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Regional Studies Association
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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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🚨 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...

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September 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🚨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
🚨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
🚨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

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August 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨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
🚨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
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
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
📢 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
🌟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
⌛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

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July 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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
🔔 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
July 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🔔 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
June 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We were delighted to welcome our New Zealand Territorial Ambassador, Etienne Nel, to the @regstud.bsky.social office today. He gets the prize for travelling the furthest to see us!
June 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We are delighted that @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social has won the 2025 @rsa-tpg.bsky.social Best Referee Award. Watch the recording with EiC @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social here www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-tpg-best-referee/
June 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Congratulations to @lucynatarajan.bsky.social et al on winning the @regionalstudies.bsky.social Best Paper Award for their paper - 'Social Infrastructure and 'Left Behind Places''. Watch the recording at www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-regional-studies-best-paper/
June 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The @rsa-tpg.bsky.social Best Paper Award goes to Gonzalo Álvarez and Cristian Ovando Santana for 'Indigenous People and Paradiplomacy: Confronting the State-centric Order from Latin American Transborder Spaces’. Watch the recording ww.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-tpg-best-paper/
June 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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...
June 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
⏳ 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...

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June 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Congratulations to Lance Newey for receiving the 2025 Urban and Regional Horizons Best Paper Award for his paper: Absorptive Capacity, Complexity and Regional Renewal: A Developmental Psychology Perspective. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

@regionalstudies.bsky.social
@drjwharrison.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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...
June 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
June 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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
Our 2025 Annual Conference was a huge success, with over 850 attendees and 3 stellar plenaries over the three days, alongside several side and social events. We enjoyed the conference so much, we’ve made a video www.regionalstudies.org/news/highlig...
May 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM