Honorary Awards
2019
- Doctor Honoris Causa in Geosciences, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
2019
- Doctor Honoris Causa in Economics, Jönköping University (Sweden)
2018
- Winner of the 2018 ERSA Prize in Regional Science
2011-2016
2001-2003
- Philip Leverhulme Research Prize for work on Economic Geography.
2001
- Winner of the Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial Award in recognition of research contributions to understanding regional disparities and regional policies.
1990
- 1st Spanish National Award to the best overall undergraduate performance in Geography, History and History of the Arts.
1990
- 1st Prize of the Complutense University of Madrid to the best overall undergraduate performance in Humanities.
Awards to books, articles and research service
2021
- 2021 Regional Studies Best Paper Award for The geography of EU discontent (witten with Lewis Dijkstra and Hugo Poelman)
2019
2014
- Environment and Planning A Referee of the Year Award 2014.
2012
- 2012 Regional Studies Association Best Book Award for the Handbook of Local and Regional Development (Routledge, 2012, co-written with Andy Pike and John Tomaney). The prize is voted for by the RSA membership.
2005
- Ashby Prize to the most innovative paper published in
- Environment and Planning A in 2004 for Is there a global link between regional disparities and devolution? (written with Nicholas Gill).
Prestigious personal fellowships
2018
- Elected Fellow of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
2011
- Elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK)
2010
- Elected Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
