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Lavanya Gupta
@lavanyag.bsky.social
PhD,TISS, India | Intern, IIT Guwahati |
Feminist rural geographer, cultural entrepreneurship,Tradi-Knowledge, left Behind places
Bluesky: @rsablog.bsky.social
X: @RuralGeo_AAG, @rsa_blog
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.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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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.
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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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.
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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For centuries, Mumbai’s Koli fishing communities shaped life by the tides 🌊🐟. Their Koliwadas are more than hamlets, they’re vernacular regions of caste, craft & ecology.
Read Ayush Srivastava & Asma Sayyad’s RSA Summer Series blog 👇
👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Found this interesting?
September 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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How do regions drive change?
🇬🇧 UK → bottom-up, market-led
🇨🇳 China → quyu (区域), state-shaped governance

In our latest RSA Summer Series blog, Qinying Sun unpacks innovation directionality across two models.

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
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Quyu and Regional Directionality: Innovation Intermediaries in China and the UK's Non-Core Regions - RSA Main
The concept of Quyu (区域) in China Across policy and academic debates, regions are increasingly recognised as key arenas for addressing climate change, demographic shifts, and economic transitions. In ...
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August 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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New RSA blog 📰
by @jacknewman.bsky.social & @sarahayres.bsky.social speaks on why combining mayoral devolution + mission-led policy could transform the UK.
Link: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
What’s your take — could empowered mayors guided by national missions be the UK’s game-changer?
How Mayors and Missions Can Make the UK a Better Place to Live - RSA Main
The UK government can meet some of its biggest challenges by combining mayoral devolution with its mission-led approach. Empowering local leaders to deliver on national missions will mean giving them ...
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August 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Why haven’t EU candidate countries caught up economically? 📉
Dženita Šiljak explores the role of institutions in convergence—or the lack of it.
📖 🔗 Read Here: bit.ly/3FtBogV
@regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social
Institutions and Convergence: Why Have EU Candidates Lagged Behind? - RSA Main
The “advantage of backwardness”—the notion that low-income countries can grow faster by borrowing and adapting existing technology—has long been central to the theory of economic convergence. However,...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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📢 From innovation to inequality, CIMR researchers made standout contributions on universities, governance & regional inclusion. Get the highlights from the RSA’s biggest event yet.
📝 Blog: bit.ly/43FLpQg
@rsachiefexec.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsa-adp.bsky.social
Exploring regions, sustainability and inclusivity: Insights from Porto - RSA Main
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) Annual Conference 2025, held in Porto from May 6 to 9, brought together nearly 900 scholars, marking the largest gathering in RSA history. The event showcased di...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Delighted to see this @rsablog.bsky.social by Tony Champion emerging from a @regstud.bsky.social seminar series collaboration with the UK MHCLG. Some very important points raised here about UK internal migration, from a foremost expert in the field. www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Stuck in place: why fewer people moving home matters for housing, jobs and society - RSA Main
The first signs of a slowdown in residential address changing were identified towards the end of the last century, starting in the USA, as is so often the case with social trends and then being found ...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Newcastle ranks high economically in the North East 📈
Yet, it faces alarmingly high child poverty rates.
What explains this contradiction?
🧵 A thread via the @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social ⬇️
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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🔥 What are the biggest pressures facing regional researchers today?
Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups.
Read: bit.ly/406UEb9
Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN!
🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.
Researching regions: The Professional Challenges Experienced By Regional Researchers - RSA Main
In 2024 and early 2025, a large number of Regional Studies Association (RSA) members participated in a series of focus group sessions convened by the RSA to understand the priorities of the regional s...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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🏛️ New blog
Efthimios Georgio explores how Athens’s past and present meet in places like Plaka, Thissio, & Acropolis Museum.
Reflection on culture, urban planning & democracy.
Read: bit.ly/46yFzTG
👀 & stay tuned, Summer Blog Series launches July 15 with perspectives on place & regional futures
A Crossroad Cultures: The Case of Athens’s Historical Centre - RSA Main
Athens serves as a vital site of democratic heritage and urban evolution. Over the decades, its society and built environment have undergone a gradual but significant transformation. Like many histori...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Blog from Charlotte Hoole & jacknewman.bsky.social:
“Geographic Inequalities in an Era of Unequal Devolution” 💡
Must read for anyone thinking about spatial justice👉 bit.ly/40hBD5Q
Also, we’re spotlighting Asian & African perspectives
Deadline "Today" 🌍
Details here: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/
Geographic Inequalities in an Era of Unequal Devolution - RSA Main
The UK has historically failed to learn important lessons from European countries on spatial rebalancing. It has recently acknowledged the need for effective local institutions and a long-term nationa...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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May 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🚀 Rolling Call open!
Are you working on regional issues, development or policy?
We welcome blog ideas all year.
🔗 Submit: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/
📬 Questions? [email protected]
@regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social
Blog - RSA Main
www.regionalstudies.org
May 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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In Latin America, territorial development is more than borders. It’s about 🧭 power, 🧬 identity & 🌍 connection to place.
By @dianamoralesphd.bsky.social, Laura Sariego Kluge & @tiagoteixeira05.bsky.social
📖 Read: bit.ly/4djDBYT
May 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Join us at the Summer School "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma" at the University of Bologna🎉
September 8-12, 2025
centri.unibo.it/memorylab/it...
No fees- deadline June 9
MA and PhD students
Memory Lab - Department of History & Cultures
Summer School "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma"
Bologna • September 8th – September 12th, 2025
centri.unibo.it
April 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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📚 NEW BOOK: "Going Circular" by Marcin Dąbrowski and Karel van den Berghe on Circular Economy for regions & cities! ✨
Read their fantastic blog on tackling regional environmental & social challenges!
bit.ly/3DDukgH
@rsa-adp.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social
Going Circular – a new book on why and how Circular Economy matters for regions and cities - RSA Main
Cities and regions around the world face enormous challenges—environmental degradation, resource scarcity, economic instability, and social inequality. To tackle these issues, we need bold, transforma...
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March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌍🔍 Dive into the latest blog exploration: "Determinants of Voting Behaviour among Rural Populace in Ibadan Less-City" by Babatunde Jimi-Peters Link www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/
@rsa-adp.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🔍 NEW BLOG: "Towards a micro-geography approach of the entrepreneurial ecosystem" by Etienne Capron and @airesse.bsky.social
Read how geographical proximity enables knowledge exchange:
Here's the link: bit.ly/3EgpHtm
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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📢 Also, our EXCITING summer blog series call has been launched. Check current call: African Space & Place perspectives bit.ly/4jrpqmR Submit to: [email protected] @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsa-tpg.bsky.social
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April 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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1/4 🔍 New Blog "Is the permacrisis transforming EU cohesion policy goals?" explores how crisis response has accelerated "hyper-Lisbonisation" - potentially undermining territorial development objectives! bit.ly/42ErEtb @fmolica.bsky.social @alederenzis.bsky.social @bourdinseb.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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This a good read - and a nice introduction to the 'Going Circular' book from @regstud.bsky.social. Nice to see something I first encountered at draft manuscript stage enjoying its time 'in the sun'! @lavanyag.bsky.social www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/goi...
Going Circular – a new book on why and how Circular Economy matters for regions and cities - RSA Main
Cities and regions around the world face enormous challenges—environmental degradation, resource scarcity, economic instability, and social inequality. To tackle these issues, we need bold, transforma...
www.regionalstudies.org
March 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🎉 We're here! As #AAG2025 draws closer, excited to reveal our keynote: Malika Virdi on "Creating Spaces of Possibility"! Join Jonathon K London and me on March 25, 8:30 AM EST for Himalayan transformation insights. Register: bit.ly/AAG_RGSG_Spe... @geographers.bsky.social #JustRuralFutures
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM