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Thank you very much, @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social, for the inaugural lecture of the @ucm.es
Geography PhD program. A highly relevant topic and a fantastic presentation!
#Europe #Euroscepticism #growth @gge-age.bsky.social @age-geografia.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social
Geography PhD program. A highly relevant topic and a fantastic presentation!
#Europe #Euroscepticism #growth @gge-age.bsky.social @age-geografia.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thank you very much, @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social, for the inaugural lecture of the @ucm.es
Geography PhD program. A highly relevant topic and a fantastic presentation!
#Europe #Euroscepticism #growth @gge-age.bsky.social @age-geografia.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social
Geography PhD program. A highly relevant topic and a fantastic presentation!
#Europe #Euroscepticism #growth @gge-age.bsky.social @age-geografia.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social
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How well do you know the Nordic Region?
Which country has:
👥 the highest relative population growth
👶 the lowest fertility rate
💶 the highest GDP per capita
❤️ the highest life expectancy
Test your knowledge in our short quiz 👇
nordregio.org/news/world-s...
#WorldStatisticsDay #NordicStatistics
Which country has:
👥 the highest relative population growth
👶 the lowest fertility rate
💶 the highest GDP per capita
❤️ the highest life expectancy
Test your knowledge in our short quiz 👇
nordregio.org/news/world-s...
#WorldStatisticsDay #NordicStatistics
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How well do you know the Nordic Region?
Which country has:
👥 the highest relative population growth
👶 the lowest fertility rate
💶 the highest GDP per capita
❤️ the highest life expectancy
Test your knowledge in our short quiz 👇
nordregio.org/news/world-s...
#WorldStatisticsDay #NordicStatistics
Which country has:
👥 the highest relative population growth
👶 the lowest fertility rate
💶 the highest GDP per capita
❤️ the highest life expectancy
Test your knowledge in our short quiz 👇
nordregio.org/news/world-s...
#WorldStatisticsDay #NordicStatistics
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...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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...
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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 ☺️
On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
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RSA Women's Network Events - RSA Main
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October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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 ☺️
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On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
RSA Women's Network Events - RSA Main
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October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
RSA Women's Network Events - RSA Main
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October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
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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...
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...
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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...
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...
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Competitiveness thrives on cohesion, not concentration.
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
October 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Competitiveness thrives on cohesion, not concentration.
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
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#Europe faces not a choice between #efficiency and #equity but the need to reconcile both if it wants to become more competitive.
As I argue in my new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, a more centralised #EU will thin its own strength by silencing its citizens' voices.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As I argue in my new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, a more centralised #EU will thin its own strength by silencing its citizens' voices.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
October 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#Europe faces not a choice between #efficiency and #equity but the need to reconcile both if it wants to become more competitive.
As I argue in my new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, a more centralised #EU will thin its own strength by silencing its citizens' voices.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As I argue in my new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, a more centralised #EU will thin its own strength by silencing its citizens' voices.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
New #OpenAccess paper: 'Role of universities in early graduate entrepreneurship: enablers or constrainers of ‘missing’ entrepreneurs?' by
@mariaabreu.bsky.social & Vadim Grinevich www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@mariaabreu.bsky.social & Vadim Grinevich www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New #OpenAccess paper: 'Role of universities in early graduate entrepreneurship: enablers or constrainers of ‘missing’ entrepreneurs?' by
@mariaabreu.bsky.social & Vadim Grinevich www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@mariaabreu.bsky.social & Vadim Grinevich www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Have you seen our #Trending paper: 'Does a 180-day cap on short-term rentals affect housing markets? Evidence from regional New South Wales' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New in #OpenAccess: 'Does a 180-day cap on short-term rentals affect housing markets? Evidence from regional New South Wales' by Zhenpeng Zou, Thomas Sigler, Alicia Rambaldi, Elin Charles-Edwards & Jonathan Corcoran www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Have you seen our #Trending paper: 'Does a 180-day cap on short-term rentals affect housing markets? Evidence from regional New South Wales' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New in our #UrbanAndRegionalHorizons section: 'Place-based leadership: advancing feminist, intersectional and anti-racist approaches' by @emmao.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drjwharrison.bsky.social
Place-based leadership: advancing feminist, intersectional and anti-racist approaches
Leadership is often hailed as an antidote to a range of place-based problems. Yet it continues to be a slippery, highly political and deeply uneven practice, and area of study. At a time of authori...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New in our #UrbanAndRegionalHorizons section: 'Place-based leadership: advancing feminist, intersectional and anti-racist approaches' by @emmao.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drjwharrison.bsky.social
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#EU Cohesion Policy: a bulwark for regional equity, is becoming, according to @fmolica.bsky.social, De Renzis. @bourdinseb.bsky.social in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, a stabiliser for national crises.
For them, #Cohesion Policy slips from development to national expedience.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
For them, #Cohesion Policy slips from development to national expedience.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
September 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#EU Cohesion Policy: a bulwark for regional equity, is becoming, according to @fmolica.bsky.social, De Renzis. @bourdinseb.bsky.social in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, a stabiliser for national crises.
For them, #Cohesion Policy slips from development to national expedience.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
For them, #Cohesion Policy slips from development to national expedience.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
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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.
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Evidence is drawn from our article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social.
