Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Resilience in #Nepal is not the child of #decentralisation alone; it flourishes where #devolution takes the form of targeted, well-designed investment.
Raj Kharel & I on the limits of local autonomy in an emerging country in our new World Development paper.
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From the blue coasts to neglected interiors, #banking deserts carve invisible wealth divides across #Europe.
As Alexandra Sandu & I show in @economyandspace.bsky.social, a geography of exclusion persists; a simple bank account divides the fortunate from the forgotten. doi.org/10.1177/0308...

Europe’s #green & #digital ambitions map unequally across the continent, shaped less by policy than by inherited economic and institutional strengths.
Check the new Barbero, Collado, Rodríguez-Crespo & Santos paper in European Planning Studies: doi.org/10.1080/0965...

The digital age grants us endless methods, but the real prize is synthesis. @jose lui
Sánchez-Hernández, writing in @thegj.bsky.social, reminds us that in a data-rich era, economic #geography flourishes through plurality and the messy dialogue of evidence, theory & context.
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#Brexit’s drama starved #UK #SMEs of #credit, especially in the periphery.
@cemsoner.bsky.social‬, Alsakka & Mantovan reveal in the Journal of Rural Studies how uncertainty choked SME lending, leaving #rural #Britain especially exposed and deepening regional divides.
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#Banking deserts persist in #CEE. There, #geography, not grit or policy, dictates financial fate.
My new research with Alexandra Sandu in EPA: Economy & Space shows that financial #inclusion remains hostage to place and, without trust, #DigitalBanking cannot bridge the gap.
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Geographies of feeling stuck behind and populist voting in The Netherlands - Social Indicators Research This article adds to the debate on the polarization of modern society by examining whether two principal theories, ‘voting with their feet’ and feelings of being ‘left behind’, can jointly explain the...

Radicalism stems less from #poverty or #inequality than from the ache of being stuck in a place that doesn't matter.
According to @cbd-paradigm.bsky.social, Burger & Webber in @socialindicators.bsky.social‬‬ , it grows in towns drained of people and public culture.
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Where the world’s discontented fight, rural Japan picks the same party.
As @hajent.bsky.social sky.social‬ & @kovsiannikov.com show in JEPOP, #populism thrives on absence. In #Japan’s declining towns, the state never left, with subsidies & social ties guaranteeing stability.doi.org/10.1080/1745...95

Beneath the glamorous surface of “Made in Italy” lies a disquieting truth. @dariadenti.bsky.social & @simonaiammarino.bsky.social find that forced #labour is far more prevalent that imagined. #Italy has a geography of exploitation where race is not the sole determinant. doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...

Where others see periphery, many see potential.
According to Korsgaard, Gartner, Dentoni, Tillmar & Gaddefors in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, #rural areas can use local entrepreneurship and cooperative ingenuity to turn ‘nothing’ into novel markets. doi.org/10.1080/0898...

As the #EU drifts into discontent, it eyes dismantling its main tool for development & the one policy that binds its parts.
Cohesion is the scaffolding of the idea of #Europe & the key to unlocking the continent’s untapped potential
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#AI is the crop that only few fields can grow. @markmuro1.bsky.social & ‪@shriyared.bsky.social find that two Bay cities bag 13% of #US AI hiring. They divide America into superstars and also-rans, revealing big adoption gaps.
Investment beyond the coasts is needed. www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

Cohesion once let regions set their future; the new budget folds #Cohesion into a packed mega-envelope.
Empowerment & democracy are swapped for compliance.
When one in three voters flirts with Euroscepticism, this is political arson.
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The places deemed ‘left behind’ are neither uniform nor easily defined. Behind the easy narratives of #rural decay & #urban success lies a subtler, more fractured reality. Martínez de Vega, Díaz-Dapena & Vinuela lay it bare in Regional Science Policy and Practice: doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

How exogenous shocks may shape regional quality of life: a dynamic perspective on migration determinants during the Covid-19 pandemic - Review of Regional Research Migration behaviour can offer insights into quality of life if we consider relocation as revealed preference for local conditions. However, the concept of quality of life is often treated rather stati...

