We’re excited to announce new PhD positions available in the Science, Society & sustainability (3S) research group. Please share these details with anyone who you think might be interested. We are advertising 3 PhD positions to work with researchers from the 3S research group based in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of […]
As part of the CENTA and Flood-CDTs, I’ve got two funded PhDs available at Loughborough University, UK. 2026-LU02 Storm Triplets and Beyond: Jet Stream Forcing of Cyclone Sequences This project on compounding hazards will move beyond simply the coincidence of pairs of flooding and/or extreme wind. It opens a new line of enquiry into how […]
Location: Newcastle, GB Contract Type: Fixed Term Working Pattern: Full Time Posted Date: 18 Nov 2025 Salary: Research Assistant: £33,002 – £34,610 per annum/ Research Associate: £35,608 – £37,694 per annum Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing […]
Please see and forward on details for a PhD opportunity at Glasgow commencing in October 2026: https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/graduateschool/phd-research-opportunities/futures-programme/projects/health-inequalities/hi03markmccann/ Summary: Understanding Social Relationships and Health Inequalities: A Mixed-Methods PhD Opportunity This interdisciplinary PhD project explores how social relationships shape health outcomes and contribute to health inequalities. Drawing on large-scale datasets, the research investigates how intersecting social identities—such […]
Research Associate, University of Glasgow, Scotland Project: ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’. https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN244/research-associate Closing date: 23:45 on Wednesday 10th December 2025
Research Associate: PACT Centre. Undertaking research on effective policies to meet climate goals, with a particular focus on institutional decision-making and public engagement Lancaster Environment Centre Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK Salary: £33,002 to £39,906 (Full time, indefinite with end date) Closing Date: Friday 28 November 2025 Interview Date: Tuesday 16 December 2025 Reference: 0822-25 Overview […]
Interested in applying for a NINE DTP PhD studentship? Staff in the School of Geography and Natural Sciences at Northumbria University welcome expressions of interest for applications to the Environment, Climate and Sustainability and Human Geography pathways. Submission deadline in early January, with an earlier internal review. Find full details here: https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/awards/
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 […]
A fully-funded 3.5 year ESRC PhD studentship on the topic “Climate urbanism: sustainability for the affluent?”. The studentship is part of the CAM-DTP (University of Cambridge/Anglia Ruskin University) and will sit primarily within the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge, with a secondary affiliation to the Global Sustainability Institute at ARU (Cambridge campus) […]
Devolution has been at the core of the UK government’s initiatives to reduce regional inequality across the country. The Conservatives’ ‘Levelling up’ agenda was built around it, and Labour’s plan to ‘Power Up Britain’ also relies on the empowerment of local and sub-regional authorities and communities, based upon an analysis that areas have been ‘held […]
The UK government can meet some of its biggest challenges by combining mayoral devolution with its mission-led approach. Empowering local leaders to deliver on national missions will mean giving them greater control and bigger budgets. In the UK, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has had a rocky first year in office. With opinion polls tumbling and […]
Place leadership has come to be seen as the ‘missing factor of the regional development puzzle’ (Sotarauta et al, 2017), but how such leadership operates in environments of conflict and contestation is still poorly understood. Using Northern Ireland as an illustrative case, recent research has sought to better understand how place leadership dynamics manifest when […]
The 40th Anniversary of the miners’ strike has encouraged considerable academic and media attention on the nature and lessons of the strike (Hendy,2024), but less on the long-term economic and social consequences of Thatcher’s and subsequent Governments’ policies on the former Coalfields. Our report, on the impact of austerity on inequality and deprivation in the […]
The UK has historically failed to learn important lessons from European countries on spatial rebalancing. It has recently acknowledged the need for effective local institutions and a long-term national strategy, but its asymmetric approach is unlikely to reduce geographic inequality. The failure of levelling up When the previous UK government launched its levelling up agenda […]
Marcus is the Head of Partnerships and Engagement at the Regional Studies Association, where he leads on identifying, securing, and managing strategic collaborations with networks, organisations, and consortia. He oversees joint projects and sponsorships, using member and market insights to enhance the RSA’s membership offer. Marcus also supports the development of territorial networks, delivers marketing […]
Victoria supports the RSA’s financial and operational functions by processing invoices, grants, and expense claims, assisting with purchase ledger tasks, bank and credit card reconciliations, audit preparation, VAT compliance, and Charity Commission filings. She also manages health and safety compliance, including staff training, DSE assessments, insurance, and data protection, while handling HR administration such as […]
Child poverty is regarded as a multidimensional, yet heavily economically based phenomenon. Previous studies on the UK or OECD countries underline the role of low income, job insecurity and worklessness, especially in lone-parent and minority households (Bradshaw, 2002; Thevenon et al., 2018). Additionally, in-work poverty is rising, and other factors, like housing, parental health and […]
The first signs of a slowdown in residential address changing were identified towards the end of the last century, starting in the USA, as is so often the case with social trends and then being found to be particularly marked across the rest of the New World. But other countries, including the UK, have not […]
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.
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 […]