Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
@rodriguez-pose.bsky.social
Princesa de Asturias Chair & Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. Past President Regional Science Association International. Editor, Economic Geography.
#Europe’s future won’t be forged in #capitals alone. It lies in Mainz, Skellefteå or Arteixo. Yet, these places are falling through the cracks: too rich for cohesion, too dull for #innovation strategies. Centralisation is not the #EU’s best strategy
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November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#Europe’s future won’t be forged in #capitals alone. It lies in Mainz, Skellefteå or Arteixo. Yet, these places are falling through the cracks: too rich for cohesion, too dull for #innovation strategies. Centralisation is not the #EU’s best strategy
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Turns out #governance matters more than growth when Russian tanks arrive. In a fascinating new @econgeog-journal.bsky.social of two occupied towns in #Ukraine, Grillitsch, Cabral Cobos & Horvat show that transparency & civic engagement are the key to recovery & #resilience. doi.org/10.1080/0013...
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Turns out #governance matters more than growth when Russian tanks arrive. In a fascinating new @econgeog-journal.bsky.social of two occupied towns in #Ukraine, Grillitsch, Cabral Cobos & Horvat show that transparency & civic engagement are the key to recovery & #resilience. doi.org/10.1080/0013...
A continent that once bound regions together, tethering Brussels to its citizens, may soon devolve into national silos.
As @profgviesti.bsky.social warns, #cohesion is slow and imperfect, but it is shared & democratic.
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doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As @profgviesti.bsky.social warns, #cohesion is slow and imperfect, but it is shared & democratic.
eticaeconomia.it/una-scompars...
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A continent that once bound regions together, tethering Brussels to its citizens, may soon devolve into national silos.
As @profgviesti.bsky.social warns, #cohesion is slow and imperfect, but it is shared & democratic.
eticaeconomia.it/una-scompars...
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As @profgviesti.bsky.social warns, #cohesion is slow and imperfect, but it is shared & democratic.
eticaeconomia.it/una-scompars...
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Read my commentary in European Urban and Regional Studies on the EU budget proposal. #Brussels sells centralisation as “efficiency.” But it risks silencing the very local voices that make Europe whole, turning European #citizens from shapers of #Europe into mere spectators.
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Read my commentary in European Urban and Regional Studies on the EU budget proposal. #Brussels sells centralisation as “efficiency.” But it risks silencing the very local voices that make Europe whole, turning European #citizens from shapers of #Europe into mere spectators.
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
doi.org/10.1177/0969...
Natural disasters test not just nature’s force but Europe’s governance.
Next Tuesday Eric Neumayer, Maria Dolores Pitarch Garrido and I will ask: why do some regions recover while others decline?
Chaired by Simona Iammarino
🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanc...
Next Tuesday Eric Neumayer, Maria Dolores Pitarch Garrido and I will ask: why do some regions recover while others decline?
Chaired by Simona Iammarino
🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanc...
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Natural disasters test not just nature’s force but Europe’s governance.
Next Tuesday Eric Neumayer, Maria Dolores Pitarch Garrido and I will ask: why do some regions recover while others decline?
Chaired by Simona Iammarino
🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanc...
Next Tuesday Eric Neumayer, Maria Dolores Pitarch Garrido and I will ask: why do some regions recover while others decline?
Chaired by Simona Iammarino
🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanc...
Is the notion of ‘left-behind’ regions is yesterday’s diagnosis? For Bassens, Froud, Johal & Williams in
@dialogueshg.bsky.social, security is no longer the preserve of the middle-class postcode. Foundational precarity is now the daily lot of many even in rich places.
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
@dialogueshg.bsky.social, security is no longer the preserve of the middle-class postcode. Foundational precarity is now the daily lot of many even in rich places.
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Is the notion of ‘left-behind’ regions is yesterday’s diagnosis? For Bassens, Froud, Johal & Williams in
@dialogueshg.bsky.social, security is no longer the preserve of the middle-class postcode. Foundational precarity is now the daily lot of many even in rich places.
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
@dialogueshg.bsky.social, security is no longer the preserve of the middle-class postcode. Foundational precarity is now the daily lot of many even in rich places.
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
The vanguard of the #UK’s #climate #transition lies not in #Westminster but in places like #Lancaster, #Renfrewshire & North #Kesteven.
Golubchikov, Shahab & Haupt show in Applied Geography what strategic will in the periphery can achieve in terms of #NetZero.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Golubchikov, Shahab & Haupt show in Applied Geography what strategic will in the periphery can achieve in terms of #NetZero.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The vanguard of the #UK’s #climate #transition lies not in #Westminster but in places like #Lancaster, #Renfrewshire & North #Kesteven.
Golubchikov, Shahab & Haupt show in Applied Geography what strategic will in the periphery can achieve in terms of #NetZero.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Golubchikov, Shahab & Haupt show in Applied Geography what strategic will in the periphery can achieve in terms of #NetZero.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Policy #reform should renew, not just replicate.
My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Institutional reform, path development and firm creation: evidence from China
Abstract. This paper examines whether and how government-led institutional changes can reshape regional industrial development trajectories. Using quarterl
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November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Policy #reform should renew, not just replicate.
My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Reposted by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
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
Who’s the GOAT: #Messi or #Ronaldo? It depends: do you value flawless execution or redefining team #productivity?
Cordero & Santin ask in Omega the real question: "who made their team better?" and offer a model that captures the contrast.
Find the answer here: doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
Cordero & Santin ask in Omega the real question: "who made their team better?" and offer a model that captures the contrast.
Find the answer here: doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Who’s the GOAT: #Messi or #Ronaldo? It depends: do you value flawless execution or redefining team #productivity?
Cordero & Santin ask in Omega the real question: "who made their team better?" and offer a model that captures the contrast.
Find the answer here: doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
Cordero & Santin ask in Omega the real question: "who made their team better?" and offer a model that captures the contrast.
Find the answer here: doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
Para los que se quieran pasar por la Fundación Ramón Areces esta tarde.
La #soledad tiene dos caras: la elegida, que fomenta autonomía y dinamismo; y la sentida, que frena la innovación y desgaja la sociedad. De este frágil equilibrio pende el bienestar.
Hablaré del contraste en la @fundacionareces.bsky.social
Jueves 30 oct, 19:00
www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
Hablaré del contraste en la @fundacionareces.bsky.social
Jueves 30 oct, 19:00
www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Para los que se quieran pasar por la Fundación Ramón Areces esta tarde.
The #DutchElections offered Europe a rare reprieve. The #Netherlands did not lurch to extremes but revolted against chaos. The #D66 liberals surged but #GeertWilders' PVV remains a formidable force.
The question now: can the centre earn its second chance?
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
The question now: can the centre earn its second chance?
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The #DutchElections offered Europe a rare reprieve. The #Netherlands did not lurch to extremes but revolted against chaos. The #D66 liberals surged but #GeertWilders' PVV remains a formidable force.
The question now: can the centre earn its second chance?
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
The question now: can the centre earn its second chance?
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
In #Europe some regions are sprinting towards net zero, others remain mired in the footprints of an industrial past. @bourdinseb.bsky.social & Perrot in @cjres.bsky.social show that #decarbonisation demands diversification, institutional grit & a refusal to tread old paths.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In #Europe some regions are sprinting towards net zero, others remain mired in the footprints of an industrial past. @bourdinseb.bsky.social & Perrot in @cjres.bsky.social show that #decarbonisation demands diversification, institutional grit & a refusal to tread old paths.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
#Entrepreneurship flourishes not in chaos, but in places where the rules are clear and agencies predictable.
Han Wang & I find in our new @cjres.bsky.social article that better #business environments seed #innovation.
Good #institutions are the best industrial policy.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Han Wang & I find in our new @cjres.bsky.social article that better #business environments seed #innovation.
Good #institutions are the best industrial policy.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
#Entrepreneurship flourishes not in chaos, but in places where the rules are clear and agencies predictable.
