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Dr. Sabine Dörry zu Gast: Forschungsbericht zur ‚Finanzgeographie‘ und Erfahrungsbericht ‚Frauen in der Wissenschaft‘

Dr. Sabine Dörry vom Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) und der Universität Oxford ist in der Zeit am 24.01 bis 25.01 zu Gast an unserem Institut. Frau Sabine Dörry beschäftigt sich unter anderem mit Veränderungen globaler Produktions- und Handelsbeziehungen sowie dem funktionalen und institutionellen Integrationsprozess innereuropäischer Grenzregionen. Sie ist außerdem Vorstandsmitglied des neu gegründet FINGEO Netwerks (Global Network on Financial Geography). Während...

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What could the future role of macro-regional strategies in the EU be? – Four scenarios

The EU faces a substantial identity crisis, following the recent Brexit vote and given a new form of North-South divide after the Euro crisis earlier in this decade. Media and politicians harshly criticize Brussels, a view that appears to reflect the public opinion. Following these major changes, and being interested in the EU’s development through my research on macro-regions, it is a good time to ask what role macro-regional cooperation can play in the future. Click here to download .pdf: S...

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New Publication on Danube macro-region online: Early career paper in Regional Science, Regional Studies

The new issue of Regional Science, Regional Studies contains a short article in the Early Career Section of Franziska Sielker.The open access journal from the Regional Studies Association has a section specifically devoted to young academics offering a mentored publication process. The article "New approaches in European governance? Perspectives of stakeholders in the Danube macro-region" identifies the drivers for stakeholders' commitment in the EU Danube Region Strategy. The article conclud...

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Territorial monitoring for European macro-regions? Tobias Chilla as a panelist at the ESPON Seminar

Through numerous international research projects the European Territorial Observatory Network (ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme) has produced evidence on territorial and socio-economic developments and trends in Europe. This year’s ESPON seminar in Luxembourg focuses on the topic of “A world without borders - Refugees, cooperation and territories”. The seminar's aim is to discuss what research is needed to support policy making in cross-border cooperation and to understand the diversity of Europ...

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Neue Konzepte der Wohnraumentwicklung? Projektarbeiten in Eggenfelden (Nby.)

In der vergangenen Woche waren wir mit 10 Masterstudierenden im Rahmen des Projektes "Neue Konzepte der Wohnraumentwicklung" zu einem 4-tägigen Feldaufenthalt in der Stadt Eggenfelden. Die Lehrforschung thematisiert neben den aktuellen Fragen von Wohnraumentwicklung Fragen der Innenstadtentwicklung und Nachverdichtungspotenziale. Inhalte des Feldaufenthaltes waren erstens Expertengespräche zum Immobilien- und Wohnungsmarkt in Eggenfelden, zweitens die weitere Ermittlung von Daten für das Leer...

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Delft and Erlangen – Dynamic secondary growth poles

Over the last few weeks the Institute of Geography has hosted Prof. Dominic Stead from TU Delft as a Visiting Professor. Not only are there strong academic links between the universities in Delft and Erlangen on urban and regional development issues, there are also some interesting similarities between the two cities. One of the most striking of these is that both cities are growth poles in their respective countries where the universities and other knowledge industries are key economic sectors ...

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Visiting Prof. Dominic Stead

This week we welcomed Prof. Dominic Stead from the Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) as a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Geography, funded through the FAU Visiting Professor Programme. Over two weeks we will have the opportunity to collaborate on joint research activities and include Dominic Stead in the teaching activities at the FAU. Dominic Stead is Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Development at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the Delft...

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New publication out: A ‘Macro-regional’ Europe in the Making?

The new book “A ‘Macro-regional’ Europe in the Making?- Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence” edited by Stefan Gänzle and Kristine Kern includes a chapter we authored together with Dominic Stead entitled 'Macro-regional Strategies: Agents of Europeanization and Rescaling'. Macro-regional strategies came into life with the development of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in 2009 and later, the Danube, Alpine and Adriatic-Ionian Region.The collective volume presents the new app...

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Territoriality and European Integration? – A roundtable discussion at the AESOP 2015 Annual Congress

At this year’s conference of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) in Prague our working group initiated a roundtable on ‘Territoriality and its role in contemporary European Integration’ with Andreas Faludi, Phil Allmendinger, Jonathan Metzger and Tobias Chilla, moderated by Franziska Sielker. The roundtable reflected contemporary conceptual debates on territoriality with regard to European integration. The background of this discussion is a conceptual debate in recent year...

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Cambridge and Erlangen – Parallels in urban development?

  A comparison between Cambridge (UK) and Erlangen (DE) surprises you first hand? Let me show you surprising parallels in the two cities' characteristics, challenges and recent dynamics. During the last week, I had the opportunity to visit Prof. Phil Allmendinger in Cambridge again as part of my PhD-project. Arriving in the UK it came to my attention that there are striking parallels between the two cities with their historic centres being characterised by university buildings. In bot...

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