Apply for the RSA Early Career Grant Scheme
RSA Early Career Grant Scheme This award is open to individual applicants in their early career (five years maximum between the date showing on the certificate and the application deadline). Applicants must be based within an eligible higher education institution and must be a current, early career member of the RSA. This grant aims to […]
MeRSA & FeRSA deadlines are approaching
The RSA Fellows you are eligible to apply for the RSA Fellowship Research Grant Scheme (FeRSA). The FeRSA Grant was introduced to support the research of established researchers and long-term RSA members. This grant aim to support a discrete piece of regional studies and/or regional science research. The value of the grant is up to […]
Application Process for our Research Network Grant Scheme is now open
In 1985, the RSA Board agreed to introduce Research Networks (formerly referred to as Working Groups) to our activity portfolio. In 2015, the Research Network funding award was increased as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Association. The maximum funding for Research Network is: £10,000 (c. $12,700; c. €11,200) for newly established networks; £7,500 (c. $9,500; c. €8,400) […]
Policy Expo 2018: HEIs in Regional Development
Policy Expo 2018: Putting Universities in their Place – An Evidence Based Approach to Understanding the Contribution of Higher Education to Local and Regional Development Expo organisers: Mark Tewdwr-Jones, University College London, UK Louise Kempton, Newcastle University, UK Paul Vallance, Sheffield University, UK Maria Conceição Rego, Evora University, Portugal Lucir Reinaldo Alves, Western Parana State […]
Policy Expo 2018: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
View the webinar recording featuring an RSA-sponsored new book The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as Epochal Regionalisation: Speaker: Xiangming Chen, Trinity College, USA Discussant: Vanessa T. Tang, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Chair: Tyanai Masiya, University of Pretoria, South Africa RSA Policy Expo 2018: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Better Policies for Alleviating Risks […]
Policy Expo 2017: Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0
On the behalf of the RSA community we would like to warmly congratulate to the Policy Expo 2017 winner: Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0: Upgrading Regional Capabilities for a Balanced Industrial Development and Growth Through Networks.
Regional governance and institutional learning processes and their impact on regional labour markets’ resilience to shocks of refugee immigration: Four case studies in Sweden and Germany
Introduction This research is financially supported by an MERSA research grant. It investigates linkages between the current programs and activities to foster the integration of refugee immigrants primarily from Syria into labour markets and the experiences in the two countries with refugees from Bosnia after 1992. The basic research questions refer to the relevance of […]
Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0: Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth
New RSA Europe Publication: NEW IDEAS FOR POST-2020 COHESION POLICY: STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH