Ph.D. Research Assistantship Social dimensions of Ocean Energy Dr. Linda D’Anna and Dr. Eric Wade are recruiting a Ph.D. student to study the social dimensions of ocean energy to start in Fall 2026. The student will assist in investigating the introduction of ocean energy technologies using place-based frameworks to advance our understanding of social acceptance (or resistance) and engagement. The project will explore […]
Le département de géographie de l’Université de Montréal est à la recherche d’un.e professeur.e adjoint.e spécialisé.e en étude de l’environnement en géographie humaine. Vous pourriez travailler, entre autres, sur l’étude des transformations socio-écologiques, l’écologie politique, les changements climatiques, la justice environnementale et/ou la géographie des risques et infrastructures/réseaux. Le département de géographie de l’Université de Montréal est reconnu pour […]
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Vanderbilt University Close Date: Dec 15, 2025 Description Vanderbilt University seeks an Assistant Professor of the Practice in climate and environmental policy. This non-tenure-track position is housed in the interdisciplinary Climate and Environmental Studies program, which is part of broader initiatives on climate and environmental sustainability, governance, and policy across […]
We are pleased to announce that we will run a special track (i.e., set of research paper panels) at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association (UAA), taking place from April 29 – May 2, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. The session, titled The City-Region Reimagined: Intersections of Theory, Policy, Practice, and Place, will […]
Closing date: November 14, 2025 As part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has launched the “Science Silk Road” program, aimed at investing in science, technology and innovation in countries along this newly envisioned Silk Road. Observers suggest that the emerging Science Silk Road may be exporting a distinct form of “Chinese science”, […]
Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies The Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies (GENUS) at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is accepting applications for five-year assistantships for the pursuit of a doctoral degree. Applications are due December 1, 2025. The assistantship provides a stipend plus tuition remission. For more information on conditions of […]
On November 25th 2024, the Ontario government officially passed Bill 212, which became the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024. This legislation greenlit the proposal to implement a framework for bike lanes that require the removal of a traffic lane. For the city of Toronto, this meant the removal of existing bike lanes on […]
Clusters are geographically concentrated areas of activity around a certain industry. The central question for modern cluster theory from the perspective of industry dynamics is why firms co-locate in the same space. The classic example is Silicon Valley, where multiple IT companies compete side by side, amidst some of the highest costs in the world. […]
Women’s Entrepreneurship and Rural Regional Revitalisation – Comparative Study Women’s Entrepreneurship and Rural Regional Revitalisation – Comparative Study addresses the persistent policy challenge of how to stimulate economic revitalisation in ‘left behind’ rural regions. This comparative, exploratory ethnographic study examines the extent to which locally led entrepreneurial ventures by less-visible social actors (rural women) are contributing […]
Stephen is a professor of urbanism in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on port cities, infrastructure, and logistics. Stephen is an active member of the international planning history community, serving as Associate Editor of Planning Perspectives, the U.K.-based journal of the International Society of Planning History, for […]
As in previous years, the RSA will again have a strong presence at this year’s AAG, which will take place from March 24-28 2025 in Detroit,USA. Publishing Regional Studies Research will focus on publishing, where RSA members and editors will unravel the mysteries in an engaging session around this topic. Publishing Regional Studies Research: from […]
The agricultural sector is entering an “age of disruption” (Deloitte, 2015). Advances in technology, like robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), are reshaping farm work and rural development (RBC, 2019; The Economist, 2016). Agricultural technology (AgTech) adoption is viewed as critical in solving global challenges such as feeding a growing world population, responding to the impacts […]
Zack Tayor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities, and political geography, his work lies at the intersection of political science, urban geography, planning studies, and urban sociology. He is a fellow at the Institute on Municipal and […]
Zack Tayor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities, and political geography, his work lies at the intersection of political science, urban geography, planning studies, and urban sociology. He is a fellow at the Institute on Municipal and […]
Geographies of Refugee Resettlement and Post-industrial Urban Renewal in Rust Belt Cities Refugees are active agents of urban change. According to the United Nations, 60 percent of the world’s refugees are in cities and as such, cities of today are uniquely positioned to seek solutions that address refugee concerns alongside interrelated urban social justice and […]
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Newfoundland and Tasmania, Australia, have been described as ‘mirror islands’ with striking linkages. Site of one of the field excursions during the authors’ 12-day exchange to Tasmania, Australia. (Author Provided, Brady Reid) In an era of “global […]
Grete Gansauer is an economic geographer and interdisciplinary public policy researcher focused on regional development, place-based policy, and the local state in peripheral regions and ‘left behind’ places. Focusing on rural contexts and natural resource production, her research examines regional development and sustainability challenges amidst spatial inequality, and how central policies ‘touch down’ at the […]
Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visiting Professor of City and Regional Planning with the School of Business at the University of Stavanger in Norway. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, […]
It was great to see six sessions at RSA 2023 in Ljubljana as part of a theme on Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Sustainability. Several other sessions were focused on sustainability as well. Many of the papers presented technical analyses of supporting blue or green economy initiatives. While these are much needed, we also need […]
Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visiting Professor of City and Regional Planning with the School of Business at the University of Stavanger in Norway. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, […]
Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry: Racial Disparities of the Paycheck Protection Program: Focusing on Structural Differences in Banking Infrastructure This project examines the distributional outcomes of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was implemented by the U.S. federal government to preserve jobs in small businesses in response to the 2020 coronavirus […]
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) provides a range of research funding opportunities to suit different career stages and we are pleased to share with you details on forthcoming application deadlines. We encourage non-members to apply for a grant and join the RSA at the same time. Deadlines for the 2023 RSA Awards and Funding are as […]
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. During the COVID-19 pandemic, select regions around the globe formed ‘travel/quarantine bubbles’ with imposed hard borders such as the ‘Trans-Tasman Bubble’ involving New Zealand and Australia and the […]
The RSA is pleased to announce that its Research Network Grant Scheme is open once more. The scheme was placed on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic and has now been reinstated with a deadline of 29 November 2022. The maximum funding for a Research Network is: £10,000 (c. $13,300; c. €11,800) for newly established networks; £7,500 (c. $10,000; […]