For more related to this blog, check out the full article recently published. Legal geography as a subdiscipline of human geography has been progressively gaining momentum across geographic and legal fora. Legal geography examines the co-constitutivity of law, power, and place, and has been employed to explore issues of spatial justice across contexts and […]
We are seeking to fill the position of a Junior Research Group Leader on the topic of “Value and Valuation in Structural Change Processes” at the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. The position is afilliated with a Juniorprofessorship (W1 tenure track W2) at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg on “Urban and Regional Sociology”. Full […]
Please find below details of 2 new research posts. Applications are invited for 2 x 24-month full-time Research Fellows positions on the recently funded ESRC Project: Powering Up Coastal Economies: Path Creation in Low Carbon and Renewable Energies. The aim of the project is to investigate and compare the regional development paths of low carbon […]
4-year fully funded PhD position ‘Recipes for local and regional economic development across Europe’ at the University of Groningen supervised by Prof. Florian Noseleit, dr. Daniël Speldekamp, and dr. Benito Giordano. Application deadline: June 26. Reducing regional economic disparities is one of the European Union’s core foundational aims, yet inequality persists. This project investigates […]
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 […]
As a part of the H2020 funded project TransEuroWorks, I am looking for a 2 year post-doc fellow to work with me on the work package Transformations, Digitalisation, and Well-being. The post will be based at the Human Resource Management & Employment Relations department at King’s College London and will start from 1 Sept 2024 […]
Call for application – 1 PhD position in the FutureData4eu PhD programme at Politecnico di Milano on “The role of digital data in interpreting complex urban phenomena and supporting mobility-related policies” The “FutureData4EU – Training Future Big Data Experts for Europe” project funded under the “Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Co-funding of regional, national and international […]
The University of Urbino Carlo Bo is now inviting applications for 9 PhD Scholarships in its PhD programme in Global Studies. The 2024-2025 edition will have a focus on social and legal aspects of globalization. The main topics at stake will be: (a) Rights, institutions, public administrations, and their role in the evolution of national […]
PhD Position: Social-historical Analysis of Regional Depopulation and Community Welfare in Finland The position will be within the ERC-funded project “Coping with decline: Comparative social-historical analysis of depopulation and community welfare in Europe, 1950-2022 (DEPOP)”, based at the University of Groningen. This PhD will focus on Finland. The project will examine collective coping strategies through […]
The Spanish and Castilian-La Mancha Associations of Regional Science cordially invite you to participate in the XLVIII International Conference on Regional Science, which will be held from the 16th to the 18th of October 2024 at the Campus of the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Cuenca. Find full details here. As with previous editions, the […]
PhD Programme in Political Studies (POLS) – NASP 2024/2025 University of Milan https://www.unimi.it/en/education/postgraduate-and-continuing-education-programmes/doctoral-programmes-phd/ay-2024/2025-political-studies 8 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE 7 scholarships in 5 Research Areas – Public Policy & Welfare State – Comparative Political Institutions & European Union Politics – Political & Legal Philosophy – International Studies – Political communication, public opinion and political behaviour. 1 scholarship in “European […]
The Ph.D. programme in SOciology and METhodology of Social Research (SOMET) at the University of Milan (Italy) invites applications for 9 PhD positions. The aim of the SOMET Ph.D. programme is to provide advanced training in theoretically-guided empirical research across a wide range of sociological fields and to introduce students to current international issues in both qualitative and quantitative social research. […]
We are advertising for one final position! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with experience in input–output analysis. The successful candidate will do research to help quantify the resource use and labour requirements of achieving a good life for all people within planetary boundaries, and also contribute to an exciting new macroeconomic model that […]
Fixed-term: 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2027. The Department of Land Economy and Queens’ College wish to appoint a Isaac Newton Trust Academic Career Development Fellow in Urban and Regional Economics with effect from 1 September 2024, for a period of three years. The Academic Career Development Fellow will carry out research in the […]
Full details and Job Description: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/10364 The School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint two full-time Lecturers in Physical Geography on open-ended contracts. We are seeking highly motivated individuals who can join our community of geographers, and sustainability and data scientists, to undertake research and teaching in Physical Geography. The School of GeoSciences […]
UCLouvain is advertising 3 fully funded PhD positions (sociology, management, and human geography) for a transdisciplinary research project on “Analysing and Identifying the Circular Economy’s contribution to a just Transition”. https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/236430 Please feel free to circulate widely to interested candidates. Deadline for applications is 19th of August 2024, with interviews to be held in September. […]
The annual Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference will be held on 11-12 July 2024, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. The 2024 CJRES Annual Conference will be based on two major themes: The Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy and Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins. Keynote speakers include: Maryann Feldman, Watts Professor of Public Policy […]
Our Corporate member, the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL), is an independent, non-partisan institution for the spatial sciences, offering knowledge-based analysis and advice on current sustainable spatial development issues. The ARL operates a Knowledge and Communication Platform (www.arl-international.com) that provides access to the Academy’s work internationally and serves as an information, […]
3x 4-year PhD position in human and economic geography (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland) Are you interested in Central and Eastern Europe and/or Poland? Would you like to join a new, enthusiastic research team? The ‘Humanscapes and Econoscapes’ projects, funded by the JU Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, under the JU Doctoral School in the […]
We would like to introduce our new Corporate member, Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) The ARL offers knowledge-based analysis and advice on current sustainable spatial development issues. Complex social challenges require integrative and thus interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives. The specific working method of the ARL, which is transdisciplinary and network-based, allows […]
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European landscape has been completely transformed by Ukrainian migrants fleeing their homeland. According to the European Union, around 4.2 million Ukrainians currently receive temporary protection in EU countries, which entitles them to residence permits, […]
The 11th edition of the Milan Summer School on Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of Investment Projects will be held in Milan on 9-13 September 2024. The course offers an intensive and interactive learning experience focused on CBA as a tool supporting the decision-making process of public investments. It allows participants to acquire a solid background in different aspects: Understanding the […]
Logistics warehouses, hubs, and freight villages are spreading rapidly in European metropolitan peripheral areas. They sustain local economies, but as an adverse effect, they increase traffic, pollution, land consumption, and, sometimes, migrant workers’ exploitation. Policy and planning by public administrators and decisions by private logistics stakeholders have essential and controversial roles in logistics development, which […]
2nd International Conference Centrality in the Age of Dispersion 25-27 September 2024 Wrocław, Poland Human settlement have always developed around centres. Whether it is the ancient Greek polis or the 20th century neighbourhood, each has concentrated different human activities and formed a specific node in geographical space. Today, the natural mechanisms of concentration are being […]