🇧🇬 The ERSA flag now passes to Sofia! The 65th ERSA Congress will take place 25–28 August 2026 in Bulgaria 🇧🇬, hosted by the LOC chaired by Koyso Stoychev. 🙏 Thank you Athens for a memorable #ERSA2025 — see you next year in Sofia! #ERSACongress #RegionalScience

🏙️ New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “Housing deprivation in rapidly urbanizing regions” by Danny Granda, Luis Mateo-Peinado, Moisés Obaco & Jorge Urrutia-Mosquera. 🔗 https://t.co/SUqnrP0nne @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect #ERSA #RegionalScience #GCRS

⏳ The deadline is approaching! Submit your Special Session Proposal for #ERSA2026 in Sofia 📅 25–28 Aug 2026 Theme: “Global Challenges and Regional Responses in a Transition Era” 🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025 🔗 https://t.co/IZ3PULoh20 Don’t miss your chance to shape #ERSACongress

⏳ Don’t miss it! The Call for Special Session Proposals for #ERSA2026 in Sofia 🇧🇬 is still OPEN! 📅 25–28 Aug 2026 | Theme: “Global Challenges and Regional Responses in a Transition Era” 🗓️ Submit by 19 Dec 2025 🔗 https://t.co/IZ3PULoh20 Shape the next #ERSACongress! 🌍

🆕 New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “Measuring regional economic transformation: Which European regions are leading the competitiveness & sustainability challenge?” 🇪🇺 by Anabela Santos & Andrea Conte 🔗 https://t.co/i5qw3eU6G0 @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect #ERSA

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🆕 New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “A Second Spatial Autocorrelation Mechanism: Geographic Hierarchies & Urban Systems” 🌍🏙️ by Griffith, Li, Millones, Injoque, Quispe & Villarino 🔗 https://t.co/ojWIL4hwpB @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect #ERSA #RegionalScience

🚨 Call for Special Session Proposals is OPEN! Join #ERSA2026 in Sofia 🇧🇬 (25–28 Aug 2026) Theme: “Global Challenges and Regional Responses in a Transition Era” 📢 Submit your topic & shape the next ERSA Congress! 🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025 🔗

Now available in YouTube and we’ve created a dedicated playlist just for you! Watch all the plenary sessions and ceremonies from #ERSA2025 in Athens: 🎤 Storper | Thisse | Christophidou 🏛️ Opening & Closing Ceremonies 🔗 https://t.co/Fl4OA9WB0m #ERSACongress #RegionalScience

🆕 New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “An analysis of agricultural crop residue burning & urban air pollution in New Delhi, India” by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal & Hamid Beladi 🔗 https://t.co/1cDjY57GKI @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect #ERSA #RegionalScience #AirPollution

📢 New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “How can regional scientists keep contributing to climate & environmental economics?” by Sandy Dall’erba 🌍♻️ 🔗 https://t.co/PLd6op0pe1 @ElsevierConnect @VicenteRoyuela #ERSA #RegionalScience #ClimateChange

🆕 The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is out! 📚 Vol. 104, Issue 5 (Oct 2025) Explore cutting-edge research in regional science. 🔗 https://t.co/v7goPym7Xk #ERSA #RegionalScience #PiRS @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect

New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “Navigating coastal resilience: Exploring population density & coastal distance dynamics along the Gold Coast” by Murphy, Mahabir, Phinn & Arribas-Bel. 🔗 https://t.co/dveBdgh4If @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect #ERSA #RegionalScience

📢 New in Global Challenges & Regional Science! “Resilience strategies of Danish firms in the pandemic and their regional differences” Authors: Nino Javakhishvili-Larsen, Bence Bøje-Kovács & Camilo Acosta 🔗 https://t.co/MTefvtWEIh @VicenteRoyuela @ElsevierConnect #ERSA

📢 Call for Abstracts – 9th CERS Conference Theme: “Sustainability-driven territorial development. Challenges for CEECs” 📍 Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 27–29 Nov 2025 📝 Deadline: 20 Sept 2025 🔗 More info: https://t.co/PEkXEnEHLt #CERS2025 #RegionalScience #ERSA

New in Global Challenges & Regional Science: “Deluge of costs: Navigating the economic impacts of flooding in Egyptian port cities” by Eduardo A. Haddad, Inácio F. Araújo, Dina N. Elshahawany and more. Read more 🔗 https://t.co/CALjNdFK1O @ElsevierConnect @VicenteRoyuela #ERSA

📢 New article in Global Challenges & Regional Science! “The great challenge for local labour markets. Lovely and lousy jobs in the digital era” by Roberta Capello, Simona Ciappei & Camilla Lenzi. 🔗 https://t.co/zJLni8kqRA @ElsevierConnect @VicenteRoyuela #ERSA

🇬🇷 #ERSA2025 concluded in Athens with heartfelt words from Yannis Psycharis (LOC Chair) & Peter Nijkamp, honoring the memory of Prof. Nikos Konsolas, who passed away 2 years ago. 🙏 A respected scholar whose legacy continues to inspire the Regional Science community.

🏅 The RSPP Annual Paper Award 2025 at #ERSA2025 was awarded to Diego Loras-Gimeno, Gonzalo Gómez-Bengoechea & Jorge Díaz-Lanchas (Comillas Univ.) for: “Fiscal redistribution & the narrowing urban–rural income gap” 🔗 https://t.co/4MV4PbwUaf #ERSACongress #RegionalScience

🥇The Martin Beckmann Prize 2025 at #ERSA2025 was presented to Giorgio Fazio, Sara Maioli & Nirat Rujimora (Newcastle Univ.) for their paper: “Building back greener, levelling-up or both? UK regions’ efficiency transition” 🔗 https://t.co/64sGfijLLk #ERSACongress

🎓 The RSAI Dissertation Award was presented to Felix Pot (Univ. of Groningen) at #ERSA2025! 👏 This award honors the best doctoral dissertation in Regional Science, recognizing excellence and innovation in young scholars. #ERSACongress #RegionalScience