This award is a recognition of 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. The previous winners of this award include Prof. Jagan Shah, National Institute of Urban Studies, India; Alexandra Jones, Centre for Cities, UK; Ronald Hall, DG REGIO, EU Commission.
On behalf of the Board of the Regional Studies Association, CEO Sally Hardy awarded the Regional Leadership Award for Practice and Policy to:
- ALASDAIR RAE, Automatic Knowledge Ltd, UK