OSU Professor — participant of ERSA

10.09.15

The 55th Congress of European Association for Regional Sciences (ERSA)

Tatyana Gerasimenko, Head of OSU Department for Geography and Regional Studies, took part in the 55^th Congress of European Association for Regional Sciences (ERSA) in Lisbon (Portugal).

Tatyana Gerasimenko, Head of Department for Geography and Regional Studies (OSU)

The congress main theme was "World’s Renaissance: Role’ Shift of People and Places".

About thousand people from 49 countries participated and discussed a wide range of problems in regional development, migration, urbanization and conflicts.

OSU Professor presented report "Post-Soviet Cross-Border Regions: Specific Character and Problems" in section dedicated to conflict management. She told about integration and divergence of cross-border space, influence of new border and modern policy on the relationships’ development in regions. A significant part of the report was dedicated to Orenburg and Kazakhstan border.

Tatyana Gerasimenko noticed that European colleagues were especially interested in reasons of tolerance in the multicultural region.

A meeting with Lisbon’s administration was also conducted in the frames of the Congress.

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Orenburg state university

OSU Professor — participant of ERSA