European Regional Science Association

ERSA 2003 Congress

Patronage and Committees

The president of the Republic Finland, Mrs Tarja Halonen has agreed to patronise the 43rd Congress of the European Regional Science Association. Mrs Tarja Halonen, the first female president in Finland, was elected in February 2000. ERSA 2003 -congress has an organizing committee, an executive committee and a scientific committee.

Organizing Committee

Chairman
Hannu Tervo, University of Jyväskylä

Congress secretariat
Kirsi Mukkala, University of Jyväskylä
Taru-Maija Heilala-Rasimov, Jyväskylä Congresses

I Program
Heikki Eskelinen, University of Joensuu (vice-chairman of the LOC, program coordinator)
Sari Pekkala, Government Institute for Economic Research (program secretary)
Heikki Loikkanen, University of Helsinki (organizer of plenary session)
Paavo Okko, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
Andreas Cornett, NS-RSA, Syddansk Universitet
Aki Kangasharju, Government Institute for Economic Research
Ilkka Susiluoto, City of Helsinki Urban Facts, research

II Finance
Tuomo Nenonen, University of Jyväskylä (finance coordinator)
Jaakko Pehkonen, University of Jyväskylä
Olli Kultalahti, University of Tampere

III Marketing, web-sites
Jari Ritsilä, University of Jyväskylä (coordinator)
Mika Haapanen, University of Jyväskylä
Elli Heikkilä, Institute of Migration, Turku

IV Technical excursions, social program, exhibitions etc.
Hannu Niittykangas, University of Jyväskylä (coordinator)
Taru-Maija Heilala-Rasimov, Jyväskylä Congresses

The executive committee (working team) is consisted of the chairman, congress secretary and four coordinators.

Hotel reservations, registration, money transfer, transportation within Jyväskylä and excursions will be handled by the PCO office Jyväskylä Congresses.

Scientific Committee

• Heikki Eskelinen (chairman)
  Karelian Institute, University of Joensuu, Finland
• Hannu Tervo
  School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Sari Pekkala
  Government Institute for Economic Research, Finland

Members

• Jorgen Ole Baerenholdt
  Department Geography and International Development Studies, University of Roskilde, Denmark
• Johannes Bröcker
  Institute for Regional Research, University of Kiel, Germany
• Roberta Capello
  Department of Economics and Production, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Riccardo Cappellin
  Faculty of Economics, University of Rome, Italy
• Harry Cocossis
  Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece
• Andreas Cornett
  University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Graham Crampton
  Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading, UK
• Mike Danson
  Economics, University of Paisley, UK
• Jouke van Dijk
  Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Thiemo Eser
  University of Trier, Germany
• Manfred Fischer
  Department of Geography & Geoinformatics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
• Henk Folmer
  Department of Economics, Agricultural University, The Netherlands
• Zlatan Froehlich
  Ekonomski Institut-Zagreb, Croatia
• Elli Heikkilä
  Institute of Migration, Finland
• Ivan Illes
  Hungary
• Charlie Karlsson
  Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
• Heikki Loikkanen
  University of Helsinki, Finland
• Enrique Lopez-Bazo
  Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Spanish Economy, University of Barcelona, Spain
• Philip McCann
  Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading, UK
• Kevin McNamara
  Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, USA
• Annekatrin Niebuhr
  Hamburg Institute of World Economics, Germany
• Hannu Niittykangas
  School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Jan-Evert Nilsson
  Centre for Regional Development Planning, Sweden
• Jan Oosterhaven
  Department of Economics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Perrels
  Government Institute for Economic Research, Finland
• Garri Raagma
  Institute of Geography, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Aura Reggiani
  Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy
• Piet Rietveld
  Faculty of Economics, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Jari Ritsilä
  University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Angelo Rossi
  Institute for National, Regional and Local Planning, Switzerland
• Laurie Schintler
  School of Public Policy, Virginia, USA
• Michael Sonis
  Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Lasse Stambol
  The Central Bureau of Statistics in Norway, Norway
• Ilkka Susiluoto
  University of Helsinki, Finland
• Markku Tykkyläinen
  Department of Geography, University of Joensuu, Finland
• Erik Verhoef
  Department of Spatial Economics, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Roger Vickerman
  Department of Economics, University of Kent, UK
• Brigitte Waldorf
  Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, USA
• Hans Westlund
  Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies, Sweden
• Dmitri Zimine
  St. Petersburg Centre for Russian Studies, Russia