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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Editors needed: Regional Studies Journal We are looking for Editors to join the Regional Studies team, a leading international journal in the field. Find full details and how to apply at www.regionalstudies.org/new... Deadline for applications: 25 September 2026

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Travelling back from the Innovation & Research Caucus workshop in Manchester. Train is delayed but I have a stack of bookmarks that are right on brand!!

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You think you’ve seen it all, and then you’re offered a bribe for pushing a paper through peer review 😪 The price for my soul: $1,500 😕

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We have fully funded PhD studentships @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social. If you’re interested in a PhD at the intersection of in innovation, technological change and geography, please get in touch! There are routes for applicants with and without an MSc too www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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FindAPhD : The South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) at Royal Holloway, University of London

Apply for a PhD: The South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) at Royal Holloway, University of London

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This made me think whether these agents are behind the glut of journal submissions by non-existent authors. Are AI agents bragging to each other about their Google Scholar profiles?! Do they *enjoy* hanging out in ScholarOne?

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

With stripped back professional services in universities, updating Canvas course pages feels as lawless as phone theft in London. 'Please only edit the text in yellow and don't change the template' - or else what?! I learned a bit of HTML 10 years ago and I'm not afraid to use it 😏

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📢 Job vacancy: Policy Officer @WhatWorksGrowth Help improve how local growth policy uses evidence and evaluation, working with mayoral authorities on research, training, advice & evaluation tools 🏛️📊 💼 £43,277–£51,714 | 6 months 📅 Apply by 6 Sept → ow.ly/H3Mc50ZCpNF

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚂 Do researchers benefit from better trains? In a new report kindly funded by the Innovation and Reserach Caucus and supported by DSIT, we find that: Yes, they do 🚅! Research teams connected by rail lines that are often delayed produce fewer outputs 🛤️. Details: tinyurl.com/3575zrup

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Ticket to impact: estimating the impact of public transport infrastructure for research productivity - Innovation Research Caucus

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I have a whole theory of What Is Wrong With The UK Economy based on Peppa Pig Tails and the fact that Peppa is not mentioned anywhere in the discussion below ads proof.

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

See also: Google Scholar 😵‍💫

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Alex Coad @coad.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📢📢 Research Policy 12th online conference for Early Career Researchers! Fri 25th September 2026, 2-4pm (UK time) Submit a 3 page abstract by Sun 23rd August Link for submitting: forms.gle/Xu7oXsSV2zYX... Link to RP page: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese... #EconSky

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

When the Turkish team was playing in the semi-final or something at the Japan/Korea world cup the Turkish kids got special permission to check the score with the school secretary at half time. It was so cool I still think about it 😅

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LSE Geography & Environment @lsegeography.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📢 We're hiring! Join us and work with ‪@neillee.bsky.social on a funded project exploring how public green lending shapes private investment and local growth. A great opportunity for aspiring PhD students interested in green finance, data and applied research. 🍃 zurl.co/70mkq

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🎉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 🔁🤗

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Even the asphalt is trying to run away from the heat 😬

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

University website: This is where the future happens! Learn today about tomorrow! Something something AI! University PhD certificate: Issued in *Latin* 🥴

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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🚨 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓 📚 PHD OPPORTUNITY! Fully-funded 3 year UCL PhD at @casaucl.bsky.social. Start in October 2026 or February 2027. Deadline to apply is Weds 1 July 23:59 BST. Please share widely! www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/cas...

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The CASA Dearden PhD Scholarship

The Dearden Scholarship is open to UK/home students who wish to embark on PhD level study that links to the research interests of CASA academic staff and the research interests of Joel Dearden.

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

North London is really invested in me finishing off this paper before disappearing on holiday 😁

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Trying to buy some e-books for the child as I'm not lugging 20 books halfway across the globe. You'd think this is an easy task in this day and age. Alas! (suggestions welcome - illustrations are the issue, we have a Kindle, Kobo and iPad, only the latter working reliably and I'd rather avoid it)

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Sussex Recruitment @sussexunijobs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New post: Research Fellow in the Economics and Geography of Innovation (Fixed Term) Ref: 43560 Closing Date: 10 June 2026 To apply visit: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/aae5d67d...

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Research Fellow in the Economics and Geography of Innovation Ref: 43560 (Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

JOB🔥@mariasavona.bsky.social and I are hiring a research fellow in the economics and geography of innovation to join us at @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social this autumn as part of PACT - Past and Current Transitions: A new pact for fair and resilient European regions. jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/aae5d67d...

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Research Fellow in the Economics and Geography of Innovation Ref: 43560 (Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I always find these stats a little surprising, I’d find it more stressful to have a 9-5 rather than academic “laissez-faire as long as you turn up for your teaching”. There’s a bunch of things academia could do better of course but compared to your average office job it’s just remarkably flexible.

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

“Do you think using commuting zones instead of cities would affect your results?”

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Sarah Otner @sarahotner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition (via SEDarc, www.sedarc.ac.uk/postdoctoral...) is now open! If you want to bring your #research (on either #Metascience or the #CreativeIndustries) to #SPRU for 2026-27, get in touch ASAP. EOIs are due 16 April.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition | SEDarc

Information around the SEDarc postdoctoral fellowship competition

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

1) Use the windfall to extend the metro to the airport 2) Make Tbilisi the layover destination of choice Crucially: 3) DO NOT help Kakha Kaladze out of Dubai

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Looking for a hotel in Shanghai and every single one has pictures of the same AI generated beds 😵‍💫 On the plus side this can go straight into my lecture on digital technology as an example of negative externalities…

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What Works Growth @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Evidence is a public good. Once generated, everyone can benefit. This blog from @ioramashvili.bsky.social looks at why evaluation of local growth policy is underprovided, and how devolution could change that 👇 buff.ly/SjuUj3b

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Evaluation for the common good - What Works Growth

What do the air you breathe, the Thames Barrier, and the Armed Forces have in common? It is impossible to exclude anyone in society from benefitting from them. We breathe the same air, flood…

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hivemind: I read a blog a few months ago on the missing productivity impacts of AI and how AI currently solves the wrong bottlenecks, particularly in software development. I think the writer was (former) NHS Digital? Article possibly based on a public lecture?? Does that ring any bells??

