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A Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social journal publishing research on the interface of territory, politics, economy and identity and the governance and organisation of political space.
Recently published #openacess 'Gaining trust through consultation? How intergovernmental interactions influences citizens’ political trust in times of crisis' by Jakob Frateur, Patricia Popelier, Peter Bursens & Susana Duarte Coroado.
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From a forthcoming special issue, the newly published article: "The contentious politics of renewable energy: territorial cleavages in Italy’s ‘green’ transition," by Daniela Chironi and Donatella della Porta
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New Special Issue with the free-to-read editorial 'Under construction – towards critical perspectives on infrastructuring and infrastructured labour in Africa', guest edited by Theo Aalders, Prince Guma, Evelyne Owino & Dr Gideon Tups.
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Image of the TPG journal cover and the abstract of the article: This article provides a spatial justice critique of the urban sustainability agenda. Reflecting on the apparent growing discontent against urban sustainability policies, we argue that this backlash can partly be traced to how this agenda has favoured city centres and overlooked spatial dynamics and injustices that fuel core–periphery polarisation. The urban sustainability agenda tends towards ‘urban triumphalism’, while framing suburban areas and spaces as inherently problematic. We propose to widen the geographical scope of the urban sustainability agenda, and discuss policy directions that may contribute to this, with the view to achieving greater legitimacy, more inclusivity and value pluralism.
Read this #openaccess TPG article by Håvard Haarstad and Mahir Yazar, 'Urban sustainability: a spatial justice critique' which reflects on the apparent growing discontent against urban sustainability policies. doi.org/10.1080/2162...
Image of the TPG journal cover and the abstract of the article: This article provides a spatial justice critique of the urban sustainability agenda. Reflecting on the apparent growing discontent against urban sustainability policies, we argue that this backlash can partly be traced to how this agenda has favoured city centres and overlooked spatial dynamics and injustices that fuel core–periphery polarisation. The urban sustainability agenda tends towards ‘urban triumphalism’, while framing suburban areas and spaces as inherently problematic. We propose to widen the geographical scope of the urban sustainability agenda, and discuss policy directions that may contribute to this, with the view to achieving greater legitimacy, more inclusivity and value pluralism.
Read this #openaccess TPG article by Håvard Haarstad and Mahir Yazar, 'Urban sustainability: a spatial justice critique' which reflects on the apparent growing discontent against urban sustainability policies. doi.org/10.1080/2162...
My afterword "The Material Politics of Labour in Africa" to the SI "Under construction – towards critical perspectives on infrastructuring and infrastructured labour in Africa" edited is now freely available. @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @rsablog.bsky.social #geosky
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Thrilled to share my new article is now published in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social! It traces how #DoughnutEconomics politicised growth in Amsterdam governance with an ambiguous yet powerful policy innovation.
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#UrbanGovernance #PostGrowth #PolicyProcess #Sustainability
Prosperity and neglect are equally potent politically radicalising agents. As Adamiak, Churski, thers & I show in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, #Poland’s spatial duel means that the ‘places that matter’ have mobilised to shield their interests from the 'places that don't matter'.
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#Green agenda success in #city cores may breed resentment in the periphery.
As @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & @mahiryazar.bsky.social argue in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, a moral hierarchy that punishes car-dependent suburbanites —often on lower incomes— is a recipe for #populism.
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Just published with REDEFINE (ERC-funded)! @rsa-tpg.bsky.social
We compare COSCO's port investments in Greece vs Germany, using relational power.
#GlobalChina #Infrastructure #Ports #Geoeconomics #Piraeus #Power www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📘 New article!
“Uneven benefits? Territorial divides in perceptions of devolution in Scotland and Wales" in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social
➡️ Where within devolved nations are the benefits of devolved power actually felt? With what political implications?
📄 Open access 🔗:
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Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the release of an @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social collection celebrating the life and work of the late political theorist and scholar of cities Warren Magnusson, who passed away earlier this year. www.urbanaffairsreview.com/walter-magnu...
Why do Payments for Ecosystem Services work differently on the ground? My new Open Access article uncovers how PES in China's Qingshan Village is shaped by local development, power, & culture. Read it now! #PES #Conservation #Development @rsa-tpg.bsky.social
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Honoured to be named @rsa-tpg.bsky.social’s 2025 Best Referee.
But the genius is the reviewer corps; those who toil in silence to improve manuscripts that will never bear their names.
They are scaffolding that keeps scholarship upright.
@regstud.bsky.social
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The @rsa-tpg.bsky.social Best Paper Award goes to Gonzalo Álvarez and Cristian Ovando Santana for 'Indigenous People and Paradiplomacy: Confronting the State-centric Order from Latin American Transborder Spaces’. Watch the recording ww.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-tpg-best-paper/
We are delighted that @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social has won the 2025 @rsa-tpg.bsky.social Best Referee Award. Watch the recording with EiC @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social here www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-tpg-best-referee/
At this time, we welcome applications from candidates in the fields of political science, international relations, international political economy, political geography, or geopolitics working primarily in quantitative or mixed-methods research traditions. Please apply!
TPG is looking for a new editorial team member! think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @regstud.bsky.social @rsablog.bsky.social
Today is the @regstud.bsky.social 60th 🎈birthday. It's a privilege to be Chair of the Association in its 60th year. The Association’s success is testament to the hard work of its staff team, members and dedicated volunteers. I salute you all 💙 👏.
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The RSA @regstud.bsky.social and Territory, Politics, Governance are pleased to announce the appointment of new members to the TPG editorial team! www.regionalstudies.org/news/new-ter...
Good news! 👌 Our new paper has been accepted for publication in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social . Focusing on Chile, our study (w/ S. Rivera and @dbrieba.bsky.social ) shows that living in marginalised cities is linked to lower political knowledge and self-competence beliefs. (1/3)