RSA Highlights: News and reports from the RSA community

Report on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development: perspectives from Latrobe Valley Authority

By Karen Cain (Chief Executive Officer, Latrobe Valley Authority, Department of Premier and Cabinet, the State of Victoria, Australia) The importance of cross global collaboration was highly evident at the ‘2018 SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development’ recently held in Seville, Spain.  As one of the many international participants, and in particular one that attended […]

Report on the RSA Networking Workshop for Early and Mid-Career Women in Regional Studies and Regional Science

By Franziska Sielker (University of Cambridge, UK) and Camilla Chlebna (University of Oldenburg, Germany) A group of circa 20 Early and Mid-Career female scholars met on 24th October in Brighton at the premises of RSA headquarters for the inaugural Networking Workshop for Women in Regional Studies and Regional Science. The aim of this RSA member-led event […]

Report on the 3rd meeting of the RSA research network on Sustainability Transitions in the Coastal Zone

By Patrick Heidkamp (Southern Connecticut State University, CT, USA), John Morrissey (Mary Immaculate College, Ireland and Liverpool John Moores University, UK) and Catherine Chambers (University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland) About the RSA research network on Sustainability Transitions in the Coastal Zone Coastal areas, despite only occupying a relatively small percentage of the Earth’s land-surface, provide more than […]

Report on the 6th Masterclass on EU Cohesion Policy

By Chris Dimos (University of Bath, UK) and Samira Barzin (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) From October 8th to 11th 2018, the 6th Masterclass on EU Cohesion Policy was held as part of the 16th European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. The Masterclass was a joint event led by the European Commission’s DG […]

Report on the Workshop Combining State and Non-state Partnerships for Effective Place Leadership of the RSA Research Network Leadership and Urban and Regional Development

By Dane Anderton (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) The overall aim of this event was to bring people together and detailing the limits and variety of leadership of place. The workshop took place between 23rd and 24th of October 2018. This was two-day event scheduled into thematic areas within place leadership. Day one was split into […]

Report on the 5th Global Seminar & 1st Spring School of the RSA research network The Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo)

By David Bassens (Geography Department of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) The overall aim of this network is an open and   interdisciplinary network of academics, practitioners and experts interested in research on the spatiality of money and finance and its implications for the economy, society, and nature. The seminar was attended by approximately 70 people with delegates […]

Report on the 5th workshop of the RSA research network on Regional Economic and Policy History

By Arno van der Zwet (University of the West of Scotland, Scotland, UK), Sara Svensson (Central European University, Hungary) and Marijn Molema (Fryske Akademy Leeuwarden/Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Netherlands) This fifth and final workshop of the network took place at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley, Scotland between 29 […]

Report on the RSA Russia conference on Urban and Regional Resilience: Strategies for Success

By Leonid Limonov (ICSER “Leontief Centre”, St. Petersburg, Russia and Irina Turgel, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia) The conference ‘Urban and Regional Resilience: Strategies for Success’ was organized by the Russian Division of Regional Studies Association in cooperation with International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief Centre” on the 22-23th of October, 2018 in St. […]

Regional Studies Association 2019 Conferences and Grant Schemes

If you are looking for an opportunity to present your research in a stimulating and friendly environment, we are sure you will find something that fits the bill below: Conferences Annual Conference: Pushing Regions Beyond their Borders 5th-7th June 2019, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Abstract submission deadline: 28th February 2019 RSA Europe’s Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College 3rd-6th September […]