2025 YEGN Workshop – Agency and Regional Transformation We hereby invite PhD students and recent graduates to participate in the upcoming YEGN Workshop on agency and regional transformation in the Hanseatic City of Greifswald. It will take place at the University of Greifswald, one of the oldest universities in Europe, founded in 1456. The Young […]
The Department of Economics and Law at Sapienza University of Rome organizes a workshop on “Advances in Spatial and Network Modelling for Policy Making”, to be held at the Faculty of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome on 29th and 30th May 2025. Keynote Speakers: Giovanni Millo, University of Trieste Luisa Corrado, University of Rome […]
CALL FOR PAPERS The International Conference on Urban e-Planning is the main annual meeting of the ‘Urban e-Planning Research Network’ (UEPNET). It will have its 9th edition in 2025. These conferences have been promoted in articulation with the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) and were hosted at the U. Lisbon from 2016 to 2024. […]
Are you interested in research to understand housing inequality, and motivated to find governance approaches which can support older adult health and wellbeing? We are looking for a PhD candidate to take part in the research project ‘Housing Governance for Healthy Aging,’ led by Principal Investigators Dr. Sarah Mawhorter and Dr. Sara Özoğul together with […]
The current vacancy is in the Territorial Development Unit within the Fair and Sustainable Economy Directorate of the JRC. The mission of the unit is to support the territorial articulation of the EU policy agenda, its external investment and global outreach. Our aim is to deliver world-class science-for-policy support to bring Europe closer to citizens […]
Funded PhD Studentship: The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affected societies. Project details Everyday economic spaces and practices give insight into […]
The opportunity is open to both UK and overseas applicants. The deadline is 15th January 2025 for a May 2025 start date Project title: People make Coventry: A study in relational place-making This PhD scholarship embraces a ‘relational’ approach to place-making, according to which places are not ‘made’ by urban planners, policy-makers and politicians, but […]
We are currently seeking applications for two positions in human geography at Durham University at the assistant professor (grade 8) level. The closing date for applications is 12th of January 2025. More details about applicant qualifications, the positions, and the department can be found here: https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=24002138&tz=GMT%2B00%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon The Department of Geography at Durham University seeks to […]
Die Leuphana Universität Lüneburg steht als humanistische, nachhaltige und handlungsorientierte Universität für Innovation in Bildung und Wissenschaft. Methodische Vielfalt, interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit, transdisziplinäre Kooperationen mit der Praxis und eine insgesamt dynamische Entwicklung prägen ihr Forschungsprofil in den Kernthemen Bildung, Kultur, Management/Technologie, Nachhaltigkeit und Staat. Ihr internationales Studienmodell mit dem Leuphana College, der Leuphana Graduate School und […]
Northumbria University has an existing collaborative agreement with Neuron Scooters UK and is seeking a candidate to conduct a public sentiment study using a broad range of methods to utilise existing computational GPS data around geographies of inclusion, risk and use value, whilst drawing insights from route-maps (Geo-fencing) that shape travel decision and behaviours. This […]
PhD funding for political theory projects within the Centre for Contemporary Political Theory (CCPT) at the University of Leeds. We are delighted to advertise full fees + maintenance scholarships to support doctoral research in political theory: The PhD Scholarship in Politics and International Studies (UK and International) The Leeds Doctoral Scholarship (UK only) Leeds Opportunity […]
The School of Social and Political Science (SPS) at the University of Edinburgh is offering a 3-year PhD studentship on ‘Analysing interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in whole systems energy research’. This fully funded PhD studentship (covering stipend and fees) is available to UK / Home fee status applicants only. The application deadline is Thursday 30th January […]
The Institute for Sociology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava invites applications for a Researcher position. While all areas of sociology and political science are considered, preference will be given to candidates with expertise in quantitative methods. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. The position offers a gross monthly salary of […]
Applications soon open for our two-year international and interdisciplinary Master’s programme in Nordic Urban Planning Studies, which is jointly organised by Roskilde University (Denmark), Malmö University (Sweden), and UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Taught by prominent researchers, and based on moving between these universities and countries, the programme addresses Nordic urban planning and development in a […]
The Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Science at the University of Exeter has scholarship funding of over £1.7m available to support both home and international PhD applicants starting their postgraduate research degree in September 2025. Exeter is a centre for world-leading research across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Our departments are consistently placed at […]
The University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is seeking candidates for the position of Junior Professor (W1) of Regional Development (without tenure track) for appointment by 1 October 2025. We are looking for an academic from the field of economic geography or a related economic or social science discipline with a proven […]
COMING SOON: Rethinking Economic (in)Activity UKRI funding opportunity UKRI is looking to fund an interdisciplinary project that will identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal care in the UK. The opportunity is open to all disciplines covered by UKRI and we particularly welcome proposals that cut […]
The project will explore ways in which borders and migration are produced, governed, experienced, imagined, contested and/or transformed through affective practices. Over the last years we have witnessed an increasing political, discursive and legislative criminalisation of migrants and solidarity acts in the UK, Europe and beyond. The research examines the affective and emotional dimension of […]
Northumbria University’s Urban Futures Interdisciplinary Research Theme is advertising a fully-funded PhD studentship at the nexus of young mens’ health/wellbeing and urban social infrastructures (USIs) in UK-Cities. Cosupervised by Jason Luger (Human Geography), Ozge Dilaver (Business) and Lisa Thomas (Psychology), this is an exciting opportunity for a cross-disciplinary exploration with support from the IDRT. Project details […]
Henley International Business Masterclasses – Spring 2025 The Henley International Business Masterclasses are offered by the Henley Business School to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers studying International Business topics in the field of business management, economic geography and economics. The Spring 2025 Session consistis of the following three courses: International Human Resource Management, by Chris […]
Conscious that next year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Regional Studies Association (RSA), at the most recent meeting of the RSA Board, Board members and I began thinking about an updated strategy for the Association. We agreed that a strategic plan should be finalised no later than December 2025. Why take […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how and where we work. Rates of remote working skyrocketed during national lockdowns; for many, this was the ‘grand experiment nobody wanted’. […]
Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international context, […]
Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international context, […]