John Harrison works at Loughborough University in the UK. He is a regional geographer interested in the planning and governance of cities and regions. John has been an Editor of Regional Studies since 2013, first as its inaugural Early Career Editor and then section editor for ‘Urban and Regional Horizons’. His recent publications include the Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories, Doing Global Urban Research, Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance, and Planning Regional Futures.