New call for visitors launched to join peer exchanges on solutions to cross-border obstacles The initiative will select 100 visitors from across Europe to participate in ten exchange visits focused on real-life solutions to challenges affecting border regions. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and Fundación CEER (FCEER), have opened […]
The Summer School will take place in Milan from 28 September to 2 October 2026 and offers an intensive, practical training course on Cost-Benefit Analysis as a tool to support public investment decision-making. Participants may choose between: Module I – General Principles and Methods of CBA (28-29 September 2026) Module II – Sectoral Application of […]
Innovation is often seen as a universal force for good, a driver of economic growth and improvements in living conditions. However, innovation also has a “dark side” (Coad et al., 2022). Past industrial breakthroughs, from battery manufacturing to steel production, fueled massive economic growth but left a toxic legacy of heavy metals such as arsenic, […]
Dr Robert Bowen Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales Co-Editor of Regions Member of the RSA Publications Committee
Dr Sabine Dörry Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg RSA Ambassador to Luxembourg Editorial Board Member at the Finance & Space journal 2026 organiser of the Territorial Network 60th Anniversary inaugural BeNeLux Geography Conference, Leuven https://www.benelux-geo.eu/ 2012 RSA Travel grant 2015 MeRSA Research Grant Project: The role of the state in building sustainable financial […]
Thilo Lang Head of Department and Rersearch Director at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig, Germany and Professor for Economic Geography at the Global and European Studies Institute, University of Leipzig, Germany 2013 RSA Routledge Award for Early Career Excellence Co-host and co-organiser of the RSA Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Conference, held in Leipzig […]
Michael Steiner Institute of Economics, University of Graz, Austria Local Organizer of the 2016 RSA Annual Conference, Graz Editorial Board member, Regional Science Regional Studies (since 2015); RSA Territorial Ambassador to Austria (ca. 2007-2018) Further information 2025 ACN (Academic Conference Network) Excellent Paper Award, Category Best Presentation/Best Content for “Buying, Selling and Annexing Regions”, […]
Professor Helen Lawton Smith Birkbeck, University of London, UK 2018-2019 Chair of RSA Gender & Equalities Committee, and member of RSA Board 1997-2000 Member, RSA Executive Committee 2024 RSA Policy Impact Book, 6: 2 A Seat at the Table: A Place for Disabled Entrepreneurs and Innovators, edited by Helen Lawton Smith, Connie L. McNeely, […]
Regions are often treated as spatial units where environmental policies are implemented and evaluated. In practice, they also function as implementation systems, in which responsibility is carried forward through sequenced handling processes once equipment is no longer in use. End-of-life aquaculture nets make this dynamic visible. Norwegian aquaculture provides a clear case. Fish farming nets […]
Dr John Gibney Birmingham Business School, UK John is currently an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Birmingham Business School. He joined the University of Birmingham following an influential career in city, regional and cross-border economic development in the UK and mainland Europe. John was a founding member of the RSA international research network on sub-national […]
Dr. Kean Fan Lim Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK 2019 RSA Routledge Early Career Award 2019 RSA Winter Conference Early Career Speaker RSA -Routledge Early Career Award recognises outstanding achievements in the first five years post-PhD, while the plenary speaker award recognises the excellent potential of an ongoing topic. […]
Dr Nicola Francesco Dotti European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, Chief Economist Unit, Belgium 2011 – 2016/ 2016 – 2021, Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on the EU Cohesion policy (CPnet) Currently working in the European Commission on the European R&I geography, economics of science, and strategic foresight.
Dr Petya Slavova Associate Professor Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her recent research projects explore the socio-economic aspects of the rural–urban nexus in the post-socialist context from a range of perspectives, including local food, the social economy, and bioregions. She was an invited closing plenary speaker at the RSA Central and Eastern […]
Dr. Teodora Dogaru Independent Regional and Urban Policy Consultant/Academic lecturer (based in The Hague, The Netherlands) I am an urban researcher whose analytical interests stem from both economic and societal/community environments. My background situates at the cross-road of various disciplines such as economic geography/Economics, urban planning or cultural analysis. My work experience is built around […]
Dr Mark Sandford, House of Commons Library, UK 2024 RSA Distinguished Service Award RSA Professional Development Webinar Series Speaker (Engaging with the workings of Parliament)
Prof Jen Nelles Oxford Brookes University, UK North American Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science Co-Director of the RSA Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalisms (NOIR) since 2019
Professor Emeritus Jim Walsh, D. Litt (NUI) Maynooth University, Ireland Department of Geography and Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland Member of the Regional Studies Association from 1979. Executive Committee of the Irish Branch in 1987 Chairman of the Ireland Branch between 1994-1998, member of the International Executive Committee 1993-1996 Organised national conferences on […]
Prof. Ben Derudder KU Leuven, Belgium Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Special Issues Editor, Regional Studies Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on Polycentric Urban Regions (2017-2021), (with John Harrison, Michael Hoyler, Evert Meijers, and Xingjian Liu). This has inter alia resulted in special issues in two RSA journals, i.e. Regional Studies (Polycentric urban regions: conceptualization, identification […]
Réka Horeczki ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary RSA member since 2016 More details: https://rki.krtk.hun-ren.hu/en/colleagues/reka-horeczki/
Dr. Serafin Pazos-Vidal European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL), Belgium Co-Organiser of the 2019-2024 RSA Research Network on Cohesion Policy (CPNet) Professional Background Senior Expert and policy lead on Territorial Development, European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL) Thematic coordinator of the association´s work on Territorial Development leading policy work on […]
Prof Niamh Moore-Cherry University College Dublin, Ireland Reviewer for Regional Studies; Territory, Politics and Governance Other information: Niamh is Dean of Social Sciences and College Principal in the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, Full Professor in Urban and Regional Governance and Sustainability; and an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College […]
Dr. Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation. Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK Associate Editor Regional Studies, Regional Science Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo is Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School and Deputy Director of the Manchester Institute […]
Dimitri Corpakis Formerly European Commission (E.U.), Belgium Member of the RSA Research Committee (2024-2027) 2021 RSA Fellow (FeRSA) 2023 Award for Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Dr Dimitri Corpakis, is an independent expert, writing and talking on innovation, growth and technological change. An engineer and planner by training, he has close to 45 years’ experience […]
Professor Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics, UK Regional Studies Co-Editor Co-Organiser of the 2025 RSA Research Network on Green(ing) Global Value Chains for Sustainable Regional Development (GGVC4SRD) Co-author of the 2022 RSA Policy Expo Book: Global Value Chains and Regional Innovation