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We are recruiting Editors to the RSA Journals: Regional Studies, Spatial Economic Analysis and Regional Studies, Regional Science. 

Several RSA journals have open calls for special issues, offering the opportunity to contribute to focused debates on key topics in regional studies. Each call outlines specific themes and deadlines for manuscript submission. Below you will find a summary of the current opportunities. Simply click on the journal name to find full details of each […]

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 […]

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 […]

A quick summary of the Index Listing and Impact Factors of the RSA journals. Journal Metrics – Regional Studies Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Indexed by Scopus More info at the T&F Regional Studies metrics page   Journal Metrics – Territory Politics Governance Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) […]

Since January 2025, all RSA journals are available exclusively in digital format. Moving online means quicker access, a lighter environmental impact, and a smoother reading experience for our members. You can read more about this transition in our 2023 news article. All journal content can now be accessed through RSA Lounge, where you’ll find 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

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 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 […]

Watch as Zack Taylor, Editor in Chief of Territory Politics Governance, presents the award for the 2025 Best Referee to Andrés Rodriguez-Pose, (London School of Economics, UK).

Watch as Jennifer Clark, Editor in Chief of Regional Studies, presents the award for the Best Paper published in 2024 to John Tomaney, Lucy Natarajan, Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, and Myfanwy Taylor,(all of University College London, UK) and Maeve Blackman, (Durham University, UK) for their paper entitled Social Infrastructure and ‘Left Behind Places’ The research […]

Watch as Zack Taylor, Editor in Chief of Territory, Politics, Governance, presents the award for the Territory, Politics, Governance Best Paper published in 2024 to Gonzalo Álvarez (University of Tarapaca, Chile).  The paper, ‘Indigenous People and Paradiplomacy: Confronting the State-centric Order from Latin American Transborder Spaces’ was authored by Gonzalo Álvarez and Cristian Ovando, both […]

Deadline: 31 July 2025 Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint an Editor to its journal Area Development and Policy (ADP). The successful candidate will join the existing team of Editors in managing the peer review of general and special issue submissions in their area of expertise, enhancing the journal’s reputation as a world-leading publication […]

Deadline: 31 July 2025 Apply here About the role The Regional Studies Association seeks to appoint a Co-Editor to the journal, Territory, Politics, Governance. The successful candidate will join the existing team of Co-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 field of regional studies, […]

The Regional Studies Association (RSA) is dedicated to supporting regional and urban research efforts globally and to disseminating research evidence. As part of these commitments and in celebration of its 60th anniversary year, the RSA has launched the Start-Up Grant Scheme to build research capacity in emerging economies and the global south. These grants are […]

As part of the RSA’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this curated collection of previously published articles from the RSA’s journals highlights the contribution of regional research to policy development and practice. Released in alignment with the 2025 Annual Conference theme, Navigating Regional Transformation, the articles have been made freely accessible for a period of time to […]

Read our journals with an RSA membership RSA member benefits include access to alll our journals. Below is a taster of content from each journal – the most read articles of 2024.  RSA members can access these articles through the RSA Lounge. Not yet a member? Join today.   Most read articles of 2024   […]

We welcome Katarzyna (Kathy) Kopczewska as a new co-editor of SEA. Katarzyna (Kathy) Kopczewska is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw, Poland. She is a quantitative economist focusing on regional socio-economic development in a spatial context. Her research includes spatial modelling of geo-localised economic processes – location and […]

We welcome Carolin Ioramashvili as the new Early Career Editor fpr Spatial Economic Analysis. Carolin is Lecturer in Innovation Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, where her research focuses on the impacts of innovation and technological change on local economies, especially on jobs and inequality. She is currently a […]

We welcome Duygu Buyukyazici as the new Early Career Editor for Regional Studies. Duygu is a postdoctoral researcher whose work spans regional development, skills-based industrial diversification, regional capabilities, and the circular economy. Her research delves into the intricate interplay between skills, innovation, and regional economic structures, examining how these factors drive industrial transitions, economic resilience, […]

We are delighted to welcome Gaurav Mittal as the Early Career Editor of Territory, Politics, Governance.  Gaurav is a Researcher in Mobility Governance at the Transport Studies Unit and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. He holds a PhD in Human Geography from the National University of Singapore, a master’s degree in […]

We welcome Steven Bond Smith as a new co-editor, moving from his current early career editor role. Steven Bond-Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Steven is an urban and regional economist with a research focus on the effects of spatial […]