Kiel University, Germany, offers 15 PhD positions within the Research Training Group “DIVERSILIENCE – DIVERSification for Food Systems ResILIENCE” With one project interesting for economic geographers: Impact of lock-ins and diversification on resilience of regional agricultural production systems Duration: 3,5 years Background Due to economies of scale some rural and semi-rural regional economies are characterized […]
We are currently advertising a PhD position (E13, 100%, 5 years) at the Department of Economics at BTU Cottbus–Senftenberg, embedded in the interdisciplinary research cluster “Revitalisation of Regional Innovation Systems” at the recently started project Centre for Structural Change and Regional Development (ZeStuR). The position is particularly suited for candidates interested in economic geography / […]
Happy to host applications relating to China’s Digital / Space Silk Road and beyond. Deadline is May 5, so get in touch soon! Research Area: All Disciplines Funding Type: Postdoctoral Fellowships Target Group: Early Career Researchers up to 5 years after completing their PhD Max.: 450.000 EUR Max.: Three years The fellowships span 36 months […]
We are currently looking for two PhD researchers to research infrastructures, knowledges and policy practices in marine governance. The successful candidates will join the newly established Marine Policy and Management working group and become part of a growing community of social scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the University of Oldenburg (Germany). The deadline for application is the […]
2026 ARL Congress | Cologne (“Maternushaus”) | 01 – 02 October 2026 Call for Abstracts EUROPEAN REGIONAL POLICY IN TIMES OF TRANSITION The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association invites scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit abstracts for the upcoming ARL Congress 2026 on “European Regional Policy in Times of Transition”. […]
Kartograph/in (m/w/d) Lehrstuhl für Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie Bewerbungsfrist: 15. Februar 2026 Die Universität Bayreuth mit ihrem familiären Campus ist einer der größten Arbeitgeber der Region. Am Lehrstuhl für Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie der Universität Bayreuth ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine unbefristete Vollzeitstelle als Kartograph/in (m/w/d) zu besetzen. Ihr Aufgabengebiet: Ihr Aufgabenbereich umfasst die Unterstützung von Wissenschaftler/innen […]
Staying in or Moving out? – Quality of Life, Interregional Migration Decisions and Covid-19 Although COVID-19 is a global health emergency, it is experienced in local contexts, which may not all be equally equipped to offer good quality of life in pandemic conditions. Exogenous shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and associated “lockdown” policies, may […]
We are delighted to share news about our sister organisation, the RSA’s European Foundation delivering the first Commissioner Seminar on Cohesion Policy in Brussels this month. This seminar series is an initiative by Dr Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and a collaborative venture organised between Commissioner Ferreira and her Cabinet; the European Commission’s […]
September saw the final events of the 2022 CEE Programme on Bridging Old and New Divides: Global Dynamics & Regional Transformations, including the 2022 CEE Conference held in Leipzig, Germany. The programme, originally planned for 2021, had been delayed due to the pandemic and we were pleased to finally being able to work with our partners […]
Nadir Kinossian is Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany. His research interests include territorial development, multilevel governance, cultural landscapes, and the post-socialist city. Recently, he has been working on the agentic and institutional aspects of change in old industrial regions in Europe and Russia. Currently, he is the Project […]
His prime scientific interests are within the fields of spatial planning instruments such as strategic spatial planning and place branding. His research involves also economic geography concepts and the embedding of these in evolutionary governance systems. His current research focuses on analyzing the effectiveness of strategic spatial planning instruments in supporting the social and economic […]
Spatial Foresight is a private consultancy and independent think tank in the area of European territorial policies and research. Most importantly, it is a multi-national and interdisciplinary team. It has its main office in Heisdorf (Luxembourg) and branch offices in Berlin (Germany) and Paris (France). The fields of activity bring together territorial development and policy […]
This article first appeared on ROBUST’s website and has been re-blogged with permission from the authors. Modern lives are increasingly multilocal – but rural-urban policies are often yet to catch up. ROBUST’s Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, Ulla Ovaska and Theresia Oedl-Wieser reflect on what we know about multilocality, and what we should rethink as rural regions look ahead to futures beyond recovery. […]
Paula Prenzel is Assistant Professor of Regional Development at the University of Greifswald, Germany and leads a junior research group on the role of population structure in local economic development. She is particularly interested in how changes in population size and composition interact with regional disparities and innovation. Her research in economic geography engages with […]
Eduardo Oliveira is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (with the aim of Habilitation) at the Economic Geography Working Group of the Department of Geography at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany. He teaches evolutionary economic geography and the interlinkage between sustainability principles and economic geography paradigms. His prime scientific interests are within the fields of spatial planning instruments […]
Name of event: KOSMOS Conference – Navigating the Sustainability Transformation in the 21st Century, Humboldt University Berlin The RSA Travel Grant allowed me to attend the KOSMOS Sustainability Conference in Berlin, where I presented a paper and also participated in a cutting-edge public conference format displaying some of my PhD work on low-carbon energy transitions. […]
Suntje Schmidt, Professor of Applied Economic Geography at the Humboldt University in Berlin, is the RSA Ambassador to Germany. “I am a researcher at the Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS, Department: Dynamics of Economic Spaces) as well as the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Professor for Applied Economic Geography). Regions have always faced transformation […]
A system of financial transfer payments is employed in the Federal Republic of Germany as a means of compensating for substantial differences in the financial power of the federal states (Länder). For the year 2012, only three federal states, all located in southern Germany were net contributors while the remaining thirteen states were net recipients […]
The 2012 Regional Studies Association Early Career Conference took place on 1st and 2nd November at Hafen City University in Hamburg. The conference under the title of Times of Change: Future Directions in Geography, Urban and Regional Studies examined the implications of the current economic and financial crisis for future of regional studies. Individual sessions covered a wide range […]
Commencing operation in 2021, a new tunnel will provide the final piece in the jigsaw linking the city of Hamburg in Germany to Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden which together form the STRING region. This fixed link will complement the existing bridge crossing the Öresund strait between Denmark and Sweden which opened to […]