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Regional Economic Development Futures for Scotland
This event is organised by the RSA Scottish Section (Micaela Mazzei and Colin Mason).
Persistent regional inequalities across Scotland make it vital to revisit how entrepreneurship, innovation, and Community Wealth Building (CWB) contribute to regional economic development. The alignment of CWB principles with innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems can enable the translation of economic activity into sustained, place‑based development. This integrated approach is particularly relevant for Scotland, where the regional development landscape is at a moment of significant economic, social, and spatial transition.
A symposium offers a timely space for RSA members to explore why entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems thrive in some regions while others continue to face challenges linked to demographic change, institutional weakness, or post‑industrial restructuring.
By bridging conversations on CWB, entrepreneurship, innovation and its commercialisation this symposium aims to stimulate more integrated thinking about how diverse forms of entrepreneurship can collectively strengthen Scotland’s regional economies. Such dialogue will help RSA members shape more grounded, regionally sensitive approaches to development that reflect Scotland’s varied local realities and support more equitable and resilient futures.