2024
Yoshiro Higano University of Tsukuba, Japan	Eduardo Haddad University of São Paulo, Brazil	Andrea Caragliu Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2023
Carlos Azzoni University of Sao Paulo, BRAZIL	Denise Pumain Géographie-cités, FRANCE	H.W.A. (Erik) Dietzenbacher University of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS
2022
André Torre University Paris-Saclay, FRANCE	Budy Resosudarmo Australian National University, AUSTRALIA	Frank Van Oort Erasmus University Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS	Genevieve Giuliano University of Southern California, USA
2021
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Rochester Institute of Technology, USA	Alessandra Faggian Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), ITALY	Randall Jackson West Virginia University, USA	Kara Kockelman University of Texas at Austin, USA
2020
Jouke Van Dijk  University of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS	Juan Cuadrado-Roura University of Alcalà, SPAIN
2019
Michael Batty University College London, UK	Ingmar Prucha University of Maryland, USA	Isabelle Thomas Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2018
Janet E. Kohlhase University of Houston, USA	Alan T. Murray University of California at Santa Barbara, USA	Dan Rickman Oklahoma State University, USA	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose London School of Economics, UK
2017
Marlon G. Boarnet University of Southern California, USA	Roberto Camagni (deceased, 2023) Politecnico di Milano, Italy	Adam Rose University of Southern California, USA
2016
Philip McCann University of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS	Mark Partridge The Ohio State University, USA	Sergio J. Rey Arizona State University, USA
2015
Kieran P. Donaghy Cornell University, USA	Raymond J.G.M. Florax (deceased, 2017) Purdue University, USA	Jacques Poot University of Waikato, NEW ZEALAND
2014
Gilles Duranton University of Pennsylvania, USA	William Strange University of Toronto, Canada
2013
Roberta Capello Polytechnic Milano, ITALY	Kiyoshi Kobayashi Kyoto University, JAPAN	Tönu Puu (deceased, 2020) University of Umeå, SWEDEN	Jean-Claude Thill University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
2012
Brian J.L. Berry The University of Texas at Dallas, USA	Ronald E. Miller (deceased, 2023) University of Pennsylvania, USA	Stuart S. Rosenthal Syracuse University, USA	Yves Zenou Stockholm University, SWEDEN
2011
Åke E. Anderson (deceased, 2021) Jönköping International Business School, SWEDEN	Gordon Mulligan (deceased, 2023) University of Arizona, USA
2010
Paul Krugman Princeton University, USA	Diego Puga Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, SPAIN	Aura Reggiani University of Bologna, ITALY	Robert Stimson University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Gerald Carlino Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, USA	Richard Morrill University of Washington, USA	Michael Sonis (deceased, 2016) Bar-Ilan University, ISRAEL	David Plane University of Arizona, USA
Eric Verhoef VU University Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS	Henk Folmer Wageningen and Groningen Universities, THE NETHERLANDS
2009
Antoine Bailly (deceased, 2021) University of Geneva, SWITZERLAND	Richard Church University of California, Santa Barbara, USA	Bernard Fingleton University of Strathclyde, UK	Reginald Golledge (deceased, 2009) University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Peter Gordon University of Southern California, USA	Daniel Griffith University of Texas at Dallas, USA	Keith Ihlanfeldt Florida State University, USA	James LeSage Texas State University, USA
Janice Madden University of Pennsylvania, USA	Piet Rietveld (deceased, 2013) VU University Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS	Anthony Venables University of Oxford, UK
2008
T.R. Lakshmanan (deceased, 2020) Boston University, USA	Daniel McMillen University of Illinois at Chicago, USA	John McDonald University of Illinois at Chicago, USA	Jan Oosterhaven University of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS
Harry W. Richardson University of Southern California, USA	Roger Stough (deceased, 2019) George Mason University, USA	Takatoshi Tabuchi University of Tokyo, JAPAN
2007
Yoshitsugu Kanemoto University of Tokyo, JAPAN	Harry H. Kelejian (deceased, 2024) University of Maryland, USA	Anna Nagurney University of Massachusetts, USA	Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou McMaster University, CANADA
Alan Wilson University College London, England, UK
2006
Alex Anas SUNY Buffalo, USA	Richard Arnott (deceased, 2023) Boston College, USA	Peter Batey University of Liverpool, UK	Manfred M. Fischer WU Wien, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Michael J. Greenwood University of Colorado, Boulder, USA	Kingsley Haynes George Mason University, USA	Tschango John Kim  University of Illinois, USA	Ann Markusen University of Minnesota, USA
John Parr (deceased, 2023) University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK	Kenneth A. Small University of California, Irvine, USA
2005
Marcus Berliant Washington University in Saint Louis, USA	Jan K. Brueckner University of California, Irvine, USA	Arthur Getis (deceased, 2022) San Diego State University, USA	David Pines Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL
Karen R. Polenske Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2004
Luc Anselin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA	J. Vernon Henderson Brown University, USA	Peter Nijkamp Erasmus University, NETHERLANDS	John M. Quigley (deceased, 2012) University of California, Berkeley, USA
2003
Masahisa Fujita Kyoto University, JAPAN	Geoffrey J. D. Hewings University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA	Tony E. Smith University of Pennsylvania, USA	Jacques Thisse Catholic University of Louvain, BELGIUM
2002
RSAI Council initiated the RSAI Fellows Award to honour a select group of members of the Association who have made important scholarly and research contributions to the field of regional science. The inaugural Fellows were the living recipients of the Founder's Medal at that time
Walter Isard (deceased, 2010) Cornell University, USA	Martin Beckmann (deceased, 2017) Brown University, USA and Technical University of Munich, Germany	Jean Paelinck Erasmus University, NETHERLANDS	David Boyce Northwestern University, USA

RSAI Fellows

RSAI fellows are distinguished scholars with a proven and recognized research record in the field of regional science during a considerable part of their scientific career. Such honoured members of the RSAI are appointed after a careful nomination and selection procedure, based on a broad consultation of the RSAI membership.

