In 2024, Finance and Space, a pioneering interdisciplinary journal focusing on diverse aspects of the spatial production of finance and the financial production of space, was launched.
In 2019, the Regional Studies Policy Impact book series was launched to address topical policy questions of contemporary importance to all communities engaged in regional and urban studies.
In 2014, Regional Studies, Regional Science, an open access journal about regional and urban issues in geography, economics, regional science, environmental studies, planning and governance. was launched.
In 2016, Area Development and Policy was launched, publishing high quality, original academic research examining the economic, political, cultural and geographical contexts which play a fundamental role in shaping and developing regions, cities and rural areas.
In 2006, Spatial Economic Analysis was launched, a pioneering economics journal dedicated to the development of theory and methods in spatial economics, published by RSA and the RSAI-BIS.
In 2013, Territory, Politics, Governance, an interdisciplinary journal committed to theory and research on territorial politics and the governance of space was launched.
In January 2026, the 2026-30 Regional Studies Association Strategy is published.
In February 2024, Alan Kinder was appointed the new Chief Executive of the Association.
In March 2024, Sally Hardy retired after almost 40 years with the Association.
The School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster is pleased to offer three studentships for prospective PhD researchers starting in September 2026. Located in the heart of London, the School of Social Sciences has an active research culture to which our well-established doctoral research programme makes a vital contribution. The school is home […]
I am recruiting a full-time Research Associate in Urban Mobilities (Grade 7: £39,424–£47,779) to join the Transport Studies Unit (TSU), School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford (26-month fixed-term post, Vacancy 185069). If you know of any suitable candidates, please do forward this on – I am happy to discuss the role informally […]
Please see information below in relation to three fully funded ESRC SGSSS PhD positions in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews. Please see links to the three studentships below. Skills in rural Scotland and the green transition. Supervised by David McCollum (University of St Andrews), Harminder Battu (University […]
David Bailey is Professor of Business Economics at the Birmingham Business School and a Senior Fellow of the ESRC’s UK in a Changing Europe programme, exploring the impacts of Brexit on UK automotive and manufacturing. He has written extensively on industrial and regional policy, especially in relation to manufacturing and the auto industry. He has […]
The CreativeAI studentships (2026-29) – fully-funded PhD studentships on cutting-edge creativeAI projects – will explore the rapidly evolving relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence (AI), considering what AI does for creativity and what creativity does for AI. Six supervisor-led interdisciplinary projects bring together outstanding expertise by over 15 academic staff in arts, languages and cultures, computer science, […]
The Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) is seeking to appoint two full-time fixed-term Departmental Lecturers in International Relations. We hope to appoint one lecturer with expertise in international political economy and one in historical and interpretive approaches and methods. The Departmental Lecturers will contribute to teaching and examining in the subject of International […]
17 September 2026
Applications are open for four-year Sustainable Rural Futures Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at Keele University. There are two calls: Supervisor-designed projects see https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/five-leverhulme-doctoral-scholarships-with-keele-s-sustainable-rural-futures-programme-surf-supervisor-designed/?i131p7006 Student-proposed projects see https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/five-leverhulme-doctoral-scholarships-with-keele-s-sustainable-rural-futures-programme-surf-student-proposed/?i131p6778 Further information is also available on our website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/surf/apply/ Or contact us at surf@keele.ac.uk
Andy Pike is the Henry Daysh Professor of Regional Development Studies in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK. His research interests, publications and research projects are focused on the geographical political economy of local, regional and urban development and policy. He has undertaken research projects for the OECD, UN-ILO, […]
In recent years, industrial strategy has returned to the centre of political and economic debate. Governments across advanced economies are once again asking how they can shape growth, support innovation, and address deepening regional inequalities. For decades, however, much of industrial policy has rested on a powerful but often unquestioned assumption: that economic growth is […]
The 2nd Workshop for Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics takes place on 16–17 March 2026. The workshop aims to support women-led research by bringing together advanced PhD students, fellows, and postdoctoral researchers working in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics. Participants will present their work, receive feedback from an LSE faculty discussant, […]
15 January 2026
Our reliance on cars is one reason why domestic transport is the UK’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 2024). Using alternatives, like walking and cycling, can cut these emissions quickly (Brand et al., 2021), much quicker than even the quickest shift towards electric vehicles. Yet we continue […]
Earlier in 2025, the UK government announced a commitment to reduce spending on disability benefits by restructuring entitlements and eligibility to various health-related benefits. It claims through its Pathways to Work, papers that it seeks to reduce economic inactivity across the UK ‘…[so] that everyone who can realise the benefits of work is expected and […]
In the UK, the Covid-19 pandemic was marked by strong spatial differences in the strictness and duration of government-mandated lockdowns. The average number of weeks spent in strict lockdown was 50% higher in urban local authorities than in rural ones. The marked increase in working from home that ensued, largely facilitated by the use of […]