The #pandemic redrew the #migration map of #Germany.
@paulaprenzel.bsky.social & Tomczyk’s paper in the Review of Regional Research finds that post-2020 migrants have favoured roomier, quieter places.
#Covid nudged migrants away from big cities toward space and affordability.
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#Coal may be gone from the #Rhondda and #Cynon valleys in #Wales, but the ethic of solidarity it forged still decides which #regeneration projects flourish and which fail, argue @Emma Halford, Robert Huggins and Richard Gale in Geoforum.
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Income support and voting with territorial disparities Abstract. This article investigates the effect of government income support programs on voter behavior in contexts characterized by territorial disparities

The map of #Italy is not just one of wealth but of gratitude.
Monturano, Resce & Sonzogno research in Socio-Economic Review finds Citizenship Income drew southern cheers but northern suspicion.
Even the returns of policy obey #geography doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

A tale of two Americas [FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s policy agenda does not address Republican economic realities

Delighted to help Tej Parikh explain America's ec divides in the FT

Red and Blue America continue to represent "fundamentally contrasting economies"

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@rodriguez-pose.bsky.social @brookings.edu @pbump.com @annielowrey.bsky.social @crampell.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social

Celebrating @ronboschma.bsky.social: Vautrin Lud laureate and now now reigning atop the #IDEAS #RePEc economists' ranking as the world's top economic geographer.
Excellence & resilience in life arise from close, creative alliances, leading to both long-lasting friendships & academic triumphs.

#Discontent is local. French communes that trail their neighbours have rebelled at the polls.
Fernández García, Gutierrez-Posada, Rubiera Morollón & Torre in Spatial Economic Analysis show 2022 backing for Marine Le Pen rises with local relative poverty. doi.org/10.1080/1742...

#Europe’s single market runs on two gears: #cities in pole position, hinterlands idling.
As @martinapardy.bsky.social and I show in Growth & Change, intra-#EU #trade widens regional gaps; global exports don’t. Openness needs inclusion, or the economic engine grinds. doi.org/10.1111/grow...

Europe’s #Cohesion Policy must move beyond bean-counting & measure what money builds— #institutions and real impact.
To judge regional #policy by speed of spending is to mistake the clock for the compass, as argued by @fmolica.bsky.social & Santos in @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/2168...

Constitutions are written in capital cities but their fate is sealed in places that rarely make the headlines.
@pedrofierroz.bsky.social new research shows how #Chile’s divides are mirrored worldwide: #geography shapes #discontent & #centralisation fuels disaffection doi.org/10.1177/2399...

EU money and mayors: does Cohesion Policy affect local electoral outcomes? Abstract. The EU Cohesion Policy, with its capacity to shape the socio-economic development of European regions and cities, also holds the potential to inf

In #Italy, #EU funds do much more than mend roads—they redraw electoral maps.
Di Cataldo & @elenarenzullo.bsky.social's new research in the Journal of Economic Geography reveals that new, visible projects translate into #votes. But only where need and scale converge.
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The narrative of #Cohesion Policy’s decline wilts under deeper scrutiny; behind headlines of disillusion, evidence points to growth, resilience and real gains.
As Filippetti & Spallone show in their new EPS article, hope persists beneath the surface. doi.org/10.1080/0965...

Not all despair leads to revolt.
@anpanori.bsky.social‬, @kaloger.bsky.social‬, Papastergiou, Ziogas & @dimitris-ballas.bsky.social map the grief of place, showing how living in declining regions dampens well-being.
However, in even in some fading towns, #WellBeing endures
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Labour productivity disparities in European regions: the impact of agglomeration effects - The Annals of Regional Science Disparities in regional productivity in Europe have increased since 2000, and the rapid progress of the richest regions is considered to be one of the main forces behind this change. In this paper, we...

#Productivity divides widen. Brussels, Stockholm or Paris race ahead while nearby #regions stall. Yet, as Gómez-Tello, Murgui-García & Sanchis-Llopis argue in the Annals of Regional Science ideas ignore borders. Harness spillovers can help close the gap.
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Do special economic zones really work? Economists break down Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 5 Do special economic zones really work? Economists break down Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 5

Most #SEZs start with promise but struggle for permanence. Growth, as evidence shows, favours roots over incentives. Incentives alone don’t work, something Yadav’s critique brings sharply to light.
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The shifting geography of politics in Portugal - EUROPP The 2025 Portuguese election showed the transformation in the territorial dynamics of electoral politics in Portugal has crystallised into systemic realignment.

#Portugal’s political map isn’t just changing—it's being rewritten.
Politics has become territorial, not ideological. Grievances, not left/right, now trace the fault lines of decline.
The country's future being decided town by town.
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To see Economic Geography reach an 8.9 impact factor, with “The Regional Development Trap in Europe” (doi.org/10.1080/0013...) leading citations, is both an editorial & intellectual vindication.
It is also a fantastic way to bow out after 16 great years as editor.
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