The RSAI fellowship is a world-wide sign of scientific recognition that is bestowed on a regional scientist with outstanding research credentials in his/her field. The RSAI fellowship does not imply any obligation to the Association, although it is expected that fellows on a voluntary basis will serve the scientific objectives of the RSAI whenever possible or appropriate.

Regional science has witnessed a great increase in scholarly interest and scientific publications all over the world. To create a vital Association, it is therefore critical that senior members - and, in particular, RSAI fellows – act as a role model, in particular for a younger generation. The RSAI membership should have the highest expectations on – and appreciation for – its fellows, given their past seminal research contributions.

RSAI fellows may contribute to the fulfillment of the goals of the Association by offering a scientific service or incentive to its members through various means, such as:

• Organization of a fellows’ meeting at any conference venue, where a major RSAI conference is taking place (ERSA, NARSC, PRSCO, World Conference). This could be a socializing meeting (e.g., a luncheon or late afternoon drinks) or a substantive meeting (e.g., an exploratory venue addressing future research strategies or topics).
• Organization of dedicated panels or focused fellows’ sessions at any major international or supraregional RSAI meeting with the aim to reflect on new methodologies or promising approaches in research.
• Organization of early-bird (breakfast) meetings, luncheon meetings or late afternoon drinks meetings with a small group of young researchers, based on an open subscription/application system, in which informal presentations (5-10 minutes) are held by young researchers (‘meet the professor’ meetings).
• Organization of a solid pre-conference special session at any major RSAI conference, with a balanced mix of seniors (in particular, RSAI fellows) and juniors (‘rising stars’), where fellows and rising stars present recent research work (in the long run, even joint senior-junior research work could be foreseen).
• Organization of short ‘next gen’ training courses, prior to any major conference.
• Organization of a voluntary ‘Foster Fellow Plan’, in which an RSAI fellow is willing to adopt for a period of (e.g.) one year a selected young researcher from a different country –in consultation with his/her supervisor – with the aim to provide network contacts or scientific guidance, or perhaps to start a joint research project.
• Organization of an RSAI column by a fellow in any issue of the RSAI Newsletter (after consultation of the Newsletter editors).

Any meeting or panel at conferences needs to be done in consultation with the conference organizers.

Limit on the Number of Fellows

1. An upper limit on the number of fellows is set at 5% of the membership of RSAI.
2. Fellows who are deceased are not counted in the upper limit on the number of fellows set out in 1 above.

Nomination and Selection Protocol of RSAI Fellows:

1. Each RSAI member - except RSAI fellows – is entitled to nominate candidates for the RSAI fellowship, but self-nominations are not allowed. Each nomination has to be done through a standard concise nomination form that follows a systematic template.
2. A nominee has to be RSAI member (or a member of any section recognized by the RSAI) and to meet the qualifications mentioned in Annex A.
3. The selection of new RSAI fellows takes place only once a year, but nominations can be sent in at any time and will be considered for a given selection round, if they have been received before a given deadline. A nomination has a maximum life of two years.
4. All nominations will be put on a list supplemented with non-elected candidates for the RSAI fellowship who were on the short list from the previous year.
5. The short list will be screened by the RSAI fellows selection committee (in consultation with the RSAI President and Executive Director). This committee comprises 3 RSAI fellows appointed by the RSAI Council for a period of staggered 3-year terms. The President and Executive Director will make the nominations for Council’s consideration unless Council sets up a special committee that handles this nomination process. The selection committee has to seriously consider all available information on the candidates and can remove candidates (unanimous vote) who do not qualify.
6. The selection committee can also decide to reduce the list of nominated RSAI members to a manageable number, so that candidates can be selected with a qualified majority. This short list should normally not contain more than 10 to 12 names and no fewer than 8 names (unless the number of nominations is fewer than eight).
7. The short list is next circulated to all RSAI fellows, who have the exclusive right to vote for (a maximum of) 3 candidate-fellows. No ranking of candidates is allowed.
8. The only upper ceiling that may be imposed on the number of candidates in a given year is a number that would result in exceeding the limit on the total number of Fellows permitted as a percentage of the membership of RSAI.
9. A vote of at least 1/3 will normally mean election, unless that would exceed the ceiling referred to in #8 above.
10. The selection committee informs the RSAI Director of the final selection results, who will communicate these results to the selected RSAI fellows, the RSAI Council, and the home institutions of the newly appointed fellows.

Standard Nomination Form for RSAI Fellows:

1. Factual bio-data on candidate, including a proof for RSAI membership
2. Professional career of candidate (max. 100 words)
3. Substantive contribution to regional science (max. 200 words)
4. Path-breaking publications on regional science (max. 5)
5. Signs of international scientific recognition (max. 50 words)
6. Reasons for nominating the candidate (max. 50 words)

To ensure full consideration by the committee, these materials should be provided in electronic format (pdf preferred) by April 15 of each year.

Submit nominations by April 15, 2025 to:

Andrea Caragliu, RSAI Executive Director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)