Dr Nicola Francesco Dotti European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, Chief Economist Unit, Belgium 2011 – 2016/ 2016 – 2021, Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on the EU Cohesion policy (CPnet) Currently working in the European Commission on the European R&I geography, economics of science, and strategic foresight.
Dr Petya Slavova Associate Professor Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her recent research projects explore the socio-economic aspects of the rural–urban nexus in the post-socialist context from a range of perspectives, including local food, the social economy, and bioregions. She was an invited closing plenary speaker at the RSA Central and Eastern […]
Dr. Teodora Dogaru Independent Regional and Urban Policy Consultant/Academic lecturer (based in The Hague, The Netherlands) I am an urban researcher whose analytical interests stem from both economic and societal/community environments. My background situates at the cross-road of various disciplines such as economic geography/Economics, urban planning or cultural analysis. My work experience is built around […]
Dr Mark Sandford, House of Commons Library, UK 2024 RSA Distinguished Service Award RSA Professional Development Webinar Series Speaker (Engaging with the workings of Parliament)
Prof Jen Nelles Oxford Brookes University, UK North American Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science Co-Director of the RSA Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalisms (NOIR) since 2019
Professor Emeritus Jim Walsh, D. Litt (NUI) Maynooth University, Ireland Department of Geography and Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland Member of the Regional Studies Association from 1979. Executive Committee of the Irish Branch in 1987 Chairman of the Ireland Branch between 1994-1998, member of the International Executive Committee 1993-1996 Organised national conferences on […]
Prof. Ben Derudder KU Leuven, Belgium Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Special Issues Editor, Regional Studies Coordinator of the RSA Research Network on Polycentric Urban Regions (2017-2021), (with John Harrison, Michael Hoyler, Evert Meijers, and Xingjian Liu). This has inter alia resulted in special issues in two RSA journals, i.e. Regional Studies (Polycentric urban regions: conceptualization, identification […]
Réka Horeczki ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary RSA member since 2016 More details: https://rki.krtk.hun-ren.hu/en/colleagues/reka-horeczki/
Dr. Serafin Pazos-Vidal European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL), Belgium Co-Organiser of the 2019-2024 RSA Research Network on Cohesion Policy (CPNet) Professional Background Senior Expert and policy lead on Territorial Development, European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL) Thematic coordinator of the association´s work on Territorial Development leading policy work on […]
Prof Niamh Moore-Cherry University College Dublin, Ireland Reviewer for Regional Studies; Territory, Politics and Governance Other information: Niamh is Dean of Social Sciences and College Principal in the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, Full Professor in Urban and Regional Governance and Sustainability; and an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College […]
Dr. Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation. Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK Associate Editor Regional Studies, Regional Science Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo is Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School and Deputy Director of the Manchester Institute […]
Dimitri Corpakis Formerly European Commission (E.U.), Belgium Member of the RSA Research Committee (2024-2027) 2021 RSA Fellow (FeRSA) 2023 Award for Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Dr Dimitri Corpakis, is an independent expert, writing and talking on innovation, growth and technological change. An engineer and planner by training, he has close to 45 years’ experience […]
Professor Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics, UK Regional Studies Co-Editor Co-Organiser of the 2025 RSA Research Network on Green(ing) Global Value Chains for Sustainable Regional Development (GGVC4SRD) Co-author of the 2022 RSA Policy Expo Book: Global Value Chains and Regional Innovation
Andy Pike Henry Daysh Professor of Regional Development Studies, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK. His research interests, publications and research projects are focused on the geographical political economy of local, regional and urban development and policy. He has undertaken research projects for the OECD, UN-ILO, European Commission, UK Government […]
Dr hab. Grzegorz Micek, prof. UJ Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland My research interests lie within economic and human geography, with a particular focus on the spatial reorganisation of business services, the geographical patterns and determinants of collaborative spaces, the evolution of emerging industries, and the restructuring of manufacturing across Central Europe. I was co-organiseer of […]
Andrea Belmartino Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy RSA Network Research Grant: KIRDSA (2023 and 2025) 2025 RSA Conference Bursary RSA Member since 2019 Contact Andrea via LinkedIn
Andy Jonas Emeritus Professor of Human Geography, University of Hull, UK Past Editorial Board member of Territory Politics Governance 2015 Fellowship Research Grant Project: Global Infrastructure Public-private Partnerships and The Geopolitics of City-Regions
Prof. Dr. Heike Mayer Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland President of the RSA, 2024-2026 International Editorial Advisory Board for Regional Studies 2019 MeRSA Grant Awardee Project: “Slow Innovation in Europe’s Peripheral Regions”
Dorota Czyżewska-Misztal Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland More information https://ue.poznan.pl/osoby/dr-dorota-czyzewska-misztal/
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)
Gernot Grabher Professor, Urban and Regional Economics HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board for Regional Studies and Regional Studies, Regional Science 2003 – 2019: RSA Regions and Cities Book Series Co-editor
Coro Chasco Professor, Director, Spatial and Regional Economics Group (ECONRES) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 2023 RSA Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry Project: Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Green Patents in the Eurozone
Dr Martin Quinn LUMS Director of Postgraduate Programmes Reader in Organisation, Work and Technology Department of Organisation, Work and Technology, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, UK 2016 RSA Early Career Grant Awardee Project: The Search for the Social Contract in England’s Regions Member of the Place Leadership Research Network University webpage – https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/our-departments/organisation-work-and-technology/people/martin-quinn LinkedIn […]
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