Han Wang & I find in our new @cjres.bsky.social article that better #business environments seed #innovation.
Good #institutions are the best industrial policy.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Han Wang & I find in our new @cjres.bsky.social article that better #business environments seed #innovation.
Good #institutions are the best industrial policy.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Thirty years ago today, I first walked into the LSE, nervous, smooth-faced & unsure whether I'd last the three years of my contract, to start a new life.
The LSE —a place that can simultaneously fascinate & frustrate but ultimately fulfil— has shaped me as a person.
For that, I am deeply grateful.
The LSE —a place that can simultaneously fascinate & frustrate but ultimately fulfil— has shaped me as a person.
For that, I am deeply grateful.
October 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thirty years ago today, I first walked into the LSE, nervous, smooth-faced & unsure whether I'd last the three years of my contract, to start a new life.
The LSE —a place that can simultaneously fascinate & frustrate but ultimately fulfil— has shaped me as a person.
For that, I am deeply grateful.
The LSE —a place that can simultaneously fascinate & frustrate but ultimately fulfil— has shaped me as a person.
For that, I am deeply grateful.
Innovation doesn’t thrive under suspicion, but the chill of the political extremes is seeping into Europe’s labs. As Zhuoying You, Peter Teirlinck & I show in Research Policy, where support for the political extremes rises, #research & #innovation weaken.
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Innovation doesn’t thrive under suspicion, but the chill of the political extremes is seeping into Europe’s labs. As Zhuoying You, Peter Teirlinck & I show in Research Policy, where support for the political extremes rises, #research & #innovation weaken.
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
Grants may not be the best way for left-behind places to thrive. They need institutions that stay.
Mita Marra, in Sustainability, recasts #universities as civic #infrastructure: educators, translators & conveners, not mere transmitters of imported know-how
doi.org/10.3390/su17...
Mita Marra, in Sustainability, recasts #universities as civic #infrastructure: educators, translators & conveners, not mere transmitters of imported know-how
doi.org/10.3390/su17...
October 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Grants may not be the best way for left-behind places to thrive. They need institutions that stay.
Mita Marra, in Sustainability, recasts #universities as civic #infrastructure: educators, translators & conveners, not mere transmitters of imported know-how
doi.org/10.3390/su17...
Mita Marra, in Sustainability, recasts #universities as civic #infrastructure: educators, translators & conveners, not mere transmitters of imported know-how
doi.org/10.3390/su17...
#Europe’s periphery is no longer chasing the core but composing its own future. Anabela Santos & @conteandrea.bsky.social in Global Challenges and Regional Studies, show how #green #growth is emerging #region by region.
doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#Europe’s periphery is no longer chasing the core but composing its own future. Anabela Santos & @conteandrea.bsky.social in Global Challenges and Regional Studies, show how #green #growth is emerging #region by region.
doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...
La #soledad tiene dos caras: la elegida, que fomenta autonomía y dinamismo; y la sentida, que frena la innovación y desgaja la sociedad. De este frágil equilibrio pende el bienestar.
Hablaré del contraste en la @fundacionareces.bsky.social
Jueves 30 oct, 19:00
www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
Hablaré del contraste en la @fundacionareces.bsky.social
Jueves 30 oct, 19:00
www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
La #soledad tiene dos caras: la elegida, que fomenta autonomía y dinamismo; y la sentida, que frena la innovación y desgaja la sociedad. De este frágil equilibrio pende el bienestar.
Hablaré del contraste en la @fundacionareces.bsky.social
Jueves 30 oct, 19:00
www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
Hablaré del contraste en la @fundacionareces.bsky.social
Jueves 30 oct, 19:00
www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...
From #London to #Budapest, the pattern repeats. #Brexit has weakened the #UK’s economy (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), while across #Europe the further voters go to the extremes, the more growth slips from their grasp (publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...).
#Populism’s dividend is decline.
#Populism’s dividend is decline.
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
From #London to #Budapest, the pattern repeats. #Brexit has weakened the #UK’s economy (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), while across #Europe the further voters go to the extremes, the more growth slips from their grasp (publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...).
