Abstract
This virtual special issue marks International Women's Day 2021 by drawing together 15 papers published in Spatial Economic Analysis over the past decade by female authors and co-authors. It highlights the wide range of ground-breaking research by these authors and their collaborators, growth of female-authored publications over time, as well as the geographical and career-stage diversity of female authors within the field. The papers include agenda-setting directions, novel applications of econometric and spatial analysis techniques, and spatial modelling applied to policy-relevant research topics.