🕰️ 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

Please join us for the next Regional Studies Women’s Network workshop! Participation is free, and we have online and in person (including free lunch!) options. A great opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new faces ahead of the Winter Conference ☺️

About to begin at #EWRC2025 - I’m keen to hear some answers to this important question. @regstud.bsky.social

To hollow out #cohesion is to erode the #EU’s credibility from within. In my brand new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, I argue that #Europe’s competitiveness and very viability depends less on emulating competitors and more on exploiting our latent potential. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/0034...

First programme sessions this morning at #EWRC2025. Lewis Dijkstra getting ready to deliver some ‘territorial truths’ about European cohesion and competitiveness.

Political leaders within the Committee of the Regions stand united for stronger Cohesion Policy #eWRC

@rsaeurope.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @ronboschma.bsky.social

Ron Boschma takes the stage in the European Parliament building, as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities,to discuss the Right to Stay.

The next workshop of the @regstud.bsky.social Women’s Network is coming up ahead of the Winter Conference 🎉 We have options to attend in person and online. More details and registration link here: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...

Final panel of a wonderful day with the @regstud.bsky.social Northern branches. Inter-regional learning and UK-wide perspectives.

Thanks to Manchester Business School for hosting the workshop @manchester.ac.uk

Back after convivial lunch at the @regstud.bsky.social Northern Branch event, in celebration of the RSA’s 60th anniversary year. Panel 3: the role of universities and FE as anchor institutions

Coffee break over at @regstud.bsky.social Northern Branches Workshop at Manchester Business School. Panel 2: Inclusive innovation across diverse economic geographies

We continue with our first panel: Innovation and Governance in a changing UK @regstud.bsky.social

Richard Jones of Manchester University provides the keynote for the @regstud.bsky.social Northern Branches workshop, talking about inclusive innovation and the ‘future of the North’ @elvirauyarra.bsky.social

Help! Seeking a short documentary style film for undergrad class showcasing communing, community economies, diverse economies, or other alt-capitalist forms in action at the local level. Any suggestions?? #communityeconomies #altcapitalism

Share your views. We are looking for amazing research for Dec & NewYear's! @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @regstud-brazil.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social

Truly honoured & grateful to receive the Sir Peter Hall Award from @regstud.bsky.social- Please watch the online ceremony here: www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-rs... Many thanks to the RSA and all who make its intellectual community such a rare and generous thing.

The work to promote regional studies never rests! Even on holiday, @regstud.bsky.social membership manager Alex Holmes found time to visit colleagues in Ghana, to support their regional researcher network. Great stuff. www.regionalstudies.org/news/buildin...

Great contributions at today's @regstud.bsky.social Board meeting, where we carefully considered member feedback from the recent RSA strategy consultation. Thrilled to see this strategy coming together, for implementation in 2026. www.regionalstudies.org/news/help-sh...

🌍 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

Kicking off now: Munifisc @regstud.bsky.social research network on municipalism and regional geographies, hosted at the University of of Sussex School of Global Studies. www.regionalstudies.org/network/muni...

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....

Helpful summary here of a session at @regstud.bsky.social annual conference session on civic universities @civicnetwork.bsky.social #RSA25 civicuniversitynetwork.co.uk/reflections-...

Interesting big study looking at the geography of public R&D funding in 200 regions across 22 European countries. It supports the @tomforth.co.uk @richardaljones.bsky.social argument that R&D policy can often act as a form of anti-regional policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The journal @spatialeconomic.bsky.social seeks a Digital Media Editor to lead its online engagement strategy. 🔍Ideal for scholars with an interest in spatial economics & research dissemination Start: Jan 2026 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025 More info: www.regionalstudies.org/news/sea-dig...

📢 Call for Editors We invite applications for 2 Editors for @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social . Help shape the future of this leading #openaccess journal in regional studies. Full call at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsrs-ed... 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 2025

Nice to see some @regstud.bsky.social 60th anniversary events being celebrated around the world, by doing what we do best: bringing those passionate about regions together. www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60...

