Rethinking the Region and Regionalism in Australasia seeks contributions from researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in all areas of regional analysis, especially those focussed on Australasia. Themes of interest to the conference include:
- Regions at the end of the mining boom;
- Governance and the regions;
- The institutional determinants of growth and development;
- Population processes in the regions;
- First nations – Maori and Indigenous Australians – and the regions;
- Housing, social services and infrastructure;
- Measuring wellbeing, happiness and progress at the regional scale;
- Ecological Sustainability;
- Climate Change and the Future of Regional Systems;
- Smart Specialisation;
- Regions and the Global Financial Crisis;
- City Regions in Australasia and other parts of the globe; and,
- Achieving local economic growth.