From green transitions to statelessness, from fiscal geographies to urban manufacturing, the RSA’s active Research Networks cover a wide range of topics. Here’s a full look at the 14 networks currently operating under the RSA umbrella, including four launched in 2025. New in 2025 MuniFisc RSA Research Network on Municipalism and Regional Fiscal Geographies With […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the RSA Research Network on VOICES — Visions on Inequality, Community, Exclusion, and Spatial Justice This Research Network on Visions on Inequality, Community, Exclusion, and Spatial Justice (VOICES) is an RSA international research network on denied agency in local and regional development, […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the RSA Research Network on Urban policy for the Sustainable Urban Manufacturing (UP-SUM). In times of climate crisis, digital transformation and the transition to a circular economy, we need to rethink the role of manufacturing in urbanised contexts. UP-SUM is an international […]
RSA Early Career Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new Early Career Grant holders for the 2025 round. Congratulations to Conor O’Driscoll and Xuanyi Maxwell Nie. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. Project title: Stuck in Place: Unpacking Residential Immobility in the UK Dr. Conor O’Driscoll is […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the RSA Research Network on Green(ing) Global Value Chains for Sustainable Regional Development (GGVC4SRD). The Green Transition presents significant economic, institutional and political shifts, challenging our understanding of sustainable regional development. Green Global Value Chains (GGVCs) and their actors, such as lead […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the RSA Research Network on Bridging Governance Gaps in City-regions: Addressing Land Take and City-Region Building through Comparative Research. Policy goals of social-ecological transformation and sustainability place a strong focus on cities (like SDG 11). A most representative indicator of these policy goals, […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the Research Network on Municipalism and Regional Fiscal Geographies (MuniFisc). An estimated 85% of the world’s population live under austerity. Over the last decade, this has generated a range of policy responses at the local, national and multilateral level. Across the Global […]
RSA Early Career Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new Early Career Grant holders for the 2024 round. Congratulations to Thi (Alice) Ngo and Ozge Yenigun. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. Alice formerly worked at the University of Manchester and University of Huddersfield before joining the University […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the Research Network on Smart Policies for Regional Innovation, Sustainability and Transitions (SPRINT). This network focuses on the smart specialisation strategy (S3) approach as an evolving method of designing place-based innovation policy. We build on three years of cooperation through the Marie […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the Research Network on Eco-Social Policy and Practice for Innovation and Transformation (ESPPRIT). This research network responds to climate change and increasing inequalities, bringing together conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches from Regional Studies, Urban and Regional Planning, Economic Geography, Regional Science, […]
We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board agreed renewal funding for the Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalisms. The NOIR Research Network has been active since 2019 and challenges regional studies to attend to infrastructural questions, by critically unpacking how infrastructure shapes regions, lives, and developmental pathways. NOIR’s Phase 2 will extend and deepen […]
Our 2023 Fellowship Research Grant (FeRSA) was awarded to Fumi Kitagawa, City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI), University of Birmingham for the following project: Supporting Regions towards Net-Zero Journeys: Alignment of Strategies and Transformation between Universities and their Places Supported by the FeRSA Grant, this project aims to investigate dynamic relationships between universities and places throughout […]
RSA Early Career Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new Early Career Grant holders for the 2023 round. Congratulations to Kaitlin Alper and Ridhotama Shanti Ottemoesoe. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Danish Centre for Welfare Studies (DaWS) at the […]
RSA MeRSA Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new MeRSA Grant holders for the 2023 round. Congratulations to Arnisson Andre Ortega and Eduardo Medeiros. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. Arnisson Andre C. Ortega is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment in […]
RSA MeRSA Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new MeRSA Grant holders for the 2022 round. Congratulations to Paula Margaretic Huertas and Simonetta Armondi. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. I gained my Ph.D. from the University of Toulouse (2012), I work at Adolfo Ibañez University, Chile, […]
RSA Early Career Grant Scheme We are very pleased to announce the new Early Career Grant holders for the 2022 round. Congratulations to Paula Prenzel and Emma Ormerod. Read below to find out more about them and their projects. Paula Prenzel is Assistant Professor of Regional Development at the University of Greifswald, Germany. She studied […]
The RSA is pleased to announce the award of £10,000 (c. $13,300; c. €11,800) to the RSA Research Network on Transformative Knowledge Regions (TRAKR). This research network explores the conceptual, methodological, empirical, and policy dimensions of the recent shift from knowledge-intensive to “transformative knowledge regions”. By doing so, it seeks to renew the understanding of knowledge […]
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) provides a range of research funding opportunities to suit different career stages and we are pleased to share with you details on forthcoming application deadlines. We encourage non-members to apply for a grant and join the RSA at the same time. Deadlines for the 2023 RSA Awards and Funding are as […]
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: the Challenges Facing Cities and Regions Authors: Ed Ferrari and Stephen Parkes Over the last decade there has been substantial progress towards the development of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). As the technology that provides CAVs with the ability to undertake more advanced driving tasks has reached the real-world testing stage, […]
The RSA is pleased to announce that its Research Network Grant Scheme is open once more. The scheme was placed on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic and has now been reinstated with a deadline of 29 November 2022. The maximum funding for a Research Network is: £10,000 (c. $13,300; c. €11,800) for newly established networks; £7,500 (c. $10,000; […]
Policy Expo: Brexit and Beyond: Manufacturing and the Challenge of Net Zero, Levelling up and Industry 4.0 The Regional Studies Association has awarded a Policy Expo to examine Brexit and Beyond: Manufacturing and the Challenge of Net Zero, Levelling up and Industry. The research will be led by: David Bailey, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, […]
Policy Expo: Going Circular: Unlocking the Potential of Regions and Cities to Drive the Circular Economy Transition The Regional Studies Association has awarded a Policy Expo to do research into how to go circular and unlocking the potential of Regions and Cities to drive the Circular Economy Transition. The research will be led by: Marcin […]
Policy Expo: Social Infrastructure and Local Development Drawing on research funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, this policy impact book critically examines the growing international interest in the role of social infrastructure in underpinning local and regional development. Drawing largely on US evidence, Klinenberg defines social infrastructure as ‘the physical places […]
Harnessing Global Value Chains for Regional Development: How to upgrade through regional policy, FDI and trade Authors: Riccardo Crescenzi and Oliver Harman This Regional Studies Policy Impact Book brings together the latest academic evidence and public policy insights with global value chains (GVCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). It comprises a comprehensive description and explanation […]