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

So exciting to see this new call for the @regstud.bsky.social Regions and Cities book series, put together by the new Editor in Chief Stephen Ramos (and colleagues). Great work everyone and looking forward to the responses. www.regionalstudies.org/news/rc-plac...

Calling the RSA community for fresh perspectives 📢 @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social Let’s shape the future of regions together 🌎✍️

In celebration of our 60th anniversary, the Regional Studies Association is pleased to announce the appointment of the new RSA Fellows for 2025. You can see the list at www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-fersas/ Congratulations to this year's FeRSAs!

Inspiring as ever from Louise and an honour to close #RSA25 by sharing that the conference attracted 848 delegates this year. Thanks to every one of you for sharing your knowledge and creating such a friendly atmosphere.

Final plenary for #RSA25 filling up nicely!

It was a pleasure to present the initial findings of our research on the WEF Nexus alongside #AnaBLópez and #JoséLuisSánchez during the special session organized by @ivantarta.bsky.social, #GemaGonzález, and #RocíoSilva at the @regstud.bsky.social Annual Conference 🇵🇹

Tables set at the Palacio da Bolsa for #RSA25 dinner. @regstud.bsky.social

Looks like we’re ready for a fab evening at the #RSA2025 annual conference dinner!

This looks photoshopped but is in fact my effort at a ‘selfie’… #RSA25

@gretegans.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on present priorities/future directions @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025

Andre Torre making important links between circular economy and its regional and spatial dimensions #RSA2025

🌍 DemoTrans Project at #RSA2025 | Navigating Regional Transformation🇵🇹 This week, I’m proud to represent DemoTrans at the @regstud.bsky.social Conference 2025 in #Porto, the RSA’s largest conference to date! 📻 Stay tuned for more updates from DemoTrans Project: linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Arguing at #RSA25 in Porto that to define #righttoStay you also need to marry a few other quasi-competing concepts: • Territorial Cohesion • Access to Essential Services • Depopulation • Brain Drain • Smart Shrinking • Access to Services. Preparing a paper for @rurbanive project.

Our presentation at the Regional Studies Association Conference (Porto, Portugal), with Paulo Diniz, Mireya Perafán, and Mario Avila. Inclusion, innovation, and sustainability in agri-food systems and family farming. #RSA25 @regstud-brazil.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social

Fascinating Q&A on ‘Future of Regional Policy’ with perspectives from Portugal, Poland and Germany. #RSA25