Post doctoral Research Fellow: UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy, Ireland
Applications are invited for an 18 month (full time or part time) post of a Post doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy. This is a research-orientated role, where the Post doctoral Research Fellow will be engaged in the further development of the Publicpolicy.ie platform at UCD Geary Institute for […]
Two Three-Year Lectureships: Climate Change/Nature-Society, Maynooth University, Ireland
Two three-year lectureships in Geography at Maynooth University. The full details are available through the Maynooth University vacancies webpage — https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies. The deadline is 1 August Post begins: 1 September or as soon as possible thereafter. If anyone would like an informal conversation, please email gerry.kearns@mu.ie. Department webpage – https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/geography/our-people Climate change, Vacancy # […]
Shopping malls, GHG emissions and the role of policymakers in "green" transportation infrastructure in Ireland
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. In line with global trends, Ireland has seen greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increase with economic growth. As of 2016, road transport accounted for 95% of all transport related […]
Declan Jordan
Declan Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Co-Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre. Declan’s research interests include innovation, regional and urban economics, competitiveness, and innovation and enterprise policy. He has published widely in these areas in international peer reviewed journals. Declan is currently a member of the Editorial Board of […]
Justin Doran
The Chair of the RSA Ireland Section is Justin Doran, Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre and a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, University College Cork “The Regional Studies Irish Section (RSAIR) was officially open in 1974 to provide a forum to discuss regional issues in Ireland. […]
Mark Scott
Mark Scott is Professor of Planning at University College Dublin. Mark’s research is focused on theories and practices of spatial planning and governance, specifically related to rural planning, local regeneration and the environmental dimensions of spatial planning. He has published extensively in these areas and co-edited the recently published Rural Planning & Development (Routledge, 2017). […]
Dieter Kogler
Dr. Dieter F. Kogler is the Academic Director of the UCD Spatial Dynamics Lab and an Associate Prof. in Economic Geography at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin. His research focus is on the geography of innovation and evolutionary economic geography, with particular emphasis on knowledge production and diffusion, […]
Ireland
The Chair of the RSA Ireland Section is Justin Doran, Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre and a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, University College Cork “The Regional Studies Irish Section (RSAIR) was officially open in 1974 to provide a forum to discuss regional issues in Ireland. […]
Towards Coastal Resilience & Sustainability - Activating Real Coastal Transitions
The Great Regional Awakening: New Directions
Final Report: RSA Research Network on Sustainability Transitions in the Coastal Zone
Organisers: Prof. C. Patrick Heidkamp, Southern Connecticut State University Dr. John Morrissey, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Dr. Catherine Chambers, University Centre of the Westfjords Coastal areas, despite only occupying a relatively small percentage of the Earth’s land-surface, provide more than one third of the globe’s value of ecosystem services. Coastal areas are also […]
Republic of Ireland branch
The first truly non-UK branch was established in the Republic of Ireland.
Maintaining engagement in a changing policy environment
As the Association attempted to link theory and practice in regional policy and planning, a common discussion held was whether it should, or could, exert policy influence. To a degree, the extent to which the Association could seek political influence was resolved when, in 1969, it became a registered charity: under the Charities Act (1960) […]
Final Report: RSA Research Network on Financial Geographies (FinGeo)
Organisers: Martin Sokol, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Zoltán Gál, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Dariusz Wójcik, University of Oxford, UK David Bassens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium The RSA Research Network on Financial Geographies has operated with RSA support under the auspices of the Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo), launched in Oxford in 2015 (building on a […]
New Chair of RSA Ireland Section (RSAIR)
At the recent AGM of the Irish Section of the Regional Studies Association Justin Doran was elected to the role of Chairperson.
Edgar Morgenroth
Edgar Morgenroth is full Professor of Economics in DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. He is also an independent member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association having served as its vice chairman and treasurer. […]