralisation or Decentralisation Room B1 Chair: Katarzyna Wójtowicz – Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland Wojciech Janicki – Maria Curie Sklodowska To Change or not to Change the Administrative University, Poland Division of Poland: Pros and Cons Revisited Mariusz Sagan – Lublin City Office, Poland Sandor Zsolt Kovacs – Hungarian Academy of Territorial Effects of the Integration of Hungarian Co- Sciences, University of Pécs, Hungary Operative Savings Monika Banaszewska – Poznań University of Equalization Grants and Local Taxation. Evidence from Economics and Business, Poland Poland Cezary Kowalczyk – University of Warmia and Efficiency of Spatial Planning at the Local Level – Case Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Study Krystyna Kurowska – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Hubert Kryszk – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Zbigniew Brodziński – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

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Wednesday 11th September

16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] Faculty of Economics Session Title: The Role of Services in Economic Development I Room B2 Chair: Piotr Razniak – Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Poland Olena Gulenok – Ukranian Catholic University, Practices of Consumption and Spatial Justice. Case of Ukraine LOKAL Chain in Lviv Irina Turgel – Graduate School of Economics and Support of Single Industry Towns in Russia and Management, Ural Federal University, Russia Kazakhstan: Comparative Analysis Larisa Bozhko – Industrial Institute, Rudny, Kazakhstan 16:00-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [1] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Development and Innovations Room B3 Chair: Györgyi Nyikos – National University of Public Service, Hungary Judyta Lubacha – Cracow University of Economics, The Role of a Socio-Economic Environment for Poland Innovation Activity of Enterprises Dorota Murzyn – Pedagogical University of Cracow, Inclusive Innovation Policies and Social Innovation as a Poland Way to Inclusive Growth in CEE Countries Krzysztof Mieszkowski – Formerly JRC – European Baza Konkurencyjności as a Potential Source of Commission, Spain Information on Research and Innovation Collaboration Jakub Kruszelnicki – Cracow University of Segmentation of Small and Medium Size Regional Technology, Poland Companies by the Regional Development Agencies as Esteban Pelayo – EURADA, Belgium the Optimisation Measure for its Innovation Funding Manuel Noya – Linknovate, Spain Mikołaj Gołuński – Cracow University of Technology, Poland

18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception Centre for Culture Peowiaków 12, 20- 007, Lublin

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Thursday 12th September

08:00-17:00 Conference registration Faculty of Economics Entrance 09:00-10:30 Plenary Panel on EU Cohesion Policy and CEE University Hall, Faculty of Law and Chair: Ida Musiałkowska – Poznan University of Economic and Administration Business, Poland

Refreshment Break Hallway first floor 10:30-11:00 CEE Network Meeting (all welcome) Room B4

11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: SS1 I. Territory, Politics, Governance in the Western Balkans Room A1 Region Chair: Giancarlo Cotella – Politecnico di Torino, Italy Kejt Dhrami – Co PLAN, Institute for Habitat Cohesion Policy Implementation in Albania – Development, Albania Challenges and Opportunities in the Face of Growing Ledio Allkja – Co PLAN Institute for Habitat Disparities at Local and Regional Scale Development / Polis University – Permanent Workshop on TG, Albania Aida Ciro – Co PLAN, Institute for Habitat Tourism Destination Governance in the Western Development, Albania Balkans Peter Nientied – POLIS University, Albania Giancarlo Cotella – Politecnico di Torino, Italy The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on the Erblin Berisha – Politecnico di Torino, Italy Western Balkan Region. A Progressive Erosion of EU Conditionality? Marjan Nikolov – Center for Economic Analyses, The Macroeconomic Effects from Debt financing of the Republic of North Macedonia Infrastructure Financing Gap in the Region and Local Vesna Garvanlieva Andonova – Center for Economic Governments in Macedonia Analyses, The Republic of North Macedonia Ivana Velkovska – Center for Economic Analyses, The Republic of North Macedonia Ana Marija Petrevska – Center for Economic Analyses, The Republic of North Macedonia Rudina Toto – Co PLAN, Institute for Habitat Territorial Rescaling and Polycentric Governance Development, Albania Approaches in Albania Dritan Shutina – Co PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development, Albania

