We are delighted to be able to announce the 2018 Best Referees and Best Papers of RSA journals published in 2017. Our awards acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the research and editorial fields of regional studies, crossing thematic and disciplinary fields. We would like to congratulate to all our winners and look forward to celebrating their award at our Annual Awards Ceremony to be held at the Annual President’s Event in November.
Below you will find the winners for the Best Referee and Best Paper for each of our journals. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone of you who has published with us, along with all our referees and our journal editors. Our journals would not exist without author submissions, editors and referees. It is the hard work by many that ensures our publications continue to be global leaders in regional studies.
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Best RefereeRegional Studies |
STEPHAN BRUNOW, University of Applied Labour Studies, Germany LUISA GAGLIARDI, Université de Genève, Switzerland PHIL TOMLINSON, University of Bath, UK |
Best PaperRegional Studies
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The mismatch between local voting and the local economic consequences of BrexitBART LOS, University of Groningen, Netherlands |
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Best RefereeSpatial Economic Analysis |
ANA BARUFI, NEREUS – The University of São Paulo Regional and Urban Economics Lab, Brazil |
Best PaperSpatial Economic Analysis |
An evolutionary approach to the delimitation of labour market areas: an empirical application for ChileJOSÉ MANUEL CASADO-DÍAZ, University of Alicante, Spain |
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Best RefereeTerritory, Politics, Governance |
FEDERICO SAVINI, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Best PaperTerritory, Politics, Governance |
Hannah Arendt’s spatial thinking: an introductionBERNARD DEBARBIEUX, Université de Genève, Switzerland |
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Best RefereeRegional Studies, Regional Science |
ADELHEID HOLL, CSIC -Spanish National Research Council, Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Spain |
Best PaperRegional Studies, Regional Science |
The impact on welfare and public finances of job loss in industrial BritainCHRISTINA BEATTY, Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
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Best RefereeArea Development and Policy |
MIA BENNETT, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
Best PaperArea Development and Policy |
Rethinking the East Asian Developmental State in its historical context: finance, geopolitics and bureaucracyHENRY WAI-CHUNG YEUNG, National University of Singapore, Singapore |