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2026 Joint International Summer School for PhD Researchers

New Perspectives on Urban Infrastructures

We are delighted the 2026 Summer school for PhD researchers is being held in partnership with Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) and University of Amsterdam   The topic The field of urban and regional studies has witnessed an “infrastructural turn” in which urban and regional transformations are examined through the lens […]
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Further Reflections

The Committee of the Regions’ high level dialogue on the future of Cohesion Policy

By Marcus Atkinson, Head of Partnerships and Engagement, Regional Studies Association. As part of RSA Europe’s ongoing engagement with EU policy debates, I attended the Committee of the Regions’ High-Level Dialogue on the Future of Cohesion Policy on 18 November. Coming only weeks after the European Week of Regions and Cities, this second experience offered […]
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50 years of Structural Funds in Scotland

A new report from the University of Strathclyde reveals that Scotland received over £7.7 billion in EU Cohesion Policy funding over the past 50 years, helping to create 235,000 jobs. The study, What has EU Cohesion Policy funding done for us?, produced by Strathclyde’s European Policies Research Centre (EPRC) for the Scottish Government, reviews the […]
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2025 EURegionsWeek Reflections

By Marcus Atkinson As the newly appointed Head of Partnership & Engagement at the RSA, I went to Brussels for my first European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek), a two-day event with 220 sessions and over 300 speakers, attracting more than 6,000 participants from all over Europe.   Attending with Alan Kinder, in addition to […]
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RSA Europe at the 2024 EU Regions Week

The 22nd European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) took place from the 7-11 October, 2024. The RSA and RSA Europe were, as in previous years, actively involved in the programme and were well represented at the event. EU Regions Week is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. It has grown to […]
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Celebrating five years of Friends of Smart Specialisation (FoSS)

Smart specialisation (S3) has been a key driving policy concept of European regional policy since 2014, but as new challenges appear, it needs to evolve to a broader policy framework able to promote place-based innovation and a range of initiatives to advance a wider overall transformation in the EU (within a region and between regions). […]
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RSA Europe at #EURegionsWeek

Finally back in person!

Finally back in person! It was such a joy to finally be able to meet again and facilitate knowledge exchange as part of the 2023 EU Regions Week held in Brussels between 9-12 October 2023. With over 430 delegates at our sessions and many more visiting our exhibition stand it was a great opportunity to […]
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2023 RSA Europe Summer College for PhD and Early Career Researchers

Last week saw the 2023 Summer College on THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF SPATIAL DISPARITIES held in partnership with and at the Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila, Italy. 22 PhD and early career researchers from a variety of countries took part in the programme that featured thematic sessions on spatial disparities and development, a number […]
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3rd Joint EU CP Conference Recordings

15 - 16 November 2022

Green, Digital, Inclusive and Fair: How can Cohesion Policy Rise to the New Territorial Challenges? Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference 14 – 16 November 2022 The Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference – organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and RSA Europe together with the Croatian authorities – aimed […]
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2022 Commissioner Seminar Series

The RSA’s European Foundation delivered the first Commissioner Seminar on Cohesion Policy in Brussels this month. This seminar series is an initiative by Dr Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and a collaborative venture organised between Commissioner Ferreira and her Cabinet; the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) in partnership […]
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Exciting Opportunity for Early Career Researchers

EU Cohesion Policy Early Career Researcher Panel

As part of the 2022 EU Cohesion Policy Conference, a panel with early career researchers on how to improve Cohesion Policy is planned. The panel should address the following questions: How to address the trade-offs between climate transition and social cohesion, given in particular energy price increases? How to mitigate the social and economic impacts […]
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Summary and key conclusions of the #EURegionsWeekUniversity session: Commons in European cities

The recording of this session is now available on the REPLAY section of the event web: https://euregionsweek2020-video.eu/video/euregionsweekuniversity-commons-in-european-cities See the session details on the #EURegionsWeek website Moderator: Adam Polko, Lecturer, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. Speakers: Mary Dellenbaugh-Losse, Freelance consultant, Freelance consultant, Germany. Artur Ochojski, Lecturer, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. Frederic Wallet, Senior […]
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Join the new LDnet / RSA intiative

Community solutions: When social Innovation meets local development

LDnet and RSA have been exploring the idea of a COST Action proposal. Covid-19 has led to a rescheduling of the deadline for proposals to 29.10.2020 and this offers an opportunity for researchers and practitioners interested in this topic to contribute in the development of a sound proposal. A first outline of the concept note is provided […]
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Third Joint EU Cohesion Policy Conference 2020 - POSTPONED

Maximising the Opportunities for Cohesion Policy in Challenging Times

This conference has been postponed to 2021 and we will add updates in due course. The presentation of the proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2021 to 2027 and the subsequent package for proposals for the regulations of the Funds by the European Commission in May 2018 kicked off the legislative process […]
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Report on the 7th Master Class on EU Cohesion Policy

Written by Yapeng Ou, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy The 7th Master Class on EU Cohesion Policy was held as part of the 17th European Week of Regions and Cities -#EURegionsWeek in Brussels from 6th October to 10th 2019. The Master Class was a joint event organised by the European Commission’s DG Regio, the […]
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RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College - POSTPONED TO 2021

Public Policy for Regional Development

Please note that the Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College 2020 has been postponed until September 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. More details will follow. If you have any queries, please get in touch with Klara Sobekova via email Klara.Sobekova@RegionalStudies.org Read about the experiences of our student at the 2019 RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer […]
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Shrinking Rural Regions and Spatial Justice

University session at the EWRC

Summary of the #EURegionsWeek UNIVERSITY SESSION: Shrinking Rural Regions and Spatial Justice is available here.  Speakers: Andrew Copus, Economic Geographer, James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom. Sabine Weck, Head of Research Group / Deputy Director of Research, ILS – Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung, Germany. Thomas Dax, Deputy director, Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft und Bergbauernfragen (BAB), Austria. Petri Kahila, Research […]
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17th European Week of Regions and Cities 2019

#EURegionsWeek Master Class

BACKGROUND  The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union Cohesion Policy, and demonstrate the importance of the local and regional levels for good European governance. The event has become a European networking platform for experts in […]
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17th European Week of Regions and Cities 2019

#EURegionsWeek UNIVERSITY sessions

As in previous years the RSA is taking a lead in partnering with the European Commission and European Committee of the Regions in organising the #EURegionsWeek UNIVERSITY sessions and a Master Class on EU Cohesion Policy held for PhD students and early-career researchers as part of the #EURegionsWeek. The European Week of Regions and Cities #EURegionsWeek is an annual […]
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RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College 2019

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

The mobility of skilled individuals and the transitional nature of the workplace from a more permanent and stationary setting to one that is project-based and dominated by short term contracts is changing the economic landscape. In addition, as highly skilled workers become more reliant on finding, and subsequently bidding and securing, projects offered by a […]
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European-based Research Network on Migration, Inter-Connectivity and Regional Development (MICaRD)

European-based Research Network on Migration, Inter-Connectivity and Regional Development (MICaRD)

Established in 2015, this research network brings together scholars, policymakers and practitioners across Europe and beyond to provide a forum for debating current and emerging issues on European economic migration as well as fostering collaboration and expanding research opportunities. Main organisers of this research network are: Dr. Agnieszka Rydzik, Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln […]
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Over a million UK businesses see Brexit as major obstacle to success

Significant increase in number of SMEs concerned about Brexit, especially innovators and exporters. This press release was published here. The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that view Brexit as a major obstacle to success has increased significantly since the referendum, according to research published in the journal Regional Studies by Ross Brown and John Wilson from the […]
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2019 RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College

Taking place in Sardinia, Italy

2019 RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College Skills, Mobility and Entrepreneurship has been announced for the coming September. The co-evolution of skills, mobility and entrepreneurship, and the rapid pace of how these transitions occur in the contemporary knowledge-based economy provides a fertile environment for inter-disciplinary discourse and scientific inquiry. RSA Europe’s Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College 2019 […]
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2019 RSA Europe Socio-Spatial Dynamics Summer College

Application submission deadline has been extended

September 3rd to 6th, 2019 in Cagliari, Sardinia The application submission deadline has been extended to 9th July 2019. We hope this gives you some extra time to prepare your application. The RSA Europe’s Summer College has been established to focus on how ideas, theories, methods and data can be leveraged across disciplines for the […]
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