By Harry Radzuan (email). The Regional Studies Association’s Annual Conference #RSA23 was our largest knowledge exchange and networking event post-COVID-19. Organised in partnership with the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana and the Slovenian Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development, the conference was held at the School of Economics and Business, University of […]
By Simone Grabner (email). This year I attended the RSA Annual Conference in Ljubljana thanks to the support of the RSA and its RSA conference bursary. Considering my research interests, I attended many “Regional Innovation and Technological Change” sessions. The sessions covered various issues related to innovation & change and thus provided space for a […]
By Luke Green (email). Scholars of urban and regional studies have, over the past two decades, engaged more and more closely with questions and problems of finance. These intellectual concerns have arisen partly from the enduring impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis, which dramatically altered cities’ and regions’ development priorities and possibilities. Fifteen years […]
By Mariia Rastvorova (email). I felt the vibes of sustainability/sustainable tourism right from the start of the conference. Instead of providing a printed conference program, the RSA provided participants with a very easy-to-use mobile conference app containing information on academic, networking and entertainment activities, maps and more. The paper conference badge was simultaneously a bus […]
By Carolina Guevara-Rosero (email). Globalization is a phenomenon that has evolved over time in a non-linear way. The world has experienced three waves of globalization and two waves of deglobalization. The first wave of globalization occurred between 1850 and 1914, when transport costs were significantly reduced, and new technologies emerged to boost land-intensive primary goods. […]
By Chandrima Mukhopadhyay (email). There were multiple sessions on regional resiliency in the conference from both a climate change and an economic resilience perspective. The first session I attended on regional economic resilience was “Rural Resilience in the context of Trends in Urban-Rural Digital divide”. The sessions’ presentations mainly investigated how resilient rural regions were […]
By Sergio Palomeque (Personal webpage & Contacts). During the RSA Annual Conference 2023, sessions were dedicated to analysing the global challenges of climate change, energy consumption needs and sustainability from different perspectives, always focusing on the contributions that can be made from the point of view of regional studies. In the first of these sessions, […]
By Vojtěch Dvořák (email). The 2023 RSA Annual Conference took place from 14th to 17th June 2023 in the beautiful city of Ljubljana with the theme Transforming Regions: Policy and Planning for People and Places. The conference brought together over 700 experts from universities, research institutes, government, public and private sectors, with many more joining […]
By Solomiia Tkach (email). As a member of the Regional Studies Association, I was honoured to become one of the 2023 Annual Conference “Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places” (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Bursary Winners. I had the opportunity to participate in this prestigious event and engage in meaningful discussions on regional transformation and […]
By Sila Ceren Varis Husar (email). From the start of the conference to the end, one can see how the general theme of “transforming regions” has been rethought/re-deliberated in the different channels of regional research. Accepting and classifying the common challenges on the one hand and creating a platform for dialogue on dealing with these […]
