Regional Insights: A selection of articles providing a fresh take on regional studies

Industrial Policy Meets Regional Development: The Geography of Strategic Industrial Ambitions

By Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer (e-mail), Center for Innovation Systems & Policy, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria and Chair in Innovation and Regional Development, HEC Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, Richard Shearmur, School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, David Doloreux, Chair in Innovation and Regional Development, HEC Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada and Amélie […]

Marketing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Analyzing M-Pesa’s Digital Strategy

By Flora Mah Ndifor and Paul N. Ngang (LinkedIn; email), Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Postgraduate in African Business Studies, Mechelen, Belgium.     Introduction Africa’s digital economy is undergoing a profound transformation shaped by mobile technology, expanding internet penetration, and a youthful population eager to adopt technological innovations. This environment has enabled firms to deploy novel digital marketing […]

Breaking Boundaries: How China’s Science and Technology Innovation Corridors Are Shaping Urban Industry

Breaking Boundaries: How China’s Science and Technology Innovation Corridors Are Shaping Urban Industry By Jingjing Zeng, School of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China and Wenqing Tao* (Corresponding author), School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China Reference to the original article published in Regional Studies*: Zeng, J., & Tao, W. (2025). […]

Berlin’s Digital Geographies: Mapping Green Futures in the 21st Century

By Efthymios Georgiou (e-mail) The Political Mirror of Berlin Berlin is both a city and a federal state within Germany, located in the heart of Europe. Since its reunification in 1990, it has been the national capital and is the most populous urban centre in the country, with an estimated 3.4 million residents by 2025 […]

Building Trust by Design: What Espoo (Finland), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Amsterdam (Netherlands) Teach Regions about Civic AI

By Mahshid Cheraghi (e-mail; LinkedIn), PhD candidate in sustainability and urban regeneration at the Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Across Europe, artificial intelligence is moving from pilot to practice in urban planning and public services. Yet technical capability […]