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YSI-RSA Webinars on Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindness: Subjective well-being and spatial inequalities

YSI Webinar on Inequalities & Left-behindness

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July 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Speakers

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Paolo Veneri

Full Professor of Economic Policy - Social Sciences Area - Gran Sasso Science Institute

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Grete Gansauer

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Communities - Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources - University of Wyoming

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Arndt Leininger

Assistant professor for political science research methods - Chemnitz University of Technology

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Malin Roiha

Researcher - European Social Research Unit & University of Barcelona

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Emma Fàbrega

Postdoc Researcher - European Social Research Unit & University of Barcelona

Description

The YSI Urban and Regional Economics, and Behavior and Society Working Groups, in partnership with the Regional Studies Association (RSA) invite students, early scholars and all members to join the Webinar Series on Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindness.

 

The objective is to explore the growing relevance of perceived left-behindness and subjective well-being in economics. Over four sessions, we will delve into how feelings of relative deprivation, spatial inequalities, and socio-economic discontent are reshaping regional trajectories and influencing economic outcomes. By bringing together scholars working at the intersection of perception, well-being, and place, the series aims to foster a deeper understanding of how these dimensions can enrich regional analysis, inform policy, and ultimately contribute to more inclusive territorial development.

 

1) July 16, 2025 (15:00-16:00 CEST) – Subjective well-being and spatial inequalities (Paolo Veneri – GSSI, Italy)

The literature from the last decade has highlighted the paradox of urban well-being, where cities offer economic advantages at a cost to residents’ life satisfaction. However, this is not true everywhere. This webinar focuses on subjective well-being spatial differences and on the factors driving those differences. After accounting for observable individual characteristics, evidence on the urban-rural gap in life satisfaction is provided across different world regions, together with the factors associated with such gaps. Subsequently, focusing on European cities, we review how individual and city characteristics drive observed differences in life satisfaction, drawing on novel empirical analysis and on the most recent contributions in the literature.

 

2) September 16, 2025 (15:00-16:00 CEST) – Spatial imaginaries of ‘left behind places’ in policy discourse (Grete Gansauer – University of Wyoming, US)

The “left behind place” is an emerging spatial imaginary which evokes an idealized set of social, economic and political conditions assigned to a generalized type of place. This session will untangle how left-behindness is imagined and explore how spatial imaginaries manifest themselves in different regional and political discources. We’ll examine the roots of such perceptions, their links to territorial inequalities, and offer empirical insights into how spatial imaginaries of ‘left behind places’ shape regional development trajectories.

 

3) October 16, 2025 (15:00-16:00 CEST) – Electoral outcomes as a form of discontent (Arndt Leininger – Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)

This session explores how electoral results can reflect underlying socio-economic and territorial discontent. Drawing on recent research, the discussion will examine how votes for populist, extremist, or anti-establishment parties often signal perceived inequalities, loss of status, and a sense of being “left behind” among certain groups and regions.

 

4) November 12, 2025 (15:00-16:00 CEST) – Policy, Perception and Place: Rethinking Regional Development Strategies (Malin Roiha & Emma Fàbrega – European Social Research Unit & University of Barcelona, Spain)

Concluding the series, this webinar will focus on how subjective indicators and local perceptions can be better integrated into policy-making. We’ll explore innovative approaches and the challenges of designing place-sensitive strategies that address both material and perceived inequalities.

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Attendees

slerin narzary

Arsène Perrot

Dashiell Anderson

Juliano Cavalli

Elena Heller

Osman Ibrahim

Alice Trivellato

Nitul Nitul

Christopher Pomwene Shafuda

Malavika M Nair

Harshita Agrawal

Nicola Pilling

Anna 'Maletapata Phori

Kateryna Tkach

Mihail Eva

Marta Moschetti

Arbnora Shala

Shalini Mishra

Kriti Singh

Sakaria Angula Kalumbu

Giulia Bonazzi

Christopher Mathen

Kundai Mwareya

Naoki Fujiwara

Collins Ndiwa

PRITAM CHATTERJEE

Shelja

Bülent Açma

lindokuhle Talent Zungu

Lauryn Mwale

Miguel Angel Castillo Reina

Liudmila Galiullina

Cristina Arancibia Romero

giuseppe simone

Christina Wolf

Helen BELISARIO

Anne Heslinga

Martin Hulényi

Thoa Tran

yujie zhao

Paula Ibarra Flores

Ali Hassan Saleem

Mohammed Hashim

SUJOY PAL

Bogdan Ibanescu

Kyron Hoare

Briana Emanoele Bonetti

Jaina M Haran

Burcu Ozgun

Israel Cabeza Morales

Alessia Roveroni

Aarti Reddy

Rachel Barber

Gustavo Cadenas Delascio

Antje Jantsch