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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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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, […]

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.

Addressing the four content tracks of the RSA CEE conference, four online panel & discussion series were held between March and June 2022. Please see below for more information on topics, speakers and recordings, which are available to RSA members on the RSA Lounge. These online webinars were organised jointly by the scientific committee, local […]

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See below for information on our 2022 CEE conference plenary speakers. Watch this space for further updates and receive all the latest updates by following #CEE22 on Twitter.

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Welcome to the Regions in Recovery Well-being tent. This is a space for you to wind down after an E-Festival day with one of our free yoga sessions or painting sessions (small fee applies). Or, why not start the day energised with one of our morning yoga sessions? Dates and times of the activities, as […]

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Speakers: Professor Joan Fitzgerald, Northeastern Universtiy, USA Paul Hockenous, Journalist, Germany Dr. Rogério Studart, The New Climate Economy at the World Resources Institute, USA Open to all and free to attend, this webinar series aims to bring experts in the field of regional studies, science and policy to you. The webinar can be watched live […]

Open to all and free to attend, this webinar series aims to bring experts in the field of regional studies, science and policy to you. The webinar can be watched live but will also available on demand. The webinars will run live once a month and feature researcher and policymaker experts. They include time for […]

Global Value Chains and Foreign Direct Investment create both opportunities and challenges for cities and regions. The pandemic has deeply affected consolidated internationalisation patterns and the local impacts of these global forces. Regional recovery needs to leverage all possible opportunities offered by the new global order. This calls for a re-consideration of existing policy tools […]

Open to all and free to attend, this webinar series aims to bring experts in the field of regional studies, science and policy to you. The webinar can be watched live but will also available on demand. The webinars will run live once a month and feature researcher and policymaker experts. They include time for […]

Open to all and free to attend, this webinar series aims to bring experts in the field of regional studies, science and policy to you. The webinar can be watched live but will also available on demand. The webinars will run live once a month and feature researcher and policymaker experts. They include time for […]

Entrepreneurship can promote economic performance in a variety of ways, short-term and in the longer run. A key finding of recent empirical studies is that high regional levels of entrepreneurship in terms of self-employment and new business formation tend to be rather persistent and can last for decades or even more than a century. A […]