New Frontiers in Interregional Migration Research / Advances in Spatial Science (PDF)

2006 and the 2015 recipient of the Geoffrey Hewings Award by The North American Regional Council for outstanding research contribution by a young scholar in the field of regional science. In a recent ranking of the top 100 regional scientists in the world (Rickan and Winters, 2016), she was ranked 19th.

Isha Rajbhandari currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington, United States). Her primary research interests include urban and regional economics, energy economics, labor economics, and migration. Her current projects focus on evaluating the impact of energy booms on local economic measures and interregional migration trends in the United States while accounting for the human capital and skills of migrants. Isha holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics from the Ohio State University. Prior to her doctoral studies, she received her M.S. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics from the Ohio State University and B.A. in Economics from Gettysburg College. 
Viktor A. Venhorst is assistant professor at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research lies at the interface between demography and (labour) economics. Dr. Venhorst focuses on the longitudinal analysis of migration patterns and labour market outcomes of, in particular, higher education graduates. Other research interests include cross-border commuting, urban-rural linkages and the workings of local labour markets. Viktor is also a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market, University of Maastricht. He holds a PhD in Spatial Sciences from the University of Groningen (2012, Cum Laude). He has a background in Demography (MSc, Cum Laude) and Micro Economics (MSc). He has published in, among others, the Journal of Regional Science, Annals of Regional Science, Spatial Economic Analysis, Regional Studies and Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. He serves as a referee for the leading journals in the field. Viktor was the Winner of the 2017 Faculty of Spatial Sciences Teacher of the Year competition. Other honours include Winner of the Regional Studies Association Award for Best International Conference Paper Early Career Category 2015 and Winner of the Best Referee Award 2013 for the journal Regional Studies.