PhD position: Technology-based social innovation and ‘progress’, Uppsala University, Sweden
PhD position in industrial engineering and management: Technology-based social innovation and ‘progress’ Supervisors: Annika Skoglund, Uppsala University Application deadline: 2:nd August 2021 Start date: Autumn 2021, to be agreed Funding: fully funded for 5 years, including 20% Departmental duties Full information here: UU job portal Project description: Technology-based social innovations that enable […]
2 Assistant Professors: Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden
Assistant Professor in Technology and Social Change: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=16572&rmlang=UK Assistant Professor in Technology and Social Change: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=16571&rmlang=UK Skilled and committed employees are a crucial factor in the success of Linköping University. And we need more of them. Our core expertise comes from teachers and researchers, but a successful university requires experienced and motivated employees in many […]
2 x PhD student in Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden
Full announcements here (available also in Swedish): PhD student in Technology and Social Change: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=16428&rmlang=UK PhD student in Technology and Social Change: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=16409&rmlang=UK Skilled and committed employees are a crucial factor in the success of Linköping University. And we need more of them. Our core expertise comes from teachers and researchers, but a successful […]
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 letter in Swedish. With kind regards Roman Hej! Jag […]
Nordic Division (NoRSA)
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 andshares 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 sociological […]
Smart City‐Regional Governance for Sustainability: Smart Governance (and Institutions) – A Question of Sustainability?
Historical Constructions of Regions and Regionalism
Final Report RSA Research Network Regional Economic and Policy History (ReHi)
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 […]
Crossing the Fehmarn Belt: A New Transnational Region in the Making
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 […]
Regional Governance in the EU
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 […]