Regional Whispers

New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @johnmclancy.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...

New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...

Have you seen our @researchgate.bsky.social account: lots of papers to engage with and further information about the Regional Studies journal: www.researchgate.net/journal/Regi...

Beyond print: Regional Studies in the digital age Published in Regional Studies (Vol. 58, No. 9, 2024)

Beyond print: @RegionalStudies in the digital age. Exciting new era as the journal shift to Build content online (BiO) and drops print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🕰️ Extending warm invitations to our RSA Community for contributions☺️
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Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto W... Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto We explore ho...

Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled,
'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy'
by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto

www.linkedin.com/posts/region...

UK plans for pay-per-mile electric vehicle tax could make the system fairer – or provoke a fierce backlash New fees could stall the transition to more environmentally friendly vehicles.

theconversation.com/uk-plans-for...

Reports of the death of #industrial #policy have been greatly exaggerated. In #Ireland, as Clifford, @frankgcrowley.bsky.social, Doran & Jordan show in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, targeted state investment in tech parks has delivered sustained #employment #growth. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁-𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀’ in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. We’re exploring how #emotions, #imaginaries & #narratives shaping regional futures. ✨
𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: 👇
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Not only big techs matter: digital platformisation and regional structural changes The paper provides a framework to understand the observed and expected regional structural changes caused by the increasing trend towards digital platformisation in our economies. It suggests going...

📢 Just out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social , with Joan Crespo: "Not only big techs matter: digital platformisation and regional structural changes"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🆕 paper 📚 by @giubreglia.bsky.social & @mrmodica.bsky.social out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social “A world of shocks: mapping multi-shock and multilayer resilience, assessing resilience markers and drivers”.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

The creative economy is less a series of spontaneous eruptions and more a matter of historical plumbing. Büyükyazıcı & @evacoll8.bsky.social show in @regionalstudies.bsky.social that hubs are built on latent skills, not conjured from thin air. #Culture by habit, not miracle. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

“Landmark publishing agreements for UK universities” See article: www.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/lan...

Our new paper in @regionalstudies.bsky.social critically evaluating the UK #ModernIndustrialStrategy has a 📹 abstract. @dgbailey.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @uniofbathsom.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social #openaccess
Paper: tinyurl.com/42b3892k

A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy The paper explores the implications for regional development contained within the UK’s recently launched Modern Industrial Strategy White Paper (2025). We critically examine the industrial strategy...

New @regionalstudies.bsky.social: A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy + @lisadepropris.bsky.social Chris Dimos, Felicia Fai, @sallyhardy.bsky.social & @prt1969.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Pandemic effects on regional job matching in Austria This paper examines labour market matching in Austria from 2008 to 2024, focusing on the regional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using monthly administrative data, we estimate Beveridge curves an...

New paper out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social.
Pandemic effects on regional job matching in Austria. #labour #Austria #matching
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In case you missed it, the 2025 Area Development and Policy Annual Lecture paper is a must-read.
Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common by Kohei Saito & Ryuji Sasaki

doi.org/10.1080/2379...

@regstud.bsky.social

EU regions fight against 'over-centralised' Cohesion Policy reform Proposed changes to EU policy spark concerns over budget cuts and local influence. Regions demand protection for funding transparency and multilevel collaboration.

EU regions fight against 'over-centralised' Cohesion Policy reform www.brusselstimes.com/1958218/eu-r...

“Europe’s Budget Gamble: Why Cutting Cohesion Funds Will Backfire” www.socialeurope.eu/europes-budg...

Talking Europe - 'Keep Europe strong from the inside': Kata Tütto, president of the Committee of the Regions Europe's regions are in danger of being squeezed as the EU considers sweeping changes to the way its 27 member states spend their money, warns the European official tasked with reducing inequalities…

“Tütto's message to Brussels is blunt: Undermining Cohesion Policy, she warns, would weaken the very base that allows the European Union to act together economically, politically and strategically.” www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

Ireland leads charge against biggest EU economies forming elite club The EU’s largest economies are clubbing together — Dublin says that’s a problem.

Ireland today sounded the alarm over a new group of Europe’s largest six economies, dubbed “E6,” amid fears that smaller countries’ interests could be bulldozed.

He has made no effort to prepare the ground with voters in terms of possible tax rises needed to pay for this.

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Cohesion policy, extremely delicate negotiations in Brussels - Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa The European Commission's proposal for the new National and Regional Partnership Plans envisaged in the 2028-2034 EU budget is dividing Parliament and Member States, amid fears of centralization and d...

Cohesion policy: extremely delicate negotiations in Brussels www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_articl...

📢 Call for Evidence: Improving Employability for Young People in Greater Birmingham

We’re reviewing employment trends & skills needs to shape better outcomes for youth—especially the disadvantaged.

Share your insights by 13 Feb 2026 - https://ow.ly/NLNg50XTtqK

The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (due out this month) is part of a wider reconsideration of industrial strategy. Get up to speed with our bumper recent @cssjournal.bsky.social special issue on ‘Industrial strategy reborn’ @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
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✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨

⏳ Deadline: 19th February

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➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World
📆 15-18 June 2026

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The ‘cost of undoing Europe’: Brexit and the UK textile and apparel industry Brexit, marked by the UK’s 2021 exit from the Single European Market and Customs Union under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, offers a unique case of reversing deep economic integration. The re...

Great recent @cssjournal.bsky.social paper ‘The ‘cost of undoing Europe’: Brexit & the UK textile & apparel industry’ by Patrizia Casadei, Simona Iammarino, Philip McCann & Raquel Ortega-Arigilés @acadsocsciences.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

No grown ups in No10 who might think “let’s check if something is legal first” before announcing it? Open goal for Reform.

Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections All English elections will now go ahead as originally planned after Reform UK brought a legal challenge over the decision to delay some polls.

A totally unforced error and an absolute gift to Reform, which Farage has gratefully accepted. The latest reset is going well. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...