About us The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) at University College London (UCL) is an international centre specialising in academic teaching, practical training, research, and consultancy in urban and regional development and planning. It is concerned with promoting sustainable development, understanding rapid urbanisation, and encouraging innovation in the policy, planning and management responses to the […]
ully-funded 3.5 yr PhD Studentship at University of Leeds working with INFUZE and UK Department for Transport This PhD will focus on building a novel evaluation framework which is led by the citizens who are involved in the trials and demonstrations being run by the INFUZE project. This will enable an integrated assessment of the […]
The project: We invite applications for a PhD studentship in the area of Labour Market Skills and Regional Productivity, hosted by the University of Bristol Business School and delivered in collaboration with The Productivity Institute (TPI) and the South West Productivity Forum. This opportunity is particularly well-suited for students with a strong background in Economics, […]
About us The Department of Geography is a vibrant community of students, teachers and researchers. Our holistic approach encompasses both human and physical geography perspectives on global challenges and pressing environmental, geopolitical, urban and rural issues. Our research findings contribute to public debates and policy development at national and international scales, making important contributions to […]
This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Are you an ambitious researcher with a commitment to promoting positive social change? Are you passionate about delivering innovative student education in a research-intensive university? Does […]
The post is part of the Leverhulme-funded project “Rep2SI” (https://rep2si.github.io/) (for Reputation and the Reproduction of Social Inequality) led by Dr. Eleanor Power. The aim is to study the role of reputation – and people’s concern about their reputational standing – in perpetuating social inequality. This is an interdisciplinary, mixed methods project: we already have […]
The Downing Battcock Institute is an exciting and bold initiative. As a brand new institute, it seeks to galvanise policy research, discussion, implementation, and training on various themes to address some of the biggest threats faced by society. On account of a generous donation from alumnus and philanthropist, Humphrey Battcock, the College now seeks to […]
On the 9th April, 2025, the Association reached its sixtieth anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, a new logo was released and several events were organised across the year.
We are delighted to invite you to participate in City+2025@Oxford, an international conference on interdisciplinary urban studies, taking place on 29–30 September 2025 at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. The conference theme is “Urban Data Analytics and the Polycrisis.” We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract by April 20, 2025 for consideration […]
Ignazio is Professor of Regional Economic Development at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. He is also Head of the Accounting and Financial Management Department (AFM), and Research Fellow at the EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA School of Management, Angers (France). Ignazio’s work addresses multiple themes and topics in the economics and environment fields, with particular emphasis on […]
Ignazio is Professor of Regional Economic Development at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. He is also Head of the Accounting and Financial Management Department (AFM), and Research Fellow at the EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA School of Management, Angers (France). Ignazio’s work addresses multiple themes and topics in the economics and environment fields, with particular emphasis on […]
Ignazio is Professor of Regional Economic Development at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. He is also Head of the Accounting and Financial Management Department (AFM), and Research Fellow at the EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA School of Management, Angers (France). Ignazio’s work addresses multiple themes and topics in the economics and environment fields, with particular emphasis on […]
Ignazio is Professor of Regional Economic Development at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. He is also Head of the Accounting and Financial Management Department (AFM), and Research Fellow at the EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA School of Management, Angers (France). Ignazio’s work addresses multiple themes and topics in the economics and environment fields, with particular emphasis on […]
A great opportunity to join a growing team and contribute teaching on the MSc Transport and Urban Planning at the University of Manchester. https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=31671 We are looking for expertise in transport planning, including but not limited to transport modelling, transport economics and appraisal and transport policy, and experience in teaching/using industry standard transport modelling and […]
Tom joined the RSA in 2025 as the Head of Publishing after many years working for leading academic publishers, specifically Elsevier and Sage Publishing. At the latter, as a Director, he helped lead the development of the company’s (then) nascent medicine and life science programme, as well as its gold OA journal programme. Throughout his […]
Resilience of pastoral societies to social-ecological change in central Kenya https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-opportunities/research-students/research-studentships/resilience-pastoral-societies-central-kenya/ Duration: Full-Time – between three and three and a half years fixed term Application deadline: 27 May 2025 Start date: September 2025 For further details contact: Dr James Bennett – apy073@coventry.ac.uk Introduction Pastoralism is a livelihood strategy premised on livestock mobility in marginal environments around the world, […]
This year the CJRES annual conference is taking place in Cambridge at St. Catherine’s College the 17th and 18th of July 2025, as usual sponsored by the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient’ Further on the call for papers is available here: https://cpes.org.uk/events/cjres2025/ The current deadline for […]
Sustainability First is recruiting a policy researcher (energy & water) – which I thought may be of possible interest to some of your alumni community / jobs network. More detail about the role and a job description can be downloaded from the Sustainability First website – Sustainability First – Policy Researcher – January 2025<https://sustainabilityfirst.org.uk/work-with-us/> Deadline […]
Funded PhD Studentship: The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affected societies. Project details Everyday economic spaces and practices give insight into […]
COMING SOON: Rethinking Economic (in)Activity UKRI funding opportunity UKRI is looking to fund an interdisciplinary project that will identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal care in the UK. The opportunity is open to all disciplines covered by UKRI and we particularly welcome proposals that cut […]
Conscious that next year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Regional Studies Association (RSA), at the most recent meeting of the RSA Board, Board members and I began thinking about an updated strategy for the Association. We agreed that a strategic plan should be finalised no later than December 2025. Why take […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how and where we work. Rates of remote working skyrocketed during national lockdowns; for many, this was the ‘grand experiment nobody wanted’. […]
Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international context, […]
Sarah Ayres is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international context, […]