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Committees

On these pages you can find the full lists of our current Board, Publications Committee, Research Committee and our Presidents.

Sarah Ayres

Chair, interim Treasurer (Trustee)

Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides t…
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Ron Boschma

Vice Chair, Research (Trustee)

Ron Boschma is full professor in Regional Economics at Utrecht University, and Professor 2 at UiS Business School of Stavanger University. Boschma has been full professor in Innovation Studi…
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Jennifer Clark

Editor-in-Chief, Regional Studies (Trustee)

Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visitin…
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Marcin Dąbrowski

Chair, International Territorial Representatives Committee (Trustee)

Dr. Marcin Dąbrowski teaches and researches spatial planning and (multi-level) governance issues related to sustainable urban and regional futures. He is an assistant professor at the Depart…
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Mia Gray

Vice Chair, Comms and Public Engagement, Secretary / Awards (Trustee)

Professor Mia Gray is an economic geographer at Cambridge University and a fellow of Girton College.  Her current research explores the politics and the distributional effects of austerity. …
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John Harrison

Conference and Events Coordinator (Trustee)

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 Stu…
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Simona Iammarino

Chair of Journal Committee (Trustee)

Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy; Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & E…
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Ida Musialkowska

Vice Chair, Europe and Regional Policy (Trustee)

Ida Musiałkowska graduated from the Poznań University of Economics in 1999 and obtained PhD in economics from the same university in 2005 (Ph.D. thesis “Regional Business Cycles in the…
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Stefania Fiorentino

Editor, Regions; Trustee

Dr Stefania Fiorentino is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), a Fellow of Downing College (Cambridge), and an Honorary Lecturer at the Bartlet…
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Ugo Fratesi

Editor-in-Chief, Spatial Economic Analysis (Co-optee)

Ugo Fratesi is Full Professor of Regional Economics and Policy at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. From June 2023, he is the Editor in Chief of Spatial Economic Analysis. Previously, for eight …
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Louise Kempton

Policy Committee (Trustee)

Louise Kempton is Professor for Urban and Regional Policy at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK.  Her research is focused on the evolving understandi…
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Weidong Liu

Editor, Area Development and Policy (Co-optee)

Weidong Liu is a full professor in Economic Geography and Director General of the Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. His areas of study are regional dev…
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Lavanya Gupta

RSA Blog Editor (Co-optee)

Lavanya is a rural geographer and PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, where she examines the intersections of innovation, entrepreneurship, and community development in …
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Mark Scott

Chair, Publications Committee (Co-optee)

Mark Scott is Professor of Planning at University College Dublin. Mark’s research is focused on theories and practices of spatial planning and governance, specifically related to rural plann…
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Zack Taylor

Editor-in-Chief, Territory, Politics, Governance (Co-optee)

Zack Tayor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities…
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Grete Gansauer

Student Representative (Observer)

Grete Gansauer is an economic geographer and interdisciplinary public policy researcher focused on regional development, infrastructure, and the local state in peripheral regions and ‘left b…
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Shenjing He

Editor, Area Development and Policy (Observer)

Professor Shenjing He joined the Department of Urban Planning and Design at The University of Hong Kong in January 2015. She served as Associate Dean (Research Postgraduate Studies) for the …
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Karen Lai

Editor, Finance and Space (Observer)

Karen is an economic geographer with research expertise on geographies of money and finance, FinTech, global cities & service sectors, focusing particularly on issues of financialisation…
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Kerstin J. Schaefer

Early Career Representative (Observer)

Kerstin J. Schaefer is an assistant professor in Economic Geography at Utrecht University (UU) and a research project leader at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at Leibniz Un…
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Our President

Heike Mayer
President

Heike Mayer is Professor of Economic Geography in the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern in Switzerland. She is also a member of the University of Bern`s Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED).

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Publications

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Simona Iammarino

Chair, Journals Committee

Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy; Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & E…
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Maria Abreu

Journals Committee Member, RSAI (BIS) Representative

Dr Maria Abreu is a regional economist, working on topics relating to creativity, higher education, migration, and local labour markets. She is a University Senior Lecturer (Associate Profes…
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Sarah Ayres

Journals ex officio

Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides t…
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Jennifer Clark

Journals Committee Member, Editor-in-Chief, Regional Studies

Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visitin…
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Ugo Fratesi

Journals Committee Member, Editor-in-Chief, Spatial Economic Analysis

Ugo Fratesi is Full Professor of Regional Economics and Policy at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. From June 2023, he is the Editor in Chief of Spatial Economic Analysis. Previously, for eight …
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Madeleine Hatfield

Journals Committee Member, Director

Madeleine is the founding Director of Yellowback (www.ybediting.com), a publishing and editorial services company. She works with publishers and learned societies to manage and strengthen th…
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Shenjing He

Co-Editor in Chief, Area Development and Policy

Professor Shenjing He joined the Department of Urban Planning and Design at The University of Hong Kong in January 2015. She served as Associate Dean (Research Postgraduate Studies) for the …
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Declan Jordan

Journal Committee Member, RSAI (BIS) Representative

Declan Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Co-Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre. Declan’s research interests include innovation, regional and urba…
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Imogen Taotao Liu

Journals Committee Member (Early Career Representative)

Imogen Liu is Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Prior to joining the VU in 2023, she was a PhD candidate at Maastricht University where …
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Vassilis Monastiriotis

Journals Committee Member, RSAI (BIS) Representative

Vassilis Monastiriotis is an economist and economic geographer by training, specialising in three areas of Labour Economics, Economic Geography and Political Economy. He has significant poli…
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Mark Scott

