Salary Package: From Level A.1 ($89,579) to A.6 ($112,550) per annum, plus 17% superannuation and annual leave loading. Full-time, fixed-term (12-month residential position) Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde About the Fellowship The China Strategic Knowledge Initiative at Macquarie University invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellowship commencing in 2027. This is a12-month, residential […]
Classification: Academic Level B Salary package: $124,638 – $141,317 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full time, Continuing Position Description and Selection Criteria: PD_PEWER_Level B Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.pdf Position overview The Research School of Management in the ANU College of Business and Economics aims to create and share management knowledge that makes a difference to organisations and […]
Expressions of interest (EOI) are invited for a PhD position on ‘Community engagement and Australia’s post-political urban planning systems’. The EOI process will close on 30 September 2026. For the full application subsequently, we will be asking for a research proposal (and there will be flexibility and room for innovation by the applicant on the approach to be taken […]
SRTSR0225 Advancing Whyalla’s Sustainable Green Transition: Housing Solutions for the new Regional Workforce Expressions of interest are invited for an important new project which will address the bottleneck in housing supply holding back Whyalla’s sustainable green transition in steel making and related industries. Housing shortages are evident across regional Australia, made worse by under-investment in […]
Professor Bruce Wilson Director, European Union Centre of Excellence Social Equity Research Centre School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT University, Australia
Professor Andrew Beer RSA Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (UK), RSA Fellow School of Management, Adelaide University, Australia RSA Board Member 2006 – 2019 Chair of the RSA Board, 2013-17 Deputy Chair and Chair of the RSA Publications Committee 2017-19 2024 RSA Regional Studies Best Referee Award 2015- 2018 RSA Research Network on Leadership and […]
The blog below offers a reflexive, research-informed reflection on regional perception and spatial scale, grounded in lived experience in Australia. While it begins with a personal anecdote, it develops insights that align with broader discussions around borders, mobility, and comparative spatial experience. It contributes to ongoing conversations about how regions are perceived, experienced, and constructed […]
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 […]
Click here to return to conference page Conference & Partnership Announcement: We are pleased to announce the collaboration between the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI), the RMIT European Union Centre of Excellence and the Regional Studies Association as part of the following conference: Global crises and Regional Futures 26-28 NOVEMBER […]
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 […]
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; […]
Sign up for an RSA membership* before midnight on the 21st August 2022 and you can participate in our Free Book Offer, where you can get a free book from our Regions and Cities Series. See below for a full list of the books available. Please be aware that there are a limited number of […]
We have long known that Australians live in a hard-working nation, with employees commonly having some of the longest working hours in the developed world. The combination of productivity and number of hours worked are, of course, fundamental for shaping the health of our economy and the wellbeing of all Australians. Shifting work-life balance and productivity […]
The RSA is pleased to support the 44th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International. The conference will be held hybrid 6th-7th December 2021 in Melbourne and focus on ‘Risk! The Challenge of Managing Risks to Regional Futures’. The RSA is sponsoring a plenary by Professor Robert Hassink, (Kiel University, […]
Regions are more than the terrestrial or the aquatic for Indigenous and First Peoples; Indigenous regions comprise the more-than-human spaces of night skies and ancestral beings and the cultural practices that imbue them with knowledge and wisdom. Regions encompass so much more than just Western thoughts and processes, yet Indigenous regions are not visible in […]
Sign up for an RSA membership before midnight on the 12th February 2021 and you can participate in our Free Book Offer, where you can get a free book worth up to £90. See below for a full list of the books available. Please be aware that there are a limited number of free books […]
We would like to welcome Tanya Chandra as our new RSA Student Representative Board Member. Tanya is a PhD candidate at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich. She is part of the Urban-Rural Systems team at Future Cities Laboratory, focused on capturing the different territorial transformation taking place across Monsoon Asia. Her doctoral work focuses […]
The Regional Studies Association are delighted to announce the appointment of the new RSA Fellows (FeRSA) for 2021. RSA Fellows are individual members who have been continuous members for a minimum of 5 years and who have also been defined as “active members”. This means that they have contributed to the life of the Association […]
Andrew Beer is currently the Executive Dean, UniSA Business, a business school that holds full, five-year accreditation EQUIS and AACSB accreditation. Andrew completed his PhD at the Australian National University in 1989 and then worked for four years in the Australian Public Service. In 1993 he accepted a lectureship at Flinders University in Adelaide, where […]
Etienne Nel is a Professor and Head of the School of Geography at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. His research interests lie at the interface between urban and economic geography and development studies. To date his research and writing have focussed in particular on issues of regional and local economic development, the […]
Nominations (both self-nominations and third-party nominations) of current members are being sought for the following awards in regional studies and related fields: Nathaniel Lichfield Award – this award is for recent Masters graduate who has graduated within the previous year; RSA PhD Student Award – this award is for registered PhD students who have not yet received […]
Within these unprecedented times, we feel that it is important to remember to celebrate the research and work that has been carried out in regional studies and its related fields, including urban and rural studies, city-regions and interstitial spaces. In 2020, the Awards have been given virtually. These awards demonstrate the aim of our association […]