Special Session Call for Papers: Ports and Pipes, Futures and Fragments
Regional Studies Association Annual Conference Gothenburg, Sweden June 15-18, 2026 Organizers Jen Nelles (Oxford Brookes University) Michael Glass (University of Pittsburgh) Jean-Paul Addie (Georgia State University) We are extending this expression of interest to infrastructural and regional scholars examining the planning, governance, and maintenance of pipelines and ports as part of the RSA Network on Infrastructural Regionalism (NOIR). Regions are shaped by a wide variety
Nov 62 min read
Inclusive innovation and the dynamics of regional transformation: Reflections on NOIR’s contribution to RSA 2025
Jen Nelles (Oxford Brookes University) NOIR had a strong presence at RSA 2025, organizing a session on “Inclusive innovation and the...
May 215 min read
Infrastructuring Regions at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers
J.P. Addie (Georgia State University) From the banks of the Detroit River to the peaks of the Himalayas, NOIR took to the 2025 AAG...
May 136 min read
Rail and Infrastructural Regionalisms - RSA Winter Conference event recap
Jen Nelles (Oxford Brookes University) & Adam Brown (Cambridge Econometrics) NOIR 2.0 officially launched at the RSA Winter Conference on...
Nov 28, 20245 min read
An Infrastructural Regionalism Reading of Atlanta’s Water Crisis
Jean-Paul Addie On the morning of 31 May 2024, a major water transmission line below Joseph E. Boone Boulevard west of Downtown Atlanta...
Jul 9, 20247 min read
It's getting darker! RSA renews NOIR for a second term
We are delighted to announce that the Regional Studies Association has recently approved another round of funding for the NOIR network...
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Learning (again) from Infrastructural Failure: Pittsburgh's Bridge Collapse
Michael R. Glass Pittsburgh’s social media chatter began accelerating early on Friday January 28th when word spread of a bridge collapse...
Apr 8, 20224 min read
