Professor John Harrison Loughborough University, UK RSA Trustee, RSA Board Member (Conference & Events) Regional Studies Deputy Editor-in-Chief Regional Studies Urban and Regional Horizons Section Editor 2011 RSA Award for Early Career Excellence
Prof. Roger Vickerman Emeritus Professor, School of Economics, University of Kent, UK Visiting Professor, Transport Strategy Centre, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK Web page: https://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/people/3276/vickerman-roger
dr. Martijn Smit Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2024 FeRSA Grant Project: Lonely Teleworkers
Professor Nicola Pontarollo University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy 2016 RSA Travel Grant RSA Fellowship (FeRSA) (2018 – present) 2021 RSA Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry Project: Build back better cities for aged people in Europe Nicola Pontarollo is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Management at […]
Dr. Karel (K.B.J.) Van den Berghe Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands RSA Policy Impact Book Series (Going circular: unlocking the potential of regions and cities to drive the circular economy transition) 2022 RSA Annual Conference Early Career Keynote Speaker RSA Research Network Grant on Polycentricity (2020-2022) Other information Horizon Europe RIA grant No. […]
Joanie Willett Associate Professor in Politics, University of Exeter, UK Co-editor, Territory, Politics, Governance Co-convenor: RSA Research Network Edgenet on Peripheries 2023-2026 RSA Research Network Grant: Edgenet 2018-2019 MeRSA Research Grant: Understanding Brexit and Trump in Post-Industrial, Peripheral Areas: Implications for Regional Development. Led to the publication of the first monograph, Affective Assemblages and Local […]
Alasdair Reid European Future Innovation System (EFIS) Centre, Belgium
Dr Cristina Lincaru National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection (INCSMPS), Bucharest, Romania Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (FeRSA) since 29 January 2020. Research interests include labour market dynamics, regional development, digital transformation, spatial inequalities and evidence-based public policy. I have also benefited from RSA Conference Bursaries supporting my participation in RSA […]
dr. Ilaria Mariotti DAStU-Politecnico di Milan, Italy Chair of the RSA Publications Committee, 2026 2025 RSA Policy Expo Grant: FIERE (Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rural Europe: Evaluating the Impact of Policy Support through Collaborative Spaces) 2020 Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry: The growth of remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Anton Filipenko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine Anton Filipenko
Tony Champion Emeritus Professor of Population Geography, CURDS/GPS, Newcastle University, UK Committee member of the RSA Northern Branch 1976-80, Chairman 1980-83. Deputy Editor and Book Review Editor of the Regional Studies journal, 1979-84. Member of the RSA Executive Committee 1981-86. Northern Region Secretary to the RSA Inquiry into the Regional Problem in the UK, 1982-83. […]
Professor Max Nathan University College London, Centre for Economic Performance and IZA@LISER 2015 RSA Early Career Grant Project: Evaluating Tech City: Identifying effects on firm entry, employment and rents using difference in difference analysis Further details Editorial board member, Economic Geography Full profile: https://max-nathan.github.io/
Prof. Iván Tartaruga Researcher and professor of Economic Geography (Innovation and Sustainable Territorial Development) Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning (CEGOT), University of Porto, Portugal https://cegot.pt/en/members/ivan-gerardo-peyre-tartaruga Professor/supervisor at: PhD course in Geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, Portugal Master in Cities Challenges, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of […]
Ray Hudson, PhD DSc DLitt FBA FAcSS MAE Emeritus Professor of Geography Durham University, UK 2014 Sir Peter Hall award 2016 RSA Best Book Award: Approaches to Economic Geography: Towards a Geographical Political Economy, Routledge.
Dr Mariachiara Barzotto University of Bath, UK 2022 Regional Studies Best Referee Award 2017 RSA Policy Expo Grant Awardee Research project: Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0: Upgrading regional capabilities for a balanced industrial development and growth through networks
Professor Simona Iammarino Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy and London School of Economics (LSE), UK Member of the RSA Board and Executive group, and Chair of the RSA Journal Committee (2020-2025); Member of the RSA Journal Committee (2017-2025) RSA Research Committee (2017-2021) Co-editor of Regional Studies (2008-2013) Member of the International Editorial Advisory […]
Dr. Bradley Loewen Associate Professor in STS and Sustainability Transitions Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Robert Hassink, Professor of Economic Geography Dept. of Geography, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany https://www.wigeo.uni-kiel.de/en/People/robert-hassink Visiting Professor at CURDS, Newcastle University, UK https://www.ncl.ac.uk/curds/contact-us/people/visiting/profile/roberthassink.html International Editorial Advisory Board Member of Regional Studies (since 2022) International Ediorial Advisory Board of Regional Studies, Regional Science (since 2014) Guest editor of Special Issue/Collection in Regional Studies Emerging Industries: Institutions, […]
Marco Bellandi University of Florence, Italy 2021 Regional Studies Best Referee Award Local Coordinator 2024 RSA Annual Conference, Florence.
Dr Felicia Fai Associate Professor Director of the Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS) School of Management, University of Bath, UK E mail: F.M.Fai@bath.ac.uk My research interests include the organisational actors, industrial clusters, regional innovation systems and industrial strategy, predominantly through an evolutionary economics lens. For my research profile visit https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/felicia-fai/ 2017 RSA […]
dr. József Benedek Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary RSA Ambassador to Romania
Marjan Nikolov Center for Economic Analyses, North Macedonia Latest work: Nikolov, M.; Petrovska, A.M.; Mitevski, I. Challenges and opportunities for a just green transition in North Macedonia. Eur. XXI 2026, https://doi.org/10.7163/eu21.2025.49.1.
Eduardo Medeiros Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal 2023 MeRSA Grant awardee Research project: Effective Project Appraisal and Regional Development My research interests are EU Cohesion Policy, Territorial Cohesion, Impact Assessment, Cooperation, Development and Planning, and Sustainable Development. I am a member of the European Commission Cohesion for Transitions Academic Sound Board.
Dr. Donatas Burneika, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania RSA Ambassador to Lithuania Board Member of the RSA Nordic Division (NoRSA)