The Regional Studies Association is pleased to announce the appointment of the new RSA Fellows (FeRSA) for 2026. RSA Fellows are individual members who have been dedicated members of the Regional Studies Association and are recognised for their innovation or service in the field of regional studies, their scholarly achievement, and contributions to the life of the Association, including roles on the RSA Board, committees, or as ambassadors, as well as speaking at events.
RSA Fellows are eligible to apply for the RSA Fellowship Research Grant Scheme. The FeRSA Grant is provided to support a discrete piece of regional studies and/or regional science research. The value of the award is up to £8250 (or its equivalent in dollars or euros).
Our new RSA Fellows are:
Andrea Estefania Belmartino, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy
Andrès Rodriguez-Pose, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Canfei He, Peking University, China
Grete Gansauer, University of Wyoming, USA
Jen Nelles, Oxford Brookes Business School, UK
Laura Sariego-Kluge, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Lavanya Gupta, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Mark Sandford, House of Commons Library, UK
Miriam de Oliveira Goncalves, CIAUD, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Mohammed Firoz, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
Peter Wostner, Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, Republic of Slovenia
Robert Bowen, Cardiff University, UK
Robin Chang, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Sergio Palomeque, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Weidong Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yi Liu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Zack Taylor, University of Western Ontario, Canada