🌟 New RSA blog: The Human Flourishing Geographic Index (HFGI) offers a new way to study regions—tracking happiness, belonging, purpose, and well-being at fine spatial and temporal scales across the U.S. By Stefano Iacus & Devika Jain 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🌟 New RSA blog! by Palesa Mpofu Economic Diversification & Structural Transformation in South Africa’s North West Province. Explore why diversification matters for resilience, jobs, and inclusive growth: 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🌟 New RSA Blog: My PhD Journey: Why Spatial Inequality? Zhiwu Wei reflects on how his rural upbringing and interdisciplinary research path shaped his PhD: & how GeoAI and comparative regional work are redefining spatial inequality research. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🌟 New RSA blog — Extended Summer Series! What if “region” isn’t a map, but mobility, caste networks, water, memory, and vernacular space? Harsh Singhal explores how communities in Rajasthan reimagine regional identity from the ground up. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🌟 New RSA blog! Life events—not just infrastructure—drive the biggest shifts in commuting, with big implications for low-carbon transport. By @conorodriscoll99.bsky.social Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... #Transport #Climate #Planning #RSA #HistoricalRegions

🌟 New RSA blog! What Life Really Looks Like: Women Labourers in Sangamner By Pranav Sharma. Insights from 500+ women show the gap between official data and lived labour in Maharashtra. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🎉 Announcing the 2025 RSA Best Blog Award! Congrats to Ayush Srivastava & Asma Sayyad (TISS, India) for: Tide and Territory: Vernacular Regionality in Maharashtra’s Koli Fishing Communities. Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... 🎥 Award: youtu.be/XRwmi2AzUU0?...

New RSA blog by @Riley Wenjia Ding: Quyu (区域) and the many lives of “region.” How a single term shifts across language, policy and scale—from districts to cross-border imaginaries. Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... #RegionalStudies #Regions #China #Quyu

New RSA blog: What the EU can learn from Australia — 5 lessons on competitiveness, community, innovation & identity. By Anastasiia Konstantynova. What’s one lesson Europe should borrow?👇 Link: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Therefore join me in this webinar & feel free to ask questions about academic writing & publishing avenues. Event is free & open to all. Here's link: lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Mee... @regionalstudies.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social

Hi everyone, so this is happening & I would be really glad to have you all join me in this conversation. Academic writing is tough & publishing tougher. However there are avenues that are a middle grounds of academic publishing where all ideas are open for discussion & writing is flexible.

New RSA Blog 🚨 Productivity, Geography & Firm Survival — Lessons from Spain’s COVID-19 crisis Findings from @Sabine D'Costa & Adelheid Holl: • Productive firms survive more • Geography shapes competitiveness • Crisis policies shift survival patterns 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

New RSA blog 🌿 Rural Mayors as Climate Actors, Potentials & Constraints What does a local climate agency look like when expectations are high and resources are limited? Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Crises, Communities & Business Resilience in Nigeria How do family-run firms survive overlapping crises? New RSA Blog by Tolu Olarewaju, Saul Estrin & Tomasz Mickiewicz explores kinship, cooperation & resilience. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🌏 New RSA Blog: South East Asia as a Global Economic Corridor by Sreedevi RS ASEAN’s MPAC 2025 links trade, mobility & innovation — but can growth stay inclusive? 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Our latest @safety-nets.bsky.social project blog is out. We reflect on spatial inequalities and disability benefit reforms. And the pickle UK gov changes might create for subnational and devolved authorities.

New RSA Blog 📉 “The Growth Gamble” explores how UK welfare reform, deindustrialisation & regional divides intersect. By Sioned Pearce, @haylesben.bsky.social, Mhairi Ross & @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social. 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

New RSA Blog 💻 Digital tools helped UK SMEs survive Covid-19 — but only in urban areas. Sabine D’Costa & @ioramashvili.bsky.social show why rural firms saw no boost, calling for place-based digital strategies. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... 👀 New RSA calls soon!

We've got a stellar set of speakers this term at @ihr.bsky.social. Come along an immerse yourself in the latest early modern history research! #EarlyModern 🗃️

Well done on this constructive contribution with some very useful basic advice.

Many thanks to @regstud.bsky.social and @rsablog.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on designing better maps in academia. And to @cchlebna.bsky.social for encouragement and feedback.

New RSA Blog 🗺️ Maps are powerful tools — but do we use their full potential? @jakobeder.bsky.social reflects on why visual literacy matters in geography & shares 5 simple tips for designing clearer, more engaging maps. 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

For centuries, Mumbai’s Koli fishing communities shaped life by the tides 🌊🐟. Their Koliwadas are more than hamlets, they’re vernacular regions of caste, craft & ecology. Read Ayush Srivastava & Asma Sayyad’s RSA Summer Series blog 👇 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... Found this interesting?

New RSA Blog 🌍✍️ by Johanna Schnabel (@jos38.bsky.social) : Can Devolution Reduce Regional Inequality in the UK? From “Levelling Up” to “Power Up Britain,” devolution is central, but structures alone aren’t enough. Read more 👇 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... Found this insightful!!

Job Opportunity! University of Florida - Assistant Professor in Brazilian History networks.h-net.org/jobs/69063/u...