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Thursday 12th September

11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: SS2 I. Best Practices of Creative Cities in the CEE Countries Room A2 Chair: Dávid Fekete – Széchenyi István University, Hungary Dávid Fekete – Széchenyi István University, Hungary Creative City from the Perspective of Strategy Building. The Case of Győr Petra Kinga Kezai – Széchenyi István University Overview of the Local Creative Industry Based on the Doctoral School of Regional and Economic Sciences, Group Discussion in the City of Győr, Hungary Hungary Szabolcs Morvay – Széchenyi István University, Creative City Model – Example of Győr Hungary Kyra Tomay – University of Pécs, Hungary The Creative Class Goes to the Countryside? – The Role of Urban and Rural Gentrification in the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems 11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Climate Change and Sustainability Room A3 Chair: Aleksandra Kisielewska – European Commission - DG Regional and Urban Policy, Belgium Justyna Chodkowska Miszczuk – Nicolaus Renewables Projects in Peripheries: Challenges, Copernicus University, Poland Determinants and Perspectives. Insights from the Stanislav Martinat – Cardiff University, United Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia Kingdom Marián Kulla – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia Ladislav Novotný – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia Marinela Istrate – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Status and Perception of Air Quality in Central and Iasi, Romania Eastern European Union Cities Alexandru Bănică – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Ionel Muntele – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Justyna Mokras Grabowska – Uniwersytet Łódzki, Allotment Gardening in Poland – New Possibilities of Poland Social, Cultural and Recreational Development in Terms of Sustainability and Quality of Life Balazs Gyorgy Forman – Corvinus University of The Role of Education in Climate Protection Budapest, Hungary Erika Sipos – Budapest Business School, Hungary

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Thursday 12th September

11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Demographic and Social Challenges for Urban and Regional Room 104 Development Chair: Irina Turgel – Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Russia Magdalena Szmytkowska – University of Gdansk, Beyond the Metropolis. Quality of Life as a Poland Development Opportunity for Secondary Cities in Poland Agnieszka Sawińska – University of Szczecin, Poland Possibilities of Activating Seniors in Urban Space

Ruta Ubareviciene – Deft University of Technology & Regional Differentiation and the Effect of Individual Lithuanian Social Research Centre, The Netherlands and Regional Characteristics on Adolescent Fertility: Gintare Pociute Sereikiene – Lithuanian Social The Case of Lithuania Research Centre, Lithuania Vaida Tretjakova – Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Lithuania Lina Sumskaite – Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Lithuania 11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: The Challenges of Suburbanisation, Revitalisation and Room 105 Gentrification Chair: Ewa Garbacz– Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland János B. Kocsis – Corvinus University of Budapest, Metropolitan Life with Small Town Charm or Rush of Hungary the Big City with Defunct Village of Insufficient Kyra Tomay – University of Pécs, Hungary Services – The Case of a Suburb in the Budapest Metropolitan Area Jacek Koj – Institute of Urban and Regional The Intensity and Range of Suburbanisation in Poland Development, Poland in the Years 2002 2017 in the Context of Central and Łukasz Sykała – Institute of Urban and Regional East European Urban Studies Development, Poland Agnieszka Mucha – Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland Maciej Mróz – Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland Wojciech Dawid – Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland Joanna Popławska – Warsaw School of Economics, Urban Revitalization – Insufficiently used Chance for Poland Solving Socio economic Problems of Polish Cities

Nica Claudia Calò – Martin Luther University Halle Sustainable Peri Urbanization and Future Urban Wittenberg, Germany Systems Marcin Spyra – Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Germany Agnieszka Nocko – Statistical Office in Lublin, Poland Development and Implementation of Methodology of in-depth Research on Construction Activity in Gminas and Functional Areas Covered by ITI

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Thursday 12th September

11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Cohesion Policy Room B1 Chair: Olga Mrinska – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United Kingdom Györgyi Nyikos – National University of Public Financial Instruments or Grants? Microeconomic Service, Hungary Effects of Public and Private Sources Attila Béres – Equinox Consulting, Hungary Gergő Závecz – Central Bank of Hungary, Hungary Tamás Laposa – National Unoversity of Public Service, Hungary Vasilis Avdikos – Panteion University, Greece Re Scaling Decision Making: A Genealogy of Civic Eirini Iliopoulou – Regional Development Institute, Participation in the European Cohesion Policy Greece Piotr Idczak – Poznan University of Economics, The Ability of JESSICA Projects to Influence the Poland Market Processes in Cities Ida Musiałkowska – Poznan University of Economic and Business, Poland Agnieszka Olechnicka – Centre for European Where does the Cohesion Policy Funding Supporting Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG), University of Smart Specialisation go to? Warsaw, Poland Paweł Śliwowski – EUROREG, University of Warsaw, Poland 11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: The Role of Services in Economic Development II Room B2 Chair: Krzysztof Mieszkowski – Formerly JRC European Commission, Spain Besjana Qaja – Polis University, Albania Transport Corridors as a Socio-Economic Generator Elizabeta Susaj – Polis University, Albania Enkelejda Kucaj – Polis University, Albania Les Dolega – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Beyond Retail: New Ways of Classifying UK Shopping Jonathan Reynolds – University of Oxford, United and Consumption Spaces Kingdom Alex Singleton – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Donatas Burneika – Lithuanian Social Research Population Change and Public Service Networks in Centre, Lithuania Lithuanian Peripheries Viktorija Baranauskienė – Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Lithuania

