Dr. Marcin Dąbrowski is an assistant professor at the Department of Urbanism, Delft University of Technology, within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. He teaches and conducts research on spatial planning and multi-level governance, focusing on sustainable urban and regional futures. With a background in political science and extensive experience in spatial planning […]
Luisa Gagliardi is Assistant Professor at Bocconi University, Department of Management and Technology. Before joining Bocconi she was Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva, School of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on the role of human capital in shaping labor market, innovation and entrepreneurial outcomes. Among others, she studies how individual preferences and constraints relate to career […]
Andrea is Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in L’Aquila, Italy. Before joining GSSI, he received his PhD in Economic Geography from the London School of Economics and subsequently served as Assistant Professor of Economic Geography in the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning of Utrecht University. Andrea’s […]
Sally was CEO of the Regional Studies Association for over 30 years. She has developed the organisation from a small, UK-focused organisation into a global Association with an international footprint. Sally has become an advocate on publishing issues for the learned society sector, speaking regularly at national conferences and events on different aspects of Open […]
Nadir Kinossian is Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany. His research interests include territorial development, multilevel governance, cultural landscapes, and the post-socialist city. Recently, he has been working on the agentic and institutional aspects of change in old industrial regions in Europe and Russia. Currently, he is the Project […]
Mafini Dosso, PhD, is Economist of Innovation & certified project manager professional (PMP). She has 17 years of experience, including nine years as an economist and project leader at the European Commission JRC in Spain. She has co-founded OIITID, a research non-profit organisation in Côte d’Ivoire to support local knowledge development on topics such as […]
Marte C.W. Solheim is Associate Professor and Head of the Stavanger Centre for Innovation Research, UiS Business School, Norway and a public speaker on diversity and innovation. She carries out research on diversity and innovation, combining insights from organizational theory, innovation studies and economic geography She is invited to speak at national diversity conferences as […]
Louise Kempton is Professor for Urban and Regional Policy at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK. She has over 30 years’ experience as a researcher, policy maker and practitioner in local, regional and international economic development. Her current research is focused on the evolving understanding of the role of universities […]
Paula Prenzel is Assistant Professor of Regional Development at the University of Greifswald, Germany and leads a junior research group on the role of population structure in local economic development. She is particularly interested in how changes in population size and composition interact with regional disparities and innovation. Her research in economic geography engages with […]
Louise Kempton is Professor for Urban and Regional Policy at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK. She has over 30 years’ experience as a researcher, policy maker and practitioner in local, regional and international economic development. Her current research is focused on the evolving understanding of the role of universities […]
John Harrison is Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at Loughborough University, UK, where he is Associate Dean for Research & Innovation. He is an urban-regional geographer interested in the planning and governance of cities and regions. John is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Regional Studies and the section editor for ‘Urban and Regional Horizons’. His recent publications […]
Mia Bennett is an assistant professor in the Geography Department at the University of Washington. As a political geographer with geospatial skills, through fieldwork and remote sensing, she researches transportation infrastructure and natural resource development in northern frontiers, namely the Arctic, Russian Far East, and along the more remote corridors of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. […]
Michaela Trippl is Full Professor of Economic Geography at the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna, Austria. The main focus of her research is on regional innovation dynamics, regional industrial development and structural change and innovation policies. She has widely published in leading international journals such as Economic Geography, Regional […]
Peter Sunley is Professor of Human Geography, and Director of Research and Enterprise in Geography and Environment, at the University of Southampton. He has published widely on economic geography including spatial dimensions of labour and regional political economy. His research has focused on geographies of labour organisation and policy, regional and local economic development, innovation […]
Elisa Roller is Director for Competitiveness and Prosperity at the European Commission Secretariat General. She has previously been Director for Twin transition, economic and social affairs, Secretariat General and Head of Unit in the RECOVER Task Force in the Secretariat General of the European Commission. Between 2012 and 2020, she was Head of a number […]
M. Davide Parrilli is Full Professor of Regional Economic Development at Bournemouth University. He has published extensive research on SME development, clusters and districts evolution, regional innovation systems and global innovation networks, global value chains, and social capital in peer-reviewed journals such as RP, SBE, RS, ERD, EPS, TECH, RIPE. In his academic career Davide […]
Dr. Canfei He is a Changjiang Scholar and Full Professor in Economic Geography at Peking University in China. He is the dean of college of urban and environmental sciences at Peking University and the deputy director of Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy. His main research interests include evolutionary economic geography […]
Dr Stuart Dawley is a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University. His current research focuses upon the evolution of local and regional economies, particularly understanding the dynamics of path creation and development as part of the energy transition. More broadly, his research previously […]
Abigail Cooke is Assistant Professor of Geography at University at Buffalo (SUNY). She is also a co-director of the Center for Trade, Environment, and Development (CTED, formerly CUSTAC). Her research focuses on the local and regional impacts of global flows. She has studied the impacts of low-wage country import competition in the US and the […]
Lars Coenen is an economic geographer and scholar in innovation studies. His research interests converge around the geography of innovation: Why is it that some regions and cities in the world stand out in their ability to foster and diffuse novelty? What explains this spatial concentration of innovation in an era of globalization? How can […]
Weidong Liu is a full professor in Economic Geography and Director General of the Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. His areas of study are regional development and policies in China, foreign direct investments, spatial impacts of new information and communication technologies, and the changing geography of the automobile industry in China. […]
Dr Stefania Fiorentino is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), a Fellow of Downing College (Cambridge), and an Honorary Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL). Her research interest and expertise combine urban planning and economic geography for more inclusive and resilient local economic development […]
Judy is responsible for a wide range of financial accounting and compliance activities at the Regional Studies Association. Her duties include managing sales and purchase ledgers, ensuring VAT and statutory compliance, overseeing financial controls, and preparing budgets and financial analyses to support business decisions. She also handles payroll and pension administration, prepares year-end accounts, and […]
Nicola manages the planning and delivery of both online and in-person conferences and events, overseeing budgets, risk assessments, and day-to-day coordination with partners, suppliers, staff, and volunteers. She carries out targeted event marketing to ensure attendance and financial goals are met, and supports continuous improvement through delegate feedback. Nicola prepares event analyses and proposals for […]