New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @johnmclancy.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...

New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...

Have you seen our @researchgate.bsky.social account: lots of papers to engage with and further information about the Regional Studies journal: www.researchgate.net/journal/Regi...

Beyond print: @RegionalStudies in the digital age. Exciting new era as the journal shift to Build content online (BiO) and drops print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🕰️ Extending warm invitations to our RSA Community for contributions☺️ @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @regstud-brazil.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social

Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto www.linkedin.com/posts/region...

Reports of the death of #industrial #policy have been greatly exaggerated. In #Ireland, as Clifford, @frankgcrowley.bsky.social, Doran & Jordan show in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, targeted state investment in tech parks has delivered sustained #employment #growth. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁-𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀’ in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. We’re exploring how #emotions, #imaginaries & #narratives shaping regional futures. ✨ 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

📢 Just out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social , with Joan Crespo: "Not only big techs matter: digital platformisation and regional structural changes" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🆕 paper 📚 by @giubreglia.bsky.social & @mrmodica.bsky.social out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social “A world of shocks: mapping multi-shock and multilayer resilience, assessing resilience markers and drivers”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

The creative economy is less a series of spontaneous eruptions and more a matter of historical plumbing. Büyükyazıcı & @evacoll8.bsky.social show in @regionalstudies.bsky.social that hubs are built on latent skills, not conjured from thin air. #Culture by habit, not miracle. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

“Landmark publishing agreements for UK universities” See article: www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/lan...

Our new paper in @regionalstudies.bsky.social critically evaluating the UK #ModernIndustrialStrategy has a 📹 abstract. @dgbailey.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @uniofbathsom.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social #openaccess Paper: tinyurl.com/42b3892k

New @regionalstudies.bsky.social: A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy + @lisadepropris.bsky.social Chris Dimos, Felicia Fai, @sallyhardy.bsky.social & @prt1969.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New paper out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. Pandemic effects on regional job matching in Austria. #labour #Austria #matching www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In case you missed it, the 2025 Area Development and Policy Annual Lecture paper is a must-read. Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common by Kohei Saito & Ryuji Sasaki doi.org/10.1080/2379... @regstud.bsky.social

EU regions fight against 'over-centralised' Cohesion Policy reform www.brusselstimes.com/1958218/eu-r...

“Europe’s Budget Gamble: Why Cutting Cohesion Funds Will Backfire” www.socialeurope.eu/europes-budg...

“Tütto's message to Brussels is blunt: Undermining Cohesion Policy, she warns, would weaken the very base that allows the European Union to act together economically, politically and strategically.” www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

Ireland today sounded the alarm over a new group of Europe’s largest six economies, dubbed “E6,” amid fears that smaller countries’ interests could be bulldozed.

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/

Cohesion policy: extremely delicate negotiations in Brussels www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_articl...

📢 Call for Evidence: Improving Employability for Young People in Greater Birmingham We’re reviewing employment trends & skills needs to shape better outcomes for youth—especially the disadvantaged. Share your insights by 13 Feb 2026 - https://ow.ly/NLNg50XTtqK

The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (due out this month) is part of a wider reconsideration of industrial strategy. Get up to speed with our bumper recent @cssjournal.bsky.social special issue on ‘Industrial strategy reborn’ @acadsocsciences.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✨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 😀🔄

Great recent @cssjournal.bsky.social paper ‘The ‘cost of undoing Europe’: Brexit & the UK textile & apparel industry’ by Patrizia Casadei, Simona Iammarino, Philip McCann & Raquel Ortega-Arigilés @acadsocsciences.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A totally unforced error and an absolute gift to Reform, which Farage has gratefully accepted. The latest reset is going well. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As the EU discusses a ‘Made in Europe’ strategy & prepares to unveil its Industrial Accelerator Act, where has the UK got to on industrial strategy? Our recent critical review in @regionalstudies.bsky.social gets you up to speed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @regstud.bsky.social

‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

Move the 2030 Petrol Car Ban to 2035 & Fix the EV Transition Properly. New blog: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...

Most (but not all) EU regions saw GDP growth in 2024 www.brusselstimes.com/1964124/most...

The @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social is right. We really do need a comprehensive review of the ZEV mandate. New blog: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...

If McSweeney has provided poor political advice, Reeves has provided equally poor economic advice.

The SMMT is right. We need a comprehensive review of the ZEV mandate. New blog: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...

Is the UK’s industrial strategy really place based? New @rsablog.bsky.social blog on our recent @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper. Blog here: regions.regionalstudies.org/ezine/articl... paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @regstud.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social

Is the UK’s industrial strategy really place based? New @rsablog.bsky.social blog on our recent @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper. Blog here: regions.regionalstudies.org/ezine/articl... paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @regstud.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social

Six years on, geopolitics is impacting severely on Brexit choices. By @jreland.bsky.social and me ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-in-a-...

Chinese car firm Chery to open European base in Liverpool @jasperjolly.bsky.social + comments by yours truly @ukandeu.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Delighted our recent @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper ‘A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy’ is getting so many reads and attention; it’s a call to arms for putting place at the centre of a modern industrial strategy @regstud.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Call for Abstracts Open: 20th Regional Innovation Policies Conference, 17-18 Sept, 2026 Birmingham, UK #RegInnoPol26 @regstud.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social @lisadepropris.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @regionalwhispers.bsky.social ow.ly/8C6O50XSVAL

Interesting exchange between @dgbailey.bsky.social & @timleunig.bsky.social on the future of manufacturing & energy prices sparked by the latter’s recent Observer piece & Bailey’s blog response. Worth following.

Bottom line: UK renewables are already cheap enough and getting cheaper. What’s missing is policy to pass that cheap power to industry. Blaming clouds is fatalism. Fixing the market is economics.

So why are UK industrial prices high? 👉 Because wholesale prices are still set by gas, even when wind is cheap. That’s market design, not an Act of God. Germany & Japan don’t have Texas sunshine either. They still retain manufacturing by fixing grids, contracts & industrial power pricing.

A gentle riposte to @timleunig.bsky.social last Observer column which seemed to write off much of UK manufacturing. That would be a bad mistake. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @faradayinstitute.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2601...

What Role for Regions in the EU’s Growth Model? www.iiea.com/events/what-...

European Circular Innovation Valley launches first EUR 9 million funding call for circular projects www.acrplus.org/en/news/euro...

Use this #cohesionopendata story to explore the EU cohesion policy support to STEP in detail through graphs and project examples cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/stories/s/2s... #STEP #Strategictechnologies #Cohesionpolicy

EU Budget Talks Enter Political Phase After December Council brusselsmorning.com/eu-budget-ta...

Europe’s looming budget fight www.bruegel.org/podcast/euro...