A GREAT PREDICTOR OF CAREER SUCCESS IS MEMBERSHIP OF AN OPEN NETWORK✦

WE BUILD RESEARCH NETWORKS FOR YOU AND WITH YOU

WE KNOW YOU DIDN’T JOIN US JUST FOR

OUR PUBLICATIONS

WE ARE YOUNG AT HEARTOF MEMBERS ARE STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER46%

RSA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

£766,500 (c.€860,000) invested in members’ research

572 papers published in RSA journals

505 authors published

in RSA journals

413,494 full text

downloads

We worked with

1,095 referees

3,453 delegates at RSA

conferences & events

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REPUTATION

Build Your Brand• RSA training events• Article level marketing• Recognition through RSA Awards• Early Career Plenary

speaker completion• Kudos support

Connections and Catalysts• RSA social media platforms• Research Networks• RSA Members’ Lounge and Expert

Register• Monthly e-Bulletin• Access 16 non-RSA journals

Funding Opportunities• Early Career Grants (£10,000, c.€11,200)

• Fellowship Grants (£7,500, c.€8,400)

• Membership Grants (£5,000, c.€5,600)

• Research Networks (£10,000, c.€11,200)

• Policy Expo (£15,000, c.€16,800)

• Travel Awards (£500, c.€560)

• Conference Bursaries

Network of Centers• Researchers: access scholars

and research networks, grants, conferences and publication opportunities

• PhD Students: access to scholars and global networks

• Policy-makers and practitioners: access to comparative policy networks

• Think Tanks: access to knowledge networks and policy-makers

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NETWORKS

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Knowledge Exchange• Policy Expo grant• Policy Committee membership• Contribute to consultations• Policy events • Policy Debates in

Regional Studies

Use our Journals and Book Series• Regional Studies• Spatial Economic Analysis• Territory, Politics, Governance• Regional Studies, Regional Science

(incl. Early Career mentored papers)• Area Development and Policy• Regions and Cities Book Series• Regions Magazine

Reach Your Audience• Conferences and events• Policy Expo Book Series• Regions Magazine• RSA Blog and social media• RSA Website• Regions & Cities Book Series

Join the RSA Team• Board and Committees• Editorial and Editorial Advisory

Boards including Early Career Editors• Referee• Host an RSA conference or event

FUNDED RESEARCH NETWORKS IN 2018• EU Cohesion Policy• Financial Geographies (FinGeo)• Leadership and Urban and Regional Development• Migration, Inter-Connectivity and Regional Development (MICaRD)• Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability• MAKERS of value: New Manufacturing Regions • Regional Economic and Policy History• Sustainability Transitions in the Coastal Zone• The Politics of Displacement, Identity and Urban Citizenship

in Migratory Contexts • Polycentric Urban Regions (PURs)• Migration Academic-Practitioner Collaboration for Urban

Shelter, South Pacific (APCUS-SP)

For more details, go to: www.regionalstudies.org/ funding/page/research-network-grants

FUNDED POLICY EXPOs• Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0: Upgrading

Regional Capabilities for a Balanced Industrial Development and Growth Through Networks

• Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0: Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth

For more details, go to: www.regionalstudies.org/funding/page/policy-expo-grant-scheme

IN 2017ALONE

36 Early Career

funded research projects

WE ARE EXPANDING

22%MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN 2017 WE ARE INTERNATIONAL

71MEMBERS INCOUNTRIES

FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES & EVENTSANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018A World of Flows: Labour Mobility, Capital & Knowledge in an Age of Global Reversal and Regional RevivalUniversità della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland3rd - 6th June 2018

GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN CHINARegional Governance, Industrial Restructuring and Sustainable DevelopmentPeking University, Beijing, China29th June - 1st July 2018

2018 SMARTER CONFERENCE ON SMART SPECIALISATION AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENTImplementation Across Global Networks of Regions, Cities and FirmsSeville, Spain26th - 28th September 2018

EUROPEAN WEEK OF REGIONS AND CITIES 2018Master Class on EU Cohesion Policy and University SessionsEU Institutions, Brussels, Belgium8th - 12th October 2018

STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER CONFERENCE 2018University of Sussex, Brighton, UK25th - 26th October 2018

ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S EVENT 2018Annual Awards Ceremony & DinnerCentral London, UK15th November 2018

WINTER CONFERENCE 2018New Horizons for Cities and Regions in a Changing WorldCentral London, UK15th - 16th November 2018

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019University de Santiago de Compostela, Spain5th - 7th June 2019

More Conferences & Events www.regionalstudies.org/conferences

47 Travel Grants

awarded

946 papers presented

at RSA conferences

Delegates at RSA conferences

represented

53 countries

21 BOARD MEMBERS 35 COMMITTEES’ MEMBERS 59 EDITORS OF RSA JOURNALS

Major RSA events in Ireland,

Brazil, China, Romania, Belgium,

Australia, UK & Russia

Our community are

20,000+ experts globally

19 RSA Awards

given

43Plenary

speakers at RSA conferences

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSThe RSA has an extensive international network of around 70 Ambassadors, five Divisions (China, Latin America, Northern Europe, India and Russia), five country Sections (Hungary, Poland, Scotland, Ireland and Wales) and six UK regional Branches which support members in their own locales.Visit www.regionalstudies.org/networksWe also have a non-profit Foundation in Belgium (RSA Europe) – visit www.rsaeurope.org

MEMBERSHIPTo join our leading and impactful global community of academics,practitioners and policy makers, please go tohttps://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge

Our membership fees are based on five different categories and on the country in which you reside. The membership categories are:

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP if you are interested in regional studies/regional science and you are not a full-time student, early career researcher, a corporate representative or retired from full-time work

A £95.40*/£106** B £72*/£80** C £49.50*/£55** D £24.30*/£27**

EARLY CAREER MEMBERSHIP for those within 5 years of the date of their PhD certificate or equivalent

A £72*/£80** B £54*/£60** C £37.80*/£42** D £19.80*/£22**

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP if you are studying full-time

A £44.10*/£49** B £34*/£38** C £24.30*/£27** D £12.60*/£14**

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP for organisations involved in regional development, research and policy e.g. university departments, institutes, managing authorities, consultancies

A £207.90*/£231** B £158.40*/£176** C £108*/£120** D £56.70*/£63**

RETIRED/EMERITUS MEMBERSHIP if you are retired from full-time work

A £72*/£80** B £54*/£60** C £37.80*/£42** D £19.80*/£22**

A,B,C,D = 2018 Territorial Pricing Bands (see lists opposite)

* Renewal membership rate for existing members** Membership rate for new/ not current members

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OUR LEADERSHIPRSA PRESIDENT Professor Ron MartinUniversity of Cambridge, UK

RSA VICE PRESIDENTSDirk Ahner former Director-General of the EU Commission’s DG Regional Policy, Belgium

Professor Lu DadaoChinese Academy of Sciences, China

Professor Clelio Campolina DinizUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Professor Ann MarkusenUniversity of Minnesota, USA

Professor Flavia MartinelliUniversità Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy

Professor Allen J. ScottUniversity of California - Los Angeles, USA

RSA CHAIR Professor Mark Tewdwr-JonesNewcastle University, UK

RSA VICE CHAIRSProfessor John BachtlerUniversity of Strathclyde, UK

Professor Andrew BeerUniSA Business School , Australia

Professor Ron BoschmaUtrecht University, The Netherlands

Professor Jessie P. PoonUniversity at Buffalo, USA

RSA CHIEF EXECUTIVESally Hardy RSA, UK

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