⌛Two weeks to abstract submission deadline ⌛ 🔶 Beyond GDP: Measuring Just and Green Transitions for Resilient Societies Rethink how we measure progress beyond income, toward green, inclusive, resilient economies. Abstract deadline: 4th August 2025 💻 bit.ly/3GUdVWW 🔄😀

For the avoidance of doubt, here are twelve good reasons (including some that might surprise you) to study subjects in the humanities and social sciences. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

Not a bad location for the @cjres.bsky.social annual conference! Looking forward to it.

We are delighted to present the 2025 Regional Studies Association Institutional Ambassador Award to ARL - Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association. Watch the online ceremony with @rsachiefexec.bsky.social and Britta Bockhorn at www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-in...

🔥 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.

This @regstud.bsky.social blog summarises the challenges facing regional researchers. Thanks to all those who contributed their experiences and to @gretegans.bsky.social for working with me to put this together www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Very pleased to see the @regstud.bsky.social featuring in this handy map of the UK academic-policy ecosystem, alongside colleagues from @rtpiplanners.bsky.social upen.ac.uk/the-academic...

Pleased to see DG Christophidou's address to the @regstud.bsky.social Annual Conference in Porto up on our website. Interesting to revisit this and reflect on the three research themes in her 'call to action' www.regionalstudies.org/news/call-to...

🚨New in Finance & Space 🚨 Eric Helleiner delivers a tour de force analysis of international finance amid polycrisis, encompassing: 🌍 Pandemic 🚩 Geopolitical conflict 🔥 Climate crisis 💱 Geoeconomic fragmentation 💣 Impending financial crisis? Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted to have Victoria Grout join the @regstud.bsky.social team as its Business Support Officer. Welcome aboard Victoria! www.regionalstudies.org/news/busines...

We're super excited to be supporting #YSI @max-roessler.bsky.social and @crhistianjoel.bsky.social on this fantastic webinar series. Some great speakers confirmed. To find out more and register, starts 16 July: ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/ysi-rs...

A big @regstud.bsky.social welcome to Marcus Atkinson, our new Head of Partnerships and Engagement. Many of you might have met Marcus already, at our Annual Conference in Porto. I'm sure others will have an opportunity to meet and work with Marcus very soon. www.regionalstudies.org/news/welcome...

Could there be a more timely call? We are offering up to £300k for international research projects on a series of transnational and planetary challenges including digital technology, global health and earth system governance. Please spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/know...

Lovely evening at the EURA25 conference. Thanks to local organisers @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social and everyone at EURA for putting on such a welcoming event.

Looking forward to hearing about the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social international strategy at the EURA conference 2025

⏳ Two weeks to apply for Student and ECR Conference ⏳ ⏱️ Deadline: 24 June 🗓 9–10 September 2025 📍 University of Westminster, London, UK For more information on this conference and to apply: www.regionalstudies.org/events/2025s... 😃🔄

In “The Geordie Child Poverty Puzzle”, the RSA blog examines why child poverty persists despite economic growth. It questions our measures of local “success” and sheds light on overlooked disparities. @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/45KVmOT

So impressed to see this call emerging so soon after the arrival of a new editor in chief for this amazing series. www.regionalstudies.org/news/welcome...

We have a call out for a special issue of the RSA Blog focused on Asian Perspectives on Regional Development. Find out more www.regionalstudies.org/new...

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...

🔔 Call for Abstracts Join the “Beyond GDP” Conference the RCC, in partnership with the @regstud.bsky.social Rethink how we measure progress beyond income, toward green, inclusive, resilient economies. 🌱📊🌍 📝 Submit now: www.regionalstudies.org/events/beyon... #BeyondGDP #SEE #InclusiveGrowth

Call for Proposals: RSA Regions & Cities Book Series on 'Places, Networks, and Uneven Spatial Development' that address the complex geographies of uneven spatial development. Find out more at bit.ly/3ZEP7YW