Henrik Halkier Professor, Tourism & Regional Development Aalborg University Business School, Denmark Organiser for the RSA Research Network on Tourism, Regional Development and Public Policy 2007 -2016
Professor David Charles Northumbria University, UK 2025 RSA Policy Expo Grant Project: University support for regional policy development: Hubs and Networks David Charles is Professor of Enterprise and Innovation at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University and a member of the EPIC research centre. David’s research has focused primarily on regional aspects of innovation and innovation […]
Dr. Simón Sánchez-Moral Department of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. https://www.ucm.es/geografia/simon-sanchez-moral 2020 MeRSA Grant Project: “Disentangling COVID-19 as a driving force of path development processes in Spain”. Further information Deputy Editor Journal of Regional Research-Investigaciones Regionales.
Professor Tomasz Mickiewicz Centre for Business Prosperity, Department of Economics and International Business, Aston University, UK Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University College London Regional Studies Co-editor, 2013-2018. Research interests: regional economics, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems, local social capital, human capital, institutions, Central Eastern Europe, UK Further Details: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, co-editor Recent publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=C7u33xwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Miriam de Oliveira Gonçalves (PhD Candidate) CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 2026 RSA Conference Bursary 2025 RSA Research Network on Peripheries and Peripherality (EdgeNet) Workshop and Presentation, Peripheries Research at the Edge, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden 2025 RSA Research Network on Smart Policies […]
Professor Max Munday Cardiff Business School, Wales Chair of RSA Wales Branch
Professor John Harrison Loughborough University, UK RSA Trustee, RSA Board Member (Conference & Events) Regional Studies Deputy Editor-in-Chief Regional Studies Urban and Regional Horizons Section Editor 2011 RSA Award for Early Career Excellence
Prof. Roger Vickerman Emeritus Professor, School of Economics, University of Kent, UK Visiting Professor, Transport Strategy Centre, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK Web page: https://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/people/3276/vickerman-roger
dr. Martijn Smit Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2024 FeRSA Grant Project: Lonely Teleworkers
Professor Nicola Pontarollo University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy 2016 RSA Travel Grant RSA Fellowship (FeRSA) (2018 – present) 2021 RSA Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry Project: Build back better cities for aged people in Europe Nicola Pontarollo is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Management at […]
Dr. Karel (K.B.J.) Van den Berghe Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands RSA Policy Impact Book Series (Going circular: unlocking the potential of regions and cities to drive the circular economy transition) 2022 RSA Annual Conference Early Career Keynote Speaker RSA Research Network Grant on Polycentricity (2020-2022) Other information Horizon Europe RIA grant No. […]
Joanie Willett Associate Professor in Politics, University of Exeter, UK Co-editor, Territory, Politics, Governance Co-convenor: RSA Research Network Edgenet on Peripheries 2023-2026 RSA Research Network Grant: Edgenet 2018-2019 MeRSA Research Grant: Understanding Brexit and Trump in Post-Industrial, Peripheral Areas: Implications for Regional Development. Led to the publication of the first monograph, Affective Assemblages and Local […]
Alasdair Reid European Future Innovation System (EFIS) Centre, Belgium
Dr. Masakazu Aoki Professor of Faculty of Business Administration, Bunkyo University, Japan My research interests are “decentralization and collaboration between municipalities” and “the role of local communities in regional tourism industries”.
Professor John Agnew Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Italian, University of California, Los Angeles, USA President of the Regional Studies Association, 2021-2024. Founding Editor-in-Chief, Territory, Politics, Governance (2012-2019) Member of Editorial Boards of Territory, Politics, Governance and Regional Studies, Regional Science.
Dr Cristina Lincaru National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection (INCSMPS), Bucharest, Romania Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (FeRSA) since 29 January 2020. Research interests include labour market dynamics, regional development, digital transformation, spatial inequalities and evidence-based public policy. I have also benefited from RSA Conference Bursaries supporting my participation in RSA […]
dr. Ilaria Mariotti DAStU-Politecnico di Milan, Italy Chair of the RSA Publications Committee, 2026 2025 RSA Policy Expo Grant: FIERE (Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rural Europe: Evaluating the Impact of Policy Support through Collaborative Spaces) 2020 Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry: The growth of remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Anton Filipenko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine Anton Filipenko
Tony Champion Emeritus Professor of Population Geography, CURDS/GPS, Newcastle University, UK Committee member of the RSA Northern Branch 1976-80, Chairman 1980-83. Deputy Editor and Book Review Editor of the Regional Studies journal, 1979-84. Member of the RSA Executive Committee 1981-86. Northern Region Secretary to the RSA Inquiry into the Regional Problem in the UK, 1982-83. […]
Dr. Joan Fitzgerald Northeastern University, Boston, USA Former Editor in Chief, RSA-Routledge Cities and Regions Book Series Former RSA Board member FeRSA
Professor Max Nathan University College London, Centre for Economic Performance and IZA@LISER 2015 RSA Early Career Grant Project: Evaluating Tech City: Identifying effects on firm entry, employment and rents using difference in difference analysis Further details Editorial board member, Economic Geography Full profile: https://max-nathan.github.io/
Prof. Iván Tartaruga Researcher and professor of Economic Geography (Innovation and Sustainable Territorial Development) Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning (CEGOT), University of Porto, Portugal https://cegot.pt/en/members/ivan-gerardo-peyre-tartaruga Professor/supervisor at: PhD course in Geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, Portugal Master in Cities Challenges, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of […]
Dr Jean-Paul Addie Georgia State University Associate Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science Co-Director (with Michael Glass and Jen Nelles) of the RSA Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalism (NOIR), 2019-2027. NOIR is a community of scholars working at the intersection of infrastructure and regional studies to foster innovative, interdisciplinary, and multi-scalar knowledge of how regional space […]
Prof. Alejandra Trejo Nieto Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental studies, El Colegio de Mexico. RSA Ambassador to Mexico Chair of the RSA Latin America Division. 2023 RSA Distinguished Service Awards 2023 RSA Best Original Blog, “The Regional Dimension of Inequality in Latin America and Mexico” 2021 RSA Global Conference Bursary Winner, Beijing. China. To present […]