Together with Dr Marcin Dabrowski (TU Delft) and Dr Laura Polverari, of EPRC (University of Strathclyde), Dr Ida Musialkowska (Poznan University of Economics) is co-organising a Special Session on "Cross-National Policy Transfer and Learning in Regional and Urban Policy" at the Regional Studies Association's Global Conference 2014 that will be held in Fortaleza, Brazil, on 27-30 April 2014. The three scholars are also organising a similar panel for the Regional Studies Association European Conference, to be held in Izmir (Turkey) on 15-18 June 2014.