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Administrative capacity and Cohesion Policy
Volume 58, Issue 4, 2024 pages 685-908
The geography of COVID-19 and local policy responses
Volume 58, Issue 2, 2024 pages 255-424
The Tidal Movements of Spatial Labour Markets: Perturbation and Resilience
Volume 57, Issue 12, 2023 pages 2353-2594
Special issue: Brewing growth: exploring economic development and social engagement in the global beer industry
Volume 57, Issue 10, 2023 pages 1905-2117
Agency and regional development against all odds
Volume 57, Issue 8, 2023 pages 1409-1620
Place-based industrial and regional strategy – levelling the playing field
Volume 57, Issue 6, 2023 pages 977-1187
Re-imagining the future: city-region foresight and visioning in an era of fragmented governance
Volume 57, Issue 4, 2023 pages 609-784
Brokerage Within and Between Cities and Regions
Volume 57, Issue 2, 2023 pages 209-399
Digital innovation, strategy development and Smart Specialisation
Volume 56, Issue 9, 2022 pages 1421-1604
Financialization of urban and regional development in China and beyond
Volume 56, Issue 8, 2022 pages 1237-ci
The economic contribution of students to the regional economy
Volume 56, Issue 6, 2022 pages 885-1057
Emerging industries: institutions, legitimacy and system building
Volume 56, Issue 4, 2022 pages 523-685
Regions and trademarks
Volume 56, Issue 2, 2022 pages 177-iii
Polycentric urban regions: identification, evolution and performance
Volume 56, Issue 1, 2022 pages 1-173
Regional approaches to data, environment, and society
Volume 55, Issue 12, 2021 pages 1853-1981
Regions beyond Industry 4.0
Volume 55, Issue 10-11, 2021 pages 1609-ci
Multi-level dynamics of the UK’s EU exit: identity, territory, policy and power
Volume 55, Issue 9, 2021 pages 1491-1608
Regional Planning: Interests, Institutions and Relations
Volume 55, Issue 5, 2021 pages 773-988
Smart Specialisation and learning regions as a competitive strategy for less developed regions
Volume 55, Issue 3, 2021 pages 373-eiii
Planning regional futures
Volume 55, Issue 1, 2021 pages 1-166
Making regional citizens? Drivers and effects of subnational immigrant integration policies
Volume 54, Issue 11, 2020 pages 1475-ci
Smart Specialisation and innovation in Europe
Volume 54, Issue 10, 2020 pages 1323-ci
Decentralization after the Great Recession
Volume 54, Issue 7, 2020 pages 877-1006
The Competitive Advantage of Regions: Economic Geography and Strategic Management Intersections
Volume 54, Issue 5, 2020 pages 591-735
Mobility, housing and labour markets in times of economic crises
Volume 54, Issue 4, 2020 pages 443-590
New financial geographies of Asia
Volume 54, Issue 2, 2020 pages 143-ci
EU Cohesion Policy and domestic regional policies
Volume 54, Issue 1, 2020 pages 1-141
Evolution and Co-Evolution of Regional Innovation Processes
Volume 53, Issue 9, 2019 pages 1235-ci
Regional aspects in small firm financing
Volume 53, Issue 5, 2019 pages 617-773
Territorial servitization, manufacturing renaissance and KIBS
Volume 53, Issue 3, 2019 pages 313-449

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Regional Studies welcomes proposals for special issues that:

(1) fit with the journal’s aims and scope, 
(2) significantly contribute to earlier and current debates and research in regional studies,
(3) guarantee sufficient coherence, complementarity and diversity across contributions. 

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