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Awards

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 Contribution to the Field Award (I) – Lifetime contribution in the field of regional studies.

David Bailey, University of Birmingham, UK

2024 Sir Peter Hall Contribution to the Field Award (II) – Lifetime contribution in the field of regional studies.

Maryann Feldman, Arizona State University, USA

2024 Regional Leadership Award for Policy and Practice – Individuals or organisations in policy and practice who work at the interstices with academia and other forms of research to develop the field and practice of regional studies and science.

2024 Media Communications in Regional Studies Award – Working in social media and the promotion of regional initiatives.

2024 RSA Institutional Ambassador Award – A leading institution in the field of the promotion of regional studies.

2024 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies – This award recognises those who have made an important contribution to the field, either through long-lasting service or a brief but impactful intervention.

Eric Shepperd, UCLA, USA

Elisa Roller, EC Secretariat-General, European Commission, Belgium

Bruce Wilson, European Union Centre of Excellence, RMIT University, Australia

Mark Sandford, House of Commons Library, UK

Canfei He, Peking University, China

2024 Paul Benneworth Award – This award is for registered PhD students who have not yet received their PhD certificate.

Han Chu, Kiel University, Germany

2024 RSA & Routledge Early Career Award – This award is for early career researchers (defined as being within five years of the date on their PhD certificate or equivalent).

Milad Abbasiharofteh, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

2024 Best Book Award

2024 Regional Studies Best Paper

Brewing at the time of Covid: the impact of the pandemic crisis on UK craft breweries and its implications for the sector and local economies

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