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Our Annual Conference in Florence was a huge success, with 760 paper presentations and two stellar plenaries over the three days . You can now watch a video of the highlights at
We are delighted that the
@regstud
Policy Impact Book 'Social Infrastructure & Left Behind Places' by
@john_tomaney
, Maeve Minns,
@LucyNatarajan
, Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Myfanwy Taylor is now online. More info
We are very pleased to see the
@RegionalStudies
journal indexed as ‘4’ in the new Academic Journal Guide 2021. Thank you to all who made this possible.
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing this week of Paul Benneworth
@heravalue
. Paul was a long-time friend of
@regstud
, a great contributor to our journals & our governance and he will be greatly missed. Read the statement by
@SallyJHardy
THANK YOU to all speakers, chairs, delegates, helpers, local partners and supporters for making the
#RSA23
such an enjoyable conference. Safe journey back and see you again at the
#RSA24
in
#Florence
👋🏼
We are happy to announce that the Best Book Award 2021 has been awarded to:
Cities and Regions in Crisis The Political Economy of Sub-National Economic Development
By MARTIN JONES, Staffordshire University
@SpatialityJones
@StaffsUni
@StaffsGeography
Are you planning on joining us in Florence for
#RSA24
, the abstract submission deadline is 30 Jan, click the link for more information & how to submit your abstract:
The
@regstud
office team meet online on a regular basis, but we enjoyed an in-person, socially distant picnic (under a threatening sky) last night. Wonderful to catch up with everyone's news and share some tremendous home-cooked treats, and even the rain held off for us.
Today, our CEO
@SallyJHardy
celebrates her 35th year with
@regstud
. We'd like to thank her for all her hard work and dedication over the years and look forward to the next 35(!). Watch her message here:
(1/2) After careful consideration in the light of the global public health crisis, we announce the cancellation of the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference
#RSA20
in Ljubljana in June. Our primary concern is for the health and wellbeing of our community.
The RSA is delighted to announce that as of 1 June 2023 the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal Spatial Economic Analysis will be (drumroll) Ugo Fratesi of Politecnico di Milano. Congratulations Ugo! Read the full announcement at
We are delighted to have
@rsfrankl
as our Member of the Month for May. You can read about Rachel's work, some fun facts and her sage words of wisdom on our website
We are delighted to have
@rsfrankl
joining the
@regstud
Board as our new Diversity and Inclusion Chair and look forward to working with her in supporting our diverse, global and growing community of members.
A full house for
#RSA24
Opening Plenary with
@RobertaRab
@ProfPBianchi
Rafael Boix
@kiragk2
and Alessandro Muscio opening with Global Challenges, Regional Collaboration and the Role of Places.
Hi, my name is David and I’m the new intern at
@regstud
. As a student who’s just finished my A levels, I cherish this opportunity & am impressed by the work that the association is doing. I am looking forward to this week. I’ll be the main Tweeter this week for
@regstud
.
We are delighted to have
@IammarinoSimona
joining the
@regstud
Board as our new Chair of the Publications Committee and look forward to working with her in supporting the publishing work of the regional studies community.
Best Paper -
@RegionalStudies
The double crisis: in what sense a regional problem? – BETSY DONALD & MIA GRAY, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada & University of Cambridge, UK
@_mia_gray
#freeaccess
Welcome to
@DrJWHarrison
who joins the
@regstud
Board as the new Conference and Events Coordinator We look forward to working with him on our future events, conferences and webinars.
We are delighted that the Policy Impact book, 'Social Infrastructure & Left Behind Places' by
@john_tomaney
Maeve Minns
@LucyNatarajan
Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite & Myfanwy Taylor is now is now available open access
That’s a wrap for
#RSA2024
thank you to all our partners, speakers, participants and helpers we had a blast! Safe travels home and see you all in Porto for
#RSA2025
!
The
@regstud
team would like to wish all our followers a very happy holiday season and best wishes for the new year. Keep safe and keep well - we'll be back with a packed itinerary in 2021!
The RSA is committed to supporting the global community in researching and disseminating evidence about how regions, cities and industry are dealing with the impact of the Coronavirus. (Thread 1/5)
We seek to appoint Editors in two different categories for the international journal
@RegionalStudies
published by
@RoutledgeGPU
@tandfonline
:
🔵Book Review/Regular Editor
🟡Early Career Editor
📌Closing date: 31st August 2021.
➡️
We are happy to present the fifth publication in the Regional Studies Policy Impact Books Series – Putting Universities in their Place by Louise Kempton, Maria Conceição Rego, Lucir Reinaldo Alves, Paul Vallance, Maurício Aguiar Serra & Mark Tewdwr-Jones
The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint one Early Career Editor to the journal, Territory, Politics, Governance.
Please send your applications by 31st August 2021.
@klausdodds
@tandfonline
Join us in beautiful
#Florence
for the 2024 annual conference
#RSA24
⏰ Deadlines:
🔴Special Sessions: 8th Jan
🔴Early career plenary speaker competition: 17th Jan
🔴Conference bursary applications: 30th Jan
🔴Abstract submission: 30th Jan
More at:
RSA ROUTLEDGE EARLY CAREER AWARD
Rhiannon Pugh, Lund University, Sweden
@PughRhiannon
@CIRCLE_LU
Title of paper: Universities and economic development in lagging regions: ‘triple helix’ policy in Wales
We're pleased to announce that the registration for
#RSA23
is now open! ⏰Early bird conference rates are available until 31st March. Join us in
#Ljubljana
for a packed programme with presentations, plenaries , special sessions, workshops, networking, walking tours & field trips
Some great questions and audience interaction with
@TunaTasanKok
@jclark_crp
@_mia_gray
at the
@regstud
Women's Network workshop. Wonderful to have such an interesting and social event albeit in a virtual space.
It's the week of the
#RSA23
conference
@EFLjubljana
and with over 700 delegates from 54 countries this will be our biggest conference so far.
#Ljubjana
The RSA seeks a new
@RSA_TPG
Editor to complement the editorial team of its exceptional publication Territory, Politics, Governance, which examines theory and research in territorial politics and the governance of space. Deadline 6 October 2023. More info:
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Best Association Team at the Association Excellence Awards 2019
#AEA19
See our wonderful team pics at
We are delighted to be able to announce this year's Fellows of the Regional Studies Association (FeRSA). For a full list, please see our News page . Congratulations, and thank you for being such active members of the RSA.
We are looking forward to the
#RinR21
Global E-Festival.
Looking for more info?
Visit
To register
To search the programme
To find out about our partners & Special Sessions
To sign up for Well-being sessions
We hope you can join us in June!
#Ljubljana
looking beautiful in Spring. A brilliant programme planned in a beautiful city.
#RSA23
It's going to be great Annual Conference
Excited to be back here in June with everyone.
ℹ️
🐉🏰🛶🚵🧑🎓🌄
Our webinar recording of the Annual Regional Studies lecture is now available to view . We are looking forward to the next in the Regions, Cities & Industries series & our Professional Development webinar series in May. More details
#RSAWinter
@DrJWHarrison
on behalf of the RSA Board closed the conference - a true world event with 32 countries represented. Thank you to all delegates, speakers, chairs who made this conference so special. Safe journey back and see you again👋🏼 at the
#RSA23
in
#Ljubljana
☀️
🔥📢Big Plenary Announcement for
#RSA23
📢🔥
The Regional Studies Plenary taking place Friday 16th June at 13.15 CEST
Global Production Networks
V
Evolutionary Economic Geography
Henry Yeung & Ron Boschma
Not to be missed!
ℹ️
A fantastic turn out
@TheBartlettUCL
for the launch of the
@regstud
Policy Expo book ‘Social infrastructure & left behind places’ - looking forward to an interesting panel discussion.
The
@RegionalStudies
Special Issue: Planning regional futures is an intellectual call-to-arms to for planners to critically explore what planning is, and should be, for how we plan cities and regions. Edited by
@DrJWHarrison
@danielgalland
&
@MTJProf
It’s
#InternationalWomensDay
and we are delighted to be celebrating the women in regional studies and regional science.
At
#RSA23
in June, we’ll also celebrate the 5th successful year of the Regional Studies Women’s Network
If you are thinking of submitting an abstract for
#RSA24
(deadline 30 Jan), as well as the general conference themes we have 62 Special Sessions to choose from: check out the list & see if there is something there to fit your research topic.
The countdown is on, there are just a few more days until the abstract submission deadline for Regions in Recovery e-festival 17th March 21,
#RinR21
More info here: Submit your abstract here:
Small Grant on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry - now open for applications!
This Scheme aims to support a discrete piece of regional studies/ regional science research on the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on regions cities and industry.
Want to create and build a network around a research area? This grant is for you: RSA RESEARCH NETWORK grant worth £10,000 is OPEN. Deliverables are events to bring together scholars to examine regional studies issues. Deadline: 26 October 2023. More info:
We are pleased to welcome two new Research Committee members
@LizaCirolia
, University of Cape Town, South Africa &
@DimitriCorpakis
former EU Commission, Brussels, Belgium. We are looking forward to working with you both.
RSA research grants details at
We are pleased to announce a new
@regstud
Research Network on Smart Policies for Regional Innovation, Sustainability and Transitions (SPRINT). Find more details about SPRINT at
Application process for
#EURegionsWeek
7th Master Class on EU Cohesion Policy is now open. Could you be one of the 30 PhD and EC researchers attending this prestigious event? See for more details about this year's themes. Deadline 1st May 2019
Thanking our outgoing Editor in Chief, Ivan Turok and welcoming our new Editor in Chief
@dgbailey
and Deputy Editor in Chief
@GTCUI
to their new roles
@RegionalStudies
📢The RSA Research Network on Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development in South America (KIRDSA) invites you to their International Conference on Regional Development in South America on February 8-9, 2024 at Montevideo, Uruguay. See for more info -
Congratulations to
@sergemont
@CiderUniandes
who won our Early Career plenary speaker competition for the
#RSASdC
conference - we are delighted to have him joining the Urban & Regional Horizons Plenary Panel . Join us in Spain in June!
Call for Editors and Policy Debates
#Editor
for
@RegionalStudies
More details on the application process and the journal can be found here:
Deadline: 16th December 2020
Please share this announcement with anyone you feel might be interested.
Our 2020 Fellowship Research Grant (FeRSA) was awarded to
Will Eadson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK for the project:
Older industrial towns at the frontier of new energy economies
@Will_Eadson
@CRESR_SHU
@sheffhallamuni
Here’s 3 great opportunities for regional studies scholars: The RSA seeks to appoint two Editors to its journal Regional Studies () and one Editor to its journal Territory, Politics, Governance ().
Closing date: Friday 9th September.
We are delighted to announce that registration for
#RSAGlobal
is now open. To find out more details about events in your region, and to register, visit
What is
#RSAGlobal
? Here
@DanielaSCarl
explains why we are so excited about our first globe-trotting webinar series which will bring together the Regional Studies communities from around the world. Free to view and open to all. More info and to register
New blog by
@bdrudder
@ugent
"Regional patterns in ‘global’ inter-city connections” describes research showing how regional patterns emerge through the actions of different actors as firms partake in location decision-making.