Summer Institute in Economic Geography (2006)

自20世纪70年代以来，经济地理学一直是一门永不停歇的学科，其中的理论正统和方法论惯例一直受到搜索、批评和重新评估。虽然这种不安无疑促进了子学科的活力，但它也给初级教员和年轻研究人员带来了特别的挑战，他们必须在不屈服于时尚的情况下，通过不断变化的理论、方法和实质性关切来规划一条路线。此外，明显需要专业发展经验，包括出版、教学和研究提案准备方面的指导。正是在这种背景下，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校于2003年在国家科学基金会、世界大学网络(WUN)、威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校以及《经济地理学》和《对岸》杂志的资助下，启动了一个为期多年的夏季经济地理研究所(SIEG)项目。暑期学院面向来自美国和海外的博士生、博士后研究人员和最近任命的教师(通常在终身教职后的3年内)，由为期一周的密集住宿活动组成，旨在让参与者深入了解这个快速发展的领域的创新发展和持续的挑战。随后，在经济及社会研究理事会(ESRC)的核心支持下，2004年在布里斯托尔大学举行了SIEG。2006年，美国国家科学基金会的支持将使威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校能够主办第三届夏季经济地理研究所。它将包括促进讨论小组、实地考察、辩论和小组讨论、培训和技能发展单元以及全体会议。麦迪逊(2006)会议的主要贡献者将是Ash Amin(达勒姆大学)、Meric Gertler(多伦多大学)、Victoria Lawson(华盛顿大学)和Jessie Poon(布法罗大学-纽约州立大学)。2006年麦迪逊会议与前两个研究所的情况一样，将被设计为在组织上占据一个空缺的位置，以满足对相对较小的、延长的会议的需求，在会议中有广泛的机会进行深思熟虑、反思和持续的讨论。与地理学的大型专业会议不同，地理学的会议往往有相当大的时间压力，几乎没有讨论和交流的机会，暑期研究所将利用讲习班式的形式。通过将一群活跃的年轻研究人员和一小群国际知名的教师聚集在一起，夏季学院将为子学科的持续发展做出独特的贡献，补充现有的研究生培训和教师指导计划。经济地理学暑期研究所是一个及时的机会，可以为经济地理学领域的研究生培训和专业发展建立一个新的结构，面向国际实践的最高标准。

Economic geography has since the 1970s been a restless discipline, in which theoretical orthodoxies and methodological conventions are persistently exposed to searching critique and re-evaluation. While this restlessness has certainly contributed to the dynamism of the sub-discipline, it has also presented particular challenges for junior faculty and young researchers, who must chart a course through a shifting terrain of theoretical, methodological, and substantive concerns without succumbing to faddishness. In addition, there is a pronounced need for professional development experiences, including guidance on publishing, teaching, and research proposal preparation. It is in this context that a multi-year Summer Institute in Economic Geography (SIEG) program was launched in 2003 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with the financial support of the NSF, the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the journals Economic Geography and Antipode. Open to doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and recently appointed faculty (normally within 3 years of tenure-track appointment) from the United States and overseas, the Summer Institute consists of an intensive, week-long residential program of activities designed to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the innovatory developments and continuing challenges in this fast-moving field. A subsequent SIEG was held at the University of Bristol in 2004, with core support provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). NSF support, in 2006, will enable the University of Wisconsin-Madison to host the third Summer Institute in Economic Geography. It will include facilitated discussion groups, field trips, debates and panels, training and skills development modules, and plenary sessions. Featured contributors at the Madison (2006) meeting will be Ash Amin (University of Durham), Meric Gertler (University of Toronto), Victoria Lawson (University of Washington), and Jessie Poon (University of Buffalo-SUNY).The 2006 Madison meeting, as was the case for the two previous institutes, will be designed to occupy an unfilled niche in organizational terms, meeting a need for a relatively small, extended meeting, in which there is extensive opportunity for deliberation, reflection, and sustained discussion. In contrast to the large, professional meetings in Geography, where there is often considerable time pressure and little opportunity for discussion and exchange, the Summer Institute will take advantage of a workshop-style format. By bringing together a group of active young researchers and a small group of internationally renowned faculty, the Summer Institute will make a distinctive contribution to the ongoing development of the sub-discipline, complementing existing graduate training and faculty mentoring programs. The Summer Institute in Economic Geography represents a timely opportunity to establish a new structure for graduate training and professional development in the field of economic geography, oriented to the highest standards of international practice.