The RSA is pleased to announce the publication of the 12th Policy Impact book: A seat at the table: A place for disabled entrepreneurs and innovators edited by Helen Lawton Smith, Connie L. McNeely, Jacqueline Winstanley and Ayşe Seyyide Kaptaner Demirhan. One of the editors, Helen Lawton Smith, said: “Increasing entrepreneurship by disabled people is a global […]
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of scholars and professionals. We offer a wide range of support for students and early career researchers through: Career development training and events Research and knowledge exchange opportunities Webinars and publications Achievement awards and funding Networking and mentoring initiatives Explore some of the […]
Watch as Dariusz Wojcik, Editor in Chief of Finance and Space presents the second award for the Best Paper published in 2024 to Kate Booth and Grace Martini (University of Tasmania, Australia) for their paper entitled ‘Insurance in a changing climate: from commonsense to catastrophe‘ https://doi.org/10.1080/2833115X.2024.2344496
This August, Marcus Atkinson, Head of Partnerships and Engagement at the RSA, is taking on a 5 day, 1,500km cycling challenge in support of The Launchpad Collective, a UK-based social enterprise that supports refugees to rebuild their lives through meaningful employment. The Launchpad Collective works to ensure that people with refugee experience are not only […]
Watch as Louise Kempton, Trustee of the Regional Studies Association presents the 2025 RSA Regional Leadership Award for Practice and Policy to Stephen Aldridge, Director for Analysis and Data and Chief Economist at the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to regional studies and policy.
Deadline: 30 September 2025 Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint two Editors to the journal, Regional Studies, Regional Science. The successful candidate will join the existing team of Editors in managing the peer review of general submissions in their area of expertise, enhancing the journal’s reputation as a world-leading publication in the […]
Watch as Stefania Fiorentino, Trustee of the Regional Studies Association celebrates one of the winners of the 2025 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Award. The award is given to Anne Green of City-REDI, University of Birmingham, UK.
Watch as Stefania Fiorentino, Trustee of the Regional Studies Association celebrates one of the winners of the 2025 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Award. The award is given to Joyce Liddle, of Durham University (also Visiting Professor at Newcastle University and Emerita Professor at Northumbria University).
Watch as Stefania Fiorentino, Trustee of the Regional Studies Association celebrates one of the winners of the 2025 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Award. The award is given to Professor Ivan Turok, of the University of the Free State in South Africa.
Watch as Stefania Fiorentino, Trustee of the Regional Studies Association celebrates one of the winners of the 2025 Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Award. The award is given to Flavia Martinelli, of the Universita’ Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, in Italy.
Watch as Mia Gray, Chair of the RSA Awards Committee, presents the 2025 RSA Routledge Early Career Award to Alice Garvey (University of Leeds, UK) for the co-authored paper entitled: A ‘spatially just’ transition? A critical review of regional equity in decarbonisation pathways https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102630
Deadline: 30 September 2025 Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association (RSA) and Regional Science Association International – British and Irish Section (RSAI-BIS) seek to appoint a Co-Editor to the journal, Spatial Economic Analysis. The successful candidates will join the existing team of Co-Editors in managing the peer review of general submissions in their area of […]
Deadline: 30 September 2025 Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association (RSA) and Regional Science Association International – British and Irish Section (RSAI-BIS) seek to appoint a Digital Media Editor to the journal, Spatial Economic Analysis. The successful candidate will join the existing team of editors dedicated to enhancing the journal’s reputation as a world-leading publication […]
Watch as Mia Gray, Chair of the Awards Committee, presents the 2025 Paul Benneworth PhD Student Award to Max Roessler, of the University of Greifswald, Germany and CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden for his part in the co-authored paper Shaping opportunity spaces: the role of narratives in place leadership. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2471541
Watch as Shenjing He, one of the Editors in Chief of the journal Area, Development and Policy presents the award for the Best Area Development and Policy Paper published in 2024 for the paper entitled ‘What counts as infrastructural labour? Community action as waste work in South Africa’ authored by Kathleen Stokes (Dublin City University, […]
Watch as Alan Kinder, Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association, presents the 2025 Institutional Ambassador Award to the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) in Germany, in recognition of their leadership in promoting regional issues.
The RSA is grateful to Themis Christophidou, Director-General of the European Commission’s Regional and Urban Policy department, for addressing delegates at the RSA’s recent Annual Conference in Porto, Portugal. DG Christophidou not only provided support and encouragement to regional researchers and all those passionate about regions, but she also provided important policy context for all […]
Watch as Stephen Ramos, University of Georgia, USA presents the 2025 RSA Best Book Award to Neil Lee of the London School of Economics in the UK for his book entitled Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of High-tech Economy. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/innovation-for-the-masses/epub-pdf eBook ISBN: 9780520394896
Watch as Dariusz Wojcik, Editor in Chief of Finance and Space presents the 2025 Award for the Finance and Space Best Referee to Fabio Contel, of the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Watch as Dariusz Wojcik, Editor in Chief of Finance and Space, presents the award for the Best Paper published in 2024 to Andreas Noelke (Goethe University, Germany) for his paper entitled ‘Private Institutions in Infrastructure Geoeconomics: Limits to the Rise of Emerging Economies in Global Finance’. We are delighted to present this, the very first […]
Call for Proposals for the Regional Studies Association’s Regions & Cities Book Series Published by Routledge Places, Networks, and Uneven Spatial Development Regions and cities develop unevenly, within and without, and value is created spatially across their unevenness through places and networks. Regions and cities are sub- and supra-national geographies, often with contested, overlapping boundaries, […]
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) is inviting feedback on its draft strategy to 2030. The finalised plan, due to be launched at the end of the RSA’s 60th anniversary year, will set out the next phase for our work, and we would like RSA members and others help refine our ideas for taking regional studies […]
We would like to welcome Marcus Atkinson, our new Head of Partnerships and Engagement, to the RSA team. Marcus brings extensive experience having worked across higher education, marketing, and international collaboration. His professional focus has been on facilitating meaningful, two-way interaction between academia and external organisations—supporting the societal and commercial impact of research through partnerships, […]
We would like to welcome Victoria Grout, the new Business Support Officer, to the RSA team. Victoria began her career as a Receptionist Administrator and progressed to Assistant Manager at two leading recording studios in London. She then moved into a Business Enterprises Administrator and customer service role at IPC Media. After relocating to Sussex […]