Territories Categories: Sweden

For those who might be interested, Södertörn University (south of Stockholm) has a position opened for a doctoral student, who wants to write about post-communist countries or other Baltic Sea countries (Sweden does not count). Here is the link with the info: https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/meet-sodertorn-university/this-is-sodertorn-university/vacant-positions?fbclid=IwY2xjawPOCJ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEex9IfgFLtwpAIgTCvsCxdfHbtuXPwSeHmOAqPkjW8Nd-rWTxiNj0N00fdwXY_aem_XNScgi0Id6ZIR0MyHbUlHQ One doctoral studentship in Sociology within the research area of Politics, Economy […]

At the Department of Political Science of Lund University, we call for applications regarding a PhD position in the FORMAS funded project: “Power and Polarisation in Swedish Forestry. From Lock-ins to Sustainable Transition”   The deadline for submitting applications is 6 February 2026 – for more information see the following link: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:875444/

The RSA is pleased to announce the appointment of a new RSA Ambassador to Norway. Maria Tsouri is Associate Professor in Innovation and Regional Development at the Mohn Centre for Innovation and Regional Development, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Maria has had strong engagement with RSA over time, is a Fellow of the RSA and was the recipient […]

Welcome message from the RSA Ambassadpr to Sweden, Roman Martin Dear friends of regional studies, It is a pleasure to introduce myself to you as RSA Ambassador to Sweden. Feel welcome to contact me if you are curious about regional studies in Sweden or want to get involved in RSA. Please find below a welcome […]

NORSA was formally established at a meeting in Umeå, Sweden, in September 2008. NORSA is a non-political, voluntary, self-governing organisation with non-profit objectives and shares the aims and objects of the Regional Studies Association, which are: (a) to promote education in the field of regional studies (those studies which relate to the economic, physical and […]

Organisers Marijn Molema, Fryske Akademy, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, the Netherlands Arno van der Zwet, University of the West of Scotland, UK Martin Åberg, Centre for Regional Studies, University of Karlstad Sara Svensson, Center for Policy Studies, Central European University The past plays a crucial role in understanding, developing and implementing regional economic development […]

Commencing operation in 2021, a new tunnel will provide the final piece in the jigsaw linking the city of Hamburg in Germany to Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden which together form the STRING region. This fixed link will complement the existing bridge crossing the Öresund strait between Denmark and Sweden which opened to […]

Hot off the press from the European Commisssion’s Regional Policy unit is a working paper by Nicholas Charron, Lewis Dijkstra and Victor Lapuente Gine on the quality of regional governance in the EU. This is part of the ‘Regional Focus & Working Papers’ series and it contains some fascinating insights into the quality of regional […]