#Populism’s dividend is decline.
#Populism’s dividend is decline.
#Europe’s problem isn’t a lack of genius, but a failure to use it. A continent can’t compete when half its regions are treading water.
#Europe’s future lies in mobilising all its latent talent, not just focusing on the prosperous few.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
#Europe’s future lies in mobilising all its latent talent, not just focusing on the prosperous few.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#Europe’s problem isn’t a lack of genius, but a failure to use it. A continent can’t compete when half its regions are treading water.
#Europe’s future lies in mobilising all its latent talent, not just focusing on the prosperous few.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
#Europe’s future lies in mobilising all its latent talent, not just focusing on the prosperous few.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
#Green transitions are billed as fair and forward-looking.
But as @suyashjolly.bsky.social, Asheim, @maximilianbenner.bsky.social, @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social, Eadson, Gong & @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social warn, #transitions stripped of justice breed resistance, not renewal.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
But as @suyashjolly.bsky.social, Asheim, @maximilianbenner.bsky.social, @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social, Eadson, Gong & @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social warn, #transitions stripped of justice breed resistance, not renewal.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#Green transitions are billed as fair and forward-looking.
But as @suyashjolly.bsky.social, Asheim, @maximilianbenner.bsky.social, @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social, Eadson, Gong & @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social warn, #transitions stripped of justice breed resistance, not renewal.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
But as @suyashjolly.bsky.social, Asheim, @maximilianbenner.bsky.social, @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social, Eadson, Gong & @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social warn, #transitions stripped of justice breed resistance, not renewal.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...
Topping global rankings for research in regional and urban planning is flattering.
But I am prouder of LSE Geography.
Nine of us in the world’s top 50,000—a testament to collective grit over solitary stardom.
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btc...
topscinet.com
But I am prouder of LSE Geography.
Nine of us in the world’s top 50,000—a testament to collective grit over solitary stardom.
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btc...
topscinet.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Topping global rankings for research in regional and urban planning is flattering.
But I am prouder of LSE Geography.
Nine of us in the world’s top 50,000—a testament to collective grit over solitary stardom.
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btc...
topscinet.com
But I am prouder of LSE Geography.
Nine of us in the world’s top 50,000—a testament to collective grit over solitary stardom.
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btc...
topscinet.com
Euroscepticism sells freedom & prosperity but delivers stagnation.
My new working paper with Dijkstra & Dorati shows that #EU regions courting #Euroscepticism suffer lower #growth and weaker #productivity & #job creation.
Protest is a costly habit.
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
My new working paper with Dijkstra & Dorati shows that #EU regions courting #Euroscepticism suffer lower #growth and weaker #productivity & #job creation.
Protest is a costly habit.
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
Paying for Euroscepticism
Over the past two decades, support for Eurosceptic parties has climbed from fringe to nearly one third of voters. Promising renewed prosperity through less European integration, these parties imply Eu...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Euroscepticism sells freedom & prosperity but delivers stagnation.
My new working paper with Dijkstra & Dorati shows that #EU regions courting #Euroscepticism suffer lower #growth and weaker #productivity & #job creation.
Protest is a costly habit.
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
My new working paper with Dijkstra & Dorati shows that #EU regions courting #Euroscepticism suffer lower #growth and weaker #productivity & #job creation.
Protest is a costly habit.
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
Congratulations to Dr Till Meißner (@tillytales.bsky.social) on a superb PhD, supervised by Riccardo Crescenzi & myself and a great discussion with examiners Nicola Coniglio & Thomas Farole during his defence.
Till's thesis traces how global value chains can empower African economies.
Till's thesis traces how global value chains can empower African economies.
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Congratulations to Dr Till Meißner (@tillytales.bsky.social) on a superb PhD, supervised by Riccardo Crescenzi & myself and a great discussion with examiners Nicola Coniglio & Thomas Farole during his defence.
Till's thesis traces how global value chains can empower African economies.
Till's thesis traces how global value chains can empower African economies.