Dr Sabine Dörry Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg RSA Ambassador to Luxembourg Editorial Board Member at the Finance & Space journal 2026 organiser of the Territorial Network 60th Anniversary inaugural BeNeLux Geography Conference, Leuven https://www.benelux-geo.eu/ 2012 RSA Travel grant 2015 MeRSA Research Grant Project: The role of the state in building sustainable financial […]
Thilo Lang Head of Department and Rersearch Director at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig, Germany and Professor for Economic Geography at the Global and European Studies Institute, University of Leipzig, Germany 2013 RSA Routledge Award for Early Career Excellence Co-host and co-organiser of the RSA Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Conference, held in Leipzig […]
Professor Sylvia He Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2017 RSA Early Career Research Grant Project: China’s resource-based cities in the shrinking paradigm: population change, economic revitalisation, and urban liveability Sylvia Ying He is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, Director of the […]
Michael Steiner Institute of Economics, University of Graz, Austria Local Organizer of the 2016 RSA Annual Conference, Graz Editorial Board member, Regional Science Regional Studies (since 2015); RSA Territorial Ambassador to Austria (ca. 2007-2018) Further information 2025 ACN (Academic Conference Network) Excellent Paper Award, Category Best Presentation/Best Content for “Buying, Selling and Annexing Regions”, […]
Professor Dariusz Wójcik National University of Singapore RSA Journals Committee and Editor in Chief of Finance & Space Organiser of The RSA Research Network on Geographies of Finance and Post-Socialist Transformations (first awarded in 2011) The RSA Research Network on Financial Geographies (FinGeo), awarded in 2019 and in 2023 Editor in Chief, Finance and Space
Dr Ashima Sood Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Urbanism and Cultural Economics Anant National University, India Find out more about Ashima here. Latest publications: Das, K., S. Fatima, K. Gandhi and A. Sood 2026. “Locating Urban Knowledge. Editorial” In Das, K., S. Fatima, K. Gandhi and A. Sood (eds.) Urban Knowledge Paradigms. […]
Professor Harald Bathelt Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Canada Zijiang Visiting Professor, Department of Geographical Science, East China Normal University (since 2011) Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (2006-2020) Editor, Journal of Economic Geography (2012-2020) Personal Website: https://www.geography.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/harald-bathelt and http://www.harald-bathelt.com Areas of Interest: relational economic […]
Professor Helen Lawton Smith Birkbeck, University of London, UK 2018-2019 Chair of RSA Gender & Equalities Committee, and member of RSA Board 1997-2000 Member, RSA Executive Committee 2024 RSA Policy Impact Book, 6: 2 A Seat at the Table: A Place for Disabled Entrepreneurs and Innovators, edited by Helen Lawton Smith, Connie L. McNeely, […]
Dr John Gibney Birmingham Business School, UK John is currently an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Birmingham Business School. He joined the University of Birmingham following an influential career in city, regional and cross-border economic development in the UK and mainland Europe. John was a founding member of the RSA international research network on sub-national […]
Professor Yi Liu Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China RSA Journal Committee member Regional Studies, Regional Science Editor in Chief Prof. Liu graduated from the National University of Singapore and has been with the School of Tourism Management at Sun Yat-sen University since 2013. He currently serves as Assistant Dean of the School and holds the […]
Professor Canfei He Peking University, Beijing, China RSA Research Committee member RSA China Division Chair
Professor Weidong Liu Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Co-Editor in Chief Area Development & Policy RSA Board member RSA China Division Chair (2014- 2021)
Dr. Kean Fan Lim Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK 2019 RSA Routledge Early Career Award 2019 RSA Winter Conference Early Career Speaker RSA -Routledge Early Career Award recognises outstanding achievements in the first five years post-PhD, while the plenary speaker award recognises the excellent potential of an ongoing topic. […]
Dr. Zack Taylor Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Dept. of Geography and Environment University of Western Ontario, Canada RSA Board member Journals committee member Editor-in-Chief, Territory, Politics, Governance
Dr Nicola Francesco Dotti European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, Chief Economist Unit, Belgium 2011 – 2016/ 2016 – 2021, Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on the EU Cohesion policy (CPnet) Currently working in the European Commission on the European R&I geography, economics of science, and strategic foresight.
Dr Petya Slavova Associate Professor Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her recent research projects explore the socio-economic aspects of the rural–urban nexus in the post-socialist context from a range of perspectives, including local food, the social economy, and bioregions. She was an invited closing plenary speaker at the RSA Central and Eastern […]
Dr. Laura Sariego Kluge Escuela de Administración Pública, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Member of the Latin American RSA Division 2024 Travel Grant for the RSA Annual Conference 2022 Regional Studies Regional Science Best Paper Award: Regional State innovation in peripheral regions: enabling Lapland’s green policies I run and edit a new […]
Dr. Teodora Dogaru Independent Regional and Urban Policy Consultant/Academic lecturer (based in The Hague, The Netherlands) I am an urban researcher whose analytical interests stem from both economic and societal/community environments. My background situates at the cross-road of various disciplines such as economic geography/Economics, urban planning or cultural analysis. My work experience is built around […]
Dr Mark Sandford, House of Commons Library, UK 2024 RSA Distinguished Service Award RSA Professional Development Webinar Series Speaker (Engaging with the workings of Parliament)
Prof Jen Nelles Oxford Brookes University, UK North American Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science Co-Director of the RSA Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalisms (NOIR) since 2019
Professor Emeritus Jim Walsh, D. Litt (NUI) Maynooth University, Ireland Department of Geography and Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland Member of the Regional Studies Association from 1979. Executive Committee of the Irish Branch in 1987 Chairman of the Ireland Branch between 1994-1998, member of the International Executive Committee 1993-1996 Organised national conferences on […]
Prof. Ben Derudder KU Leuven, Belgium Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Special Issues Editor, Regional Studies Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on Polycentric Urban Regions (2017-2021), (with John Harrison, Michael Hoyler, Evert Meijers, and Xingjian Liu). This has inter alia resulted in special issues in two RSA journals, i.e. Regional Studies (Polycentric urban regions: conceptualization, identification […]
Réka Horeczki ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary RSA member since 2016 More details: https://rki.krtk.hun-ren.hu/en/colleagues/reka-horeczki/
Dr. Serafin Pazos-Vidal European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL), Belgium Co-Organiser of the 2019-2024 RSA Research Network on Cohesion Policy (CPNet) Professional Background Senior Expert and policy lead on Territorial Development, European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL) Thematic coordinator of the association´s work on Territorial Development leading policy work on […]