In 2024 we continued to celebrate the research and work that has made an original and outstanding contribution to research concerned with the analysis and regional issues. This year, some of our awards are being presented in person, and some ceremonies have been held online.
You can watch the recordings of the online ceremonies below.
2024 Sir Peter Hall Award
David Bailey, University of Birmingham, UK
2024 Regional Leadership Award
2024 Media Communications in Regional Studies Award
2024 RSA Institutional Ambassador Award
2024 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies
2024 Paul Benneworth Award
Han Chu, Kiel University, Germany
2024 RSA & Routledge Early Career Award
Milad Abbasiharofteh, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
2024 Best Book Award
2024 Regional Studies Best Paper
Ignazio Cabras, Northumbria University, UK
Ekaterina Shakina, Northumbria University, UK
Nadine Waehning, University of York, UK
Franziska Sohns, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Gary Bosworth, Northumbria University, UK
2024 Regional Studies Policy Debates Best Paper
A place-based system? Regional policy levers and the UK’s productivity challenge
Helen Tilley, Wales Centre for Public Policy, UK
Ananya Mukherjee, Cardiff University, UK
Andrew Connell, Wales Centre for Public Policy, UK
Charlotte Hoole, University of Birmingham, UK
Jack Newman, University of Bristol, UK
2024 Regional Studies Urban and Regional Horizons Best Paper
Level with us, regional development is still ‘man shaped’: feminism, futurity and leadership
Emma Ormerod, University of Newcastle, UK
2024 Spatial Economic Analysis Best Paper
The digital layer: alternative data for regional and innovation studies
Jan Kinne, ZEW Centre for European Economic Research, German
Bernd Resch, University of Salzburg, Austria & Harvard University, USA
Miriam Krüger, TU Berlin, Germany
David Lenz, Justus-Liebig-University, Germany
Milad Abbasiharofteh, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
2024 Territory, Politics, Governance Best Paper
Omar N. Cham, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Ilke Adam, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
2024 Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Paper
Green and just regional path development
Will Eadson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Bregje van Veelen, Lund University, Sweden
2024 Area Development and Policy Best Paper
2024 Regional Studies Best Referees
Maximilian Benner, University of Vienna, Austria
Tasos Kitsos, University of Birmingham, UK
Rhiannon Pugh, Lund University, Sweden
2024 Spatial Economic Analysis Best Referee
Orsa Kekezi, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Sweden
2024 Territory, Politics, Governance Best Referees
Kate Coddington, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, UK
2024 Regional Studies, Regional Science Best Referee
Angela Connelly, Manchester School of Architecture, UK
2024 Area Development and Policy Best Referee
2024 Regions eZine Best Paper
RSA Regions decolonising economic geography
Diana Morales, Umeå University, Sweden