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Finally got around watching the scarecrows wedding and what I hadn’t realised from the book is how much it is about to-do list anxiety. Inane item on your list taking 3x as long and derailing your life? Boy does Harry O’Hay have a story to tell 🫠 (should’ve watched it before starting marking 🫣)

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Worse than reading an AI slop essay is to read a really great essay and have the lingering ‘ahh but did they really write it’. Takes the last little bit of joy out of marking ugh 😞

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I did a double bill today of presenting @mariasavona.bsky.social and my research on structural change and knowledge diffusion at Utrecht and then (online) at @productivity.bsky.social! Thanks to @kjschaefer.bsky.social and @lideyu.bsky.social for the invitation, great company and discussions!

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Clear sign I've spent too much time trying to understand local government: Instagram is now serving me adds for manufacturers of playground equipment 😬

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I went to Australia thanks to the Mercator projection!

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Following my fellowship at the UK Evaluation Task Force, I'm very excited to have a paper out at @cssjournal.bsky.social on the importance of evaluation for local industrial strategy. Everyone loves evidence based policy but there are significant barriers to generating that evidence I argue that...

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

There’s a novel to be written about what’s the deal with this hut.

A little green hut on top of a flat-roofed building.

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Crouch End is so bougie that Domino’s Pizza has turned into a ‘hidden gem’ 🥹

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🚂I'll be starting the new year with an exciting new project, and it involves trains! Ticket to Impact, funded by the Innovation & Research Council will study the effect of transport infrastructure on the outcomes of collaborative research projects. All aboard! 🛤️More here: tinyurl.com/3m5xkvum

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Brighton has completed Trains, there are no trains left, and apparently I live here now 😑 London, it was nice knowing you

A picture of Brighton station with no trains

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🚨I’m organising a workshop on policy evaluation in local and regional government, bringing together academics, policymakers and others working in this area. 8 December, University of Sussex, travel funds available. Please see the call for papers for more details, and share widely 👇

Call for Papers

Impact evaluation and analysis of local and regional policies: Opportunities and challenges
Workshop at the University of Sussex, 8 December 2025
Aims: The symposium provides a unique opportunity for researchers and policymakers to come together and exchange experience of evaluation and impact analysis of sub-national policies. The goal is to stimulate debate about the goals of policy evaluation, embedding evaluation and analysis in the policymaking process, analytical methods and best practice for planning and implementing evaluation.
Themes: We are interested in paper presentations of evaluation and impact analysis studies of sub-national government policies, in any field, including but not limited to, local growth policy, business support, social policy, and local transport policy. We are also inviting non-academic participants to present projects related to policy evaluation at the sub-national level, including officials in local and regional governments and those employed in think-tanks and consultancies, to present evaluation projects or wider reflections on policy evaluation in their area.
Date and venue: The workshop will take place at the University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, on 8 December, with the programme starting at 10.30am and closing at 5.30pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Submission: To express your interest in participating in the workshop, please email Carolin loramashvili, c.ioramashvili@sussex.ac.uk with the following information:
• Full name
• Current position and organisation
• For academics: Please include an abstract of 100-300 words of the paper you would like to present.
• For non-academic participants: please include a summary of 100-300 words of the project or area of work you would like to discuss.
Submission deadline: 7 November 2025
Funding: The workshop is generously supported by a British Academy Fellowship grant.
Participation is free of charge. We are able to fun…

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Please join us for the next Regional Studies Women’s Network workshop! Participation is free, and we have online and in person (including free lunch!) options. A great opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new faces ahead of the Winter Conference ☺️

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We have fully-funded PhD studentships at SPRU, including for our PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies. I'd love to discuss proposals with potential applicants. Deadline 11 December and more details here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f... and here www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/de...

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SEDarc (ESRC) PhD scholarships for research in the Social Sciences : University of Sussex

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

If the Life in the UK test had an essay component it would be to write a strongly worded letter to your MP about the scam that is the official test prep app 🙄

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The next workshop of the @regstud.bsky.social Women’s Network is coming up ahead of the Winter Conference 🎉 We have options to attend in person and online. More details and registration link here: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I'm reviewing the second paper today (🫠) that is consistently missing spaces before citation brackets. Is this a new ChatGPT thing? An attempt to reduce word count?? Anybody have an idea what this might be about?

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The second visit in a Georgian museum funded with European money, this time Horizon, in which we are the only visitors. The exhibition is excellent but maybe there’s a science policy lesson here to give some money also to the marketing folks!

Exhibit in the State Silk Museum, Tbilisi

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

For business statistics at least, I think it’s also the changing make up of businesses that makes it harder. Micro business are under-sampled but still make up the bulk and they don’t have the fancy management accounting systems to respond to surveys.

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Carolin Ioramashvili @ioramashvili.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

For a summary of the paper, the @e-r-c.bsky.social very kindly featured our research on SME digitalisation and business survival on their blog: www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/did-digital-...

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Did digital technology help SMEs survive the Covid-19 pandemic? - Enterprise Research Centre

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