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Die Leuphana Universität Lüneburg steht als humanistische, nachhaltige und handlungsorientierte Universität für Innovation in Bildung und Wissenschaft. Methodische Vielfalt, interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit, transdisziplinäre Kooperationen mit der Praxis und eine insgesamt dynamische Entwicklung prägen ihr Forschungsprofil in den Kernthemen Bildung, Kultur, Management/Technologie, Nachhaltigkeit und Staat. Ihr internationales Studienmodell mit dem Leuphana College, der Leuphana Graduate School und […]

PhD Position on the Energy Transition – Business Dynamics of Decentral Flexibility Designs Job Description Decentralized flexibility is pivotal to the energy transition. Numerous companies, start-ups, pilot projects, and not-for-profit organizations offer decentral flexibility solutions to integrate renewable energies, provide storage capacity, balancing power and resilience for electricity grids. Decentral flexibility designs include, among others, […]

Please find linked details for a postdoctoral researcher we are seeking for the project Aspirational Urbanism and the Recodification of Defiance. The 4-year post is based at the University of Basel, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Deadline is December 20. Key qualifications and short project description also included here: https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoctoral-researcher-fte/ce05f238-7aa8-4d3e-ab73-52f7b0bb968d

The University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is seeking candidates for the position of Junior Professor (W1) of Regional Development (without tenure track) for appointment by 1 October 2025. We are looking for an academic from the field of economic geography or a related economic or social science discipline with a proven […]

Die BOKU University schreibt eine Laufbahn-/Tenure Track Stelle  “Regionalentwicklung und Regionalmanagement” aus (Assoziierte Professur nach Erfüllung der Qualifizierungsvereinbarung spätestens nach sechs Jahren ). Bewerbungserfordernis ist u.a. ein abgeschlossenes Doktorat. Einreichfrist für die englisch-sprachigen Bewerbungsunterlagen ist der 13. Dezember: https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2024/KZ253_LBS.pdf Wir bitten um Verbreitung in Ihren Netzwerken und freuen uns auf Bewerbungen an recruiting@boku.ac.at.   BOKU […]

Universitätsassistent_in Laufbahnstelle Assistant Professorship (all genders) Tenure Track in Bau- und Planungskultur im ländlichen Raum Die Technische Universität Wien ist Österreichs größte Forschungs- und Bildungseinrichtung im technisch- naturwissenschaftlichen Bereich und leistet seit mehr als 200 Jahren einen unverzichtbaren Beitrag zur Sicherung der internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Innovationskraft des Forschungsstandorts Österreich. Unter dem Motto “Technik für Menschen” […]

We are looking to fill several PhD or PostDoc positions at the University of Geneva in the field of renewable energy systems, especially with a focus on spatial energy systems modeling, probabilistic analysis, and socio-technical analysis. The successful PhD or PostDoc candidate will have an opportunity to work on research questions that are designed based on their […]

Part-time postdoctoral researcher on EU climate and energy governance   The Brussels School of Governance at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) invites applications for a part-time (50-75%) postdoctoral researcher on European climate and energy governance (beginning in April 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter). As a postdoctoral researcher you will form part of the Brussels Schools’ Centre […]

I am excited to announce that I am recruiting 3 PhD candidates to join my ERC Starting Grant project on the generative tensions of slavery and colonial heritage tourism. We seek for PhD candidates who have the necessary academic training, research experience and language skills to respectively conduct one of the subprojects on: 1) Ghana-Suriname-Netherlands; (2) […]

The Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment (FGSE) of the University of Lausanne invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences to be based at the Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD).   We are seeking a candidate with broad training and theoretical expertise in the social sciences and […]

Heike Mayer is Professor of Economic Geography in the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern in Switzerland. She is also a member of the University of Bern`s Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED). As a member of the University of Bern executive board, she holds the function of Vice-Rector Quality and Sustainable Development […]

Imogen Liu is Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Prior to joining the VU in 2023, she was a PhD candidate at Maastricht University where her dissertation focused on the transnational integration of Chinese state capital in Europe.   Situated at the intersection of political economy, economic geography and development studies, […]

Kerstin J. Schaefer is an assistant professor in Economic Geography at Utrecht University (UU) and a research project leader at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at Leibniz University Hanover (LUH). Her active engagement in the Economic Geography scholar community includes serving as RSA Early Career representative and supporting the Young Economic Geographers Network […]

Ron Boschma is full professor in Regional Economics at Utrecht University, and Professor 2 at UiS Business School of Stavanger University. Boschma has been full professor in Innovation Studies at Lund University where he was also director of the Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE). He is member of the […]

Dimitri Corpakis, is an independent expert, writing and talking on innovation, growth and technological change. An engineer and planner by training, he has more than 30 years’ experience on the European integration process. Dimitri worked for the European Commission in Brussels as well as for the Greek civil service. Prior to retiring from the European […]

The OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) helps national, regional and local governments unleash the potential of entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), promote inclusive and sustainable growth in regions and cities, boost local job creation and implement sound tourism policies. Our work helps shape public policies to support growth, resilience […]

This blog follows the recent release of the book Paradiplomacy in Europe. The cases of Galicia, Åland, Flanders and Greenland.   The idea of the “Europe of the regions”, multilevel governance, and the so-called paradiplomacy (Aldecoa and Keating, 2000) of substate governments is something that has less of a shine than what was the case […]

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 […]

Dr. Marcin Dąbrowski teaches and researches spatial planning and (multi-level) governance issues related to sustainable urban and regional futures. He is an assistant professor at the Department of Urbanism, being part of Delft University of Technology and its Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. With a background in political science and experience in research […]

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 […]

In 2019, a friend knowing that I’m a regular cyclist asked me if I’d like to join a group planning to ride the iconic UK “end to end”. Pre-pandemic I was riding regularly and pretty fit and I readily agreed. When covid struck the 2020 trip was postponed to 2021 and then to 2022. I’ve […]

We will be part of next week’s GCEG in Dublin which promises to be an exciting event and an opportunity to meet many RSA members and the wider community in person again. If you are attending the conference in Dublin, please join an RSA session (see below) or visit the RSA stand. We’d love to […]

The Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, IfL) is the only non-university research institute for geography in Germany. Together with 96 other independent research institutions, the IfL is a member of the Leibniz Association. Under the heading “Geographies of the Regional” we analyse regional restructuring processes, their economic and social impacts, and regional […]