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PhD Student Representative Board Member Early Career Representative Board Member  Two exciting opportunities have arisen for an enthusiastic PhD Student and an Early Career Researcher to join the Board of the Regional Studies Association from 1st November 2023. The RSA is an established globally engaged Association and a place on the Board will enable successful […]

Click here to return to conference page Conference & Partnership Announcement: We are pleased to announce the collaboration between the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI), the RMIT European Union Centre of Excellence and the Regional Studies Association as part of the following conference:    Global crises and Regional Futures 26-28 NOVEMBER […]

RSA Research Networks are formed by RSA members interested in collaborating to examine an issue that responds to the aims and goals of the Association, and which is of interest and concern to both members and non-members. These issues need not necessarily to have a direct policy focus, but the examination would normally lead to policy-related conclusions. […]

Applications are now sought for the 2023 RSA Policy Expo grant funding scheme. We seek proposals that, while ambitious in advancing the field, target policy-relevant questions and envisage avenues to influence policy and practice. The Policy Expo initiative is worth up to £15,000 (c.$19,000; c. €16,800) to successful teams aiming to connect their work and wider communities to societal questions […]

The RSA is pleased to announce the publication of our 9th Policy Impact book – COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response, and implications for urban recovery edited by Redento B. Recio, Kazi Nazrul Fattah, Nausheen H. Anwar, Noman Ahmed, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Michele Acuto, Ian Jayson Hecita and Shiva Nouri.   As COVID-19 took hold across […]

The RSA is pleased to announce the appointment of a new RSA Ambassador to Norway. Maria Tsouri is Associate Professor in Innovation and Regional Development at the Mohn Centre for Innovation and Regional Development, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Maria has had strong engagement with RSA over time, is a Fellow of the RSA and was the recipient […]

All RSA members are aware that our long-time and esteemed CEO, Sally Hardy will be stepping down at the end of March 2024. We will be celebrating Sally’s many and valued contributions in due course, but in the meantime the Board of the RSA have commenced a search for her replacement. In the past, the […]

The RSA is pleased to announce the appointment of a new RSA Ambassador to Slovakia. Oliver Rafaj is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Regional Development at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia. Oliver has previously worked as a Spatial Planner, a Junior Analyst in the Institute for Strategy and Analysis (ISA) in Slovakia […]

*Attend 5 sessions at the RSA 23 Annual Conference for free with any new membership Sign up to any new RSA membership between now (6th) and 2pm BST on the 12th June and you can join any 5 sessions as a virtual attendee at our Annual Conference for free. Our Annual Conference will be held […]

The RSA is delighted to announce the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal Spatial Economic Analysis is Ugo Fratesi of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Congratulations Ugo! Professor Fratesi has been involved with various roles in a large number of research project, especially at European level, financed by the Espon programme, FP5, FP7, Horizon 2020 and the […]

Watch as David Bailey, Editor in Chief of Regional Studies, presents the 2023 Regional Studies Best Paper Award to Domenica Panzera and Paolo Postiglione, both of the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, for their paper entitled: ‘The impact of regional inequality on economic growth: a spatial econometric approach‘ https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1910228

We are delighted to be able to share this year’s Best paper and Best Referee winners. In the list below, you can see the winners, links to the publications, and links to the online recordings.   Regional Studies Best Paper Domenica Panzera, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy Paolo Postiglione, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy The impact of […]

Watch as David Bailey, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Regional Studies, presents the 2023 Regional Studies Best Referee Award to Andrea Ascani, Gran Sasso Science Institute in Italy; David Hearne, Birmingham Business School, UK and in absentia, Maria Abreau, University of Cambridge, UK.

Watch as Joan Fitzgerald, the RSA Cities and Regions Book Series Editor celebrates the 2023 Best Book Award, given to Peter Kresl, of Bucknell University, USA, for his book ‘The City and Quality of Life’ https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-city-and-quality-of-life-9781800880108.html The NBD Think Tank published this news on our website in both Chinese and English, please find them on the […]

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new journal Finance and Space. Finance & Space is a pioneering interdisciplinary journal based on the belief that we need to change the way we look at finance. Finance is typically seen as a technical and arcane subject best left to economic experts and finance professionals; […]

We are delighted to announce that the 2023 Best Book Blog, goes to Ron Martin and Peter Tyler for their blog Levelling up left behind places: Only a bold mission-orientated policy will succeed This blog followed the release of the book Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy […]

Watch as Klaus Dodds, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Territory, Politics, Governance presents the 2023 Territory, Politics, Governance Best Referee Award to Peter Bursens, of the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

The OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) helps national, regional and local governments unleash the potential of entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), promote inclusive and sustainable growth in regions and cities, boost local job creation and implement sound tourism policies. Our work helps shape public policies to support growth, resilience […]

Watch as Klaus Dodds, Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Territory, Politics, Governance presents the 2023 Territory, Politics, Governance Best Paper Award to Suan Hausing, of the University of Hyderabad, India, for his paper ‘Autonomy and the Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India’ Autonomy and the Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India […]

Watch as Mick Dunford, one of the Managing Editors of the Journal of Area Development and Policy, presents the 2023 Area Development and Policy Best Referee Award to Han Mengyao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Watch as Stephen Hincks, Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Regional Studies, Regional Science presents the 2023 Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Referee Award to Federico Curci, of CUNEF Universidad, Spain.

Watch as Stephen Hincks, Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Regional Studies, Regional Science presents the 2023 Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Paper Award to Nora Hampl of the University of Vienna, Austria for her paper ‘Consume Less or Grow Sustainably? Matching Energy Systems with Indigenous Worldviews in Panama’ https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2081598

Watch as Phil Tomlinson, from the University of Bath, and Editor of the Policy Debates section of the academic journal, Regional Studies presents the second 2023 Regional Studies Best Paper published in Policy Debates to Anne Le Roy, of CREG-Grenoble Alpes University and Fiona Ottaviani, Grenoble Ecole de Management, both in France, for their paper […]