Navigating Regional Transformation
6-9 May 2025
School of Economics and Management, University of Porto, Portugal
The Regional Studies Association’s Annual Conference 2025 #RSA25 is being held in partnership with the School of Economics and Management at the University of Porto, Portugal. This four-day conference brings together academics and policymakers to exchange news, views and research findings from the fields of regional studies and science, regional and economic development, policy and planning. There will be representation from around 55 different global territories as we gather both established experts and early career researchers in the beautiful city of Porto.
In recent years, the landscape of regional development has undergone significant shifts. While technological advancements keep disrupting work, innovation, and consumption paradigms, regions grapple with an enduring global ‘polycrisis’, intertwining geopolitical instability, threats to democracy, and climate-related tension.Multiple actors became increasingly involved with regional development affairs, but this did not prevent many regions to fall into regional economic development traps. Simultaneously, policy agendas strive to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), inclusive growth and well-being, and multiple transitions are accelerating, but progress remains highly uneven across geographical contexts. Regional actors are not just passive observers but can actively shape their destinies and be transformation agents within this dynamic playing field. But what knowledge can regional studies contribute? How can regional studies help envision, conceptualize, understand, and – importantly – catalyze action toward new regional futures?
Navigating Regional Transformation provides a timely opportunity to engage in dialogue and renewed debate on these fundamental issues. It invites exploration of the challenges faced by diverse regions worldwide and underscores the manifold ways in which regional studies can help addressing these pressing issues and collectively navigate the complexities of our changing regional world.
Conference themes
Innovation and Technological Change
University Missions and Civic Action
Land, Housing, Informality
Geopolitics and North-South Relations
Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Sustainability Transitions and the Environment
Agglomeration, Networks and Clusters
Digitalization, AI, and its Implications
Value Chains and Foreign Investment
Politics, Governance, Leadership and Institutional Change
Spatial Economy, Transport, and Infrastructure
Populism, Nationalism, Regionalism and Democracy
Industrial Transformation and Policy
Race, Gender and Social Inequalities
Regional Disparities and EU Cohesion Policy
Peripheral, Remote and Cross-Border Regions
Sustainable Tourism
Inclusive Growth, Housing and Well-Being
Regions, Culture, and Creativity
Finance, Space, and Regional Development
Demography, Labour Markets and Migrations
Planning Urban, Rural and Regional Futures
The event is inclusive and offers networking opportunities for all in our field. The organisers welcome proposals for special sessions, themed workshops and innovative forms of networking and collaboration.
Conference Webpage: https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa25/
Deadlines:
Special Sessions: 28th November 2024
Early Career Plenary Speaker Call: 10th December 2024
Abstracts: 19th December 2024 (up to 250 words and text only)
Bursaries: 19th December 2024
Please click here - https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa25/ - to submit your abstract, special session proposal and for more information on conference bursaries (free conference place), Early Career Plenary Speaker Call.
Navigating Regional Transformation 6-9 May 2025
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Lesa
Re: Navigating Regional Transformation 6-9 May 2025
Abstract Deadline Approaching: 19 December 2024
Dear List members,
The Regional Studies Association is pleased to announce its Annual Conference being held 6-9 May 2025 in partnership with the School of Economics and Management at the University of Porto, Portugal.
For more information on this conference please see below, we hope you can join us.
Please feel free to share details about the conference via your network.
With best wishes
Lesa
Dear List members,
The Regional Studies Association is pleased to announce its Annual Conference being held 6-9 May 2025 in partnership with the School of Economics and Management at the University of Porto, Portugal.
For more information on this conference please see below, we hope you can join us.
Please feel free to share details about the conference via your network.
With best wishes
Lesa