Publishing entity with @regstud.bsky.social highlighting cutting-edge research in #regionalstudies for an international audience.🌐 Edited by @lavanyag.bsky.social and on X: @lavanya_G_https://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mrchsyiwts2y📣 New RSA Blog | Policy Industrial Policy is Becoming Territorial ✍️ Naoki Fujiwara & Andrew Stevens Industrial policy is no longer only about which industries to support—but also where growth happens. Read more on it here:📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-industrial-policy-is-becoming-territorial-comparing-the-uks-is-8-and-japans-emerging-10-block-cluster-strategy/ @regstud.bsky.social23 Jul 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrchsyiwts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mqomdaaulk2t📣 New RSA Blog | Research From Mythology to the Modern World: The Diachronic Influence of Minoan Civilization ✍️ Efthymios Georgiou How does an ancient civilization continue to shape a region today? Read more here 👇 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-from-mythology-to-the-modern-world-the-diachronic-influence-of-minoan-civilization/ @regstud.bsky.social 🔁15 Jul 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqomdaaulk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mqbzzvhot22t📣 New RSA Blog Who Gets to Imagine the Region? ✍️ Muzamil Farooq Economic geography has long explained why places become locked into particular development paths. But who gets to imagine their futures? Read about it here! 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-who-gets-to-imagine-the-region/ @regstud.bsky.social10 Jul 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbzzvhot22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mpxlkirel22eNew RSA Blog Who Really Gains from French Public Innovation Support? Read more about it in the blog by ✍️ Raphaël Chiappini & Sophie Pommet here 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-who-really-gains-from-french-public-innovation-support/ @regstud.bsky.social06 Jul 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxlkirel22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3moq2vqw6uk2w📣 New RSA Blog | Policy Ethnic Conflict, Civil War, and Regional Growth in Former Yugoslavia ✍️ Stefan Nikolić Why do some regions recover from conflict more slowly than others? Read about it here📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-ethnic-conflict-civil-war-and-regional-growth-in-former-yugoslavia/ @regstud.bsky.social20 Jun 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3moq2vqw6uk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mocyvjfj5c2q📣 New RSA Blog | Mobile Regions Flows of Return: Taobao Villages and the Remaking of Rural China ✍️ Sofia Leoni What happens when return migration reshapes the countryside? Read more!👇 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-flows-of-return-taobao-villages-and-the-remaking-of-rural-china/15 Jun 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocyvjfj5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mnwwnxxxgk22📣 New RSA Blog | Research The Critical Challenges of GeoAI ✍️ Devika Jain 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-the-critical-challenges-of-geoai/10 Jun 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwwnxxxgk22https://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mnk5fhsp5s22📣 New RSA Blog | Policy Reframing Mobility through Partnership: What SDG17 Reveals About Refugee Integration ✍️ Jessica Hadjis van Thiel & Shivani Singh Mobility is about more than movement. 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-reframing-mobility-through-partnership-what-sdg17-reveals-about-refugee-integration/ #RegionalStudies #Policy #SDG1705 Jun 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnk5fhsp5s22https://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mn55tvp7j222📣 New RSA Blog | Mobile Regions War, State, and the Limits of Return: Left-Behind Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1991–2013) ✍️ Serap Fišo 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-war-state-and-the-limits-of-return-left-behind-places-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-1991-2013/ #RegionalStudies #MobileRegions31 May 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn55tvp7j222https://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mmqxajx5v22k📣 New RSA Blog | Mobile Regions Boxed in: National Interests and Local Relations in the Port-City of Durban ✍️ Glen Robbins 📄 https://regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-boxed-in-national-interests-and-local-relations-in-the-port-city-of-durban/ Ports do more than move goods. They also reshape regions.26 May 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqxajx5v22khttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mm4tpxfre22v📣 New RSA blog From Village to Region: How Everyday Practices Reconfigure Scale in China’s Local Governance ✍️ @Shize Zhang Regional governance is not just top-down, it is shaped through everyday negotiations and practice. Read more: 📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-from-village-to-region-how-everyday-practices-reconfigure-scale-in-chinas-local-governance/18 May 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4tpxfre22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mllo7kuvj22m📣 New RSA blog ✍️ Palesa Mpofu writes "A Review of Economic Diversification & Structural Change in South Africa." which is one of the most diversified economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet growth remains concentrated in a few regions. Read more here📄 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-a-review-of-economic-diversification-and-structural-change-in-south-africa/11 May 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllo7kuvj22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mkdblj5jc22v📣 New RSA blog Toxic Legacies & the Green Divide: Why Remediation Stalls in Left-Behind Europe ✍️ @gianlucabiggi.bsky.social & @martinaiori.bsky.social Explores how some regions become “ecologically trapped” without the capacity to act. Link: https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-toxic-legacies-and-the-green-divide-why-remediation-stalls-in-left-behind-europe/25 Apr 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdblj5jc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mjwjuqs5pk2h📣 New RSA blog Post-2010 Devolution Paradox in Kenya ✍️ Dedan Luvaga What does devolution look like when it unfolds across regions in practice? https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-post-2010-devolution-paradox-in-kenya/20 Apr 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwjuqs5pk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mjf6squl222p⏳ Just 2 days left Submit Now! Blog Call: Mobile Regions: Immigration, Infrastructure & Policy We invite contributions on movement, connectivity & policy, especially as mobility is being rethought in relation to the movement of lives and energy amid global uncertainty. Read More 👇 #RegionalStudies13 Apr 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf6squl222phttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mj56rrk7s22e🌏 New RSA blog India’s Silent Border Crisis: How Myanmar’s War is Rewriting Citizenship in the Northeast ✍️ Bushra Ali Khan Explores how displacement is reshaping citizenship and governance in Northeast India. 📖 Read more https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-indias-silent-border-crisis-how-myanmars-war-is-rewriting-citizenship-in-the-northeast/ @regstud.bsky.social10 Apr 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj56rrk7s22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3miun2ukkos2rNew RSA blog 🌏 📌 Part of Historical Regions series! Living Between Macau & Zhuhai ✍️Siyi Huang How does everyday border-crossing reshape “home” & territory? 🔗 https://regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-living-between-macau-and-zhuhai-the-shift-drift-and-dilution-of-territories-and-borders/07 Apr 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3miun2ukkos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mhvjwjebhk2j🌊 New RSA blog Tested by Time: What End-of-Life Aquaculture Nets Reveal about Regional Governance in Norway ✍️ @rasazuzeviciute.bsky.social Shows how handling, infrastructure, and cost shape EPR implementation in practice. 📖 Read more https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-tested-by-time-what-end-of-life-aquaculture-nets-reveal-about-regional-governance-in-norway/25 Mar 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvjwjebhk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mh42smfmy22uNew RSA Blog Power, Participation, and the Everyday Realities of Development: Lessons from Ghana’s Decent Work Programme ✍️ Benedict Arko Explores how power, incentives, and political change shape participatory development in Ghana. 📖 Read more https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-power-participation-and-the-everyday-realities-of-development-lessons-from-ghanas-decent-work-programme/15 Mar 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh42smfmy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mgpmlt54hk2u📣 Blog contributions welcome — early discussions appreciated. 🌍 New RSA Blog | Historical Regions When Policy Changes but Practice Doesn’t: Informal Trading in Johannesburg ✍️ Mamokete Modiba Read more: https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-when-policy-changes-but-practice-doesnt-informal-trading-in-johannesburg/10 Mar 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpmlt54hk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mgcxors2x22hNew RSA Historical Regions blog 🧭 Silicon Statecraft: How Historical Geography and Strategic Indispensability are Reshaping Japan’s Semiconductor Supply Chain ✍️ Giosuè Pacchiano 🔗 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-silicon-statecraft-how-historical-geography-and-strategic-indispensability-are-reshaping-japans-semiconductor-supply-chain/05 Mar 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcxors2x22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mg33gn4un22wSharing call for contributions to @regstud.bsky.social blog on Mobile Regions: Immigration, Infrastructure, & Policy Making We’re looking for short reflections on mobility: movement, migration, public space, rural decline, infrastructure, everyday access, & more. Read More about it below👇: (1/3) https://www.regionalstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Mobile-Regions-Blog-call-2026.pdf02 Mar 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg33gn4un22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rsablog.bsky.social/post/3mfoj62bvgc2g🌟 New RSA Blog: How Typhoons Spread Plastic Pollution: A Scientific Discovery By Taiseer Hussain Nafea 🔗 https://www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/2026-blog-how-typhoons-spread-plastic-pollution-a-scientific-discovery/25 Feb 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:pnru2wpvfj3d3k5lnmtmo36c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoj62bvgc2g