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Thursday 12th September

11:00-13:00 Parallel Paper Session [2] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Local Development I Room B3 Chair: Martina Eckardt – Andrassy Universität Budapest, Hungary Dorottya Teveli Horváth – Corvinus University of Informal Citizen Participation in Hungarian Local Budapest, Hungary Decision Making Krzysztof Kluza – Warsaw School of Economics, Political Budget Cycle in Investment Activity of Local Poland Governments. Evidence from Poland. Ewelina Szczech Pietkiewicz – Warsaw School of Modern Model of Urban Competitiveness Economics, Poland

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break Hallway first floor

14:00-15:00 Statistics Poland Plenary: New Statistics – New Opening University Hall, Faculty of Law and Chair: Dr Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland Administration

Speakers: Dr Gabriella Vukovich, President of the Hungarian Statistical Office, Hungary Dr Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland

15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break Hallway first floor

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Thursday 12th September

15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] Faculty of Economics Session Title: SS2 II. New Ways of Developing Creative Spaces in the CEE Room A2 Countries Chair: Dávid Fekete – Széchenyi István University, Hungary Patrick Crehan – CKA, Belgium The Role and Development of Local Food Systems in Creative Cities András Lévai – Széchenyi István University, Hungary The Distribution of Coworking Spaces in Neighborhoods Attila Sóti – Széchenyi István University, Hungary Football and Urban Scaling Eszter Bokányi – Eőtvos Lorant University Budapest, Hungary Gábor Vattay – Eőtvos Lorant University Budapest, Hungary Péter Faragó – Széchenyi István University, Hungary Analyzing the City’s Level of Creativity Through QFD Approach 15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Demographic and Social Challenges for Peripheral Areas Room 104 Development Chair: Barraí Hennebry – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Wioletta Kałamucka – Maria Curie Sklodowska Sustainable Livelihood and the Quality of Life in the University, Poland Peripheral Areas of the European Union on the Krzysztof Kałamucki – Maria Curie Skłodowska Example of the Lubelskie Voivodeship University in Lublin, Poland Patryk Brambert – Jan Kochanowski University, Peripherality of Rural Areas in the Socio Demographic Poland Dimension. An Example of Eastern Poland. Iwona Kiniorska – The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland Wioletta Kamińska – The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland Marco Hölzel – Technical University Munich, Rural Coworking: Coworking Spaces in Village Centres Germany – An Opportunity for their Revitalization, to Avoid Commuting and Social Isolation

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Thursday 12th September

15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] Faculty of Economics Session Title: The Challenges of Regeneration and Revitalisation Room 105 Chair: Piotr Idczak – Poznan University of Economics, Poland Wojciech Jarczewski – Institute of Urban Urban Regeneration in Poland: An Instrument of Development, Poland Urban Development or a Tool for Preservation of Local Identity? Przemysław Ciesiółka – Adam Mickiewicz University Paths of the Urban Regeneration Process in Central in Poznań, Poland Eastern Europe after EU Accession – A Case Study of Angel Burov – University of Architecture, Civil Bulgaria and Poland Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, Bulgaria Anna Gardzińska – University of Szczecin, Poland The Significance of Revitalization for the Tourist Attractiveness of a City on the Example of Szczecin Krzysztof Rogatka – Nicolaus Copernicus University, Evaluation of Post Revitalization Space – Selected Poland Issues Tomasz Starczewski – Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland 15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] Faculty of Economics Session Title: SS5. Special Session Statistics Poland: Room B1 Spatial Statistics – Opening to Innovations Chair: Dominika Rogalinska – Statistics Poland, Poland Dominik Rozkrut – Statistics Poland, Poland Subjective and Community Wellbeing Interaction Wlodzimierz Okrasa – Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in a Multilevel Spatial Modelling Framework University in Warsaw, Poland Renata Bielak – Statistics Poland, Poland SDGs as a Driver of Innovations in Statistics

Artur Łączyński – Statistics Poland, Poland Crop Monitoring in Poland Using Earth Observation Data Sylwia Filas Przybyl – Statistics Poland, Poland Employment Related Commuting to Provincial Capital Tomasz Klimanek – Statistics Poland, Poland Cities Jacek Kowalewski – Statistics Poland, Poland and their Functional Areas in 2016 15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Factors and Tools for Economic Development Room B2 Chair: Györgyi Nyikos – National University of Public Service, Hungary Desislava Botseva – University of National and World Aspects of Interaction of Human Capital with the Economy, Bulgaria Economic Development of the Bulgarian Regions Elka Vasileva – University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria Nikola Tanakov – University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria Veselina Lyubomirova – University of National and Youth and the Regional Future in SEE. Are we Ready World Economy, Bulgaria for the Challenge? Georgi Nikolov – University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria Georgi Tsolov – University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria

