We welcome Steven Bond Smith as a new co-editor, moving from his current early career editor role. Steven Bond-Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Steven is an urban and regional economist with a research focus on the effects of spatial […]
We welcome Carlo Inverardi-Ferri as a new co-editor, moving from his current early career editor role. Carlo Inverardi-Ferri, of Queen Mary University of London and the Italian National Research Council, is an economic geographer whose work develops political economic, and ecological approaches to the study of globalised systems of production. His research interest centres on […]
The RSA Board and staff team at the RSA Office would like to wish you all the best for the forthcoming holiday season. We look forward to all our online and in-person events in 2025 and hope you will join us for some of them. Free webinars, in-person conferences, research grants, and awards will be […]
The RSA is pleased to announce the publication of our 11th Policy Impact book – Going Circular: Unlocking the Potential of Regions and Cities to Drive the Circular Economy Transition, edited by Marcin Dąbrowski, Karel Van den Berghe, Joanna Williams and Ellen van Bueren This book explores the concept of a circular economy (CE) and […]
The recent RSA China Division Annual Conference was a great success, with over 240 scholars from more than 80 prestigious Chinese universities participating. The conference featured 19 parallel sessions and six keynote speeches delivered by renowned scholars, including Fulong Wu and Canfei He. Zhouying Song gave a presentation introducing RSA and played a video message […]
We would like to welcome Carlos Cadena-Gaitan, Associate Professor of Policy and Development at EAFIT University as the new RSA Ambassador to Colombia. Carlos said: “Serving as RSA Ambassador to Colombia is an exciting opportunity to open doors for Colombian researchers, foster impactful collaboration, and build a strong community of practice for regional studies.” Click […]
The RSA and Area Development and Policy are pleased to announce a new appointment to the journal’s editorial team. Qiong He takes up position as the Early Career Editor of Area Development and Policy. She is a Lecturer in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses […]
The RSA and Territory, Politics, Governance are pleased to announce changes to the journal’s editorial team. These changes will diversify the editorial board in a variety of respects, including disciplinarily and geographically, and will complement the scholarly and editorial experience of the continuing team members. The expansion of the team is occasioned by several changes. […]
The Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2024 presented an opportunity to champion a positive agenda for regional change and development, and provided an important platform to come together, to discuss and debate the future of regions and regional studies, to establish the need and nature of future research imperatives in the field, and to assess […]
As the Regional Studies Association (RSA) approaches its 60th anniversary year, this is a pivotal time in the development of the Association. We have a new Chief Executive (the first in a generation), a new President and a new Chair. This is therefore an opportune moment to consider the future direction of the RSA. In […]
In a recent study published in Regional Studies, Felicia Fai, Phil Tomlinson and Mariachiara Barzotto (University of Bath, School of Management) explored how coworking spaces might contribute to place-based policy and regional development, especially in provincial towns/cities and rural/coastal areas. The research team conducted interviews and focus group data from regional stakeholders (Coworking space managers, […]
We are very pleased to announce that Sarah Ayres, Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK has been appointed the new Chair of the Regional Studies Association (RSA). Sarah commented: “It is an honour to have been elected Chairperson of the Regional Studies Association. It’s an organisation close to my […]
We are very pleased to welcome Lavanya Gupta as our new Blog Editor. Lavanya is a rural geographer and PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, where she examines the intersections of innovation, entrepreneurship, and community development in the Himalayan region. Her doctoral research in Munsiyari, Kumaon, explores how cultural entrepreneurship initiatives catalyze […]
The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint one Early Career Editor to the journal, Regional Studies. Early Career Editor (one position available) The appointment of the Early Career Editor is open to candidates within five years of the date on their PhD certificate on the 10th of October 2024. The Early Career Editor will join […]
ANNOUNCEMENT of THE FIFTY NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of THE REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (Company no. 4116288 Charity no. 1084165) The Regional Studies Association invites you to attend its 59th Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 6th November 2024 at 4 pm London time. This meeting will be held online using Zoom software to accommodate global membership […]
The RSA CEE Conference in Dubrovnik provided an opportunity for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and students working in all areas related to regional policy, regional development and regional studies to come together and discuss the changing internal and external dynamics of CEE. There were 111 papers, with attendees coming from 28 different countries for three days of […]
We are delighted to share that Ron Boschma, an RSA Board member, has won the prestigious Vautrin-Lud Prize for 2024. The Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, (Vautrin Lud Prize), is the highest award in the field of geography, named after a 16th Century French scholar, Vautrin Lud, and is considered the ‘Nobel of Geography’, […]
The Regional Studies Association has awarded a Policy Expo entitled Inclusive Innovation: Designing and delivering innovation-led growth to optimise inclusion outcomes. The research will be led by: David Marlow, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University, UK Diana Morales, Umeå University, Sweden Luke Green, Newcastle University, UK It is well evidenced that investments […]
The Regional Studies Association has awarded a Policy Expo entitled Cash in Hand: Basic Income and Regional Equity. The research will be led by: Marc Doussard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Jurgen De Wispelaere, University of Bath, UK Joe Chrisp, University of Bath, UK This Policy Expo book evaluates basic income as a tool […]
Watch as Mia Gray, Chair of the Awards Committee, presents the Media Communications in Regional Studies award to Michael Taster, Managing Editor of the LSE Impact Blog.
Watch as Neil Lee, Chair of the Regional Studies Association celebrates one of the winners of the 2024 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Award. The award is given to Canfei He, of Peking University in China.
Our 2024 Student and Early Career Conference, being held in Cambridge proved a great success. Participants met with editors from Finance and Space, Regions eZine and Regional Studies in a Publishing Session; there were also workshops on How to Win External Funding and Next Steps in your Career. It was wonderful to meet so many […]
The Regional Studies Association is sad to announce the departure of our Deputy Chief Executive, Daniela Carl, who left the RSA on 2 September 2024. Daniela has played an important role in the Association since she joined 11 years ago. We would like to thank her for her hard work and wish her all the […]
Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint a Co-Editor to the journal, Territory, Politics, Governance. The successful candidate will join the existing team of Co-Editors in managing the peer review of general submissions in their area of expertise, enhancing the journal’s reputation as a world-leading publication in the field of regional […]