ERSA Prize in Regional Science
The ERSA Prizes in Regional Science is created to recognize outstanding regional scientists at the European level and to increase the image of ERSA in the scientific world. The Prize in Regional Science can be awarded each year to a distinguished European regional scientist.
ERSA gives the award based on the recommendation of an independent jury. The independence of the jury is essential to help assure that the jury is objective and that it works to serve the best interests of regional science. The European Prizes in Regional Science were awarded since 2003.
For more details regarding the selection of candidates please click on ERSA Prize rules.
ERSA Prize Jury
Daniela Constantin (President, ERSA, term 2024-2026)
Anne-Katrien Niebuhr (ERSA, term 2024-2026)
Michel Dimou (ERSA, term 2022-2024)
Jouke van Dijk (ERSA, term 2022-2024)
Pedro Amaral (LARSA, term 2024-2026)
Genevieve Giuliano (NARSC, term 2022-2024)
Latest update 02.02.2024
Prize Winners
2023 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Attila Varga (Hungary)
ERSA and the Jury of the ERSA Prize Committee are pleased to announce that the ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2023 has been awarded to Professor Attila Varga (Professor of Applied Economics, University of Pecs, Hungary) for his outstanding contribution in regional science. His research interests are anchored in Regional and Urban Economics, Regional Innovation Systems, Economic Development, and Policy Impact Modeling. His scientific production counts important contributions published in renowned academic journals including a seminal contribution on on “Local geographic spillovers between university research and high technology innovations” (jointly with L. Anselin and Z. Acs) published in Journal of Urban Economics (1997).
The ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2023 was presented on 1 September during the Closing Ceremony of the 62nd ERSA Congress in Alicante, Spain where Dr. László Szerb received symbolically the award to represent Professor Attila Varga.
2022 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Diego Puga (Spain)
ERSA and the Jury of the ERSA Prize Committee are pleased to announce that the ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2022 has been awarded to Professor Diego Puga, Professor of Economics at CEMFI, in Madrid, Spain. Diego Puga’s academic career and contribution to regional science is outstanding in many ways.
His publications include articles in American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Review of Economic Studies, and have been cited over 5,000 times in articles included in Web of Science.
The ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2022 will be presented on August 26th during the Closing Session of 61st ERSA Congress (22-26 August 2022). After the Award ceremony, we will have the pleasure to listen to Diego’s keynote Lecture .
2021 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Emeritus Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura (Spain)
ERSA and the Jury of the ERSA Prize Committee are pleased to announce that the ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2021 has been awarded to Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura for his outstanding contribution to regional science. Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura is Professor Emeritus of the University of Alcala, Spain; Founder Director of the Institute for Economic and Social Analysis (IAES); Director of the PhD Program on Economics and Legal Sciences, University C. J. Cela, Madrid.
The ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2021 was presented on August 27th during the Closing Ceremony of the 60th ERSA Congress (24-27 August). After the Award ceremony, Juan has given the keynote lecture on “Theory and Policy. Some reflections”.
2020 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Alessandra Faggian (Italy)
ERSA and the Jury of the ERSA Prize Committee are pleased to announce that this year’s prize recognizes Professor Alessandra Faggian (Professor of Applied Economics, Director of Social Sciences and Vice Provost for Research at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy) for her outstanding contribution in regional science. Alessandra Faggian is well known for her innovative and thorough research. She has co-authored over 90 academic publications dealing with a wide range of topics including migration, human capital, labour markets, creativity, local innovation and growth. In a recent ranking of the top 100 regional scientists in the world (Rickman and Winters, 2016), she was ranked 19th. Download the Press Release
The ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2020 was presented on August 27th during the Closing Ceremony of ERSA Web Conference (25-27 August). After the Award ceremony, we had the pleasure to listen to Alessandra’s keynote Lecture on “Resilience and Inner Areas: is Covid19 an opportunity or a threat? Some preliminary reflections”.
2019 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Philip McCann (United Kingdom)
This year’s prize awards Professor Philip McCann (Professor of Urban and Regional Economics, Sheffield University Management School, UK) for his skills, commitment and outstanding contribution to the development in the regional science. The jury of the ERSA Prize Committee said ‘his contribution to science, policy and planning and the ERSA community is truly priceless’. He is one of the world’s most highly cited and widely published spatial economists and economic geographers of his generation. He serves the scientific community in outstanding ways and on the boards of the British & Irish Section,and the European Organizing Committee of ERSA.
2018 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (United Kingdom and Spain)
ERSA and the Jury of the ERSA Prize Committee are pleased to announce that this year’s prize recognizes Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Professor of Economic Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics, UK) for his outstanding contribution to pushing the boundaries of regional science. His research is widely cited in academic circles and frequently attracts the attention of policy-makers and the wider public. Examples of his scientific achievements are numerous. The Jury of the ERSA Prize Committee also praised his long-standing service to the regional science community: His career shows a perfect match between scientific contribution, contribution to society/policy, and contribution to the regional science community. As such, the Jury agrees “He is a very good example of a ‘social’ Regional Science Leader”.
The ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2018 was presented on August 31st during the Closing Ceremony of the 58th ERSA Congress in Cork, Ireland where Andrés will also be invited to give a keynote presentation.
2017 – ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Roberta Capello (Italy)
This year’s price awards Professor Roberta Capello’s scientific achievements in urban and regional economics, in particular her work on spatial spillovers and externalities from innovations, knowledge creation and the impacts on urban and regional growth. The jury acknowledges her outstanding and prolific contributions to the advancement of regional science.
The Jury furthermore praises her dedicated service to the regional science community, among others as Editor-in-Chief of Papers in Regional Science, coeditor of Letters in Spatial and Resource Science and as President of the Regional Science Association International (from 2009 to 2010).
The ERSA Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The awarding ceremony will take place on Friday September 1st during the Closing Ceremony of the next ERSA Congress in Groningen.
2016 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Bernard Fingleton (United Kingdom)
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2016 has been awarded to Professor Bernard Fingleton, Director of Research in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
The Prize is awarded for his scientific achievements in theoretical and empirical spatial economics, with contributions ranging from the testing of economic geography theories to applied spatial econometrics, addressing urban and regional as well as national and global problems.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The awarding ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday 26th August on the closing ceremony of the ERSA Congress 2016 in Vienna (Austria).
2015 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Jan Oosterhaven (The Netherlands)
EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2015 is awarded to Professor Jan Oosterhaven, Professor of Spatial Economics at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
The prize is awarded for his scientific achievements in interregional input-output analysis, regional economic modelling, assessing economic impacts of infrastructure, and the evaluation of regional and urban policies.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The awarding ceremony is scheduled to take place on the closing ceremony of the ERSA Congress 2015 in Lisbon (Portugal).
2014 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Raymond Florax (USA & The Netherlands)
The 2014 European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science is awarded to Professor Raymond Florax, who has degrees in economics and sociology, and is a professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, (USA). As well as, a part-time association with the Department of Spatial Economics at the VU University Amsterdam.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The awarding ceremony took place on the closing ceremony of the ERSA Congress 2014 in St Petersburg (Russia).
2013 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Börje Johansson (Sweden)
The 2013 European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science is awarded to Professor Börje Johansson, who is a Professor of Economics at the Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) and guest professor at the division of Economics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH). At the same place he is also director of CESIS, Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, sharing his time between KTH and JIBS.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The awarding ceremony took place on the closing ceremony of the ERSA Congress 2013 in Palermo (Italy).
2012 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Manfred M. Fischer (Austria)
The 2012 European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science is awarded to Professor Manfred M. Fischer, who is a Professor of Economic Geography at Vienna University of Economics and Business, for his contributions to among others Spatial Economics – Theory, Econometrics and Empirics.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.
The EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The awarding ceremony took place on the closing ceremony of the ERSA Congress 2012 in Bratislava (Slovakia).
2011 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Piet Rietveld (Holland)
The 2011 European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science will be awarded to Piet Rietveld, Professor in transport economics at the Faculty of Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, for his contributions to among others transportation modeling, risk and cost benefit analysis and the role of transport infrastructure and amenities in a spatial economy.
The European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies.
The EIB-European Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The EIB-European Prizes in Regional Science were awarded since 2003. Prize winners were Roberto Camagni, Peter Nijkamp, Jean Paelinck, Ake Andersson, Martin Beckmann, Jacques Thisse, Tony Venables and Paul Cheshire.
The awarding ceremony will take place in August 2011 at the ERSA annual Congress in Barcelona (Spain).
2010 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Roberto Camagni (Italy)
The 2010 European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science will be awarded to Roberto Camagni, Professor of Urban Economics and of Assessment of urban transformations, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, for his contributions to among others the economics of innovation, and European regional development policy.
The European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies. The EIB-European Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world
The EIB-European Prizes in Regional Science were awarded since 2003. Prize winners were Peter Nijkamp, Jean Paelinck, Ake Andersson, Martin Beckmann, Jacques Thisse, Tony Venables and Paul Cheshire.
The awarding ceremony will take place in August 2010 at the ERSA annual Congress in Jönköping (Sweden).
2009 – EIB-ERSA Prize Winner
Professor Paul Cheshire (England)
The European Investment Bank (EIB)- European Prize in Regional Science was created to recognize the outstanding contribution of scholars to the advancement in regional science and in related spatial area studies. The EIB-European Prize in Regional Science is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of six eminent regional scientists, four from Europe, one from the Americas and one from the rest of the world.
The European Prizes in Regional Science were awarded since 2003. Prize winners were Peter Nijkamp, Jean Paelinck, Ake Andersson, Martin Beckmann, Jacques Thisse and Tony Venables.
The jury has decided that the 2009 prize will be awarded to Paul Cheshire, Professor Emeritus of Economic Geography, at LSE, London, for his contributions to among others the economics of land markets, and European urban and regional development.
The awarding ceremony took place in August 2009 at the ERSA annual Congress in Lodz (Poland).
More:
- 2008 Winner – Professor Tony Venables (England)
- 2007 Winner – Professor Jacques Thisse (Belgium)
- 2006 Winner – Professor Martin Beckmann (Germany)
- 2005 Winner – Professor Ake F. Andersson (Sweden)
- 2004 Winner – Professor Jean Paelinck (The Netherlands)
- 2003 Winner – Professor Peter Nijkamp (The Netherlands)