Recently published in @regionalstudies.bsky.social Community-based social capital, neighbourhood characteristics and SME resilience: a configurational analysis by Arash Sadeghi, Taimaz Larimian and John Harrison doi.org/10.1080/0034...

New in @regionalstudies.bsky.social Towards an evolutionary perspective on institutions in economic geography Ron Boschma doi.org/10.1080/0034...

RSA grant: the Knowledge & Policy Exchange Grant (KPEG) funds collaboration between RSA members & non-academic organisations. Up to £2,500 | 3–12 months | Global | Applications open October 2026. regionalstudies.org/funding/kpeg #KPEG

Spatial Economic Analysis celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special issue: "20 Years of Spatial Economic Analysis: Evolution, Achievements and Perspectives on the Field." Free to download until the end of August 2026. www.regionalstudies.org/news/sea-20t... @sallyhardy.bsky.social

Relive the energy of #RSA26 in Gothenburg. Plenaries, the Welcome Reception, the Conference Dinner and many moments that made this year's conference special. Thank you to all who joined us. See you in Madrid next year! More at regionalstudies.org/news/rsa26-highlights/

New RSA Blog Who Really Gains from French Public Innovation Support? Read more about it in the blog by ✍️ Raphaël Chiappini & Sophie Pommet here 📄 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202... @regstud.bsky.social

Who Really Gains from French Public Innovation Support? - RSA Main

Innovation policy is often designed as if geography does not matter. Public agencies often allocate public financial aid to innovative firms based on project quality and firm characteristics, but rare...

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Still buzzing from the fantastic @regstud.bsky.social Conference in Gothenburg! Thanks to everyone at #RSA26 who organised, shared, discussed, and connected. It’s a pleasure to be part of such a welcoming community. 🙌

🎉To celebrate 20 years of RSA journal Spatial Economics Analysis we are hosting a webinar. SEA has recently published Special Issue (open access until end July) to mark the occasion. 🎉 📅 1 July 2026 🕙 10:00 BST / 11:00 CEST / 17:00 CST For info and to register 🔗 bit.ly/4ezXmxB 🔁🤗

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Impact Factor for @rsa-tpg.bsky.social has risen to 2.6, up from 2.3 last year. Thank you to the authors, reviewers, and editorial team for this continued growth.

Great news for the Spatial Economic Analysis community, with the @spatialeconomic.bsky.social 2025 Impact Factor jumping to 2.9, up from 2.2 last year. Thank you to everyone whose work contributed to this result.

Area Development and Policy has reached a new high, with a 2025 Impact Factor of 2.4, climbing from 1.8 the year before. We are proud of the journal's growing influence in the field.

Great news for the Spatial Economic Analysis community, with the @spatialeconomic.bsky.social 2025 Impact Factor jumping to 2.9, up from 2.2 last year. Thank you to everyone whose work contributed to this result.

We are delighted to share that the @regionalstudies.bsky.social 2025 Impact Factor has risen to 5.9, up from 4.2 last year. Thank you to the authors, reviewers, and editorial team for this outstanding result.

Thanks to @regstud.bsky.social for funding our new research network on Uneven & Combined Transitions, w @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social, @susannewman.bsky.social & others not on here! Website, mailing list & webinar series to come in early 2027! Full info here: www.regionalstudies.org/news/uct-ejgs/

Launching Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning by Daniel Galland @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social & @drjwharrison.bsky.social at @regstud.bsky.social Conference in Gothenburg 17 June 2pm w/ Jennifer Clark, Andy Pike, @mrglassphd.bsky.social & Simin Yan www.routledge.com/Regions-in-E...

Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning

Throughout the twentieth century, planning and planners were central to our understanding of cities and regions. Today, however, planning is facing powerful challenges – professionally, intellectually...

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The RSA has launched its strategy for 2026–2030, setting out how we will support regional researchers, champion evidence-based policy, and promote sustainable and equitable regional development over the coming years. Find out more at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-202...

At the upcoming @regstud.bsky.social annual conference next week in #Gothenburg, @simondudek.bsky.social and Andreas Kallert present in the session "Local #Government in #Crisis?" on "Nobody thinks of us: #Austerity in #Rural #Municipalities in Germany". #GeoSky events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

Newly published #openaccess 'Unborn infrastructures: the bounds and boundlessness of past metabolic visions for Berlin' by Timothy Moss doi.org/10.1080/21622671.20...

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Newly published #openaccess 'Assessing urban–rural classification methods in different territories' by Valentina Cattivelli doi.org/10.1080/21681376.20...

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Regional Studies Best Paper Award! Flavio Pinheiro, Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Dominik Hartmann & Ron Boschma for their paper: "The dark side of the geography of innovation: relatedness, complexity and regional inequality in Europe" doi.org/10.1080/0034...

The 2026 TPG Best Paper Award award to Maria Tysiachniouk, Svetlana Tulaeva, Juha Kotilainen & Laura A. Henry for their #openaccess paper: "Liberal spaces in an illiberal regime: environmental NGOs, state sovereignty and the struggle for nature" doi.org/10.1080/2162...

New paper published today! It considers the opportunities and potential for **healthy industrial strategy** @jacknewman.bsky.social, Sarah Ayres & Geoff Bates 📕 Published in @regionalstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Prioritising public health in mission-oriented industrial strategy

The aim of this article is to identify the opportunities to prioritise public health in industrial strategy. The resurgence of industrial policy has prompted calls for a sector-specific, people-foc...

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Newly published #openaccess 'Patronage, territory and the appointment of top civil servants' by Ari Mamshae. Read it at doi.org/10.1080/21622671.20...

How do places become "left behind" even after formal conflict ends? 🎓 Student Summer Series open ⏳ Deadline: 20 June 📩 Rsablog@regionalstudies.org

Newly published #openaccess 'Assessing urban–rural classification methods in different territories' by Valentina Cattivelli doi.org/10.1080/21681376.20...

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New and open access: (Im)mobile islanders: protection seekers enacting and imagining onward movements from Malta by Kirstin Sonne Read it for free: doi.org/10.1080/21622671.20...

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Newly published #openaccess 'Unborn infrastructures: the bounds and boundlessness of past metabolic visions for Berlin' by Timothy Moss doi.org/10.1080/21622671.20...

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Newly published #openaccess 'Patronage, territory and the appointment of top civil servants' by Ari Mamshae. Read it at doi.org/10.1080/21622671.20...

New and #openaccess: 'Spillover effects of the digital economy on economic growth in Africa' by Donnibè Dah, Pam Zahonogo & Francois Pazisnewende Kabore. Read it at doi.org/10.1080/21681376.20...

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In this #openaccess article ‘Voiceless & invisible? Statelessness in Northern Thailand & the purposefully disorganised exercise of agency’, Jin Hee Lim examines how stateless people's agency is enacted in relation to others. doi.org/10.1080/21622671.20...

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