RSA Europe News

The 22nd European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) took place from the 7-11 October, 2024. The RSA and RSA Europe were, as in previous years, actively involved in the programme and were well represented at the event. EU Regions Week is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. It has grown to […]

Smart specialisation (S3) has been a key driving policy concept of European regional policy since 2014, but as new challenges appear, it needs to evolve to a broader policy framework able to promote place-based innovation and a range of initiatives to advance a wider overall transformation in the EU (within a region and between regions). […]

        Alessia Calafiore, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Alessia Calafiore is a Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Data Science at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of the University of Edinburgh. Alessia is co-lead of the CHASS Research Theme – Future Cities and co-organiser of […]

Last week, we delivered the 2024 Summer College for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers held in partnership and at the GSSI – Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy. This year’s themes were Migration, Well-Being and Spatial Inclusion. The College was a great success with a good mix of intense academic interventions, student presentations, professional development […]

              Aristotelis Alvanos, Homeless Team in DG Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion of the European Commission Aristotelis Alvanos is a seconded National Expert, member of the Homelessness Team in DG Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion of the European Commission. The team arranges the daily operations and facilitates the activities […]