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

Why haven’t EU candidate countries caught up economically? 📉 Dženita Šiljak explores the role of institutions in convergence—or the lack of it. 📖 🔗 Read Here: bit.ly/3FtBogV @regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social

We’re always open for thoughtful blog submissions! 💬 📣 Rolling Call: Share your regional research, policy insights, or place-based experiences. 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/ 📧 [email protected] Let’s grow the global conversation 🌍✍️ @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social

📝 New update! Our Special Series Blog Call now features both African 🌍 and Asian 🌏 perspectives. If you work on territory, development or spatial policy—submit your work! 📬 Info: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/ @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social

Why do businesses co-locate? What makes a cluster thrive? In Cooperatives Across Clusters, Anil Hira examines the cranberry industry to explore how cooperation & geography shape dynamics. 📖 Read: bit.ly/3FwaEw9 @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social

Why do businesses co-locate? What makes a cluster thrive? In Cooperatives Across Clusters, Anil Hira examines the cranberry industry to explore how cooperation & geography shape dynamics. 📖 Read: bit.ly/3FwaEw9 @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social

In Latin America, territorial development is more than borders. It’s about 🧭 power, 🧬 identity & 🌍 connection to place. By @dianamoralesphd.bsky.social, Laura Sariego Kluge & @tiagoteixeira05.bsky.social 📖 Read: bit.ly/4djDBYT

📣 Finance & Space's Annual Lecture 2024 'The Waterworks of Money' from Martijn van der Linden, Thomas Bollen and Carlijn Kingma, online now: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1/4 🔍 New Blog "Is the permacrisis transforming EU cohesion policy goals?" explores how crisis response has accelerated "hyper-Lisbonisation" - potentially undermining territorial development objectives! bit.ly/42ErEtb @fmolica.bsky.social @alederenzis.bsky.social @bourdinseb.bsky.social

🔍 NEW BLOG: "Towards a micro-geography approach of the entrepreneurial ecosystem" by Etienne Capron and @airesse.bsky.social Read how geographical proximity enables knowledge exchange: Here's the link: bit.ly/3EgpHtm @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social

🌍🔍 Dive into the latest blog exploration: "Determinants of Voting Behaviour among Rural Populace in Ibadan Less-City" by Babatunde Jimi-Peters Link www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/ @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social

📚 NEW BOOK: "Going Circular" by Marcin Dąbrowski and Karel van den Berghe on Circular Economy for regions & cities! ✨ Read their fantastic blog on tackling regional environmental & social challenges! bit.ly/3DDukgH @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social

A very great pleasure for me today, meeting with the ‘RSA historian’ James Hopkins. James authored important works on @regstud.bsky.social including www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/u.... In our 60th year watch out for more!

We have had so much interest in our annual @regstud.bsky.social conference in Porto. It's going to be a great event in a beautiful city.

🌱 New blog: "Is there a conflict between entrepreneurship & green transition in cities?" by @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social , Belitski & Eichler 🔍 Their research reveals optimistic findings about the relationship between business growth and sustainability. Link: bit.ly/41tihvw @regstud.bsky.social

👏👌 @rbaernthaler.bsky.social Society 🔄 Ecology “La terre dépend de l'homme qui dépend de la terre”, “Earth depends on man who depends on earth” (Edgar Morin).

"While environmental liberalism often struggles with people prioritizing immediate concerns, like social security, over “environmental issues,” eco-social politics integrates these concerns as core to its agenda."

🌍 "Environmental liberalism often struggles with people prioritizing immediate concerns over 'environmental issues'" Read @rbaernthaler.bsky.social compelling analysis on @rsablog.bsky.social! Link: bit.ly/41105If @regionalstudies.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social

JOB OPPORTUNITY: the Sociological Review Foundation is hiring an Editorial Officer to manage the journal’s review process and support the Editor-in-Chief and team of editors. Applicants must be based in, and eligible to work in, the UK. Deadline to apply: 17 February. buff.ly/4hw5BJq

A hearty RSA welcome to Katarzyna (Kathy) Kopczewska as co-editor of @spatialeconomic.bsky.social - joining a great team and fab journal. www.regionalstudies.org/news/new-spa... @regstud.bsky.social

🎨Traditional Kantha meets market innovation! Discover how Bengal's quilts transformed from domestic crafts to urban art in Kaustav Chatterjee's fascinating study. (1/3) Read here: bit.ly/4g1mHOo @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social