New RSA Policy Impact Book just published: “Improving inclusive innovation outcomes: Lessons from post-industrial and post-conflict cities” by Michael Glass et al. Find out more at www.regionalstudies.org/news/improvi...

🚨 Three days to benefit from the Early Bird rate for #RSA26 🚨 Normal fees apply from 1st April. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 🌍 School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden To register: 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😀🔄

🚨Ohio has a new absentee ballot deadline that requires mail-in ballots to arrive by 7:30pm on Election Day 📬 If you vote by mail, request your ballot now so you are one of first to receive it: ohiosos.gov/elections/elections-administration/forms-and-petitions/absentee-ballot-application-html-to-pdf

In a recent @theatlantic.com article on the SAVE Act, LWV CEO Celina noted that the bill would disproportionately affect the approximately 8 in 10 married women who change their names. Full article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Democracy Summer 2026 is happening! Hope + Action = Change. 🗳️ Learn how to get involved here: www.wesleyan.edu/about/democr...

US Colleges & Universities are engines of regional economic development. They educate the new workforce, partner w/ industry to train incumbent workers & foster innovation and incubate new technologies. They employ thousands of people in cities and small towns. We need more investment not less.

Thank you to @acls1919.bsky.social @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social for leading this effort to restore the normal functioning/funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This is the advocacy we need from our learned societies and professional associations in these times.

We’ve highlighted the most-read articles from each journal in 2025. Explore the list at www.regionalstudies.org/new...

☎️ Call your Senators! Tell them to Stop the SAVE Act. Requires a passport/birth certificate to register to vote. 14% of women keep their names when they marry ➡️ Their current names don’t match their birth certificates. 🙄 A passport costs $130+. This bill is🦇💩 insane. Voter suppression + poll tax.👎

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD Student to join the Board of the Regional Studies Association. www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-stu...

The @lwvohio.bsky.social said the SAVE America Act could limit women, rural Ohioans, students, older Ohioans, Black Ohioans & those with disabilities from voting. These groups are less likely to have qualifying IDs, which can be expensive and time consuming to acquire. www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...

Worried about this election? We have the antidote: be a poll worker. Nothing will make you feel better about voting, democracy, or our country than seeing what happens behind the scenes and connecting with neighbors, we promise. Go here pollworkertracker.ohiosos.gov/signup to sign up today.

300 in less than 24 hours. But we’re aiming even higher. Sign and circulate to everyone who values Ohio State, in any capacity. We need a transparent and inclusive process. We need to turn this ship in the right direction. actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

Recently published #openaccess in @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social "Uneven regional development in a contentious world of changing global production networks: ‘chips war’ and the geopolitics of semiconductor production in the United States and Southeast Asia" by Henry Yeung doi.org/10.1080/2168...

This #IWD2026, we're celebrating 7 years of the RSA Women's Network! Since 2018, we've grown into a vibrant, welcoming community where women across regional studies collaborate & support each other at every stage of their careers. 

For some reason, in my little corner of the world, everyone is humming the theme song from Top Gun at work today. 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbyo...

Thank you to friends, family, colleagues, community in Minnesota for the work. Your solidarity is an inspiration. We grieve with you, we stand with you, and we win with you. Stay strong out there!

🌟 Registration is now open for #RSA26 🌟 Join the RSA community in Gothenburg in June. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories 📆 15-18 June 2026 To benefit from the early bird rate, register by 31st March 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

Democracy Summer!!! “...a network of hundreds of schools and allied organizations are uniting for Democracy Summer, a nationwide program to educate citizens and protect our elections in the coming year.” The Nation Faces a Crisis. Colleges Have a Unique Role to Play. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...

More architectural historian commentary today from @benjy-flowers.bsky.social! 🏙️🌇 nypost.com/2026/02/28/r...

