İbrahim Tuğrul Çınar from Department of Economics, Anadolu University, Turkey received the 2025 Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award for an Mid-Career Scholar from a Developing Country.

The jury for the Peter Nijkamp Research Award 2025, composed of Hans Westlund (Chair) Rosella Nicolini, Sarah Low and Yoshiro Higano, has carefully reviewed the nominations and research contributions of the applicants.

The committee provided the following text:

"The candidate is a mid-career scholar with a clear interest in research topics related to regional economics. His research has been published in well-known journals in the field of regional science. His curriculum highlights his commitment to RSAI activities through participation in several national and international conferences, as well as his service as a member of the executive board of the Turkish Regional Science National Association. The candidate is also actively engaged in training activities in regional science for younger scholars. The jury appreciates the quality of the candidate’s scientific contributions achieved to date, and this award is intended to encourage the further development of his scientific career within the international regional science community."

Congratulations!

The Award recognizes the outstanding potential of an mid-career researcher from a nation in the developing world and in which there is a formal Section of RSAI, and seeks to encourage the development of the early career scholar as a high quality researcher in the field of Regional Science and as a participant in the international Regional Science community.