IV International Conference on Regional Development in South America

KIRDSA IV International Conference on Regional Development in South America - RSA Main

The IV International Conference on Regional Development in South America will be held on 3-5 March 2026 in Santiago, Chile. This will be the fourth conference organised by KIRDSA , a Regional Studies Association research network
This conference aims to bring together researchers studying the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the South American context, as well as development processes with a territorial approach across the region’s countries.
We welcome contributions that are related, but not exclusively, to the following topics:
• Innovation and development in territories specializing in extractive industries. • Interaction and collaboration networks in innovation processes • Relatedness, productive specialization and technological diversification • Local development, clusters and industrial districts • Environmental challenges and green transitions • Migration, brain drain and brain circulation • Cities as poles of development, innovation and inequality • Global Value Chains, knowledge flows and diversification opportunities • Gender gaps in science in technology and innovation • Geopolitics, geoeconomics and regional development • Governance, decentralization and regional development
We welcome contributions with theoretical, applied or methodological focus, and/or with implications for the design of public policies for innovation and regional development in South American countries.