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Supporting and connecting researchers and policy-makers engaged in regional analysis and research. We're mostly on BlueSky now.
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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · Nov 22
Interested in finding out about the Regional Studies Association, our journals, publications and people?
We've made a starter pack of RSA-related profiles which we'll keep updating.

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🕰️ Extending warm invitations to our RSA Community for contributions☺️
@regstud.bsky.social
@rsa-regions.bsky.social
@financeandspace.bsky.social
@rsaeurope.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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⏳ Just over a week to go – final spaces left!

The programme is now live for the RSA 60th Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures (30 Sept, Manchester).

👉 Register free: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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#RSA60 Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures: Bridging Economic Development, Ecological Recovery and Social Equity

Join us at @alliancembs.bsky.social, @officialuom.bsky.social on 30 Sept 2025.

Register here 👉 www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60... @regstud.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
regstud.bsky.social
🚨 RSA Latin America Conference - Registration Deadline Extended 🚨

▶️Adapting Local and Regional Development to Changing Environments
⏰ 22-24 October 2025
🌎 Monterrey, Mexico

Registration deadline: 23rd September 2025

www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsala...

🔁😁
September 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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🚨The 2nd webinar in the #YSI and #RegStud supported series organised by @max-roessler.bsky.social & @crhistianjoel.bsky.social happening soon. 🚨

🕰️ 16th Sept 2pm BST / 3pm CEST
▶️ Spatial imaginaries of ‘left behind places’ in policy discourse

bit.ly/47hnppY

Free to attend. 😁🔄
August 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
regstud.bsky.social
🚨Open Session submitted for the upcoming RSA & ANZRSAI Conference 🚨

S01: Rethinking Talent Geographies in Shrinking and Peripheral Regions: New Methods, Global Patterns, and Policy Innovation

For more information on this session and the conference:

💻 bit.ly/4okCnlk

Abstracts by: 19 September
August 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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🚨Abstract Deadline Day for 2025 Regional Futures Conference 🚨

⌛18 August

Join the RSA community in 🌎London, UK 🗓️13-14 November.

For more information and to submit your abstract:

🔗 bit.ly/4lgfLj3

😀🔁
August 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
regstud.bsky.social
🚨We are delighted to announce our closing plenary for RSA Regional Futures Conference, 13-14 November 🚨

📣Patricia Daley, University of Oxford
🪑Zack Taylor, EiC TPG

🔶 Territory, Politics, Governance Lecture

Abstract deadline approaching: ⌛18 Aug

ℹ️and submit: bit.ly/4lgfLj3

Join us in London 🌟
August 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
regstud.bsky.social
🚨We are delighted to announce our opening plenary for RSA Regional Futures Conference, 13-14 November 🚨

📣Andres Rodriguez-Pose & Rachel Franklin
🪑Luisa Corrado

🔶Spatial Economic Analysis Lecture

We have extended the abstract deadline: ⌛18 August

ℹ️and submit: bit.ly/4lgfLj3

Join us in London 🌟
August 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
regstud.bsky.social
The @regstud.bsky.social and @rsaibis.bsky.social seek to appoint a new Co-Editor for @spatialeconomic.bsky.social

Deadline: 30 September 2025
Start Date: 1 January 2026
Open to applicants worldwide

More info www.regionalstudies.org/news/sea-co-...
August 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
regstud.bsky.social
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...
August 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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August 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
regstud.bsky.social
📢 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
August 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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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
May 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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rsablog.bsky.social RSA Blog @rsablog.bsky.social · Jul 14
🚨 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
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August 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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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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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
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#RSAsummerseries blog is out! This time from China! More coming soon!🔥
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@rsaeurope.bsky.social
@regstud-brazil.bsky.social
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@financeandspace.bsky.social
@regstud.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🌟We are delighted to announce the next ANZRSAI & RSA Conference 🌟

🔶Population Change and Regional Resilience
📆1-2 Dec 2025
🌏University of Waikato, New Zealand

To view the CfPs and for more info, go to:

💻 bit.ly/4okCnlk

Join us in the beautiful city of Hamilton
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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⌛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

🔄😀
July 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Not a bad location for the @cjres.bsky.social annual conference! Looking forward to it.
July 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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🎉 Thrilled to share that City-REDI's @anne-e-green.bsky.social has been honoured with the 2025 @regstud.bsky.social Distinguished Service to Regional Studies Award for her outstanding contributions to regional economic development and service to the field! 🌍🏆

www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-rs...
July 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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We were delighted that Kathleen Stokes (DCU) and Mary Lawhon (University of Edinburgh) have received the Best Paper Award for 'What counts as infrastructural labour? Community action as waste work in South Africa’ (doi.org/10.1080/2379...)

www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-adp-best-paper-award/
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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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...
July 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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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...
Call to action for regional researchers - RSA Main
The RSA is grateful to Themis Christophidou, Director-General of the European Commission’s Regional and Urban Policy department, for addressing delegates at the RSA’s recent Annual Conference in Porto...
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July 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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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...
Researching regions: The Professional Challenges Experienced By Regional Researchers - RSA Main
In 2024 and early 2025, a large number of Regional Studies Association (RSA) members participated in a series of focus group sessions convened by the RSA to understand the priorities of the regional s...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM