Circular Economy: Green and Just Transitions 2: Greening Regions Rafael Gonçalves Gumiero Professor Graduate Program in Regional and Urban Development and Planning in the Amazon (PPGPAM) Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará (UNIFESSPA), Brazil The 2026 Annual Conference of the Regional Studies Association (RSA) was held from 15 to 18 June at the School […]
Caregiving takes many forms, for instance for children, elderly or disabled dependants, and is worldwide predominantly taken on by women who spend on average over three times as much time on care than men (Charmes 2019). Every form of care deserves serious attention, and the diverse needs of caregivers should not be pitted against one […]
Cities amid Demographic and Migration Transformations: Reflections on Participation in the RSA Annual Conference 2026 Solomiia Tkach, PhD, Guest Researcher, the Institute for Urban and Regional Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Demographic shifts, labour-market transformations, […]
Regional Governance, Policies and Institutional Change This report reflects on my experience attending the Regional Studies Association (RSA) 2026 Annual Conference, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 15 to 18 June. The conference provided an opportunity for academics, policymakers and researchers to share research and perspectives on regional development, planning and spatial change, organised around the […]
Regional inequalities and EU Cohesion Policy: Perspectives of the RSA membership Regional development has long been a priority of overarching European organizations. In 1988, the first multi-annual European Cohesion Policy came into effect, which prioritized investment in some of Europe’s poorest regions. Since then, Cohesion Policy has supported economic growth, sustainable development, and improvement to […]
One of the themes of this year’s RSA Conference in Gothenburg was Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems. This theme ran mainly across three sessions where participants discussed how firms, regions and public institutions generate innovation, and how support systems shape entrepreneurial activity. The presentations covered a range of countries, sectors and methods, from qualitative fieldwork to […]
The 2026 RSA Annual Conference, held in Gothenburg, provided a stimulating opportunity to reflect on transformations in the spatial economy and its implications for infrastructure, housing and territorial development. Bringing together researchers and policymakers from diverse geographical and disciplinary backgrounds, the conference demonstrated both the continuing relevance of regional perspectives and the need to reconsider […]
I approached the 2026 RSA Annual Conference, my first one, with a simple question: when regions are governed through corridors, funding formulas, institutional arrangements and data infrastructures, who gets to shape those decisions, and whose interests remain outside the process? As a Colombian woman and EAFIT student working on questions of regional and climate governance, […]
Gothenburg at midsummer is beautiful. Long sunny days. Lots of people out and about late into the evening. A thoroughly walkable city. The locals say that the city is quieter than usual, as many people have headed to the countryside for the midsummer break. But the population ticked up again (very slightly!) with the arrival […]
“Advice that differs from the typical technical aerospace point of view [can be] pivotal in improving research at the intersection of aerospace, business outlook, and strategic decision-making.” – Jasmine Rimani, Researcher and Adjunct Professor at Politecnico di Torino, and presenter of “Regional Readiness in Space Exploration: Integrating Life-Cycle Assessment, Cost Modelling, and Technology Roadmapping in the Design […]
Creative Cultural Economy and Reflections on Thirty Years In 1996, the internet hummed into homes through dial-up connections, independent retail and alternative culture were already visible across Brighton, and changing technologies were beginning to reshape everyday life and work. Looking back over the past three decades offers an opportunity to reflect on the different developments […]