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President’s Event 2018

November 15, 2018 - November 15, 2018
Holiday Inn London, Bloomsbury , London

Registration is now closed. We invite you to join us for dinner and our Annual Awards Ceremony to celebrate contributions to the field, both at personal and institutional levels. The Association’s Annual President’s Event will be held on the evening of 15th November, from 19.15pm […]

RSA Winter Conference 2018

November 15, 2018 - November 16, 2018
Holiday Inn London, Coram St, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1HT , London

Join the conversation @regstud – #RSAWINTER Abstract submission and registration is now closed. We are living through a period of profound change. Fundamental shifts occurring economically (increasing leadership in Asia, new opportunities in Africa, raising connectivity through global investment flows), […]

XV Seminario Internacional de la Red Iberoamericana de Investigadores sobre Globalización y Territorio (RII)

November 28, 2018 - November 30, 2018

As part of this conference, the RSA will deliver a sponsored plenary session which will be a Territory, Politics, Governance Annual Lecture presented by Professor Camillo Boano: Camillo Boano is Professor of Urban Design and Critical Theory at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU). He is […]

5TH REHI WORKSHOP: A Historical Perspective on Multi-Level Urban Economic Development Policy

November 29, 2018 - November 30, 2018

Call for Papers – Deadline 31 August Please send Paper proposals (500 words) to: Arno van der Zwet at Arno.van-der-Zwet@uws.ac.uk The main objective of the Regional Economic and Policy History Network (REHI) is to explore what a historic perspective may contribute […]

Conceptualising, Identifying and Analysing Polycentric Urban Regions

January 28, 2019 - January 29, 2019

What could be a more inspiring location for the next event of the RSA Research Network on ‘Polycentric Urban Regions’ (PURs) than the Randstad, perhaps the most classic example of a Polycentric Urban Region and for decades a laboratory for […]

RSA Australasia Conference 2019, Christchurch

February 11, 2019 - February 13, 2019
Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, University of Canterbury, 20 Kirkwood Ave, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041 , Aotearoa New Zealand

To join the conversation please use #RSAChristchurch Abstract submission deadline 29th November 2018 New Zealand and Australia occupy a distinctive position in global location, offering opportunities for unique contributions to understanding of regional economies and their dynamics. As proponents of […]

RSA Annual Conference 2019

June 5, 2019 - June 7, 2019
University de Santiago de Compostela, Praza da Universidade, 1, 15703 Santiago de Compostela , Spain

#RSASdC Early Career Speaker application deadline 29th November 2018 Special Session proposal deadline 4th January 2019 Bursary application deadline 1st February 2019 Abstract submission deadline 28th February 2019 Regions are intrinsically bounded territories. However, they are increasingly exposed to global […]

Davids and Goliaths: Regions in the Age of Urbanisation and Digitalisation

June 17, 2019 - June 19, 2019

Regions are entities consisting of different types of places and spaces. There are cities, towns and rural areas with different potentials and challenges. Regions are also in constant flux due to versatile economic, social and cultural processes both internal and […]

RSA Central and Eastern Europe Conference 2019

September 11, 2019 - September 13, 2019
Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Plac Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, 20-400 Lublin , Poland

To join the conversation, please use #RSALUBLIN Important deadlines: Early Career Speaker application 31st March 2019 Bursary Application 21st April 2019 Abstract submission and early bird registration 21st May 2019 Metropolises of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries play an […]

RSA North America Conference 2019

September 25, 2019 - September 27, 2019
The Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield St, Montreal, QCH3A 3R8 , Canada

To join the discussion, please use #RSAMONTREAL Early Career plenary speaker application deadline 6th December 2018 Special Session proposal deadline 1st March 2019 Bursary application deadline 1st April 2019 Abstract submission deadline 16th April 2019 Innovation is seen as a […]

Designing Research for Impact: Shaping and Influencing Regional Policy

October 30, 2019 - November 1, 2019
University of Lincoln, Lincoln , United Kingdom

Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday 10th September 2019 (Registration will open shortly) This conference will give PhD students and early career researchers (within 5 years after finishing a PhD) the opportunity to network, collaborate and socialise with others working in regional […]