On November, 26th and 27th 2015, AQR-IREA hosted the ERSA/RSAI Workshop 2015 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics on Spatial Perspectives of Human Capital. The workshop benefited from the support of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), under the “Nurturing New Talent Initiative”, and the European Regional Science Association (ERSA).

Its aim was to bring together researchers in urban and regional economics, as well as in other interrelated disciplines such as labour and education economics. This year the AQR’s workshop was focused on the broad concept of human capital and its interrelations with space play a fundamental role.

Over two days twelve cutting-edge research papers focused on the interconnections between Space and Human Capital were presented by both Senior and Young researchers. Together with researchers from several countries, Stephen Gibbons (Department of Geography and Environment, SERC and CEP, LSE) contributed to the workshop with a Keynote Speech where he showed his worldwide recognized expertise on the topic. Overall, around 60 scholars and researchers attended the workshop, which was a successful and stimulating experience.