Original listing Reference number PAR 2023/1392 The University of Gothenburg tackles society’s challenges with diverse knowledge. 56 000 students and 6 600 employees make the university a large and inspiring place to work and study. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract researchers and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the […]
The Department of Human Geography at Uppsala University in Sweden currently has an open position for a chaired Professor of Human Geography (meaning: human geography generally, i.e., very broadly defined). Our department currently has two chairs: one held by Don Mitchell, and one vacant (the one currently advertised). The ad has a deadline on May […]
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked as one of the world’s leading universities. There are approximately 45,000 students and more than 8,000 employees in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our quest to understand, explain and improve our world and people’s conditions. Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and […]
The Department of Human Geography at Stockholm University Sweden welcomes applications for a fully funded place on our Doctoral Studies program in Human Geography. PhD student in Geography with an emphasis on Human geography within residential mobility, segregation, neighborhood studies, housing studies, or migration at the Department of Human Geography. Stockholm, Ref. No. SU FV-0659-24 Closing date: 1 April 2024. The Department […]
Peripheral Regional Development: Researchers’ Roles in Empowering Sustainable Futures 3-5 June 2024, Umeå, Sweden CALL FOR PAPERS We hereby invite PhD students and recently graduated PhDs to participate in the 6th workshop of the Young Economic Geographers Network (YEGN) “Peripheral Regional Development: Researchers’ Roles in Empowering Sustainable Futures”, which this year will be held in […]
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 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 […]
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 […]