About the conference

Regions across the Nordic countries and beyond are being reshaped by multiple transformations. The climate crisis, green and digital transitions, demographic change, shifting patterns of production and work, spatial inequalities, and new geopolitical realities are combining to create both opportunities and profound challenges for regions and the people who live in them. At the same time, capacities for innovation and adaptation remain highly uneven across places. This raises fundamental questions about how regional futures are imagined, governed and realised, and why some regions are able to actively shape new development pathways while others struggle to do so.

The Nordic Regional Studies Association Conference 2027 provides an international forum for examining regional transformation, bringing together theoretical, empirical and policy perspectives. We welcome paper presentations from researchers, students, and those working in policy and practice.