The Regional Studies Association is a

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership ...

with an international network of academics, policy makers and practitioner members. It was founded in 1965, following the foundation of the

Regional Science Association The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) is a cluster of scholarly societies whose members engage in regional science. Origins In the late 1940s and the early 1950s, the economist Walter Isard Walter Isard (April 19, 1919 – Nov ...

in the USA and International Centre for Regional Planning and Development in the UK. Regional studies (sometimes called

area studies Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what ...

in the USA) is a field of interdisciplinary research focusing on the sub-national, such as city and regional development,

urbanisation Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly the ...

, economic inequalities and migration issues. The research not only crosses the boundaries of countries, but also the disciplines of

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

and

planning Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. The evolution of forethought, the capacity to think ahead, is c ...

. The Association is registered with the UK

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Charity No. 1084165
and

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(Company No. 04116288). The Association organises international events and various micro-grant awards. The Association has collaborated with the

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to produce several reports, including
Britain for sale? Perspectives on the costs and benefits of foreign ownership
(2016)
'Where next for Local Enterprise Partnerships?'
(2013) and
Changing Gear – Is Localism the New Regionalism?
(2012). In 2018
Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0: Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth
was published by the RSA. The Regional Studies Association are members of various bodies, includin
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Learned Societies
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Foundation Science and Technology

Publications

There are five scholarly journals from the Association, published by the

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Group. ''

Regional Studies Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what are, ...

'' publishes interdisciplinary research crossing the boundaries of economic, environmental, political and social aspects of regional development and policy-making. ''

Spatial Economic Analysis ''Spatial Economic Analysis'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals ...

'' focuses on spatial economics and is published with the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International. ''Territory Politics Governance'' focuses on research and theory relating to territory, politics, economics and the governance of space. ''Area Development and Policy'' publishes research from the Global South and Greater

BRICS BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs") in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the te ...

. ''Regional Studies, Regional Science'' is an interdisciplinary open-access journal with a mentored Early Career section.

References

* Ackermann, E.A. (1955). ''First International Conference on Regional Planning and Development: Report of the Proceedings of the Conference Held at Bedford College, London, 28th September to 2nd October 1955.'' Provisional Committee for the International Centre for Regional Planning and Development, 1955. * Barnes, T. (2004)
"The rise (and decline) of American regional science: lessons for the new economic geography?"
''Journal of Economic Geography'' 4: 107-129. * Charity Commission
Regional Studies Association
* Companies House: THE REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION Company number 04116288 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04116288. * Crouch, C., Findeisen, F., Allen, J., Mills, J., Tomaney, J., Pryke, M., Raco, M., Morre-Cherry, N., Hunter, P., O'Brien, P. ''Britain for sale? 2016, Perspectives on the costs and benefits of foreign ownership''. London: The Smith Institut
Britain-for-sale.pdf
* Eddowes, D. (Ed.) 1998 Learned & Professional Societies Accredited & Affiliated to the Foundation for Science & Technology, Technological Innovation and Society 14:2, pp23. * Hopkins, J. (2015). Knowledge, networks and policy: regional studies in postwar Britain and beyond. Abingdon: Routledge. * Isard, W. (2003)
History of regional science and the Regional Science Association International: The beginnings and early history
Springer Verlag. * Ward, M. and Hardy, S.(Eds.) 2013. Where next for Local Enterprise Partnerships? London: The Smith Institut
Where-next-for-local-enterprise-partnerships.pdf
* Ward, M. and Hardy, S.(Eds.) 2012. Changing Gear – is localism the new regionalism? London: The Smith Institut
Changing-gear.pdf
* Wise, M. (1989). The Origins of the Regional Studies Association. In Garside, P. & Hebbert, M. (Eds.) British Regionalism 1900 -2000. London: Mansell Publishing Ltd.

External links

Regional Studies Association

Regional Studies

Spatial Economic Analysis

Territory Politics Governance

Area Development and Policy

Regional Studies, Regional Science
{{morecat, date=July 2021 Organizations established in 1965 Learned societies of the United Kingdom