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Abdulla Alikhanov – ADA University, Azerbaijan Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investments in Azerbaijan Thursday 12th September

15:30-17:30 Parallel Paper Session [3] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Local Development II Room B3 Chair: Grzegorz Micek – Jagiellonian University, Poland Krystyna Kurowska – University of Warmia and Idea Cittaslow as a new Proposition to Stimulate Local Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Development Zbigniew Brodziński – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Cezary Kowalczyk – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Aneta Janikowska – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Balazs Gyorgy Forman – Corvinus University of After 1990, Budapest Went Through a Very Special Budapest, Hungary Industrial Development Erika Sipos – Budapest Business School University of Applied Sciences, Hungary Korneliusz Pylak – Maria Curie Sklodowska Persistence of Entrepreneurship in Different Historical University, Poland Contexts Michael Fritsch – Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Michael Wyrwich – University of Groningen, The Netherlands

19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner (optional, pre-registration necessary) Hotel Victoria Prezydenta Gabriela Narutowicza 58/60, 20-016 Lublin

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Friday 13th September

08:30-17:00 Conference registration Faculty of Economics Entrance 09:30-10:30 Plenary Panel Narodowy Bank Polski and Lublin City Office University Hall, Faculty of Law and Chair: Agnieszka Olechnicka – Centre for European Regional and Administration Local Studies (EUROREG), University of Warsaw, Poland

Speakers: Dr Piotr Boguszewski, Narodowy Bank Polski Dr Mariusz Sagan, Lublin City Office

10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break Hallway first floor

11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Tourism Accessibility Room A2 Chair: Marjan Nikolov – Center for Economic Analyses, The Republic of North Macedonia Beata Meyer – University of Szczecin, Poland Accessibility of Tourist and Recreational Services as an Attribute of Metropolitan Space Mariana Senkiv – Lviv Polytechnic National Geography of Accessible Tourism for all in the University, Ukraine European Union 11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Transborder Co-Operation and Migration Through the EU External Room A3 Border Chair: Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Olga Levytska – Institute of Regional Research n.a. Border Migration Processes in Ukraine: The Polish M.I. Dolishniy of the National Academy of Sciences of Vector Ukraine, Ukraine Bartłomiej Kołsut – Institute of Socio-Economic Do Spatial Differences in the Personal Car Market Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Reflect a Core Periphery Structure? The Case of Mickiewicz University, Poland Poland Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz – Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Anna Szachoń Pszenny – The John Paul II Catholic The Legal Status of Canary Island as a Cross Border University of Lublin, Poland Region and the most Recent Migration Route Roman Slyvka – Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian Socio Economic and Ecological Processes in Border National University, Ukraine Areas Exchanged Between the USSR and Poland in Viktoriya Pantyley – Department of Earth Sciences 1951 and Spatial Management, Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland Roman Lozynskyy – Department of Geography Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine Eugene Ivanov – Department of Geography Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine

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Friday 13th September

11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Smart Cities, Industries and Institutions I Room 104 Chair: Darko Vukovic – Higher School of Economics, Russia Grzegorz Micek – Jagiellonian University, Poland Industry 3.0 and 4.0 as the Vehicle of Upgrading and Krzysztof Gwosdz – Jagiellonian University, Institute Smart Diversification in the Polish Manufacturing of Geography and Spatial Management, Poland Sector? Agnieszka Sobala Gwosdz – The Bronisław Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jarosław, Poland Arkadiusz Kocaj – Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Poland Agnieszka Świgost – Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Poland Marcin Kardas – University of Warsaw, Poland The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Smart John Edwards – Joint Research Centre B.3, Spain Specialisation Process in Lubelskie Region Krzysztof Mieszkowski – Joint Research Centre B.3, Spain 11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] Faculty of Economics Session Title: The Challenges of Suburbanisation and Gentrification I Room 105 Chair: Agnieszka Fihel – University of Warsaw, Poland Grzegorz Janicki – Maria Curie Sklodowska Forms of Suburbanization in Jastków Commune University, Poland (Lublin Metropolitan Area) Pawel Drozd – Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland Agnieszka Gajda – Institute of Urban and Regional Urban Sprawl – The Polish Way Development, Poland Aleksandra Jarzmik – Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland Karolina Maciąg – Maria Curie-Sklodowska Concreting Public Spaces as a Negative Example of University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Revitalizing Polish City Centers Management

