Part-time Postdoc Researcher: "Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab", Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Germany
At Habitat Unit (Institute of Architecture, TU Berlin) we’re looking for a part-time researcher (50%, preferably postdoc) for the next 5 years. The position is part of the “Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab” project which is being conducted in cooperation with the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa) and the University of Lagos (Nigeria). The “Wits-TUB-UNILAG […]
Junior Professor: Digital Methods in Human Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
RWTH Aachen University is one of Germany’s pre-eminent Universities of Excellence, which entails the highest quality in teaching and world-class research. RWTH addresses bold, scientific questions; it also assumes a profound responsibility toward society and transfers its knowledge into meaningful applications. RWTH strives for the convergence of knowledge, methods, and findings from its research fields […]
Full Professor: Global Political Economy, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Full Professor of Global Political Economy The University of Bayreuth is a research-oriented university with internationally competitive, interdisciplinary focus areas in research and teaching. The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint a Full Professor of Global Political Economy at pay grade W 3 (minimum salary per […]
7 Doctoral Researcher Positions: Social Dynamics of the Self, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Germany
7 Doctoral Researcher Positions in Research Training Group at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications for 7 doctoral researcher positions in its new Research Training Group (RTG) 2513 “Social Dynamics of the Self” (SELF), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). BIGSSS […]
Eleven research positions: Practicing Place, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is seeking to fill an overall of eleven researcher positions – ten part-time positions (75%) for doctoral students, one 100% position for a PostDoc – in the interdisciplinary Research Training Group “Practicing Place” (GRK 2589/1) funded by the German Research Foundation DFG. Applicants with an background in human geography and its subfields […]
Professor of Geography & Tourism: Flows of People and Money, KU Leuven, the University of Leuven, Belgium
OPEN-RANK (I.A. TT ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE OR FULL) PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY & TOURISM: FLOWS OF PEOPLE AND MONEY KU Leuven, the University of Leuven, Belgium In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research unit Geography and Tourism, there is a full-time academic vacancy in the area of “Flows of People and Money”. We are looking for internationally oriented […]
Linda Wollersheim
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. […]
Huiwen Gong
Huiwen is a PhD student with a focus on opening concepts in Economic Geography to perspectives from the Global South and Asia. Huiwen will provide a significant voice representing the views of emerging scholars on the Committee and it is hoped her active involvement will provide a distinct and valuable perspective.
Suntje Schmidt
Suntje Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Applied Economic Geography at the Humboldt University in Berlin, is the RSA Ambassador to Germany.
Territorial Cohesion and Inter-regional Financial Transfer Payments
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 […]
Spatial Justice and the Crisis of Regional Development Theories
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 […]
Crossing the Fehmarn Belt: A New Transnational Region in the Making
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 […]