🌍 New Blog from Summer Series! Colonial Planning and Customary Chief Land Rights in Kinshasa’s Peripheral Communes Read about Kinshasa’s urban Story by Alex N Kalenga: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... Dec rolling submissions open! @regstud.bsky.social

In our @rsablog.bsky.social blog we explore how mayors can enact change in complex policy spaces when they don't have control over the policy levers. www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... Evidence is drawn from our article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

⚠️ 40 years after the UK miners’ strike, former coalfield areas still bear the scars of austerity. David Etherington, @mia-gray.bsky.social & Lisa Buckner reveal how £32.6B in welfare cuts + shrinking local gov funding = deep regional injustice. Read the RSA blog: bit.ly/40d9jSm

🚨 New blog by Dominik Gager explores how democratic planning + sufficiency can guide a just socio-ecological transformation—grounded in Doughnut Economics + planetary boundaries 🍩🌍 📘 Read: bit.ly/4kDYNLg @regstud.bsky.social

Wait is Over!🚨 New RSA Summer Blog: Africa Edition @jasonfbell.bsky.social unpacks how apartheid-era spatial inequality & local governance fractures contributed to the underdevelopment of Ga-Rankuwa and Winterveld, on Gauteng’s industrial periphery. Read it here: bit.ly/3Inygo2 @regstud.bsky.social

🔥 Shanghai: A city, a strategy, a regional powerhouse. Yin Dou & Yishuai Zhang unpack how Shanghai’s leadership shaped the Yangtze River Delta over 4 decades. 📖 Dive into the RSA summer blog: bit.ly/4l4dG9J 💬 Will the YRD model shape China’s future? @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social

New RSA blog 📢 Joanne Murphy (changeresearch.bsky.social) explores place leadership in post-Brexit Northern Ireland: where history, politics & development intersect. Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... 💡Rolling blog subs open November 😊. Returning authors welcome!

New RSA blog 📰 by @jacknewman.bsky.social & @sarahayres.bsky.social speaks on why combining mayoral devolution + mission-led policy could transform the UK. Link: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... What’s your take — could empowered mayors guided by national missions be the UK’s game-changer?

How do regions drive change? 🇬🇧 UK → bottom-up, market-led 🇨🇳 China → quyu (区域), state-shaped governance In our latest RSA Summer Series blog, Qinying Sun unpacks innovation directionality across two models. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social

How do regions drive change? 🇬🇧 UK → bottom-up, market-led 🇨🇳 China → quyu (区域), state-shaped governance In our latest RSA Summer Series blog, Qinying Sun unpacks innovation directionality across two models. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social

New RSA blog 📰 by @jacknewman.bsky.social & @sarahayres.bsky.social speaks on why combining mayoral devolution + mission-led policy could transform the UK. Link: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... What’s your take — could empowered mayors guided by national missions be the UK’s game-changer?

New RSA blog 📢 Joanne Murphy (changeresearch.bsky.social) explores place leadership in post-Brexit Northern Ireland: where history, politics & development intersect. Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... 💡Rolling blog subs open November 😊. Returning authors welcome!

🚨 Ontario passed a law to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes. Then came protests, a lawsuit, & a court injunction—just in time for Jane’s Walk Festival. In this RSA blog, @iamsubina.bsky.social weaves law, protest & people-led urbanism. 📖 bit.ly/3U9l4Wk Tag: @regstud.bsky.social #JaneJacobs

🔥 Shanghai: A city, a strategy, a regional powerhouse. Yin Dou & Yishuai Zhang unpack how Shanghai’s leadership shaped the Yangtze River Delta over 4 decades. 📖 Dive into the RSA summer blog: bit.ly/4l4dG9J 💬 Will the YRD model shape China’s future? @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social

Wait is Over!🚨 New RSA Summer Blog: Africa Edition @jasonfbell.bsky.social unpacks how apartheid-era spatial inequality & local governance fractures contributed to the underdevelopment of Ga-Rankuwa and Winterveld, on Gauteng’s industrial periphery. Read it here: bit.ly/3Inygo2 @regstud.bsky.social

🚨 New blog by Dominik Gager explores how democratic planning + sufficiency can guide a just socio-ecological transformation—grounded in Doughnut Economics + planetary boundaries 🍩🌍 📘 Read: bit.ly/4kDYNLg @regstud.bsky.social

⚠️ 40 years after the UK miners’ strike, former coalfield areas still bear the scars of austerity. David Etherington, @mia-gray.bsky.social & Lisa Buckner reveal how £32.6B in welfare cuts + shrinking local gov funding = deep regional injustice. Read the RSA blog: bit.ly/40d9jSm

🏛️ New blog Efthimios Georgio explores how Athens’s past and present meet in places like Plaka, Thissio, & Acropolis Museum. Reflection on culture, urban planning & democracy. Read: bit.ly/46yFzTG 👀 & stay tuned, Summer Blog Series launches July 15 with perspectives on place & regional futures

🔥 What are the biggest pressures facing regional researchers today? Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups. Read: bit.ly/406UEb9 Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN! 🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.

Blog from Charlotte Hoole & jacknewman.bsky.social: “Geographic Inequalities in an Era of Unequal Devolution” 💡 Must read for anyone thinking about spatial justice👉 bit.ly/40hBD5Q Also, we’re spotlighting Asian & African perspectives Deadline "Today" 🌍 Details here: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/

TPG is looking for a new editorial team member! think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @regstud.bsky.social @rsablog.bsky.social

Newcastle ranks high economically in the North East 📈 Yet, it faces alarmingly high child poverty rates. What explains this contradiction? 🧵 A thread via the @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social ⬇️

Delighted to see this @rsablog.bsky.social by Tony Champion emerging from a @regstud.bsky.social seminar series collaboration with the UK MHCLG. Some very important points raised here about UK internal migration, from a foremost expert in the field. www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

And a lovely mention of our Women’s Network workshop, which I didn’t know the history to!

🧭 Exploring Regions, Sustainability & Inclusivity The 2025 RSA Annual Conference in Porto brought together nearly 900 scholars—a record event! Helen Lawton Smith shares reflections on the big debates shaping regional research. 📖 Read: bit.ly/43FLpQg @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social