In 2023, we continued to celebrate the research and work that has made an original and outstanding contribution to research concerned with the analysis of regions and regional issues. This year, some of our awards are being presented live, and some ceremonies have been held online.
You can watch recordings of the online ceremonies below.
2023 Sir Peter Hall Award
Karen Chapple, University of Toronto, Canada & University of California, Berkley, USA
2023 Regional Leadership Award
Peter Berkowitz, European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DGRegio), Belgium
2023 Media Communications in Regional Studies Award
SpacEconomics Podcast, University of Jena, Germany
2023 RSA Institutional Ambassador Award
CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden
2023 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies
Dimitri Corpakis, Former European Commission, Belgium
Pedro Amaral, CEDEPLAR, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Alejandra Trejo Nieto, El Colegio de México, Mexico
Marte Solheim, University of Stavanger, Norway
2023 Nathanial Lichfield Award
Tim Becker, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
2023 Paul Benneworth PhD Student Award
Imogen Liu, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 RSA Routledge Early Career Award
Yi Feng, University College London, UK
2022 Best Book Award
Peter Kresl, Bucknell University, USA
2023 Regional Studies Best Paper
The Impact of Regional Inequality on Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Approach
Domenica Panzera, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Paolo Postiglione, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
2023 Regional Studies Policy Debates Best Paper I
Alessandro Sancino, The Open University, UK
Max Stafford, Mile End Institute, QMUL, UK
Alessandro Braga, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Leslie Budd, The Open University, UK
2023 Regional Studies Policy Debates Best Paper II
The sustainable well-being of urban and rural areas
Anne Le Roy, CREG-Grenoble Alpes University, France
Fiona Ottaviani, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
2023 Spatial Economic Analysis Best Paper
Jessie Ruth Schleypen, Climate Analytics Gmbh, Germany
Malcolm N. Mistry, University of Venice, Italy
Fahad Saeed, Climate Analytics Gmbh, Germany
Shouro Dasgupta, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Italy and Grantham Research Institute, LSE, UK
2023 Territory, Politics, Governance Best Paper
Autonomy and the territorial management of ethnic conflicts in Northeast India
Kham Khan Suan Hausing, University of Hyderabad, India
2023 Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Paper
Consume less or grow sustainably? Matching energy systems with Indigenous worldviews in Panama
Nora Hampl, University of Vienna, Austria
2023 Area Development and Policy Best Paper
Israeli Occupation and water service policy making in the Occupied West Bank, Palestine
Feras Ali Qawasmeh, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
Raja Noriza Raja Ariffin, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Kuppusamy Singaravelloo, University of Malaya, Malaysia
2023 Regional Studies Best Referees
Maria Abreau, University of Cambridge, UK
Andrea Ascani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
David Hearne, Birmingham City University, UK
2023 Spatial Economic Analysis Best Referee
Paloma Taltavull de la Paz, University of Alicante, Spain
2023 Territory, Politics, Governance Best Referee
Peter Bursens, University of Antwerp, Belgium
2023 Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Referee
Federico Curci, CUNEF Universidad, Spain
2023 Area Development and Policy Best Referee
Han Mengyao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2023 Regions eZine Best Paper
From Despair to where? Can the Future Generations Act Create a Sustainable Wales?
Calvin Jones, Cardiff Business School, UK
2023 Best Book Blog Award
Levelling up left behind places: Only a bold mission-orientated policy will succeed
Ron Martin, University of Cambridge, UK
Ben Gardiner, Cambridge Econometrics, UK
Andy Pike, CURDS, Newcastle University, UK
Peter Sunley, Southampton University, UK
Peter Tyler, University of Cambridge, UK
2023 Best Original Blog
The regional dimension of inequality in Latin America and Mexico
Alejandra Trejo Nieto, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
2023 Best Student Blog
Andrew Halliday, University of New Brunswick, Canada
2023 Best non English Blog
Cristina Isabel Ibarra Armenta, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico
José Guadalupe Ibarra Armenta, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico
The list of the RSA Awards Winners 2021 is available here.
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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.