Journals Committee Member, Chair Publications

Mark Scott is Professor of Planning at University College Dublin. Mark’s research is focused on theories and practices of spatial planning and governance, specifically related to rural plann…
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Alex Shi

Journals Committee Member

Alex Shi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Real Estate and Construction of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Deputy Director of surveying undergraduate program; Fellow…
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Zack Taylor

Journals Committee Member, Editor-in-Chief, Territory, Politics, Governance

Zack Tayor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities…
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Dariusz Wojcik

Journal Committee Member, Editor in Chief, Finance and Space

Dariusz Wójcik is Professor at the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, and Fellow of St Peter’s College. His research focuses on economic geography, corporate g…
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Alan Kinder

Committee Secretary

Alan is the Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association and General Manager of the RSA Europe foundation. He joined both organisations in February 2024, arriving with extensive exper…
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Mark Scott

Chair, Publications Committee

Mark Scott is Professor of Planning at University College Dublin. Mark’s research is focused on theories and practices of spatial planning and governance, specifically related to rural plann…
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Sarah Ayres

Publications Committee ex officio

Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides t…
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Robert Bowen

Publications Committee Member, Regions eZine Editor

Dr Robert Bowen is an International Entrepreneurship academic at Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University, and has previously held academic positions at Swansea University and Aberystwy…
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Mafini Dosso

Publications Committee Member

Mafini Dosso, PhD, is Economist of Innovation & certified project manager professional (PMP). She has 17 years of experience, including nine years as an economist and project leader at t…
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Louise Kempton

Publications Committee Member, Policy Impact Book Series Editor

Louise Kempton is Professor for Urban and Regional Policy at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK.  Her research is focused on the evolving understandi…
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Nadir Kinossian

Publications Committee Member

Nadir Kinossian is Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany. His research interests include territorial development, multilevel governance, cultu…
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Lavanya Gupta

Publications Committee Member, RSA Blog Editor

Lavanya is a rural geographer and PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, where she examines the intersections of innovation, entrepreneurship, and community development in …
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Marte Solheim

Publications Committee Member

Marte C.W. Solheim is Associate Professor and Head of the Stavanger Centre for Innovation Research, UiS Business School, Norway and a public speaker on diversity and innovation. She carries …
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Alan Kinder

Committee Secretary

Alan is the Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association and General Manager of the RSA Europe foundation. He joined both organisations in February 2024, arriving with extensive exper…
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Ron Boschma

Chair, Research Committee

Ron Boschma is full professor in Regional Economics at Utrecht University, and Professor 2 at UiS Business School of Stavanger University. Boschma has been full professor in Innovation Studi…
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Andrea Ascani

Research Committee Member

Andrea is Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in L’Aquila, Italy. Before joining GSSI, he received his PhD in Economic Geography from th…
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Sarah Ayres

Research Committee ex officio

Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides t…
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Mia Bennett

Research Committee Member

Mia Bennett is an assistant professor in the Geography Department at the University of Washington. As a political geographer with geospatial skills, through fieldwork and remote sensing, she…
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Liza Rose Cirolia

Research Committee Member

Dr Liza Rose Cirolia is a Senior Researcher at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. Her research areas include urban statecraft, sub-national finance, and the techno-polit…
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Lars Coenen

Research Committee Member

Lars Coenen is an economic geographer and scholar in innovation studies. His research interests converge around the geography of innovation: Why is it that some regions and cities in the wor…
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Abigail Cooke

Research Committee Member

Abigail Cooke is Assistant Professor of Geography at University at Buffalo (SUNY). She is also a co-director of the Center for Trade, Environment, and Development (CTED, formerly CUSTAC). He…
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Dimitri Corpakis

Research Committee Member

Dimitri Corpakis, is an independent expert, writing and talking on innovation, growth and technological change. An engineer and planner by training, he has more than 30 years’ experience on …
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Mario Davide Parrilli

Research Committee Member

M. Davide Parrilli is Full Professor of Regional Economic Development at Bournemouth University. He has published extensive research on SME development, clusters and districts evolution, reg…
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Stuart Dawley

Research Committee Member

Dr Stuart Dawley is a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University. His current research focuses upon the ev…
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Stefania Fiorentino

Research Committee Member

Dr Stefania Fiorentino is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), a Fellow of Downing College (Cambridge), and an Honorary Lecturer at the Bartlet…
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Canfei He

Research Committee Member

Dr. Canfei He is a Changjiang Scholar and Full Professor in Economic Geography at Peking University in China. He is the dean of college of urban and environmental sciences at Peking Universi…
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Luisa Gagliardi

Research Committee Member

Luisa Gagliardi is Assistant Professor at Bocconi University, Department of Management and Technology. Before joining Bocconi she was Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva, School …
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Paula Prenzel

Research Committee Member

Paula Prenzel is Assistant Professor of Regional Development at the University of Greifswald, Germany and leads a junior research group on the role of population structure in local economic …
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Elisa Roller

Research Committee Member

Elisa Roller is Head of Unit in the RECOVER Task Force in the Secretariat General of the European Commission with responsibility for the preparation of the Recovery and Resilience Plans in B…
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Markku Sotarauta

Research Committee Member

Welcome message from RSA Ambassador to Finland, Markku Sotarauta Markku Sotarauta is Professor of Regional Development Studies in the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University…
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Peter Sunley

Research Committee Member

Peter Sunley is Professor of Human Geography, and Director of Research and Enterprise in Geography and Environment, at the University of Southampton.  He has published widely on economic geo…
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Michaela Trippl

Research Committee Member

Michaela Trippl is Full Professor of Economic Geography at the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna, Austria. The main focus of her research is on region…
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