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.

Recently published: 'Tracing paths to internationalisation: historical trajectories, ownership advantages and outward FDIs from Shanghai and Shenzhen' by Ruilin Yang, John Cantwell & Yijia Chen. doi.org/10.1080/2379...

Warm invites to the RSA community for participation & reshare :) @rsa-regions.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @regstud-brazil.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social (3/3)

📢 Special call: Mobile Regions www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/u... ✍️ Rolling blog submissions open from May. Ideas welcome. @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social #RegionalStudies #MobileRegions

Recently published: 'Changing network structures and differentiated competition in the global photovoltaic product trade: an industrial chain perspective' by Aiping Wu, Xiaoping Zhang, Wenhua Lian & Jiawen Song. doi.org/10.1080/2379...

Newly published #openaccess: 'Technological diversification in China: the role of intra- and extra-regional collaboration' by Jiayi Lu, Zhan Cao & Ben Derudder. doi.org/10.1080/2168...

Recently published: 'Speaking through land: territoriality, identity and legitimacy in Jammu and Kashmir', by Muzamil Yaqoob & Aijaz Ashraf Wani. doi.org/10.1080/2162...

Newly published #openaccess 'Urban scaling and diffusion of knowledge recombination in Chinese cities, 1991–2020' by Yiou Zhang. doi.org/10.1080/2162...

#openaccess article: 'Navigating informality: interfacing land governance with the informal economy in Ghana’s secondary cities' by George Anane & David Anaafo doi.org/10.1080/2379...

💬 We welcome blog ideas and submissions. Will be really glad for the reshares! @rsa-regions.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @regstud-brazil.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social

The RSA is delighted to announce the publication of its 13th Policy Impact book: Improving Inclusive Innovation Outcomes: Lessons from Post-Industrial and Post-Conflict Cities. Authored by Michael Glass et al. Find out more www.regionalstudies.org/news/improvi...

Newly published #openaccess 'Drought and regional labour markets: evidence from Australia' by David Fleming-Muñoz & Tim Capon doi.org/10.1080/2168...

Newly published and '#opneaccess 'At the limits of choice: how the Netherlands handles Dublin transfers using behavioural strategies' by Imen El Amouri doi.org/10.1080/2162...

New article ‘Where do digital entrepreneurs thrive? The geography of Douyin vloggers in China, by Xue Peng & Sho Komatsu Find more at doi.org/10.1080/2379...

Recently published #openacess 'Gaining trust through consultation? How intergovernmental interactions influences citizens’ political trust in times of crisis' by Jakob Frateur, Patricia Popelier, Peter Bursens & Susana Duarte Coroado. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New RSA Historical Regions blog 🧭 Silicon Statecraft: How Historical Geography and Strategic Indispensability are Reshaping Japan’s Semiconductor Supply Chain ✍️ Giosuè Pacchiano 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Silicon Statecraft: How Historical Geography and "Strategic Indispensability" are Reshaping Japan’s Semiconductor Supply Chain - RSA Main

In the high-stakes game of 21st-century geopolitics, the map of the future is being drawn on the blueprints of the past. Nowhere is this clearer than in Kyushu, Japan. The recent opening of the Taiwan...

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Published #openaccess 'Regional and spatial development perspectives: shedding light on growth and regional development convergence in Sub-Saharan Africa' by Aggrey Otieno Bunde & Kehl Dániel www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Read the open access article 'Facilitative strategies of special economic zones in Zambia and Ethiopia: impacts on labour' by Carolina Kiesel & Peter Dannenberg at doi.org/10.1080/2379...

The next RSA Research Network webinar is in 24hrs. 🔶 Green Dreams in Peripheral Development Series: Securitised Resource Peripheries 📆 4th February 09:00-10:30 GMT For more info and to register: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-r... RSA webinars are open to all and free to attend. 🔁 😊

In case you missed it, the 2025 Area Development and Policy Annual Lecture paper is a must-read. Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common by Kohei Saito & Ryuji Sasaki doi.org/10.1080/2379... @regstud.bsky.social

⏳12 days to submit your application to the ARL, @rsaeurope.bsky.social and University of Amsterdam joint summer school. ⏳ 🔶 New Perspectives on Urban Infrastructures 📆 8-10 July School is aimed at 2 & 3 year PhD students. For more info & submit your application: www.rsaeurope.org/event/summer...

We were delighted that Kathleen Stokes (DCU) and Mary Lawhon (University of Edinburgh) have received the Best Paper Award for 'What counts as infrastructural labour? Community action as waste work in South Africa’ (doi.org/10.1080/2379...) www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-adp-best-paper-award/

New open access article "Metropolisation in the Global South: political negotiation in Lima and Bogotá" by Carlos Manuel Jiménez Aguilar, Giovanni Andrés Hernández Salazar &José Luis Niño Amézquita doi.org/10.1080/2379...

Also, we are looking for new entries! Mail: RSAblog@regionalstudies.org @rsaeurope.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @spatialeconomic.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

New open access article "A tale of no cities? The neglect of cities in South Africa’s post-apartheid national economic policies" by Glen Robbins doi.org/10.1080/2379...

New open access article "China’s interdependent positioning in the semiconductor global value chain" by Seamus Grimes & Debin Du DOI doi.org/10.1080/2379...

The @regstud.bsky.social and @rsa-adp.bsky.social teams are pleased to announce Qiong He (@uniofstandrews.bsky.social) has taken up post as the new Early Career Editor of Area Development and Policy. See the full story here www.regionalstudies.org/news/new-are...

New Area Development and Policy editorial appointment - RSA Main

The RSA and Area Development and Policy are pleased to announce a new appointment to the journal’s editorial team. Qiong He takes up position as the Early Career Editor of Area Development and Policy....

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🚨🚨New Article Online🚨🚨 "Selection of spillover channels in spatial dynamic panel models using heterogeneous shrinkage on spatial parameters" by Yong Bao & Xiaoyan Zhou. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Interested in contributing a research blog for RSA? We'd love to hear from any previous RSRS researchers wanting to showcase some of their published work!

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Also, we are looking for new entries! Mail: RSAblog@regionalstudies.org @rsaeurope.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @spatialeconomic.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Interested in regions and Twin Transition? Submit you abstract to our RSA special session (SS 60), “a regions and Twin Transition” Abstract deadline, December 19 @pillnj.bsky.social

Regional Studies Association@regstud.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌟77 Special Sessions and 3 JRC SMARTER sessions submitted for #RSA25 🌟 For ℹ️ on all of these fantastic sessions: 💻 bit.ly/sspto25 Abstract Deadline: 19 Dec 2024 @drjwharrison.bsky.social @alerainy.bsky.social @carvalho-luis.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social 🔄😀