„R&D and territorial cohesion EU policies: a new version of the myth of the Penelope tapestry?" – seminar with prof. Fernando Morollón [13.10.2023]

We kindly invite you to take part in the seminar which will be hosted by prof. Fernando Morollón (University of Oviedo) – Guest of the Faculty.

The meeting „R&D and territorial cohesion EU policies: a new version of the myth of the Penelope tapestry?" will be held on Friday, October 13th from 1 p.m. till 3 p.m. in room B002.

Fernando Rubiera Morollón is Doctor of Economics (2003) and Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Oviedo.

He is the president of the Spanish Association of Regional Science (AECR) and the responsible of the Chair for the analysis of innovation in Asturias (C_InnovA). In 2011 he was the founder of the Regional Economic Analysis Laboratory-REGIOlab, of which he has been coordinator until 2017 and, currently, a research member.

He has done a post-doctorate at the Spatial Analysis and Regional Economics Laboratory (SAREL) of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal and he has been a visiting professor at the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL) from the University of Illinois, among many other international stays.

His field of teaching and research specialisation is Urban and Regional Economics. On this topic he is the author of more than fifty international scientific articles as well as multiple book chapters and research books and other publications.

He has been a member of several scientific and editorial committees of international journals and conferences. He has participated or coordinated multiple research projects, internationals (H2020 of the European Union) and nationals (Spanish R&D Plan). He has been an adviser to the European Commission, several City Councils and the Government of the Asturias Autonomous Community, as well as collaborating with several companies and consulting firms in the field of urban planning and strategic urban and regional planning.