🎇Our 2026 Regional Futures Conference will take place 📆 12-13 November, London 🎇 For more information on this popular conference and to view the full call for papers: bit.ly/4roSG1j 🔁 😊

🌟The abstract portal is open for our 2026 Student and Early Career Conference 🌟 🔶 Emergent Directions in Regional Research 📆 3-4 September 2026 🌍 Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK For detailed information and to view the call for papers: 🔗 bit.ly/4kJkYBh 😊 🔁

Upcoming Lecture 🏟️: Stadiums: Architecture and Iconography of the Beautiful Game Prof. @benjy-flowers.bsky.social @knowltonosu.bsky.social March 5th Virtual and In person! #stadiums #sport #architecture sportsandsociety.osu.edu/events/stadi...

Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here

Please let your representatives know! The LWV @lwvus.bsky.social is a nonpartisan voting rights advocacy organization with an intelligent analysis and easy tools to reach your representatives. They say no to the SAVE Act and so should we. Details below ⬇️

🚨🗞️ What can cities do? 🏙️ "The Columbus City Council is using its limited authority to curtail federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities with a host of legislation.” www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

Birds take time to discover an available box, so it’s best to place them before spring starts. Take advantage of the tail end of winter to post a nest box (or a few). We’ve got free plans to help you get started:

“Silence is not neutrality; it is permission. The record that university chancellors, presidents and trustees create in this moment — who spoke, who acted and who stayed silent — will be studied long after today’s political actors are gone.”

So proud of the work of our amazing City and Regional Planning students and faculty! 👏 Check out this video on Prof. @galashine.bsky.social UG Studio: “Roadmap for Inclusive Living" knowlton.osu.edu/news/2026/02...

Thank you to all those who took this to the courts @aclu.org and @neatoday.bsky.social. Thank you for standing up and standing with university students, staff, and faculty. www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Be voting ready! ▶️To check your voter registration, go to voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.... ⏳Voter registration deadline for the spring primary: April 6 by 9pm⏳ ▶️To update your voter registration, go to olvr.ohiosos.gov ▶️To find your congressional district, go to ohiosos.gov/elections/oh...

Looking for support to advance your research or develop new ideas? The RSA offers a range of grants designed to support innovative research and career development in regional studies and related fields. Deadline to apply: 3rd March 2026. Learn more at www.regionalstudies.org/funding-awards/

📣 📣 The opening plenary for #RSA26 is now complete 📣 📣 The Early Career Plenary Speaker competition winner is: 🎉 @Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 🎉 Kirstin joins a fantastic line up of speakers. For info on the plenary and conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

When the higher education sector is organized, we have the power to stop the Trump administration's campaigns against American universities We are proud of our members and allies at UCLA who successfully blocked Trump from extracting $1.2 billion from UCLA over alleged civil rights violations.

🌟We are delighted to announce the Student and Early Career Conference for 2026 🌟 🔶 Emergent Directions in Regional Research 📆 3-4 September 🌍 Cardiff Business School, UK To find out more about this fantastic conference, go to: 💻 bit.ly/4kJkYBh Please share with your networks 🔄😁

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

You know who you are

✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨ ⏳ Deadline: 19th February For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH Join the RSA community in Gothenburg ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 😀🔄

Valentine’s Day moment…I wish for everyone, someone who gazes at you like my sister’s dog gazes at her.

My 1st #caturday contribution…This cutie seems to be occupying my front porch.

Will you be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend? Share this post to let folks know. It doesn't matter where you bird this weekend, participating in GBBC is a great way to support birds. Spread the word so we can make this the biggest GBBC yet! www.birdcount.org/participate/

2026 Great Backyard Bird Count is on! Feb 13-16. Report your sightings on eBird or just follow along and watch sightings accumulate around the globe in real time. It’s getting birdy! #birds www.birdcount.org

This may have gotten a little out of hand #birds (I promise there are some house finches and juncos in there somewhere).

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Join us for the Great Backyard Bird Count February 13-16! You can be anywhere in the world, any age & any level of experience. Count birds for at least 15 minutes, then let us know what you see. Your observations help researchers learn more about how to help birds. birdcount.org

Destroying 📚 to obscure stealing IP 😡. The ethical black hole these people inhabit 🙄https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-destroying-books

👀 “New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause”https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-is-the-latest-state-to-consider-a-data-center-pause/

The SAVE Act is currently before Congress -- this bill would create another barrier to voting by requiring unnecessary citizenship documentation to register. Voters don't need one more barrier to making their voices heard. Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act!