The Branch Chair, Elvira Uyarra, is a Reader, Innovation Policy & Strategy and Director, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester. Elvira says: Having been a member of the RSA for over a decade, RSA Fellow since 2017 and having attended the conferences since my PhD days, I am honored to contribute to the […]
The current RSA East Midlands Branch Chair is Kate Broadhurst, lecturer in innovation and strategy in the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University. Past Events Global Perspectives on Mayoral Leadership: Supporting Regional Dialogue 15 January 2026, Nottingham Business School, UK The Centre for Economy, Policy and Place at Nottingham Business School (NBS) held […]
The Chair of the RSA Yorkshire and Humberside Branch, Will Eadson, is a Reader in Urban and Regional Sustainability at CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University. Will has been involved in the RSA for over a decade and, more generally, has taken an active role in promoting urban and regional studies as a discipline since the early […]
The Chair of the West Midlands Branch, Jun Du is Professor of Economics and Director of Lloyds Banking Centre for Business Prosperity at Aston Business School, Aston University. Jun Du says: Hello! This is Jun Du, Chair of RSA in West Midlands. It is my great pleasure to send this welcome message to you at […]
The Chair of the RSA South West Branch, Ian Smith, is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). Ian says I work on a wide range of issues relating to regional economics and to the production of public policy at different territorial levels. In this, I hold […]
Ignazio Cabras is Professor of Regional Economic Development and Head of the Accounting and Financial Management Department at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. His research interests are focused on economics and environment, with particular emphasis on regional growth and networks, public sector management, employment issues, urban-rural dynamics, sustainability, community cohesion and social capital, the beer […]
Welcome from the Branch Chair Hi there. I’m Dave Valler, Reader in Planning in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University. It’s an honour to take up the Chair of the RSA London and South East Branch and I look forward to meeting and working with colleagues within and outside the area. […]
The Chair of the RSA Wales Section is Max Munday, Director of the Welsh Economy Research Unit at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. “The Welsh section of the RSA has been active since the early 1990s. The Welsh economy is a valuable lens through which to examine regional policy and economic issues, being a devolved administration […]
Message from Dr Micaela Mazzei I am a Senior Lecturer at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, and a program leader for an MSc in Social Innovation at Glasgow Caledonian University. I have studied political science and sociology at the University of Florence. I hold a Master Degree in Applied Social Research from […]
Please click here to access the external RSA Poland Section website. Publications The Polish Section of the Regional Studies Association co-publishes the quarterly journal “Studia Regionalne i Lokalne” (Regional and Local Studies) on regional, local and urban development in Polish and English. The journal is indexed in the SCOPUS database, offers full open access and authors do […]
The Chair of the RSA Ireland Section is Justin Doran, Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre and a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, University College Cork. The Regional Studies Irish Section (RSAIR) was officially opened in 1974 to provide a forum to discuss regional issues in Ireland. […]
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NORSA was formally established at a meeting in Umeå, Sweden, in September 2008. NORSA is a non-political, voluntary, self-governing organisation with non-profit objectives and shares the aims and objects of the Regional Studies Association, which are: (a) to promote education in the field of regional studies (those studies which relate to the economic, physical and […]
What are the benefits of the RSA membership? AFILIACIÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE ESTUDIOS REGIONALES DIVISIÓN DE AMÉRICA LATINA La Asociación de Estudios Regionales (Regional Studies Association) es la plataforma ideal para que investigadores, decisores políticos y profesionales involucrados en el desarrollo urbano y regional a través de su investigación y su trabajo profesional puedan desarrollar sus […]
We continue to support and develop RSA networks across India. If you would like to connect with RSA members based in India or learn more about regional activities, please get in touch with Marcus Atkinson (marcus.atkinson@regionalstudies.org), who can provide further information and help facilitate introductions. We are anticipating the prospect of hosting a networking session […]
In 2014, the RSA established its China Division, headquartered at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Division offers a discounted membership rate for new members based in China who join the RSA through this branch. An RSA China Division membership includes the following benefits: Online access to RSA Journals and Policy Expo publications RSA funding […]
The Chair of the RSA East of England Branch, Pete Tyler is Professor, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in Land Economy at St. Catharine’s College Peter Tyler is a Professor in Urban and Regional Economics. He has been a Project Director for over 70 major research projects for the […]
The Chair of the RSA Hungary Section is Viktor Varjú, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Regional Studies, KRTK, HUN-REN. Az RSA fontos csatornát jelent a magyar és a nemzetközi regionális tanulmányi (és tudományi) közösségek között. Az RSA-n keresztül a hazai kutatók hamar értesülhetnek a kulcsfontosságú nemzetközi trendekről és az RSA nemzetközi közössége is értesül a […]
The RSA CEE Division comprises Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. However, the CEE Division is inclusive and we also welcome members from other countries not listed here. The CEE Division is a limited agent for the […]