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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

Economics 56%
Political science 32%
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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 2d
We have long feared #AI as a job-destroyer, yet it may drive #innovation and increase the returns of R&D. As Zhuoying You & I argue in our new @spatialeconomic.bsky.social paper, AI & #robotics make scarce resources deliver in places where investment has disappointed.
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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 3d
Special Economic Zones don’t fail loudly. They fade quietly.
#SEZs in #Africa amplify existing strengths—skills, infrastructure—while exposing weaknesses. The can raise export diversification but slowly, with effects only appearing after a decade or so. doi.org/10.1080/0885...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 4d
It is a funny feeling to find one’s work translated so precisely by a machine. My friend Duarte Rodrigues used #AI to craft a banner for my new LSEPPR paper. It captures the very soul of the debate. The algorithm, it seems, has a keener eye for nuance than I dared imagine. doi.org/10.31389/lse...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 5d
Can #Europe deliver on the #green #transition or just legislate it?
A new Special Issue of the Journal of Economic Policy Reform, guest-edited by Sandu, @mariatsouri.bsky.social & me invites answers.
Abstracts by 30 March 2026 to [email protected]
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 6d
Tuesday 10 February at LSE: Lewis Dijkstra will deconstruct the quiet rewriting of the global #urban story. By 2100, the #rural may be little more than a memory.
Join us at the @CanadaBlanchLSE to see how new UN data clarifies our urban destiny.
www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanc...

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Spatial Economic Analysis @spatialeconomic.bsky.social · 7d
A new SEA paper, “Why size really doesn’t matter: from megacity myths to place-sensitive prosperity” by @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social, challenges the idea that bigger cities are always more successful.

Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1742...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 7d
#EU #CohesionPolicy hasn’t failed. It has been mis-sold. Framed as compensation rather than #investment, it lost legitimacy, despite evidence of #growth and spillovers.
My new LSEPPR paper shows that a policy of development dressed up as charity struggles.
doi.org/10.31389/lse...

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 8d
“Build, baby, build” meets inequality. As Julie Weil notes in @washingtonpost.com, supply alone may not fix #affordability. Our @urbanstudiesjournal.com paper warned why: #inequality, not #zoning, does the damage.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Are YIMBYs winning the housing wars? Not so fast, these people say.
Though the “build more” movement is chalking up wins, supply skeptics contend housing affordability calls for government policies, not just market forces.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 9d
The populist free lunch is a mirage. As @martinsandbu.ft.com argues in the @financialtimes.com, today’s fault line is not left vs right but centre vs periphery. Uneven #geography breeds anger, anger➡️risk—& risk drains #growth.
www.ft.com/content/91de...
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The left-behind economy and what to do about it
New insights into regional inequality
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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 10d
Come and join us at this Cañada Blanch Centre event to explore the "degree of #urbanisation," a new global standard that renders national #urban definitions obsolete.
Lewis Dijkstra will unpack vital data for #climate resilience and #housing from 1950 until 2100.
Don't miss it! 10 Feb

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 13d
When local #news disappears, #democracy thins out.
Rachel Barber’s study of 500 closures in the Journal of Urban Affairs reveals a bleak #geography: losses fall hardest on "left-behind" places. In these news deserts, accountability is displaced by noise & growing conflict.
doi.org/10.1080/0735...