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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...

Recently published 'From kilometres to detachment: examining electoral accountability in amalgamated municipalities' by Jakub Jusko and Petr Voda doi.org/10.1080/2162...

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.

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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Very pleased to report that TPG's Journal Impact Factor has increased to 2.6 in the 2025 Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. We are a Q1 journal in Political Science, a high Q2 in Geography, and would be a Q1 journal in International Relations if ranked in that category.

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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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...

Warm invites for participation in the student summer series! ⭐ @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @regstud-brazil.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social

Newly published #openaccess 'Unborn infrastructures: the bounds and boundlessness of past metabolic visions for Berlin' by Timothy Moss doi.org/10.1080/2162...

Newly published #openaccess 'Patronage, territory and the appointment of top civil servants' by Ari Mamshae. doi.org/10.1080/2162...

Climate governance is increasingly enacted through financial mechanisms rather than public policy. This collection examines the politics of climate finance and calls for a new research agenda centred on value, power and justice. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfa...

New #openaccess article: (Im)mobile islanders: protection seekers enacting and imagining onward movements from Malta' by Kirstin Sonne Read it at doi.org/10.1080/2162...

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/10.1080/21622671.2026.2658038

Rural housing shortages don't just squeeze residents; they also prevent new businesses from forming. New #openaccess research article using US county data: The impact of housing shortages on firm entry in rural economies by Simone Juhasz Silva doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2026.2637382

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 online: 'From home to planet. Grounding planetary futures in Frankfurt’s technopolitical landscape of water scarcity' by Valentin Meilinger. doi.org/10.1080/2162...

Newly published: 'Between blueprint and bricolage: how sectoral logics shape regional governance in Flanders' by Pieterjan Schraepen & Joris Voets doi.org/10.1080/2162...

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 RSA blog 🌏 📌 Part of Historical Regions series! Living Between Macau & Zhuhai ✍️Siyi Huang How does everyday border-crossing reshape “home” & territory? 🔗 regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Living between Macau and Zhuhai: The Shift, Drift and Dilution of Territories and Borders - RSA Main

The two cities of Macau and Zhuhai, located on the south-east coastline of China, have long been entangled. Both were administered by Xiangshan County for centuries before Macau came under Portuguese ...

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New and #openaccess: '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. Read at doi.org/10.1080/2162...

New #openaccess article ‘But we are a rich nation!': the persistent extractivist development myth in Algeria and Venezuela, by Luíza Cerioli Read for free at doi.org/10.1080/2162...

Why are international finance centres absent from debates on post-carbon transitions? In this new commentary, Sabine Dörry calls for forensic research into the institutional structures through which IFCs constrain rapid and just transitions. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/2833...

Carbon lock-in: why international financial centres matter for post-carbon transitions

International financial centres (IFCs) are not merely sites where global capital concentrates; they are legal-economic architectures that actively reproduce carbon lock-in. This commentary conceptu...

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🌟Are you a PhD student or ECR? Join the RSA Student and EC Conference 📆3-4 September 2026 🌟 🔶 Emergent Directions in Regional Research 🌍 Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK For detailed info, view the cfp and submit your abstract: 🔗 bit.ly/4kJkYBh 😊 🔁

Recently published #openaccess 'Spatial imaginaries and the construction of regions: a cultural political economy approach' by Philip O'Brien doi.org/10.1080/2162...

📢 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

💬 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

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....

From a forthcoming special issue, the newly published article: "The contentious politics of renewable energy: territorial cleavages in Italy’s ‘green’ transition," by Daniela Chironi and Donatella della Porta doi.org/10.1080/2162...

New Special Issue with the free-to-read editorial 'Under construction – towards critical perspectives on infrastructuring and infrastructured labour in Africa', guest edited by Theo Aalders, Prince Guma, Evelyne Owino & Dr Gideon Tups. doi.org/10.1080/2162...

Read this #openaccess TPG article by Håvard Haarstad and Mahir Yazar, 'Urban sustainability: a spatial justice critique' which reflects on the apparent growing discontent against urban sustainability policies. doi.org/10.1080/2162...