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 […]
Dr. Oladayo Ramon Ibrahim, FeRSA Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria RSA Ambassador to Nigeria 2025 RSA Start-up Grant Awardee Project: A Spatial Analysis of Heat Waves and Urban Planning in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria
Prof Niamh Moore-Cherry University College Dublin, Ireland Reviewer for Regional Studies; Territory, Politics and Governance Other information: Niamh is Dean of Social Sciences and College Principal in the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, Full Professor in Urban and Regional Governance and Sustainability; and an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College […]
Dr. Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation. Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK Associate Editor Regional Studies, Regional Science Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo is Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School and Deputy Director of the Manchester Institute […]
Dimitri Corpakis Formerly European Commission (E.U.), Belgium Member of the RSA Research Committee (2024-2027) 2021 RSA Fellow (FeRSA) 2023 Award for Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Dr Dimitri Corpakis, is an independent expert, writing and talking on innovation, growth and technological change. An engineer and planner by training, he has close to 45 years’ experience […]
Professor Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics, UK Regional Studies Co-Editor Co-Organiser of the 2025 RSA Research Network on Green(ing) Global Value Chains for Sustainable Regional Development (GGVC4SRD) Co-author of the 2022 RSA Policy Expo Book: Global Value Chains and Regional Innovation
Pedro Amaral Cedeplar/UFMG-Brazil RSA Honorary Member (since 2025) Deputy Editor-in-Chief Regional Studies, Regional Science (since 2023) RSA Ambassador for Brazil (2017-2024) Founding President, RSA Latin America Division (2015-2017) Co-editor, Spatial Economic Analysis (2014-2024) Associate Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science (2013-2023) Awards: 2023 Distinguished Service Awards for Regional Studies 2020 Editor’s Choice for Best Referee […]
Andy Pike Henry Daysh Professor of Regional Development Studies, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK. His research interests, publications and research projects are focused on the geographical political economy of local, regional and urban development and policy. He has undertaken research projects for the OECD, UN-ILO, European Commission, UK Government […]
Dr hab. Grzegorz Micek, prof. UJ Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland My research interests lie within economic and human geography, with a particular focus on the spatial reorganisation of business services, the geographical patterns and determinants of collaborative spaces, the evolution of emerging industries, and the restructuring of manufacturing across Central Europe. I was co-organiseer of […]
Dr Chandrima Mukhopadhyay Independent Consultant, India Editor of the mentored Regional Studies, Regional Science Early Career section Regular participant in the RSA Women’s Network (and presented on Academia in the Global South, November, 2025) I’m currently a team member of the British Academy International Writing Workshop grant, hosted at University College London; a co-applicant for […]
Andrea Belmartino Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy RSA Network Research Grant: KIRDSA (2023 and 2025) 2025 RSA Conference Bursary RSA Member since 2019 Contact Andrea via LinkedIn
Andy Jonas Emeritus Professor of Human Geography, University of Hull, UK Past Editorial Board member of Territory Politics Governance 2015 Fellowship Research Grant Project: Global Infrastructure Public-private Partnerships and The Geopolitics of City-Regions
Prof. Dr. Heike Mayer Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland President of the RSA, 2024-2026 International Editorial Advisory Board for Regional Studies 2019 MeRSA Grant Awardee Project: “Slow Innovation in Europe’s Peripheral Regions”
Mrs Fernanda Faria Federal University of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil RSA Ambassador to Brazil (jointly with Igor Tupy since 2024) Regular Reviewer for RSA journals: ‘Spatial Economic Analysis’; ‘Area Development and Policy’; ‘Regional Studies, Regional Science’. RSA Fellow 2021 2019 Co-author of the winning RSA Best Early Career Conference Paper article entitled: “Regional Resilience […]
Professor Bruce Wilson Director, European Union Centre of Excellence Social Equity Research Centre School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT University, Australia
Dorota Czyżewska-Misztal Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland More information https://ue.poznan.pl/osoby/dr-dorota-czyzewska-misztal/
Jesper Manniche PhD, senior researcher, Rural development & Innovation Centre for Regional and Tourism Research, Bornholm, Denmark Co-organiser of the RSA Research Network on Transformative Knowledge Regions (2023-26)
Gernot Grabher Professor, Urban and Regional Economics HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board for Regional Studies and Regional Studies, Regional Science 2003 – 2019: RSA Regions and Cities Book Series Co-editor
Coro Chasco Professor, Director, Spatial and Regional Economics Group (ECONRES) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 2023 RSA Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry Project: Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Green Patents in the Eurozone
Professor Ivan Turok NRF Chair in City-Region Economies University of the Free State, South Africa RSA Ambassador to South Africa Former Editor-in-Chief of Regional Studies 2025 RSA Distinguished Service Award
Dr Martin Quinn LUMS Director of Postgraduate Programmes Reader in Organisation, Work and Technology Department of Organisation, Work and Technology, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, UK 2016 RSA Early Career Grant Awardee Project: The Search for the Social Contract in England’s Regions Member of the Place Leadership Research Network University webpage – https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/our-departments/organisation-work-and-technology/people/martin-quinn LinkedIn […]
Dayne Walling Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, USA Participant in the RSA Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalisms (NOIR) Further information: Former Mayor, City of Flint, Michigan, USA Recent paper: “Governing Infrastructure, Development and Inequality around Deindustrialized US Cities.” Territory, Politics, Governance Special Issue on Water, governance, and the dynamics of […]