After a very successful first round of fellowships we would like to announce a new call for visiting research fellows. We would like to give both junior and senior researchers the opportunity to stay between two weeks and two months at our department and engage with our vibrant interdisciplinary research environment. We will provide an apartment as […]
Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University SOFI is an internationally leading research institute in the field of social policy, welfare, inequality, and labour markets and has about 100 employees. (Please visit www.sofi.su.se for more information.) The postdoc position involves full-time employment for two years (with the possibility of extension under special circumstances). […]
The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is currently advertising a position as Researcher in Practical Philosophy with a focus on Financial Ethics. The position is full time and permanent. The researcher is expected to spend most of his or her employment on research within the projects currently active in the Financial Ethics Research Group, which primarily […]
Visiting Research Fellowships, 2 weeks – 2 months, 2025 Linköping University, Tema T – Technology and Social Change, Sweden Travel and accommodation provided Application deadline: 30 September 2024 After a very successful first round of fellowships we would like to announce a new call for visiting research fellows. We would like to give both junior and senior researchers […]
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 […]