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Join us for the 20th Regional Innovation Policies conference. This milestone edition focuses on future-oriented approaches to regional innovation policies examining how innovation ecosystems adapt to disruption, how to harness new technologies, and exploring forms of place-based leadership to unlock inclusive and sustainable growth. Regional Innovation Policies Conference has been an important international arena for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange insights on regional innovation and development, and to debate current and future regional policies and challenges.

Academic and policymakers have highlighted interpersonal and interterritorial inequalities as key factors behind rising feelings of discontent and left-behindness across different types of territories, including rural and urban areas. This two-day workshop will bring together senior scholars and young researchers to examine the drivers of life satisfaction and dissatisfaction, the construction of narratives and spatial imaginaries of ‘left-behind regions’, and alternative expressions of discontent. Participants will explore how inequality, economic restructuring, social identities, and policy frameworks shape subjective well-being across diverse populations, as well as the emotional and material implications of perceived marginalisation.

The Institute of Place Management and the Regional Studies Association are pleased to present a new webinar series addressing key themes in place, governance, and international collaboration.

The YSI Urban and Regional Economics, and Behavior and Society Working Groups, in partnership with the Regional Studies Association (RSA) invite students, early scholars and all members to join the Webinar Series on Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindness.