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💬 What should RSABlog explore next? Share your ideas!
📣 Our poll is live on LinkedIn 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Eager to hear from you:
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January 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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📢 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 🚀
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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🎉 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?...
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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New RSA blog: What the EU can learn from Australia — 5 lessons on competitiveness, community, innovation & identity.
By Anastasiia Konstantynova.
What’s one lesson Europe should borrow?👇
Link: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🌏 New RSA Blog: South East Asia as a Global Economic Corridor by Sreedevi RS
ASEAN’s MPAC 2025 links trade, mobility & innovation — but can growth stay inclusive?

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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New RSA Blog 💻
Digital tools helped UK SMEs survive Covid-19 — but only in urban areas.

Sabine D’Costa & @ioramashvili.bsky.social show why rural firms saw no boost, calling for place-based digital strategies.

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

👀 New RSA calls soon!
October 5, 2025 at 1:34 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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New RSA Blog 🌍✍️ by Johanna Schnabel (@jos38.bsky.social) : Can Devolution Reduce Regional Inequality in the UK?
From “Levelling Up” to “Power Up Britain,” devolution is central, but structures alone aren’t enough. Read more 👇

🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Found this insightful!!
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Wait is Over!🚨 New RSA Summer Blog: Africa Edition
@jasonfbell.bsky.social unpacks how apartheid-era spatial inequality & local governance fractures contributed to the underdevelopment of Ga-Rankuwa and Winterveld, on Gauteng’s industrial periphery.
Read it here: bit.ly/3Inygo2
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July 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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🚨 New blog by Dominik Gager explores how democratic planning + sufficiency can guide a just socio-ecological transformation—grounded in Doughnut Economics + planetary boundaries 🍩🌍
📘 Read: bit.ly/4kDYNLg
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July 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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⚠️ 40 years after the UK miners’ strike, former coalfield areas still bear the scars of austerity.

David Etherington, @mia-gray.bsky.social & Lisa Buckner reveal how £32.6B in welfare cuts + shrinking local gov funding = deep regional injustice.

Read the RSA blog: bit.ly/40d9jSm
July 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🌍 Call for Contributions!
Our special blog series invites voices from across Asia & Africa on development, place & policy.
📌 Info & guidelines: www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/
✍️ Make your voice part of a global conversation.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Why do businesses co-locate? What makes a cluster thrive?
In Cooperatives Across Clusters, Anil Hira examines the cranberry industry to explore how cooperation & geography shape dynamics.
📖 Read: bit.ly/3FwaEw9
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May 24, 2025 at 4:22 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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2/4 📊 The research shows cohesion funds increasingly serving EU's short-term agenda. During COVID, this meant massive redirection toward health infrastructure in Southern/Eastern Europe. @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social
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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📢 Also, Get ready, authors! Our EXCITING summer blog series calls launch soon with fresh themes! 🌟
Don't miss your chance to showcase your expertise & join our vibrant community of regional thinkers!
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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💡 Inspired? Submit your blog to RSA's call for contributions: www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/u...
✉️ Submit to: [email protected]
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The blog examines how entrepreneurial ecosystem research remains largely empirical, focusing on how places develop capacity for entrepreneurs and regions.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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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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What's a "Less-City"? It's a fascinating concept of areas less urbanized yet influenced by major cities - blending urban and rural characteristics. @rsa-adp.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 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/
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March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🔔 Submissions are open for the June cycle! 🔔
Have research on regional development or circular economy? We'd love to feature your work!
Email: [email protected]
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March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌱 The circular economy reimagines materials & energy use to reduce waste! 💡
For success, we need region-specific strategies addressing unique local challenges.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌱 New blog: "Is there a conflict between entrepreneurship & green transition in cities?" by @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social , Belitski & Eichler
🔍 Their research reveals optimistic findings about the relationship between business growth and sustainability.
Link: bit.ly/41tihvw
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February 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM