By Leanne Townsend1, Gary Bosworth2, Jack Reed3 & Ingmar Pastak4 James Hutton Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK Exeter University, UK University of Tartu, Estonia Our session at the annual Regional Studies Association conference in Florence (June, 2024) saw four very contrasting papers that lead us to reflect on the disparate nature of […]
The Regional Studies Association’s Annual Conference 2024 #RSA24 was held in partnership with the Department of Economics and Business Sciences and the Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy. This four-day in-person conference brought together academics and policymakers to exchange news, views and research findings from regional studies and science, regional and economic development, policy and […]
By Laura Sariego (email), Subdirectora y docente investigadora, Escuela de Administración Pública, Directora y Editora en Jefe, Revista Científica Administrar lo Público, Centro de Investigación y Capacitación en Administración Pública (CICAP) and Investigadora Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas (IICE), Universidad de Costa Rica Sustainability, Technology, and Just Transitions This is a report about one […]
By Astrid Krisch (email), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, University of Oxford, UK This year’s Regional Studies Association Annual Conference in Florence, Italy, was held under the theme ‘Global Challenges, Regional Cooperation and the Role of Places’ to discuss the role of places and regions in addressing current crises and global challenges. A […]
By Patricia Marquez
By Diana Prelorenzo, PhD Candidate at the Center of Research and Documentation on Americas (CREDA) of the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, France The RSA Annual Conference 2024 was held at the Department of Economics and Business Sciences and the Department of Architecture at the University of Florence, Italy. Sessions were dedicated to analyzing global challenges, regional collaboration, […]
By Adela Juntian CHEN (email), Sichuan University, China From June 11-14, 2024, the RSA Annual Conference convened at the University of Florence, gathering experts, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to explore global regional development under the theme “Global Challenges, Regional Collaboration, and the Role of Places”. Within this comprehensive agenda, the session on “Developing Rural, […]
By Daniel de Oliveira Vasconcelos (email), Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne The 2024 Regional Studies Association Annual Conference dedicated considerable space for discussions on culture and creativity. Between the 11th and 14th of June, scholars worldwide gathered, presented, and debated various topics related to creativity, culture, and their spatial implications in […]
By Tanja Potezica (email), Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik, Professur Raumplanung und Raumforschung, Weimar, Germany Eight speakers from a variety of geographical insights, disciplines, and scales participated in the two sessions on globalisation, value/supply chains, and trade. The first session started with an insightful presentation by Ioana Jipa-Musat, lecturer in International Business and Strategy […]
By MD ANWAR HOSSAIN
By Ellen Hjort (email), Department of Geography and Earth Sciences |Adran Daearyddiaeth a Gwyddorau Daear, G1 Llandinam Building | Adeilad Llandinam, Aberystwyth University | Prifysgol Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, UK One of the sessions at the 2024 RSA conference in Florence focused on Historical and Future Studies for Planning and Design. The chair, Sulevi Riukulehto, […]
