The Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites candidates for a postdoctoral position in Democratic Innovations and Moralizing Politics from 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a full-time fixed-term position for 3 years. The successful candidate will be part of the research project “Moralizing […]
Daniel Galland Associate Professor in Spatial Planning Aalborg University Department of Sustainability and Planning LAND | Land Management and Governance Recent books: Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning (2026) Planning Regional Futures (2022) RSA networks: RSA Research Network on Bridging Governance Gaps in City-Regions
Jesper Manniche PhD, senior researcher, Rural development & Innovation Centre for Regional and Tourism Research, Bornholm, Denmark Co-organiser of the RSA Research Network on Transformative Knowledge Regions (2023-26)
Henrik Halkier Professor, Tourism & Regional Development Aalborg University Business School, Denmark Organiser for the RSA Research Network on Tourism, Regional Development and Public Policy 2007 -2016
This blog follows the recent release of the book Paradiplomacy in Europe. The cases of Galicia, Åland, Flanders and Greenland. The idea of the “Europe of the regions”, multilevel governance, and the so-called paradiplomacy (Aldecoa and Keating, 2000) of substate governments is something that has less of a shine than what was the case […]
A welcome message from the RSA Ambassador to Denmark, Laura James Laura James is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Learning at Aalborg University in Denmark. Laura is a long time friend of the RSA and has been on the RSA Nordic Division (NoRSA) Board for many years. She replaces Henrik Halkier who […]
Commencing operation in 2021, a new tunnel will provide the final piece in the jigsaw linking the city of Hamburg in Germany to Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden which together form the STRING region. This fixed link will complement the existing bridge crossing the Öresund strait between Denmark and Sweden which opened to […]
Hot off the press from the European Commisssion’s Regional Policy unit is a working paper by Nicholas Charron, Lewis Dijkstra and Victor Lapuente Gine on the quality of regional governance in the EU. This is part of the ‘Regional Focus & Working Papers’ series and it contains some fascinating insights into the quality of regional […]