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In 2024, Finance and Space, a pioneering interdisciplinary journal focusing on diverse aspects of the spatial production of finance and the financial production of space, was launched.

In 2019, the Regional Studies Policy Impact book series was launched to address topical policy questions of contemporary importance to all communities engaged in regional and urban studies.

In 2014, Regional Studies, Regional Science, an open access journal about regional and urban issues in geography, economics, regional science, environmental studies, planning and governance.  was launched.

In 2016, Area Development and Policy was launched, publishing high quality, original academic research examining the economic, political, cultural and geographical contexts which play a fundamental role in shaping and developing regions, cities and rural areas.

In 2006, Spatial Economic Analysis was launched, a pioneering economics journal dedicated to the development of theory and methods in spatial economics, published by RSA and the RSAI-BIS.

In 2013, Territory, Politics, Governance, an interdisciplinary journal committed to theory and research on territorial politics and the governance of space was launched.

In January 2026, the 2026-30 Regional Studies Association Strategy is published.

In February 2024, Alan Kinder was appointed the new Chief Executive of the Association.

In March 2024, Sally Hardy retired after almost 40 years with the Association.

The School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster is pleased to offer three studentships for prospective PhD researchers starting in September 2026. Located in the heart of London, the School of Social Sciences has an active research culture to which our well-established doctoral research programme makes a vital contribution. The school is home […]

The Department of Social Sciences and Business (ISE), Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as PhD fellow as part of the Danish Research Council 4-year interdisciplinary project “A Just Transition: Indigenous Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the Green Transition in the Arctic (AJUST)” led by Associate Professor of law Miriam Bak McKenna (principal investigator). The […]

I am recruiting a full-time Research Associate in Urban Mobilities (Grade 7: £39,424–£47,779) to join the Transport Studies Unit (TSU), School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford (26-month fixed-term post, Vacancy 185069). If you know of any suitable candidates, please do forward this on – I am happy to discuss the role informally […]

I am sharing a call (pdf link) for two PhD researchers to work on the repression, criminalization, securitization, and human rights-ization of climate activism in UK and Germany. The project is part of my ERC Starting Grant “Legal Governmentality – governing climate activism through criminal law and human rights in Europe (LeGo)” (2026 – 2031, […]

Please see information below in relation to three fully funded ESRC SGSSS PhD positions in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews. Please see links to the three studentships below.  Skills in rural Scotland and the green transition. Supervised by David McCollum (University of St Andrews), Harminder Battu (University […]

David Bailey is Professor of Business Economics at the Birmingham Business School and a Senior Fellow of the ESRC’s UK in a Changing Europe programme, exploring the impacts of Brexit on UK automotive and manufacturing. He has written extensively on industrial and regional policy, especially in relation to manufacturing and the auto industry. He has […]

Noela Mahmutaj (PhD) is an early-career researcher and lecturer at the Institute of European Studies at the University of Tirana, Albania. Her main research interests and publications focus on IR topics, especially those related to contemporary geopolitics and external influences in the Western Balkans and Black Sea regions. She has published several research papers and […]

The Labour Geography Unit at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich (UZH) invites applications for a full-time postdoc or senior researcher post. The appointment will be for four years and start in June 2026 at the latest. The appointee will conduct research in the project “Underemployed” that was awarded an ERC Advanced […]

The CreativeAI studentships (2026-29) – fully-funded PhD studentships on cutting-edge creativeAI projects – will explore the rapidly evolving relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence (AI), considering what AI does for creativity and what creativity does for AI. Six supervisor-led interdisciplinary projects bring together outstanding expertise by over 15 academic staff in arts, languages and cultures, computer science, […]

The Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) is seeking to appoint two full-time fixed-term Departmental Lecturers in International Relations. We hope to appoint one lecturer with expertise in international political economy and one in historical and interpretive approaches and methods. The Departmental Lecturers will contribute to teaching and examining in the subject of International […]

From CSIL, we are pleased to share information about our upcoming Workshop on Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE), which will take place in Milan on 11–13 May 2026. The workshop focuses specifically on the application of counterfactual methods to regional and cohesion policy evaluation, addressing questions that could be very relevant for RSA members: How can […]

The Department of Geography at Uppsala University (www.kultgeog.uu.se) would like to announce two openings in our PhD program, with a start date of 1 September 2026. The positions are fully-funded for four years, and PhD students receive full-time salaries with benefits such as (almost free) health care. One position is available in housing and urban […]

Applications are open for four-year Sustainable Rural Futures Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at Keele University. There are two calls: Supervisor-designed projects see https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/five-leverhulme-doctoral-scholarships-with-keele-s-sustainable-rural-futures-programme-surf-supervisor-designed/?i131p7006 Student-proposed projects see https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/five-leverhulme-doctoral-scholarships-with-keele-s-sustainable-rural-futures-programme-surf-student-proposed/?i131p6778 Further information is also available on our website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/surf/apply/ Or contact us at surf@keele.ac.uk