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Friday 13th September

11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Changes on the Labour Market Room B1 Chair: Monika Banaszewska – Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland Olga Melnychenko – PwC Legal Ukraine, Ukraine Successes & Pitfalls in Ukraine’s Journey Towards Harmonisation of Labour law with Best European Practices Melania Nieć – Polish Agency for Enterprise Towards the Gig. Gig Workers in Central and Eastern Development, Poland European (CEE) Countries Grzegorz Rzeźnik – SWPS, Poland 11:00-12:30 Parallel Paper Session [4] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Functional Urban Areas Room B3 Chair: Ivan Tosics – Metropolitan Research Institute, Hungary Reka Horeczki – MTA KRTK, Hungary Comparative Analysis of Functional Urban Areas in Transdanubia and The Nord Vest Development Region Toms Skadins – University of Latvia Faculty of Delineation and Development of Riga Functional Geography and Earth sciences, Department of Human Agglomeration During Post Socialism Geography, Latvia Sławomir Kurek – Pedagogical University of Cracow, Population Change in Functional Urban Areas Poland Karolina Trykacz – Maria Curie Sklodowska The Role of Functional Areas in Polish and Portuguese University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Economic Space Management, Poland

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break Hallway first floor

13:30-14:30 Academic publishing and career development session Room A1

13:30-15:00 Parallel Paper Session [5] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Tourism and Heritage Room A2 Chair: Anna Winiarczyk Raźniak – Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland Katarzyna Michalczuk Ouerghi – Maria Curie Sponsored Articles as an Instrument of Tourist Sklodowska University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Promotion of the City on the Example of Lublin and the Spatial Management, Poland Blog "Tasteaway" Tanzia Islam – Technical University of Berlin & Tourism as Instruments for Preservation of Urban Deyalkotha, Bangladesh Culture and Heritage Sahjabin Kabir – Independent researcher Rimantas Dapkus – Vytautas Magnus University, Creative Tourism and Rural Regions’ Development Lithuania Kristina Dapkute – Vilnius University, Lithuania

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Friday 13th September

13:30-15:00 Parallel Paper Session [5] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Cross-Border Relations Room A3 Chair: Dagmara Kociuba – Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland Andrzej Miszczuk – Maria Curie Sklodowska Borders and Border Cities in Transition: Towards a University, Poland Typology Andrzej Jakubowski – Maria Curie Skłodowska University Lublin, Poland Martina Eckardt – Andrassy Universität Budapest, Cross Border Cooperation and the EGTC – Analysing Hungary its Adoption at the Regional Level Stefan Okruch – Andrassy University Budapest, Hungary Andrzej Jakubowski – Maria Curie Sklodowska Factors of Cross Border Convergence: What University, Poland Stimulates and What Hinders Economic Cohesion of the Border Areas Within the EU? Oksana Koshulko – Polish Academy of Sciences, Women’s Roles During War and Occupation in Poland Ukraine Since 2013 2014 13:30-15:00 Parallel Paper Session [5] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Smart Cities, Industries and Institutions II Room 104 Chair: Irina Turgel – Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Russia Darko Vukovic – Higher School of Economics, Russia Smart Cities and 5G Networks: An Emerging Dmitry Kochetkov – People Friendship University, Technological Area? Russia Tamás Dusek – Széchenyi István University, Hungary Critical Evaluation of the Complex Indicators of Smart Cities Lenka Smékalová – Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Smart City and Municipal Strategic Development Czech Republic Documents in the Czech Republic Filip Kučera – Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic 13:30-15:00 Parallel Paper Session [5] Faculty of Economics Session Title: The Challenges of Suburbanisation and Gentrification II Room 105 Chair: Balazs Gyorgy Forman – Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Zaiga Krisjane – University of Latvia, Latvia From Ageing Peripheries to Rejuvenated Suburbia: Janis Krumins – University of Latvia, Latvia Patterns of Hotspot Visualisation in Latvia Maris Berzins – University of Latvia, Latvia Toms Skadins – University of Latvia, Latvia Guido Sechi – University of Latvia, Latvia Wojciech Łachowski – Institute of Urban and Suburbanization Processes Extent Based on Satellite Regional Development, Poland Imagery Edyta Samojedna – Maria Curie Sklodowska Conditions of Gentrification Processes in Post Socialist University, Poland City – Case Study of the Lublin City

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Friday 13th September

13:30-15:00 Parallel Paper Session [5] Faculty of Economics Session Title: Economic Resilience Room B1 Chair: Kejt Dhrami – Co PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development, Albania Piotr Razniak – Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Economic Resilience of the Command and Control Krakowie, Poland Function of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe Anna Winiarczyk Raźniak – Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland Sławomir Dorocki – Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland Barraí Hennebry – Adam Mickiewicz University, The Determinants of Economic Resilience in Rural Poland Regions. A Case Study of the Urban Rural Divide in Poland Marta Szaja – University of Szczecin, Poland Overtourism as a Determinant of the Urban Resilience Beata Meyer – University of Szczecin, Poland Development – On the Example of Selected Cities

