This project is supported by a grant of Ministery of Research and Innovation, CNCS - UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF-2016-0166, within PNCDI III © Centre for European Studies - Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

Programme

7 October - Arrival of participants Conference programme (pdf file) 8 October 10:00-10:45 Opening ceremony | Hybrid * Venue: Aula Magna ZOOM | Meeting ID: 820 3321 3208 | Passcode: 634644 Welcoming remarks • Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU, Director of the Centre for European Studies (Faculty of Law), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania • Ioana Maria COSTEA, Dean of the Faculty of Law Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, • Alina Mihaela DIMA, Vice Rector of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania • Călin Emilian HINŢEA, Dean of the Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania ReGrowEU: research framework and key results • Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași | ReGrowEU local coordinator • Peter NIJKAMP, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania | ReGrowEU project coordinator • Daniela-Luminița CONSTANTIN, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, ReGrowEU local coordinator • Bogdana NEAMȚU, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ReGrowEU local coordinator • Vasile ASANDEI, General Director, North-East Regional Development Agency, Romania Book presentation: The European Atlas of Resilience • Corneliu IAȚU, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania • Alexandru BĂNICĂ, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania • Discussants: Karima KOURTIT (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania) and Peter NIJKAMP (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania) 11:30-13:30 PANEL 1: Making EU more resilient: advancing integration in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution ZOOM | Meeting ID: 873 5395 7978 | Passcode: 751774 • Roberta CAPELLO (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) The era of 4.0 technological transformations: regional patterns and socio- economic impacts • Ron BOSCHMA (Utrecht University)The role of scientific capabilities for technological diversification in European regions • Andrea CARAGLIU (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Better together: The regional benefits of furthering regional integration • Hans WESTLUND (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) "Hybrid urbanization" in the wake of the pandemic? • Tomaz DENTINHO (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal) and Cristina SERBĂNICĂ (University Constantin Brâncoveanu Pitești & Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania) Organic and rational maximization of Romanian city regions 14.30-16.15 PANEL 2: Making cities resilient ZOOM | Meeting ID: 873 5395 7978 | Passcode: 751774 • Pui Hang WONG (Maastricht University, The Netherlands), Mehmet Güney CELBİŞ (Yeditepe University, Turkey), Karima KOURTIT, Peter NIJKAMP (Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands) - Urban green space as a source of urban resilience • Rudolf GIFFINGER (Technische Universität Wien, Austria) - Strengthening resilient development in Austrian urban regions: some evidence and conceptual considerations • Alexandru BĂNICĂ, Peter NIJKAMP (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi), Karima KOURTIT (Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands), Ema CORODESCU-ROȘCA (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi) - Can resilient cities from peripheral regions become more livable and sustainable? • Dominique MIGNOT (Université Gustave Eiffel, Lyon, France) - Reassessing the value of human life for more resilient transport policies • Louafi BOUZOUINA (LAET-ENTPE, University of Lyon, France & CAROU, The Open University, Netherlands), Sami JARBOUI (University of Sfax, Tunisia & LAET-ENTPE, University of Lyon, France) - Impact of pricing system on urban public transport efficiency? Evidence from France (1995-2015) 16.30-18.00 PANEL 3: Education and labour market resilience ZOOM l Meeting ID: 873 5395 7978 | Passcode: 751774 • John ÖSTH (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)Differences in student performance between two universities in Sweden during the pandemic. Comparisons and lessons for a resilient educational system • Mehmet Güney CELBIŞ (Yeditepe University and UNU-MERIT), Karima KOURTIT, Peter Nijkamp (Open University, Heerlen, the Netherlands), Pui-hang WONG (UNU-MERIT) Job loss among the elderly due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a machine learning exploration of work related and place-based determinants • Masood GHEASI (Southampton University, UK), Daniel CROWN (US Congressional Budget Office, USA) and Alessandra FAGGIAN (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy) Personality traits and the labour market assimilation of immigrants in Australia • Alina PAVELEA, Alexandru PAVEL, Bogdana NEAMȚU (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Karima KOURTIT (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania) Is the creative class a shock-absorber against an economic recession? The resilience of spatial labour markets in Romania 18:00-18.15 PANEL 4: Good governance and resilience ZOOM | Meeting ID: 873 5395 7978 | Passcode: 751774 • Alessandro INDELICATO, Juan Carlos MARTIN (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) Credentialists vs. Post Nationalists. The extended-apostle model applied to national identity • Patricio Alejandro AROCA GONZALEZ Resilience in the Chilean value chains. A spatial perspective • John ÖSTH (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and Umut TÜRK (Abdullah Gül University, Turkey) Vaccination and social capital • Bogdana NEAMȚU and Calin HINTEA (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Interjurisdictional cooperation in Romania as a possible driver for local resilience • Raluca SUCIU (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Rural resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic • Bianca ANDRIANU (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Resilience at the workplace through empowering leadership 14:30-20:00 PARALEL SESSIONS 20:00 DINER 9 October 10:00-13:00 PARALEL SESSIONS 09:30 Technical excursion: Sucevita - North-Eastern Romania 11 October - Departure of the participants