Within these unprecedented times, we feel that it is important to remember to celebrate the research and work that has been carried out in regional studies and its related fields, including urban and rural studies, city-regions and interstitial spaces. In 2020, the Awards have been given virtually. These awards demonstrate the aim of our association to an authoritative voice of, and network for, academics, students, practitioners, policy makers via our diverse and international membership.
Sir Peter Hall Award
- SUSAN FAINSTEIN, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
Regional Leadership Award for Practice and Policy
- ALASDAIR RAE, Automatic Knowledge Ltd, UK
Regional Studies Institutional Ambassador Award
- Centre for Innovation Research, University of Stavanger, Norway
Media Communications in Regional Studies Award
- Coffee Break With Researchers
Student and Early Career Awards
- Nathaniel Lichfield Award: ELENA CATHARINA LUTZ, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- RSA PhD Student Award: TIANREN YANG, University of Cambridge, UK
- RSA Routledge Early Career Award: MAXWELL HARTT, Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada
Routledge Best Book Award
- The Rural and Peripheral in Regional Development An Alternative Perspective – PETER DE SOUZA, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Best Papers Regional Studies
- The double crisis: in what sense a regional problem? – BETSY DONALD & MIA GRAY, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada & University of Cambridge, UK
- Inclusive Growth in cities: a sympathetic critique – NEIL LEE, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Best Paper Spatial Economic Analysis
- The implications of re-exports for gravity equation estimation, NAFTA and Brexit – MAUREEN LANKHUIZEN & MARK THISSEN, VU University Amsterdam and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands
Best Paper Territory, Politics, Governance
- Ocean grabbing, terraqueous territoriality and social development – PAUL FOLEY & CHARLES MATHER, Memorial University, Canada
Best Paper Regional Studies, Regional Science
- Location, location and professionalization: a multilevel hedonic analysis of Airbnb listing prices and revenue – ROBBIN DEBOOSERE, DANIELLE JANE KERRIGAN, DAVID WACHSMUTH & AHMED EL-GENEIDY, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Best Paper Area Development and Policy
- Land-based finance and property tax in China – ZHI LIU, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA, and Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Beijing, China
Best Referees Regional Studies
- MARTIN HENNING, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- CHARLOTTA MELLANDER, Jönköping University, Sweden
- FRANZISKA SIELKER, University of Cambridge, UK
Best Referee Spatial Economic Analysis
- STEVEN BOND-SMITH, Curtin University, Australia
Best Referees Territory, Politics, Governance
- SHONA LOONG, University of Oxford, UK
- STEVE ROLF, University of Sussex, UK
Best Referee Regional Studies, Regional Science
- PEDRO AMARAL, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Best Referee Area Development and Policy
- PHILIP HARRISON, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Support researchers in the field
The Regional Studies Association is a registered charity that works with researchers and policymakers across all career stages and geographical regions in the field of regional studies and science. We believe that all voices should be heard, and we work hard to ensure our community is an inclusive and diverse environment in which to share and disseminate regional research. Through research grants, knowledge exchange, capacity building events, publications, excellence awards and policy engagement, and together with our membership community, we support regional research, policy and development. Our contribution to research and knowledge exchange leads to evidence informed policymaking and improves people’s opportunities and outcomes via the latest research and through engagement and communication. We welcome donations and legacies that will contribute to the RSA fund now and in years to come.
Help us support and celebrate current and future leaders in the field by donating to the RSA Fund or by donating a Prize or Award. Monies raised will be used to support the RSA community including excellence awards or research grants. To donate to the RSA Fund, please go to www.justgiving.com/regionalstudiesassociation or to discuss a prize/award please contact Daniela Carl, RSA Deputy Chief Executive, tel: +44(0)1273 698 017, email Daniela.Carl@regionalstudies.org.