15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break Hallway first floor

15:30-16:50 Closing Plenary – RSA Polish Section Plenary: University Hall, Social and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Faculty of Law and Stability and Change after 1990 Administration

Chair: Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Gorzelak, EUROREG, Poland

17:30-19:00 Closing Reception (optional, pre-registration necessary) Foyer of the Opera Hall in the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures

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Participant List Besnik Aliaj Polis University Albania Abdulla Alikhanov ADA University Azerbaijan Luc Ampleman Jan Kochanowski University Poland Sóti Attila Széchenyi István University Hungary Duszan Augustyn Jagiellonian University in Kraków Poland Vasilis Avdikos Panteion University Greece Monika Banaszewska Poznań University of Economics and Business Poland Ewa Bandurska Statistics Poland Poland Samira Barzin University of Groningen The Netherlands Renata Bielak Statistics Poland Poland Jakub Bis Lublin University of Technology Poland Pal Boday Hungarian Central Statistical Office Hungary Piotr Boguszewski Narodowy Bank Polski Poland Desislava Botseva University of National and World Economy Bulgaria Patryk Brambert Jan Kochanowski University Poland Katharina Bürger Regional Studies Association United Kingdom Donatas Burneika Lithuanian Social Research Centre Lithuania Nica Claudia Calò Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Germany Daniela Carl Regional Studies Association United Kingdom Chodkowska- Justyna Nicolaus Copernicus University Poland Miszczuk Przemysław Ciesiółka Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland Aida Ciro Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development Albania Giancarlo Cotella Politecnico di Torino Italy Patrick Crehan CKA Belgium Rimantas Dapkus Vytautas Magnus University Lithuania Kejt Dhrami Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development Albania Radosław Dobrowolski Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Les Dolega University of Liverpool Poland Tamás Dusek Széchenyi István University Hungary Martina Eckardt Andrassy Universität Budapest Hungary Péter Faragó Széchenyi István University Hungary Dávid Fekete Széchenyi István University Hungary Martin Ferry European Policies Research Centre United Kingdom Agnieszka Fihel University of Warsaw Poland Sylwia Filas-Przybyl Statistics Poland Poland Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Małgorzata Flaga Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Balazs Gyorgy Forman Corvinus University of Budapest Hungary

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Participant List Agnieszka Gajda Institute of Urban and Regional Development Poland Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Ewa Garbacz Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Anna Gardzińska University of Szczecin Poland Centre for European Regional and Local Studies Grzegorz Gorzelak Poland (EUROREG), University of Warsaw Olena Gulenok Ukranian Catholic University Ukraine Barrai Hennebry Adam Mickiewicz University Poland Marco Hölzel Technical University Munich Germany Reka Horeczki MTA KRTK Hungary Andrea Hübner Budapest Business School Hungary Piotr Idczak Poznan University of Economics Poland Tanzia Islam Technical University of Berlin & Deyalkotha Germany Marinela Istrate "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi Romania Andrzej Jakubowski Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Wojciech Janicki Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Grzegorz Janicki Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Wojciech Jarczewski Institute of Urban Development Poland Wioletta Kałamucka Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Marcin Kardas University of Warsaw Poland Bogdan Kawałko Marshal's Office of the Lubelskie Voivodship Poland Széchenyi István University Doctoral School of Petra Kinga Kezai Hungary Regional- and Economic Sciences Iwona Kiniorska The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Poland European Commission - DG Regional and Urban Aleksandra Kisielewska Belgium Policy Tomasz Klimanek Statistics Poland Poland Krzysztof Kluza Warsaw School of Economics Poland Dagmara Kociuba Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland János B. Kocsis Corvinus University of Budapest Hungary Jacek Koj Institute of Urban and Regional Development Poland Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Bartłomiej Kołsut Poland Management, Adam Mickiewicz University Institute of Geography And Spatial Organization, Tomasz Komornicki Poland Polish Academy of Sciences Oksana Koshulko Polish Academy of Sciences Ukraine Iryna Kostetska Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Sandor Zsolt Kovacs Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Pécs Hungary Cezary Kowalczyk University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland Zaiga Krisjane University Of Latvia Latvia Jakub Kruszelnicki Cracow University of Technology Poland

