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🌏 New RSA Blog: South East Asia as a Global Economic Corridor by Sreedevi RS
ASEAN’s MPAC 2025 links trade, mobility & innovation — but can growth stay inclusive?

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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New RSA Blog 💻
Digital tools helped UK SMEs survive Covid-19 — but only in urban areas.

Sabine D’Costa & @ioramashvili.bsky.social show why rural firms saw no boost, calling for place-based digital strategies.

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

👀 New RSA calls soon!
October 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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For centuries, Mumbai’s Koli fishing communities shaped life by the tides 🌊🐟. Their Koliwadas are more than hamlets, they’re vernacular regions of caste, craft & ecology.
Read Ayush Srivastava & Asma Sayyad’s RSA Summer Series blog 👇
👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Found this interesting?
September 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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New RSA Blog 🌍✍️ by Johanna Schnabel (@jos38.bsky.social) : Can Devolution Reduce Regional Inequality in the UK?
From “Levelling Up” to “Power Up Britain,” devolution is central, but structures alone aren’t enough. Read more 👇

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Found this insightful!!
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Wait is Over!🚨 New RSA Summer Blog: Africa Edition
@jasonfbell.bsky.social unpacks how apartheid-era spatial inequality & local governance fractures contributed to the underdevelopment of Ga-Rankuwa and Winterveld, on Gauteng’s industrial periphery.
Read it here: bit.ly/3Inygo2
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July 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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🚨 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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July 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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⚠️ 40 years after the UK miners’ strike, former coalfield areas still bear the scars of austerity.

David Etherington, @mia-gray.bsky.social & Lisa Buckner reveal how £32.6B in welfare cuts + shrinking local gov funding = deep regional injustice.

Read the RSA blog: bit.ly/40d9jSm
July 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🌍 Call for Contributions!
Our special blog series invites voices from across Asia & Africa on development, place & policy.
📌 Info & guidelines: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/
✍️ Make your voice part of a global conversation.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Why do businesses co-locate? What makes a cluster thrive?
In Cooperatives Across Clusters, Anil Hira examines the cranberry industry to explore how cooperation & geography shape dynamics.
📖 Read: bit.ly/3FwaEw9
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May 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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In Latin America, territorial development is more than borders. It’s about 🧭 power, 🧬 identity & 🌍 connection to place.
By @dianamoralesphd.bsky.social, Laura Sariego Kluge & @tiagoteixeira05.bsky.social
📖 Read: bit.ly/4djDBYT
May 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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2/4 📊 The research shows cohesion funds increasingly serving EU's short-term agenda. During COVID, this meant massive redirection toward health infrastructure in Southern/Eastern Europe. @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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1/4 🔍 New Blog "Is the permacrisis transforming EU cohesion policy goals?" explores how crisis response has accelerated "hyper-Lisbonisation" - potentially undermining territorial development objectives! bit.ly/42ErEtb @fmolica.bsky.social @alederenzis.bsky.social @bourdinseb.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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📢 Also, Get ready, authors! Our EXCITING summer blog series calls launch soon with fresh themes! 🌟
Don't miss your chance to showcase your expertise & join our vibrant community of regional thinkers!
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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💡 Inspired? Submit your blog to RSA's call for contributions: www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/u...
✉️ Submit to: RSAblog@regionalstudies.org
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The blog examines how entrepreneurial ecosystem research remains largely empirical, focusing on how places develop capacity for entrepreneurs and regions.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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🔍 NEW BLOG: "Towards a micro-geography approach of the entrepreneurial ecosystem" by Etienne Capron and @airesse.bsky.social
Read how geographical proximity enables knowledge exchange:
Here's the link: bit.ly/3EgpHtm
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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What's a "Less-City"? It's a fascinating concept of areas less urbanized yet influenced by major cities - blending urban and rural characteristics. @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🌍🔍 Dive into the latest blog exploration: "Determinants of Voting Behaviour among Rural Populace in Ibadan Less-City" by Babatunde Jimi-Peters Link www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/
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March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🔔 Submissions are open for the June cycle! 🔔
Have research on regional development or circular economy? We'd love to feature your work!
Email: RSAblog@regionalstudies.org
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March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌱 The circular economy reimagines materials & energy use to reduce waste! 💡
For success, we need region-specific strategies addressing unique local challenges.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌱 New blog: "Is there a conflict between entrepreneurship & green transition in cities?" by @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social , Belitski & Eichler
🔍 Their research reveals optimistic findings about the relationship between business growth and sustainability.
Link: bit.ly/41tihvw
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February 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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💡 "What environmental liberalism labels as 'co-benefits' are not side effects but central to the political vision itself"
Dive into this fresh perspective on eco-social transformation.
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February 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🌍 "Environmental liberalism often struggles with people prioritizing immediate concerns over 'environmental issues'"
Read @rbaernthaler.bsky.social compelling analysis on @rsablog.bsky.social!
Link: bit.ly/41105If
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February 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🎲 Can games make cities more climate-resilient? Hendawy & Abdel-Moneim explore Debatable Urbs & CLAP NOW, showing how play sparks urban innovation! 🌍🏙️ Read more: bit.ly/3CGQdLF
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February 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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📢And we are planning to go bimonthly😄!
Keep those fascinating regional studies insights coming— (2/3) @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM