🌟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:

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Thank you for the response.
Excited to apply for the conference.
:)

Hi Tim,
I am interested to share a abstract for the conference but wanted to ask if it's open to everyone or is it's just europe specific?
I would be glad to receive your response.

Please feel free to reach out with your ideas or any questions regarding the call.
I'd be happy to answer them😊.
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as well as the infrastructure development and policymaking surrounding it.
(3/4)
Read more about it here 👇🏼
www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/u...

The modern boundaries of nation-state.
This theme therefore invites contributions that explore diverse perspectives on mobility in transition, whether by choice or by force,
@regstud.bsky.social
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Hi everyone, I would like to invite you all for a special series blog call on "Mobile Regions: Immigration, Infrastructure and Policy Making"
Amid recent tensions & shifting geopolitics,'mobility' has emerged as a multilayered & complex issue that continuously challenges (1/4)
@rsablog.bsky.social

Hi everyone,
I am inviting new blogs submissions on Mobile Regions.
Please feel free to reach out and share the call if you find it insightful.
I look forward to your submissions.

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...

Uneven Geographies of Industrialisation: Race, Space, and Path Dependence on Gauteng’s Periphery - RSA Main South Africa’s post-apartheid development landscape remains profoundly shaped by its inherited spatial and institutional architecture. Derived from my PhD study, Bell (2025) argues that underdevelopme...

New RSA Historical Regions blog by Jason F. Bell:

Uneven Geographies of Industrialisation: Race, Space, and Path Dependence on Gauteng’s Periphery

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (due out this month) is part of a wider reconsideration of industrial strategy. Get up to speed with our bumper recent @cssjournal.bsky.social special issue on ‘Industrial strategy reborn’ @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Is the UK’s industrial strategy really place based? New @rsablog.bsky.social blog on our recent @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper. Blog here: regions.regionalstudies.org/ezine/articl... paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @regstud.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social

A Short-Lived Union: Lessons from the Troms-Finnmark Merger - RSA Main In 2020, a merger of the counties of Troms and Finnmark in northern Norway was implemented as part of a nationwide regional reform. Unlike some mergers that took place at the time, this merger was not...

New RSA Historical Regions blog by Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen:

A Short-Lived Union: Lessons from the Troms–Finnmark Merger

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Call for Abstracts Open: 20th Regional Innovation Policies Conference, 17-18 Sept, 2026 Birmingham, UK #RegInnoPol26 @regstud.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social @lisadepropris.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @regionalwhispers.bsky.social
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My afterword "The Material Politics of Labour in Africa" to the SI "Under construction – towards critical perspectives on infrastructuring and infrastructured labour in Africa" edited is now freely available. @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsablog.bsky.social #geosky

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DFDSB...

💬 What should RSABlog explore next? Share your ideas!
📣 Our poll is live on LinkedIn 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Eager to hear from you:
@regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social

Over the past year, we’ve journeyed through vernacular and historical regions across continents. As we wrap up this month’s blogs, we’re looking ahead — and we’d love your early input on where the RSA Blog should go in 2026. 🔍✨

📢 A LinkedIn poll will be launching soon, but we’re opening a head-start listening session here.
What themes, perspectives, or kinds of contributions do you think the RSA Blog should prioritise in the year ahead?
We’re eager to hear from you and look forward to shaping the upcoming cycle together 🚀

Different regions have different development pathways & industrial strategies need to be tailored to local conditions.
Found this insightful?
💬 We welcome your thoughts.
And we are looking for new topics or calls that RSA should explore next?

Beyond Agglomeration. Towards A Rethinking of Industrial Strategy? - RSA Main In recent years, industrial strategy has returned to the centre of political and economic debate. Governments across advanced economies are once again asking how they can shape growth, support innovat...

New @rsablog.bsky.social ‘Beyond Agglomeration.’ Time to go beyond agglomeration as an organising principle in industrial strategy & take place seriously. @regionalstudies.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Beyond Agglomeration. Towards A Rethinking of Industrial Strategy? - RSA Main In recent years, industrial strategy has returned to the centre of political and economic debate. Governments across advanced economies are once again asking how they can shape growth, support innovat...

🚀 New RSA blog by
@dgbailey.bsky.social
Beyond Agglomeration: Towards a Rethinking of Industrial Strategy?
It’s time to move beyond agglomeration as an organising principle in industrial strategy & take place seriously.
www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Human Flourishing Geographic Index (HFGI): A County-level Dataset for Measuring Regional Flourishing in the United States - RSA Main Policymakers often rely on familiar indicators such as GDP, employment rates, and education levels to assess regional well-being. Yet these metrics tell only part of the story. Human flourishing, enco...

🌟 New RSA blog:
The Human Flourishing Geographic Index (HFGI) offers a new way to study regions—tracking happiness, belonging, purpose, and well-being at fine spatial and temporal scales across the U.S.
By Stefano Iacus & Devika Jain

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

⏳ Today is the final day for Historical Regions submissions.
The rolling call for Feb–March contributions remains open—ideas welcome.
www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/u...

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁-𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀’ in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. We’re exploring how #emotions, #imaginaries & #narratives shaping regional futures. ✨
𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: 👇
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

🎉 Announcing the 2025 RSA Best Blog Award!
Congrats to Ayush Srivastava & Asma Sayyad (TISS, India) for:
Tide and Territory: Vernacular Regionality in Maharashtra’s Koli Fishing Communities.

Read: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🎥 Award: youtu.be/XRwmi2AzUU0?...

Therefore join me in this webinar & feel free to ask questions about academic writing & publishing avenues. Event is free & open to all.
Here's link: lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Mee...

@regionalstudies.bsky.social
@rsa-regions.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social

Hi everyone, so this is happening & I would be really glad to have you all join me in this conversation.
Academic writing is tough & publishing tougher. However there are avenues that are a middle grounds of academic publishing where all ideas are open for discussion & writing is flexible.

Hi, I am interested in applying for this conference and workshop. Is there any update for the abstract submission?

Our latest @safety-nets.bsky.social project blog is out. We reflect on spatial inequalities and disability benefit reforms. And the pickle UK gov changes might create for subnational and devolved authorities.

Many thanks to @regstud.bsky.social and @rsablog.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on designing better maps in academia. And to @cchlebna.bsky.social for encouragement and feedback.