Rural and Regional Development is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes papers on the economic, social, environmental, and institutional dimensions of rural and regional change. The journal focuses on advancing theoretical, empirical, and policy-relevant scholarship addressing these dimensions across rural and regional systems. It welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and comparative research that advances understanding and informs practice. Serving scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, the journal seeks to contribute to evidence-based decision-making and to the advancement of sustainable and inclusive rural and regional development worldwide.

Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

•    Sustainable rural and regional development and natural resource management 
•    Climate change, adaptation, mitigation, and community resilience 
•    Governance, public policy, and institutional arrangements (including multi-level and collaborative governance) 
•    Regional and rural economic development, labor markets, innovation, and entrepreneurship 
•    Infrastructure systems, regional planning, and spatial development (transport, energy, water, digital connectivity) 
•    Demographic change, migration, and urban–rural linkages 
•    Social equity, inclusion, and distributional impacts of development 
•    Energy transitions and sustainability in rural and regional contexts 
•    Comparative, cross-national, and global development perspectives