Issue 21: Transforming Regional Economies: Reflecting on the Past, Shaping the Future – Lessons from 60 Years of the Regional Studies Association

Regions E-Zine 2025: Transforming Regional Economies

As we move into 2025, the Regions e-zine will focus on the overarching theme of Transforming Regional Economies, aligning with the Regional Studies Association (RSA) research priorities. The global landscape of regional development is undergoing rapid transformation due to technological advancements, shifting economic structures, and evolving policy frameworks. Our 2025 issues will explore this transformation through three carefully selected sub-themes that address resilience, technological change, and place-based development.

Regions e-zine is committed to engaging policymakers and early-career researchers. We welcome diverse perspectives from academics, practitioners, and policymakers who can contribute insights into past experiences and future directions in regional economic transformation. 

Regions e-zine priority target groups for contributors in 2025:

1. Policymakers – Translating cutting-edge research into actionable insights that inform regional policy and governance.
2. Early Career Researchers – Providing a platform to showcase innovative research and contribute to academic and policy discussions.

Issue 21 (April 2025): Reflecting on the Past, Shaping the Future – Lessons from 60 Years of the Regional Studies Association

• From Stagnation to Growth: Critical Thresholds and Land Value Tax
• The Use and Misuse of Regional Data: Insights from Across the UK
• Regional implications of the Italian inner areas strategy
• Unravelling Regional Inequality: The Heterogeneous Impact of China’s Great Western Development Program
• Regions at the Forefront: Protecting Water as a Public Good – A Personal Reflection
• Geomorphology and Landscape as Drivers of Sustainable Development in Cinque Terre – A Personal Reflection

RSA Highlights 

• RSA Events – Event report – RSA Annual Conference, Value Chains, Foreign Investment Innovation and KIRDSA special session
• RSA Events – Event report – RSA Annual Conference, Reflections on Regional Change, Financial Geographies and Collaboration
• RSA Events – Event report – RSA Annual Conference, Special Season “SS03: Global Knowledge Flows and their Role in the Window of Opportunity for Latin America” by The Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development in South America (KIRDSA)
• RSA Events – Event report – International Conference on Regional Development in South America by The Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development in South America (KIRDSA)
• RSA Events – Event Report – The Creation and Development of the Regional Studies Association Research Network on Citizen Entrepreneurship (RSARNCE)

Regions is the voice of the membership of the Regional Studies Association.

If you are interested in submitting something, then contact us at office@regionalstudies.org and we will work closely with you to help your article appear in a way most interesting to our readership.

Best regards,

Editorial Team

Eduardo Oliveira | Stefania Fiorentino | Robert Bowen

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