2022 NOTABLE REGIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCES IN HUNGARY REPORT ON THE 61ST ERSA CONGRESS & 20TH HRSA ANNUAL MEETING

Abstract

Two notable scientific events were organized by the Hungarian Regional Science Association in the year 2022 in Hungary. The report presents them in a chronological order. In 2022, Pécs, Hungary was home to the Annual Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA). The ERSA Congress titled “Disparities in a Digitalising (Post-Covid) world – Networks, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development” hosted a large variety of themes in entrepreneurship, socio-economics, regional-urban economics, regional development, and regional policy related topics such as local governance and institutions. A chief ambition of the Congress was to achieve a stronger interdisciplinary dimension, featuring contributions and data from social sciences and entrepreneurship. With approximately 800 participants every year from all continents, ERSA Congresses have become the largest-scale academic conferences in regional science worldwide