The Regional Studies Association (RSA) is inviting feedback on its draft strategy to 2030. The finalised plan, due to be launched at the end of the RSA’s 60th anniversary year, will set out the next phase for our work, and we would like RSA members and others help refine our ideas for taking regional studies […]
We would like to welcome Marcus Atkinson, our new Head of Partnerships and Engagement, to the RSA team. Marcus brings extensive experience having worked across higher education, marketing, and international collaboration. His professional focus has been on facilitating meaningful, two-way interaction between academia and external organisations—supporting the societal and commercial impact of research through partnerships, […]
We would like to welcome Victoria Grout, the new Business Support Officer, to the RSA team. Victoria began her career as a Receptionist Administrator and progressed to Assistant Manager at two leading recording studios in London. She then moved into a Business Enterprises Administrator and customer service role at IPC Media. After relocating to Sussex […]
Watch as Zack Taylor, Editor in Chief of Territory Politics Governance, presents the award for the 2025 Best Referee to Andrés Rodriguez-Pose, (London School of Economics, UK).
Watch as Jennifer Clark, Editor in Chief of Regional Studies, presents the award for the Best Paper published in 2024 to John Tomaney, Lucy Natarajan, Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, and Myfanwy Taylor,(all of University College London, UK) and Maeve Blackman, (Durham University, UK) for their paper entitled Social Infrastructure and ‘Left Behind Places’ The research […]
Watch as Zack Taylor, Editor in Chief of Territory, Politics, Governance, presents the award for the Territory, Politics, Governance Best Paper published in 2024 to Gonzalo Álvarez (University of Tarapaca, Chile). The paper, ‘Indigenous People and Paradiplomacy: Confronting the State-centric Order from Latin American Transborder Spaces’ was authored by Gonzalo Álvarez and Cristian Ovando, both […]
Deadline: 31 July 2025 Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint an Editor to its journal Area Development and Policy (ADP). The successful candidate will join the existing team of Editors in managing the peer review of general and special issue submissions in their area of expertise, enhancing the journal’s reputation as a world-leading publication […]
Deadline: 31 July 2025 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 studies, […]
Watch as John Harrison, Editor of Urban and Regional Horizons section of the academic journal, Regional Studies, presents the award for the Best Paper published in Urban and Regional Horizons to Lance R. Newey (University of Queensland Business School, Australia) for his paper entitled: Absorptive Capacity, Complexity and Regional Renewal: A Developmental Psychology Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2209121
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the Research Network on Municipalism and Regional Fiscal Geographies (MuniFisc). An estimated 85% of the world’s population live under austerity. Over the last decade, this has generated a range of policy responses at the local, national and multilateral level. Across the Global […]
Watch as Jennifer Clark, Editor in Chief of Regional Studies, presents the 2025 Award for the Regional Studies Best Referees to Helen Lawton Smith, (Birkbeck, University of London, UK), Nicola Cortinovis (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) and Andrew Beer (University of South Australia, Australia).
RSA Early Career Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new Early Career Grant holders for the 2024 round. Congratulations to Thi (Alice) Ngo and Ozge Yenigun. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. Alice formerly worked at the University of Manchester and University of Huddersfield before joining the University […]
Our 2025 Annual Conference was a huge success, with over 850 attendees and 3 stellar plenaries over the three days, alongside several side and social events. We enjoyed the conference so much, we’ve made a video. We hope you enjoy watching some of the highlights.
We are delighted to announce a new partnership between the Regional Studies Association (RSA) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). As part of this collaboration, the RSA will support the RCC’s upcoming conference Beyond GDP: Measuring Just and Green Transitions for Resilient and Inclusive Growth, which will take place in Sarajevo in November 2025. This […]
Watch as Ugo Fratesi, Editor in Chief of Spatial Economic Analysis, presents the award for the Best Paper published in 2024 to Malabika Koley and Anil Bera, both of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA for their paper for their paper entitled: To use or not to use the Spatial Durbin Model? – […]
The Regional Studies Association invites contributions for a special issue of our blog focused on Asian Perspectives on Regional Development. This initiative seeks to explore how regions are conceptualized, governed, and experienced across diverse Asian contexts through place-based terminologies and frameworks. This special issue aims to uncover the rich tapestry of regional concepts embedded in […]
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) is dedicated to supporting regional and urban research efforts globally and to disseminating research evidence. As part of these commitments and in celebration of its 60th anniversary year, the RSA has launched the Start-Up Grant Scheme to build research capacity in emerging economies and the global south. These grants are […]
Watch as Phil Tomlinson, Editor of the Policy Debates section of Regional Studies, presents the award for best Regional Studies Policy Debates paper published in 2024 to Maria Abreu (University of Cambridge, UK); Calvin Jones (Cardiff University, Wales) and Flavio Comim (Ramon Llull University, Spain) for their paper: A capability-approach perspective on regional development. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2276332
We are delighted to announce the success of our recent Annual Conference, which took place last week in Porto and was packed with interesting sessions, networking, and discussion. This year’s event brought together 853 attendees, making it our largest and most engaging conference to date. From stimulating plenaries to interactive networking events, the conference offered […]
We are delighted to share the plenary recordings from the recent Annual Conference in Porto. For more information (and links to the photos) please see this page. Opening Plenary – Navigating Regional Transformation Speakers: Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms (2019-2024), EU & FEP, University of Porto, Portugal Michaela Trippl, University of Vienna, Austria Pedro […]
Watch as Ugo Fratesi, Editor in Chief of Spatial Economic Analysis, presents the award for the 2025 Spatial Economic Analysis Best Referee to Minoru Osawa, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Japan.
As part of the RSA’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this curated collection of previously published articles from the RSA’s journals highlights the contribution of regional research to policy development and practice. Released in alignment with the 2025 Annual Conference theme, Navigating Regional Transformation, the articles have been made freely accessible for a period of time to […]
Watch as Louis Yi Liu, Editor in Chief of Regional Studies, Regional Science presents the award for the Best Paper published in 2024 to Max Roessler (University of Greifswald, Germany and CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden) for his paper entitled Untangling Regional Development Traps through Narratives. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2024.2373176
Watch as Louis Yi Liu, Editor in Chief of Regional Studies, Regional Science presents the 2025 Award for the Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Referee to Ilaria Mariotti of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.