8-9 June 2026 | Antwerp, Belgium
A workshop convened by the Network on Infrastructural Regionalism (NOIR), supported by the Regional Studies Association (RSA) in partnership with the Urban Studies Institute at the University of Antwerp
Convenors: Jean-Paul Addie (USI visiting scholar 2025-26), Michael Glass, Jen Nelles
In June 2026, the RSA Network on Infrastructural Regionalism (NOIR) is organising an in-person workshop on port regionalism, with an associated special issue planned for the journal Regional Studies. The workshop seeks to expand and deepen our understanding of different port infrastructures, their governance, and their regional entanglements.
Call for abstracts
We are issuing a call for abstracts to scholars researching the planning, governance, and maintenance of portscapes, as well as regional infrastructure researchers, to foster an interdisciplinary discussion on the regional dynamics and politics of port cities and their peripheries as spaces where regionalisation processes are both forged and fractured through infrastructural dis/investments, logistics networks, and everyday life.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please submit a 300–500-word abstract and a short bio to jaddie@gsu.edu by 15 February 2025. To facilitate discussion and maximise the value of the event, we intend to circulate draft papers to participants prior to the workshop meeting.