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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

@rodriguez-pose.bsky.social

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Princesa de Asturias Chair & Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. Past President Regional Science Association International. Editor, Economic Geography.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose is a professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science and former head of its Department of Geography and Environment (2006-2009). .. more

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 15h

#Europe faces not a choice between #efficiency and #equity but the need to reconcile both if it wants to become more competitive.
As I argue in my new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, a more centralised #EU will thin its own strength by silencing its citizens' voices.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 1d

Our society’s prosperity hinges on how we manage the #solitude epidemic.
Join me on Oct 30 at 7pm at @fundacionareces.bsky.social (in collaboration with LSE) as we explore how loneliness & aloneness shape #Europe’s economic future.
Don't miss it.
Register here: www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 4d

The @MayorofLondon is seeking fresh minds for the Young Professionals Panel—a rare chance to shape the city’s future.
Ideal for LSE LED, RUPS & IP wonks with skin in the game.
If you want to help improve #London, find out more and apply here:
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

The Mayor's Young Professionals Panel

The next generation of infrastructure leaders supporting and informing the Mayor of London’s work on infrastructure

www.london.gov.uk

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 5d

#Brussels can’t roll out innovation like it does broadband.
According to Mehmet Pinar & Burhan Can Karahasan in Technology in Society, #innovation rewards regions already primed but bites in vulnerable areas. The North/West soar, the South/East stall.
doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

Reposted by Ron Boschma

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 6d

Competitiveness thrives on cohesion, not concentration.
My brand new article in @regionalstudies.bsky.social makes the case for unlocking #Europe’s full potential, wherever it can be found, as #cohesion is the foundation of #competitivenes, not its antithesis.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...

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Reposted by Diane Coyle, Jiří Blažek, Nicolai von Ondarza

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 7d

#Czechia re-elects #Babiš. The map tells the tale: #Prague holds out, towns & rural areas—where status, jobs & faith have faded—swing.
Brussels should invest in the places time forgot or brace for irrelevance.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 8d

To hollow out #cohesion is to erode the #EU’s credibility from within.
In my brand new @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper, I argue that #Europe’s competitiveness and very viability depends less on emulating competitors and more on exploiting our latent potential.
DOI: doi.org/10.1080/0034...

Reposted by Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 9d

#Maps are the essence of #geography. Designed poorly, they silence data; designed well, they communicate powerfully and attract lots of attention.
Read @jakobeder.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social blog on why graphicacy matters:
www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Putting Graphicacy Back into Geography: Why it Matters How We Design Maps for Science Communication - RSA Main

Tools play a crucial role in research and the visual representation of regions. In this piece by Dr Jakob Eder, we explore mapping (graphicacy) and discuss its application and potential improvements f...

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Reposted by Lars P. Feld

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 11d

Economists, unlike pop stars, seldom chart. Geographers only chart maps😀.
But I've slipped in at No.11 on @Favikon_ UK list; proof that algorithms reward the inexplicable.
A fleeting honour, but a reminder: #economics matters most when it speaks to place.
www.favikon.com/blog/top-eco...

Top 20 Economists in the UK in 2025 - Favikon

Top 20 Economists in the UK in 2025, recognized for redefining economic thought and shaping the future of policy, finance, and innovation.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 13d

Innovation in #Europe’s periphery is less about #patents than practice. Progress comes from #firms that improvise, adapt, and share know-how in #networks of #trust as shown by Christoph Friedrich & Rolf Sternberg in their new Regional Science Policy & Practice article: doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 14d

The LSE MSc in Regional and Urban Planning has shaped generations of planners.
Now it seeks new blood and new ideas: an Assistant and Associate Professor to guide the future of #urban and #regional #planning.
Ambition and scholarship required.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT477/a...

Reposted by Kevin Manaugh

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 16d

#Canada’s prosperity has blind spots. Whole areas of the country are rendered invisible by a politics that ignores place.
Sleeth, Riva, @kmanaugh.bsky.social & Breau show in Growth and Change how #deprivation accumulates in Canada´s forgotten rural, northern & suburban areas.
doi.org/10.1111/grow...

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