At the RSA, we are dedicated to ensuring that first-time attendees and presenters have a rewarding and successful experience at our upcoming annual conference. To help you prepare and feel confident, we’ve introduced several supportive initiatives tailored to your needs, you can find more information below.
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) are delighted The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) are bringing their SMARTER sessions to the RSA Annual Conference 2025 in Porto. The overall focus of the SMARTER stream is on challenges and opportunities of place-based transformations towards sustainability and resilience. They have proposed three JRC SMARTER sessions one in […]
For all information on the Plenary Session and Speakers for the 2025 RSA Annual Conference, please see below.
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) has a deep-seated commitment to furthering and supporting the career development of early career researchers (within 5 years after finishing their PhD). Part of this commitment is to offer the opportunity to present in a Plenary session at the RSA’s major Annual Conference. Other initiatives include the Early Career Grant […]
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As part of the 2025 RSA Annual Conference, there will be a number of Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. Click here to submit your abstract.
The 2025 RSA Annual Conference is supported by a number of organisations and partners which are listed below:
For all information on the Plenary Sessions and Speakers for the RSA 2024 Winter Conference, please see below. To return to the main conference website click here.
As part of the 2024 RSA Winter Conference, there will be a number of closed Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. For more information please see below.
The RSA CEE Conference in Dubrovnik provides 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. For all information on the Plenary Sessions and Speakers for the RSA 2024 Central and Eastern […]
The 2024 RSA Central and Eastern Europe Conference is supported by a number of organisations and partners which are listed below:
As part of the 2024 RSA Central and Eastern Europe Conference, there will be a number of Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. If you would like to submit an abstract to one of the sessions, submit your abstract in the normal way and you will find each session listed in the gateway themes on the […]
2024 Annual Conference Bursary Winners We were pleased to support a number of researchers with a 2024 Annual Conference Bursary. This year’s bursary winners are: Laura Sariego-Kluge, Universidade de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Anwar Hossian, The University of Melbourne, Australia Ozge Yenigun, University of Illinois, USA Diana Prelorenzo, Université Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Adela […]
For all information on the Spotlight Sessions for the RSA 2024 Annual Conference, please see below. To return to the main conference website click here.
We are pleased to announce that the RSA has teamed up with the Association of European Planning School’s Young Academics Network (AESOP YAN) to deliver three webinars as part of the RSA’s Professional Development Webinar Series specifically designed for PhD students and early career researchers. The sessions will address different issues concerned with […]
The 2024 RSA Annual Conference is supported by a number of organisations and partners which are listed below:
As part of the 2024 RSA Annual Conference, there will be a number of Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. If you would like to submit an abstract to one of the sessions, submit your abstract in the normal way and you will find each session listed in the gateway themes on the abstract submission page.
For all information on the Plenary Sessions and Speakers for the RSA 2024 Annual Conference, please see below. To return to the main conference website click here.
For all information on the Plenary Sessions and Speakers for the RSA 2023 Winter Conference, please see below. To return to the main conference website click here.
As part of the 2023 RSA Winter Conference, there will be a number of Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. If you would like to submit an abstract to one of the sessions, submit your abstract in the normal way and you will find each session listed in the gateway themes on the abstract submission page.
2023 Annual Conference Bursary Winners We were pleased to support a number of young researchers with a 2023 Annual Conference Bursary. This year’s bursary winners are: Chandrima Mukhopadhyay, Ahmedabad University, India Sergio Palomeque, Department of Economics – Universidad de la República, Uruguay Mariia Rastvorova, University of Graz, Austria Luke Green, Newcastle University, UK Carolina Guevara, […]
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Regional Studies Association (RSA) are co-organising the 2023 SMARTER conference stream in the context of the RSA Annual Conference 2023 in Ljubljana. The overall focus of the SMARTER stream is on challenges and opportunities of place-based transformations towards sustainability and resilience. The JRC will curate a […]
We are pleased to announce the 4th Networking Workshop for Early and Mid-Career Women in Regional Studies and Regional Science, taking place on Wednesday 14th June 2023, 13.00 – 17.00. Please see below for details of the session. To register for the event please click here. Empathetic Leadership in Academia Five years ago, the […]
For all information on the Plenary Sessions and Speakers for the RSA 2023 Annual Conference, please see below. To return to the main conference website click here.