REGIONAL STATISTICS, 2025, VOL 15, No 3.

STUDIES

Dear Readers,

We are pleased to say that the 3/2025 issue of Regional Statistics has been published and available online!

CONTENT

Kamil Maciuk – Michal Apollo – Gijsbert Stoet – Paulina Lewinska – Lukasz Borowski – Lukasz Tomczyk – David C. Geary: A critical analysis of the factor of gender and STEM enrollment in higher education

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150301.pdf

Szilvia Módosné Szalai – Botond Géza Kálmán – Arnold Tóth – Norbert Gyurián – Dhruv Pratap Singh – Lóránt Dávid – Szonja Jenei: NUTS2 regions of the Visegrad countries during the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150302.pdf

Miklós Losoncz – Rurong Chen: Evaluating China’s high-quality economic development model: the example of the Yangtze River region

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150303.pdf

Mátyás Borbély – Márton Péti – Zsombor Csata: Comparative analysis of data sources on the socio-economic position of autochthonous national minorities: a case study on minority Hungarians

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150304.pdf

Reyhane Salehabadi – Mohammad R. Hafeznia – Mostafa Ghaderi Hajat: National power: what its elements and how to measure https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150305.pdf

Márta Bajnok – Julianna Tasi – Zoltán Kovács-Mesterházy – Szilárd Czóbel – Orsolya Szirmai – Krisztina Varga – Zsombor Wagenhoffer: Grassland management survey on farms in Hungary

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150306.pdf

Liqiao Yang – Izabella Szakálné Kanó – Andreász Kosztopulosz: Characteristics and factors of spatial differences in electric vehicle battery industry development among EU member states

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150307.pdf

Tibor Tatay – Zsuzsanna Novák: Eurozone inflation in times of crises: an application of cluster analysis https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2025/2025_03/rs150308.pdf

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Dr Ana Viñuela

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Associate Professor, Applied Economics Department

REGIOlab, University of Oviedo,  Spain

European Project EXIT (https://www.exit-project.eu/)

Regional Science Policy & Practice Volume 17, Issue 6 , June 2025

Articles

Book Review

Call for Papers for Special Issue in Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP)

Title: "Impacts of War in Ukraine: Perspectives and Challenges"

Guest Editor: Dr Kateryna Zabarina - University of Warsaw; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This special issue aims to collect articles on perspectives and challenges coming from ongoing war. Unlike the previous RSPP Special Issue "Ukraine: geopolitical realities and regional development perspectives" dedicated to understanding a way Ukraine went starting in 1991 without focusing on full-scale war, this issue will address the economic, social, environmental, psychological and geopolitical impacts, providing a platform for in-depth analysis and discussion. By featuring diverse perspectives and rigorous analyses, it aims to foster a deeper understanding of the multifacetedness of the war phenomena and provide a foundation for building more resilient and peaceful futures.

Special issue information:

The war in Ukraine has led to various consequences, reshaping all aspects of everyday life. This special issue aims to explore these changes, bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to deepen our understanding of the conflict's far-reaching effects. Contributions will address themes such as displacement and resilience, economic disruptions, social transformations, ecological damage, and shifts in international relations, with a particular attention to spatial dimension.

By examining these aspects, this issue seeks not only to provide critical analyses but also to offer valuable guidance for policymakers, academics, and practitioners in crafting strategies for rebuilding, reconciliation, and future conflict prevention.

Keywords: Impact of war, challenges and perspectives, multidisciplinary perspective.

Manuscript submission information:

We kindly invite contributions on topics related (but not limited) to:

• Challenges and perspectives for various industries
• Social and Cultural aspects (i.e. education, migration, culture etc.)
• Effects of war on environment
• Geopolitical implications
• Psychological issues
• Policy evaluation (i.e. challenges and possibilities of joining the EU)

All manuscripts will be submitted via the Regional Science Policy & Practice online submission system (https://www.editorialmanager.com/rspp/). Authors should indicate in the cover letter that the paper is submitted for consideration for publication in this special issue “Impacts of War in Ukraine: Perspectives and Challenges”, otherwise, your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript.

Submission deadline: December 31^st 2025 

Related literature:

Maruniak, E., Lisovskyi, S., & Rudenko, L. (2023). The spatial dimension of the war effects in Ukraine: An agenda for country recovery. Europa XXI, 44.

Biagini, E. (1993). Spatial dimensions of conflict. GeoJournal, 31, 119-128.

Hinterleitner, M., & Sager, F. (2022). Policy’s role in democratic conflict management. Policy Sciences, 55(2), 239-254.

Bjorkdahl, A., & Buckley-Zistel, S. (Eds.). (2016). Spatialising peace and conflict: Mapping the production of places, sites and scales of violence. Springer.

The RSAI President, Prof Shibusawa and the RSAI Executive Director, Ana Vinuela, have the pleasure to announce the new elected RSAI Fellow for 2025.

But first, we would like to thank the members of the RSAI Fellows Selection Committee -made up of Prof. Genevieve Giuliano (chair), Jouke Van Dijk and Amit Batabyal-, who received and evaluated the candidatures for this year's RSAI Fellows election; and also thank all the RSAI Fellows that participated in the ballot. 

According to the votes received from the RSAI Fellows, four (4) new Fellows have been elected this year 2025 (ordered in alphabetical order):

1. Daniela -Luminita Constantin (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)
2. Sarah Low (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
3. Daoqin Tong (School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, USA)
4. Hans Westlund (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden)

Congratulations to all for this outstanding achievement! 

The Gran Sasso Science Institute, a public, research-intensive university dedicated to doctoral education in L’Aquila, Italy, has advertised 12 fully funded doctoral positions in its 4-year English-taught PhD programme in Regional Science & Economic Geography. The programme offers training in both quantitative and qualitative research methods in economic geography and regional studies.

Deadline: 23 May, 2025

L’Aquila is a mid-size historical town in central Italy, surrounded by mountains in a largely unspoiled natural environment. It is the capital city of the Abruzzo region. Rome can be reached from L’Aquila in about one hour and half by bus.

Here is the programme’s official statement:

The Ph.D. program in “Regional Science and Economic Geography” is a cutting-edge and interdisciplinary program designed to explore the intricate relationship between space and socioeconomic phenomena, by employing mixed methods and interdisciplinary approaches. This Ph.D. program equips students with the skills to offer evidence-based policy recommendations, rooted in robust empirical findings and established causal relationships, and fosters research in economic and/or human geography. It aims to address the challenges posed by globalization, urbanization, climate change, and development by fostering a deeper understanding of these processes. We welcome students with different backgrounds, including (but not limited to) applied economics, economic and/or human geography, or sociology, who share an interest in these issues.

The PhD Programme lasts four years. The Academic Year will start on November 1st, 2025. The GSSI awards scholarships until the thesis dissertation and for a maximum of four years. The yearly gross amount of the scholarship is € 16.243,00. An additional 50% on a monthly basis can be awarded for research periods abroad if approved by the GSSI. During their first year, PhD students will be offered free accomodation by the GSSI. In the remaining three years they will receive from the university a contribution to their housing costs.

PhD students will participate in the department’s interdisciplinary research tracks along with faculty members.

All details related to this call can be found here.

* Students with interests in critical and heterodox regional studies and economic geographies are encouraged to apply *