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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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.

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We're streaming the keynote from TRAKR workshop live from Neuchâtel, Switzerland. ➡️ Matters Beyond Knowledge – The Role of Valuation in Transition Studies and Potential Lessons for Regional Policy 📣 Bernhard Truffer , EAWAG, Switzerland 🗓️ 16 April 12.30 BST / 13.30 CEST 🔗 bit.ly/3EzQn69 😁 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨We are delighted to announce our 5th CEE conference is taking place 🌍 Poznan University of Economics And Business, Poland 🗓️ 14-16 September 2026 🚨 ➡️ Resilience, Realignment, and Renaissance: Regional Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe For detailed information: 🔗 bit.ly/4c3RyuY 😁 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

✨Upcoming RSA webinars for your diary ✨ We've a varied selection of webinars ranging from RSA Research Networks, collaborations or Professional Development. Click on the images below for more info. For detailed info and to register: bit.ly/4vdq0uN 😁🔶

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🌟We are livestreaming the Keynote from the TRAKR Workshop taking place next month 🌟 📌 Matters Beyond Knowledge – The Role of Valuation in Transition Studies and Potential Lessons for Regional Policy 📣 Bernhard Truffer 🗓️ 16 April 12.30 BST / 13.30 CEST Info & register: bit.ly/3EzQn69

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🌟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 😊 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🌟We are delighted to be partnered with @city-redi.bsky.social for their 20th Regional Innovation Policies Conference 🌟 🔶Navigating Futures with Innovation: Resilient and Resurgent Regions 📆 17-18 September 2026 Abstract deadline: 10 April For more info: bit.ly/4lkHHE1 😊 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🌟 Registration is now open for #RSA26 🌟 Join the RSA community in Gothenburg in June. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories 📆 15-18 June 2026 To benefit from the early bird rate, register by 31st March 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

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Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Published today! New book 'Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning', co-authored by @drjwharrison.bsky.social with Dr Daniel Galland and @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social ⬇️

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

✨Upcoming Professional Development webinar ✨ 🔶 How to Enhance your Research: Tips for Academics 📆 18 March 12pm GMT / 1pm CET 📢 Don Webber 🪑 Kate Broadhurst For more information and to register: 🔗 bit.ly/rsaprofdev Free to attend, just need to register. 😊 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🌟 Abstract Deadline Day for #RSA26 🌟 ⏳ 19th February 2026 Join the RSA community in Gothenburg in June. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories 📆 16 June 2026 For more information and to submit your paper: 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📣 📣 The opening plenary for #RSA26 is now complete 📣 📣 The Early Career Plenary Speaker competition winner is: 🎉 @Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 🎉 Kirstin joins a fantastic line up of speakers. For info on the plenary and conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨ ⏳ Deadline: 19th February For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH Join the RSA community in Gothenburg ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 😀🔄

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🎇Submit your abstract to one of the open sessions submitted to #RSA26 🎆 To gind out more, go to: bit.ly/4aCzjLl Submitted session: 12th February General pool: 19th February ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 🌍 University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Check out the exciting Autumn 2025 line up for our Loughborough Geography Seminar Series! We are dedicated to creating an exciting space for knowledge exchange versus webinar-style lectures, so most of these talks are in person. Please feel free to DM with any questions!

Geography Seminar Series, Autumn 2025 lineup.
Summer Summaries
Check out what your colleagues have been up to!
Robert Kloosterman, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Migrant & Ethnic Entrepreneurs & the Emerging Societal Context
Sarah Mills, Loughborough University:
The Gamiflcation of Citizenship
Ania Zielonka, Polish Academy of Sciences
Mountain Rivers as Critical Hotspots of Secondary Microplastic Production
Josh Wolstenholme, Loughborough University
Sediment transport & flood risk: Why is it important and how can we monitor it?
Trivik Verma, Loughborough University
Constructing Just Mobility Futures
Nick Midgley, Nottingham Trent University
Assessment of tussac grassland degradation in the Falklands Islands
Powerpoint Karaoke
We've made describing other people's research a holiday tradition!

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Regional Studies Journal @regionalstudies.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Announcing a forthcoming book, “Regions in Evolution - A History of Regional Planning”, a critical and deep analytical look at the ebbs & flows of regional planning globally over 100 years, with @drjwharrison.bsky.social & Daniel Galland, due to be published early in 2026

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The Department of Geography and Environment @lborouniversity.bsky.social is launching the MSc Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action, a brand-new distance learning programme co-designed and delivered with @unitar.bsky.social. 💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar 'Where do Climate Leaders Begin? 19 June 2025, 5-6pm (CET)

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It was an absolute delight earlier this week to award Lance Newey with this years Urban and Regional Horizons Best Paper Award for his @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper | Absorptive Capacity, Complexity & Regional Renewal: A Developmental Psychology Perspective doi.org/10.1080/0034... Video below

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Absorptive capacity, complexity and regional renewal: a developmental psychology perspective

Regional renewal calls for system-level agency. However, at a micro-level, such agency calls for actors to confront paradoxical choices in development. Paradox, though, is a form of cognitive compl...

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Heike Jöns introducing @lborouniversity.bsky.social first Geography and Environment hologram lecture as part of our Yr 2 Globaliztion module. Johanna Hautala from the University of Vaasa is talking to our students about "Geographies of knowledge in the era of AI" #lovegeography @rgsibg.bsky.social

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Brilliant to see this new Climate Compatible Growth brochure showcasing the positive impact this @lborouniversity.bsky.social led programme has had on achieving the transition to clean energy + sustainable economic growth in the Global South. climatecompatiblegrowth.com#flipbook-df_...

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Regional Studies Journal @regionalstudies.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This #Editorial forms part of the recently published 'Territorial development: new challenges in a fragmented world' collection of articles. Territorial development can be seen as a form of 'safe haven', allowing people to steer individual and collective projects www.tandfonline.com/journals/cre...

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Territorial development: new challenges in a fragmented world

Explore the article collection: Territorial development: new challenges in a fragmented world. Published in Regional Studies.

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Regional Studies Journal @regionalstudies.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

New in #OpenAccess: Highways and local development: insights from two decades of investments by Adelheid Holl www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Regional Studies Journal @regionalstudies.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

New and in #OpenAccess: 'Trading borders: the importance of interregional integration and economy size for the impact of secession' by Gioele Figus, Peter McGregor, Stuart McIntyre & Graeme Roy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Regional Studies Journal @regionalstudies.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

New #OpenAccess paper: 'The use and misuse of regional data: perspectives, challenges and policy implications from across the UK' by James Black, Kevin Connolly, Sharada Nia Davidson & Mairi Spowage www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Oh no, doing some training and the video said 'if you don't watch the full video it will not record the activity as complete'. They are on to me 😱 😂

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A beautiful day at @lborouniversity.bsky.social for the first day of our Geographies of Education Virtual Fieldcourse! All those days in New York and in the UK when I prayed to wake up to nice weather and the one day I don't need it 😎🌞Today it's VR to visit to Hunan and Kassel Universities

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pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Check out our new paper in IJURR on philanthropy and urban governance: BLOOMBERG’S GLOBAL MAYORALTY: Philanthropy and the ‘Crisis of Capacity’ in City Government. Wiley tells me there's a link here:

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Allan Watson @allanwatson1.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Today we launch our new report "CreaTech: How the fusion of emerging technologies and the Creative Industries can transform the UK's approach to skills, innovation and business", commissioned by The Royal Anniversary Trust and DCMS. royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Things you 💚💜 to see. Well done @charnwoodforest.bsky.social and @lborouniversity.bsky.social 👏 Great to see this initiative

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

📘 Coming soon: "Critical Planning Futures - New Directions in Planning" (May 2025) 📖 Includes chapter with Miriam Jensen, Daniel Galland on "The mistreatment of time in planning theory: Towards planning beyond the clock in a world increasingly out-of-sync" www.routledge.com/Critical-Pla...

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Critical Planning Futures: New Directions in Planning Theory

Planning lies at the heart of successful and sustainable places, yet planning scholarship often appears stuck in routinised patterns of thought. Critical Planning Futures brings together an internatio...

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

For my non-university followers, there’s a real crisis in UK universities at the moment. If you have children at university, or you want them to go in the next few years, or even if you just care about education and our regional economies, you might want to pay attention to what’s happening.

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Highlight of my week: Sarah at work, who helps manage my diary, sending this screenshot saying it made her chuckle 😂 Although I’m northern I promised her I’m not that tight that I 'break up' with my wife every year to avoid Valentine’s...but it might mean break up if I don't remember 😬

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Exciting opportunity to be Editor-in-Chief of the @regstud.bsky.social Regions and Cities Book Series. It is a great series with lots of fantastic contributions to advancing the field of regional studies. Do check out all the details about applying 👇

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Exciting opportunity to become the new @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief. It is a great journal serving a very important role in the @regstud.bsky.social portfolio. Do take a look 👇

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

🚨 We’re Hiring! 🚨 The Regional Studies Association (RSA) is excited to announce an incredible opportunity to join our team as the Head of Partnerships and Engagement! 🔗 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4fMts6s @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @miagray00.bsky.social @drjwharrison.bsky.social

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Exciting opportunity to join the @regstud.bsky.social board as our new Treasurer. I've been on the RSA Board for 3 years and it's a great team. I've learned plenty and I highly recommend it

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Brilliant to attend the @lborouniversity.bsky.social screening of Bajo Fuego - a powerful documentary that is part of a project led by Kate Gough and @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social exploring the peace process in rural Colombia. Do check out the trailer here bajofuego.com

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

🚨Four days to submit your special session proposal for #RSA25 🚨 To submit your #SS by ⏰ 28th November: bit.ly/RSAAC25 To view #SS submissions: bit.ly/sspto25 Join us in Porto 6-9 May 2025 🔄☺️ @drjwharrison.bsky.social @carvalho-luis.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🌟Thinking about #RSA25 taking place at University of Porto, Portugal 🌟 ⏰6-9 May 2025 ➡️Navigating Regional Transformation ⏳Deadlines: Special Session Proposals: 28 November 2024 Early Career Plenary Speaker: 10 December 2024 Abstracts & Bursary: 19 December 2024 💻 bit.ly/RSAAC25 🔁😊🍷

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

🚨Check out this fantastic opportunity for all ECRs 🚨 🌠ECR Plenary Speaker competition at the upcoming RSA Annual Conference in Porto #RSA25🌠 For more information and the application process: bit.ly/RSAAC25 Deadline: 10th Dec 2024 @rsaeurope.bsky.social

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

... and for a different kind of starter pack on #global #urban #research, see the collection edited with @drjwharrison.bsky.social (spot who appears in both packs!) uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/do...

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Doing Global Urban Research

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