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How democratically elected mayors can achieve mission-oriented policies in turbulent times
This article explores how democratically elected mayors can achieve mission-oriented policies in turbulent times. Drawing on 132 interviews with decision-makers in England, it uses the case of heal...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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....
Evidence is drawn from our article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New #OpenAccess paper: 'Regional counter-institutionalisation: contestation and propositions for alternative regionalities' by Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
New #OpenAccess paper: 'Regional counter-institutionalisation: contestation and propositions for alternative regionalities' by Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excited to share my paper "(Other) temporary populations and the rise of platform-mediated medium-term rentals" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social! It examines how temporary populations drive Lisbon’s medium-term rental market through platforms & state policies. doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2523977
(Other) temporary populations and the rise of platform-mediated medium-term rentals
The short-term rental market is evolving as (other) temporary populations such as students and digital nomads increasingly seek medium-term rentals. This paper analyses the rise of medium-term rent...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Excited to share my paper "(Other) temporary populations and the rise of platform-mediated medium-term rentals" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social! It examines how temporary populations drive Lisbon’s medium-term rental market through platforms & state policies. doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2523977
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#EU integration leads to economic #growth, but not evenly.
As Petrakos, Sotiriou & Alexiou argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, trade in goods hollows out peripheral regions, while services uplift them.
The two single market economies: one thrives, the other stalls.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As Petrakos, Sotiriou & Alexiou argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, trade in goods hollows out peripheral regions, while services uplift them.
The two single market economies: one thrives, the other stalls.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
The geography of integration and regional growth in the EU
The paper investigates the unevenness in European Union (EU) trade integration patterns and the resulting growth asymmetries at the regional level. With the use of panel econometric models at the N...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#EU integration leads to economic #growth, but not evenly.
As Petrakos, Sotiriou & Alexiou argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, trade in goods hollows out peripheral regions, while services uplift them.
The two single market economies: one thrives, the other stalls.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As Petrakos, Sotiriou & Alexiou argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, trade in goods hollows out peripheral regions, while services uplift them.
The two single market economies: one thrives, the other stalls.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
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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
🇬🇧 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
Quyu and Regional Directionality: Innovation Intermediaries in China and the UK's Non-Core Regions - RSA Main
The concept of Quyu (区域) in China Across policy and academic debates, regions are increasingly recognised as key arenas for addressing climate change, demographic shifts, and economic transitions. In ...
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August 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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
🇬🇧 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 #OpenAccess Paper: 'Green to stay? Mechanisms explaining green industrial resilience during an external shock' by Stig-Erik Jakobsen, Nora Geirsdotter Bækkelund, Svein Gunnar Sjøtun & Heidi Wiig www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New #OpenAccess Paper: 'Green to stay? Mechanisms explaining green industrial resilience during an external shock' by Stig-Erik Jakobsen, Nora Geirsdotter Bækkelund, Svein Gunnar Sjøtun & Heidi Wiig www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New in #OpenAcces: Entrepreneurial local governments and the development of the decentralised platform economy in China by Jun Sun, Kai Jia & Martin Kenney
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Entrepreneurial local governments and the development of the decentralised platform economy in China
The platform economy in China is more geographically decentralised than in the United States, where platform firms are highly concentrated on the West Coast. This different spatial pattern is a pro...
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July 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New in #OpenAcces: Entrepreneurial local governments and the development of the decentralised platform economy in China by Jun Sun, Kai Jia & Martin Kenney
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🔥 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?
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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
Regional Cooperation Centered on Shanghai: Development History, Linkage Measurement, and Future Outlook - RSA Main
Development History: A Multi-Dimensional Region Centred on Shanghai In the Chinese context, as urban spatial patterns and governance systems evolve, the concept of “region” increasingly exhibits multi...
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July 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🔥 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
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 Linkedin Post: 'Shuffling the Deck? Rethinking Workspaces and Regional Development in a Polycrisis Economy' by Mariachiara Barzotto, Carlo Corradini, and Sandrine Labory: www.linkedin.com/pulse/shuffl...
Shuffling the Deck? Rethinking Workspaces and Regional Development in a Polycrisis Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered profound shifts in the way work and place intersect within regional economies. In their new article, “Shuffling the deck? Multiple transitions and the new spatialit...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New Linkedin Post: 'Shuffling the Deck? Rethinking Workspaces and Regional Development in a Polycrisis Economy' by Mariachiara Barzotto, Carlo Corradini, and Sandrine Labory: www.linkedin.com/pulse/shuffl...
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📣 I've got Google Notebook to make a briefing note of our recent #research paper with Korneliusz Pylak and @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social "KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ #business creation and closure: evidence from the #urban micro-space" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social
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KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ business creation and closure: evidence from the urban micro-space
Our study explores the factors influencing the creation and closure of firms in urban micro-spaces, highlighting the relationship between knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and non-KIBS s...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣 I've got Google Notebook to make a briefing note of our recent #research paper with Korneliusz Pylak and @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social "KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ #business creation and closure: evidence from the #urban micro-space" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social
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🏛️ 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
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
A Crossroad Cultures: The Case of Athens’s Historical Centre - RSA Main
Athens serves as a vital site of democratic heritage and urban evolution. Over the decades, its society and built environment have undergone a gradual but significant transformation. Like many histori...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🏛️ 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
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