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 […]
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 […]
We are pleased to announce the second in our plenary webinar series that should have taken place at our face to face events. “Nothing new under the sun” How the past informs today’s policy responses: Crisis and (missed) opportunities Presentations and discussions in this webinar will analyse how history has shaped arguments in regional development […]
We are pleased to announce the first in our new series of monthly webinars. In light of the ongoing global situation with coronavirus, we wanted to bring the RSA community some of the lectures/plenaries that should have taken place at our face to face events. The Regional Studies Annual Lecture: Regional Worlds: From Related Variety in […]
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The RSA is pleased to support a writing workshop held prior to the Latin America Division Conference. We encourage RSA members to apply to benefit from this training opportunity. The workshop is free of charge and will take place on 28th September 2019. Writing and publishing in high-impact journals, most of which are in English, […]
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Please select one of the plenary speakers below to view their bio and download their plenary presentation (subject to the presentation made available by the speaker).
Global Challenges for Regions and Cities: Adaptation, Development, Governance Understanding Cities through Urban Analytics (Prof Alex Singleton, Professor of Geographic Information Science at the University of Liverpool) Urban challenges on post-Soviet space (Dr Oleg Golubchikov, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography) Understanding Cities through Urban Analytics Prof Alex Singleton, Professor of Geographic Information Science at the […]
A World of Flows: Labour Mobility, Capital and Knowledge in an Age of Global Reversal and Regional Revival An international conference under the patronage of the Government Council of the Republic and Canton of Ticino. Local host: Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) is one of the 12 […]
A World of Flows: Labour Mobility, Capital and Knowledge in an Age of Global Reversal and Regional Revival Opening Plenary Session: Alessandra Faggian, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy (Refugee Migration in Europe – National and Regional Strategies) Opening Plenary Session: Seth Schindler, University of Manchester, UK – Early Career Plenary Speaker (National Urban Plans and […]
Regional Governance, Industrial Restructuring and Sustainable Development Reconsidering Smart Specialization Policy (Professor Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands) Geographies of Creative Destruction (Professor David Rigby, UCLA, USA) Discussant (Dr. Julie Tian Miao, University of Glasgow, UK) Territory, Politics, Governance Annual Lecture: Climate Change Politics and the Urban Contexts of Messy Governmentalities (Professor Vanesa Castan Broto, […]
Novel Approaches to Sustainable and Inclusive Development 2018 RSA Europe’s Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College, Cagliari, Sardinia (Emanuela Marrocu, CRENoS, Università di Cagliari, Italy ) (Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics, UK) (Alessandro Plaisant, Universita di Sassari, Italy ) (David Bailey, Aston University, UK ) (Stefano Usai, CRENoS, Università di Cagliari, Italy ) (Dieter F. Kogler, […]
New Horizons for Cities and Regions in a Changing World Opening Plenary (Professor Vanessa Watson, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa) Industrial Policy in the UK’s North-South Divide (Professor Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge, UK) Brexit Coincided with Peak UK Economic Inequality – Causes and Effect? (Professor Danny Dorling, University of […]
Strategies for Career Success: Networking, Publishing and Funding Top 10 career building tips (Adam Tickell, Vice Chancellor, University of Sussex, UK) Applying for research funding: what support is available? (Anett Kiss, Research Development Officer, University of Sussex, UK ) Engaging with the UK research funding landscape: Harnessing postgraduate and early career opportunities (Professor Gordon Harold, […]
2018 SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development Plenary (Dr Elisabetta Marinelli, Scientific Officer at the European Commission, Spain) Plenary (Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics, UK) Plenary (Caroline Paunov, Senior Economist and Head of Secretariat, OECD, France) Plenary (Charles W. Wessner, Professor, Global Innovation Policy Georgetown University, USA ) […]
Pushing Regions beyond their Borders Urban and Regional Horizons Plenary Panel – Pushing Regional Studies beyond its Borders? The aim of this panel is to facilitate discussion and stimulate debate around the current state of urban and regional research, and how this is sitting in the face of the big global challenges – globalisation, […]
Opening Keynote Address Associate Professor Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, Aotearoa New Zealand “What a tribal economy will be and how we will build it” Dr Te Maire Tau is the Upoko (head) of Ngāi Tūāhuriri, whose home is the Tuahiwi Marae near Kaiapoi, just north of Christchurch. Dr Tau has also been […]
The Place Dimension of Cities and Regions: Governance, Industrial Development and Sustainability Plenary 1: Industry 4.0 and Implications for European Regions (Professor Lisa De Propris, University of Birmingham, UK) Plenary 2 – UK Competitiveness after Brexit (Dr. Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School, United States) Plenary 2: Cohesion Policy and the Future of Europe: Highlights from […]