The main theme of 18th PRSCO Summer Institute is Economic and Social Transformation Amidst the Multi-Pronged Global Crisis and it will be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on 13-14 June 2023. The Institute aims, among others, to encourage more discussion on current policies and programs in promoting regional economic development in Cambodia and the region, particularly Myanmar and Laos, and to encourage more research and innovation on this topic. The summer will also provide opportunities for researchers all over the world, particularly those in the Asia-Pacific region, to present their ideas on the topics of regional development, regional planning, industrial development, trade, institution, public finance and other related issues, including the environment.

The 18^th Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) Summer Institute aims, among others, to encourage more discussion on current policies and programs in promoting regional economic development in Cambodia and the region, particularly Myanmar and Laos, and to encourage more research and innovation on this topic. The summer will also provide opportunities for researchers all over the world, particularly those in the PRSCO region, to present their ideas on the topics of regional development, regional planning, industrial development, trade, institution, public finance and other related issues, including the environment.

The 18^th PRSCO Summer Institute will be hosted and organized by the Asian Vision Institute, in collaboration with PRSCO. The Asian Vision Institute (AVI) is an independent think tank based in Phnom Penh. It aims to promote inclusive, adapting and sustainable societies in Asia.

The Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) is one of the regional organizations of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). The RSAI was founded in 1954 as an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change. With approximately 5,000 academic members, it consists of 4 super-regional (Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific) organizations and has sections in more than 30 countries around the world.

Members of PRSCO include Australian and New Zealand Section of Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI), Bangladesh Regional Science Association (BRSA), Canadian Regional Science Association (CRSA), Chilean Association of Regional Studies (SOCHER), Chinese Regional Science Association-Taiwan (CRSA-T), Colombian Association of Regional Studies (ACER), Ecuadorian Network of Regional Science (RECIR), Indian Regional Science Association (Indian RSA), Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA), Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International (JSRSAI), Korean Regional Science Association (KRSA), Malaysian Regional Science Association (MRSA), Mexican Association of Science for Regional Development (AMECIDER), Thailand Section of Regional Science Association (TH-RSAI), Western Regional Science Association (WRSA).