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Participant List Sławomir Kurek Pedagogical University Of Cracow Poland Krystyna Kurowska University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland Renata Kwiatkowska Narodowy Bank Polski Poland Wojciech Łachowski Institute of Urban and Regional Development Poland Artur Łączyński Statistics Poland Poland Thilo Lang Leibniz-Institute For Regional Geography Germany András Lévai Széchenyi István University Hungary Institute of Regional Research n.a. M.I. Dolishniy of Olga Levytska Ukraine the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Judyta Lubacha Cracow University of Economics Poland Veselina Lyubomirova University of National and World Economy Bulgaria Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Karolina Maciąg Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Krzysztof Markowski Urząd Statystyczny w Lublinie Poland Andrzej Matacz Statistical Office in Lublin Poland Olga Melnychenko PwC Legal Ukraine Ukraine Beata Meyer University of Szczecin Poland Grzegorz Micek Jagiellonian University Poland Michalczuk- Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Katarzyna Poland Ouerghi Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Krzysztof Mieszkowski JRC - European Commission Spain Andrzej Miszczuk Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Iwona Miziolek Statistics Poland Poland Justyna Mokras-Grabowska Uniwersytet Łódzki Poland Szabolcs Morvay Széchenyi István University Hungary Eva Mossier - Austria European Bank for Reconstruction and Olga Mrinska United Kingdom Development Dorota Murzyn Pedagogical University Of Cracow Poland Ida Musiałkowska Poznań University of Economics and Business Poland Mukungu Nasser - Uganda Melania Nieć Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Poland Peter Nientied Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development Albania Republic of North Marjan Nikolov Center for Economic Analyses Macedonia Georgi Nikolov University of National and World Economy Bulgaria Agnieszka Nocko Statistical Office in Lublin Poland Gyorgyi Nyikos National University of Public Service Hungary Centre for European Regional and Local Studies Agnieszka Olechnicka Poland (EUROREG), University of Warsaw

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Participant List Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Ilona Pálné Kovács Hungary Academy of Sciences Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Viktoriya Pantyley Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Irena Pidek Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Marek Pieniążek Statistics Poland Poland Joanna Popławska Warsaw School of Economics Poland Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Paulina Prazner Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Korneliusz Pylak Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Besjana Qaja Polis University Albania Piotr Razniak Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie Poland Dominika Rogalinska Statistics Poland Poland Krzysztof Rogatka Nicolaus Copernicus University Poland Dominik Rozkrut Statistics Poland Poland Grzegorz Rzeźnik SWPS University Poland Mariusz Sagan Lublin City Office Poland Edyta Samojedna Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Poland Agnieszka Sawińska University of Szczecin Poland Mariana Senkiv Lviv Polytechnic National University Ukraine University of Latvia Faculty of Geography and Toms Skadins Latvia Earth sciences, Department of Human Geography Skibińska- Ilona Narodowy Bank Polski Poland Fabrowska Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Jakub Skibiński Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Roman Slyvka Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University Ukraine Lenka Smékalová Tomas Bata University in Zlín Czech Republic Centre for European Regional and Local Studies Maciej Smetkowski Poland (EUROREG), University of Warsaw Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz Adam Mickiewicz University Poland Anna Szachoń-Pszenny The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland Marta Szaja University of Szczecin Poland Ewelina Szczech-Pietkiewicz Warsaw School of Economics Poland Magdalena Szmytkowska University of Gdansk Poland Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Karolina Szwarnowska Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nikola Tanakov University of National and World Economy Bulgaria Dorottya Teveli-Horváth Corvinus University of Budapest Hungary Kyra Tomay University of Pécs Hungary Ivan Tosics Metropolitan Research Institute Hungary

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Participant List Rudina Toto Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development Albania Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Karolina Trykacz Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Georgi Tsolov University of National and World Economy Bulgaria Graduate School of Economics and Management, Irina Turgel Russia Ural Federal University Deft University of Technology & Lithuanian Social Ruta Ubareviciene The Netherlands Research Centre Elka Vasileva University of National and World Economy Bulgaria Darko Vukovic Higher School of Economics Serbia Gabriella Vukovich Hungarian Central Statistical Office Hungary Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Monika Wesołowska Poland Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak Pedagogical University Of Cracow Poland Centre for European Regional and Local Studies Katarzyna Wojnar Poland (EUROREG), University of Warsaw Katarzyna Wójtowicz Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie Poland Dorota Wolińska Lublin City Office Poland Warsaw University, Faculty of Geography and Piotr Zuber Poland Regional Studies

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Sponsors and Supporters Local host: Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management

The Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management was created in 2011 following the transformation of the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences into two separate faculties. Its structure consists of 14 organizational units (11 Departments, 2 Laboratories and the Research Station in the village of Guciów, the Roztocze region) representing the most important research trends in Earth sciences and spatial management. The Faculty has a modern, innovative and functional teaching and research building with advanced analytical and laboratory equipment meeting world standards and comprising top-class research apparatus housed in several specialist laboratories, and with excellent teaching facilities adjusted to the needs of students in three fields of study: geography, tourism, and spatial management. The Faculty’s new research priorities based on the scientific tradition of the Lublin geographic center and meeting the challenges of the present day comprise the following scientific specialties: 1) Paleogeography of the Central and Eastern European Cenozoic, 2) The condition and changes of the geographical environment of polar and sub-polar areas, 3) Dynamics of contemporary transformations and the environmental protection of South-Eastern Poland, 4) Transformations in the spatial organization and socio-economic structures in Poland as compared with Europe, with special consideration of border areas, 5) Development determinants and directions of transformations in the cultural landscape, 6) Natural, economic and social aspects of tourism and recreation development, 7) Theory and practice of spatial management, 8) Application of new methods and techniques in investigating the natural environment, 9) Problems of contemporary geographical and ecological education.

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Statistics Poland is an office of government administration that serves the President of Statistics Poland, charged with collecting and publishing statistics related to the country’s economy, population, and society, at the national and local levels. The President of Statistics Poland is a central body of public administration in the field of statistics, performing his duties with assistance from official statistics services – directors of sixteen regional statistical offices and service units of official statistics. The official statistics system constitutes one of the fundamental public and countrywide elements of the state’s information system of a democratic society, providing state organs, public and local government administration, the economic sector and the public with official statistical data on the economic, demographic, social and natural environment. An international conference under the honorary patronage of Narodowy Bank Polski

Narodowy Bank Polski is the central bank of the Republic of Poland. Its tasks are stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, the Act on Narodowy Bank Polski and the Banking Act. The fundamental objective of the NBP’s activity is to maintain price stability. Under the Monetary Policy Strategy beyond 2003 drawn up by the Monetary Policy Council, the objective of NBP is to stabilise the inflation rate at the level of 2.5% with a permissible fluctuation band of +/- 1 percentage point. Lublin with its 700-years long heritage and population of 340,000 inhabitants, is the largest economic and academic centre in Eastern Poland and the only city in the greater region with a metropolitan profile. Lublin, one of the most dynamically developing Polish cities, is currently perceived as a key business location in Eastern Poland – preferred location for investments in the services sector and meeting industry, as well as one of the six largest IT ecosystems in the country. The city is distinguished by a very high level of investment outlays, both in the private and public sector. A very pronounced city’s academic character is shaped by 9 higher education institutions with its 65,000 students’ community, making Lublin one of the country’s leading academic centres. Lublin’s academic industry strengthens the economy, openness and cosmopolitan character of the city, leveraging level of internationalisation – almost 10% of students come from abroad, what positions Lublin as the most internationalized academic city in Poland.

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The Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) based in the University of Warsaw is Poland's leader in interdisciplinary research and education in the field of regional and local studies and policies. At present, the EUROREG staff has 18 research personnel (specialising in economics, sociology, political science, law and administration) and 3 support personnel. The Centre offers four-semester postgraduate (MA) programme Urban and Regional Studies. The programme includes a range of interdisciplinary courses in: geography, economics, public governance, management, sociology, political studies, international relations and statistics. Special attention is paid to critical analysis of the implementation and effects of EU policies (territorial, cohesion and competition) as well as regional and global governance. EUROREG cooperates with a large number of scientific and research institutions, organisations and universities (World Bank, OECD, Regional Studies Association, etc.). EUROREG is also engaged in many wide-ranging projects, analyses and expert’s studies (Horizon 2020, ESPON, National Science Centre, etc.). EUROREG has a broad offer of publications, mostly in Polish, and, though less so, in English. Regional Studies Association Polish Section The Poland Section of the RSA and EUROREG (Centre for European Regional and Local Studies, University of Warsaw) publish “Studia Regionalne i Lokalne” (Regional and Local Studies), a leading Polish quarterly journal in empirical analysis as well as theoretical development in the field of regional and local studies. Please click here to access the RSA Poland Section website.

RSA Ambassador in Ukraine (Dr Olga Mrinska) The Ukrainian Ambassador’s mission is to popularise the RSA among the researchers and practitioners working in the area of regional and urban studies in Ukraine, including early career researchers. This contributes to the expansion of the research networks and inclusion of Ukrainian researchers into international scientific collaboration. One of the Ambassador’s priorities is the provision of travel grants to researchers wishing to participate in RSA conferences. this responds to one of the greatest challenges faced by Ukrainian colleagues – lack of public funding for international collaboration and participation in conferences outside of Ukraine.

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The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) is a global association of experienced professional planners. It was founded in 1965 in a bid to bring together recognised and highly-qualified planners in an international network. The ISOCARP network brings together individual and institutional members from more than 80 countries worldwide. As a non-governmental organisation, ISOCARP is recognised by the UN, UNHCS and the Council of Europe.