On 10 and 11 November 2022, the Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2022 was held at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury in London. PRIN research units participated in the Special Sessions 'EU Cohesion Policy. Twenty Years of Regional Operational Programmes in 'Less Developed Regions' (2000-2020): Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead' and 'Edgy Matters: Exploitation, Extraction and Innovatition in Peripheral Regions: Edgy Stories'.