ESR15: CWS as a new panacea in rural regional development? Reflections from Germany, Italy and France
Host: Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS), Erkner, Germany, Supervisors: Suntje Schmidt (IRS), Elmar Kulke (Humboldt University) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 CWS are widely perceived as novel and valuable spatial and social solutions in volatile, sometimes even turbulent structural transformation processes. In urban contexts these spaces […]
ESR14: Exploring the sustainable development potential of CWS in local development strategies of peripheral and rural towns; a comparative approach between Greece and Germany
Host: Panteion University, Athens Greece, Supervisor: Vasilis Avdikos 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 This ESR project will explore the ways that CWS can contribute to the goal of sustainable development, either in a local or national context or through the programming of European Union Cohesion Policy (especially with place-based policies […]
ESR13: Developing impact assessment methodologies for CWS in rural and peripheral areas
Host: European Creative Hubs Network, Athens Greece, Supervisors: Vassilis Charalambidis (ECHN), Antonios Rovolis (Panteion) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 The goal of this project is to develop impact assessment methodologies for the function of CWS in rural and peripheral areas. The ESR will work with the database of the ECHN, […]
ESR12: Core-periphery relationships through coworking. Reducing the gap between urban and rural areas
Host: Paris School of Business, France, Supervisors: Ignasi Capdevila (PSB), Christine Liefooghe (Univ. of Lille) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 The study of the typology of urban coworkers shows that spaces can represent nodes of temporal interaction between actors from the center and others coming from the periphery. Similarly, rural […]
ESR11: New workspaces in peripheral communities – factors of success and policy implications
Host: Leibniz-Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany, supervisor: Thilo Lang 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 The main objective of this ESR project is to explore factors and conditions of success through the sustainability and impact of new CWS initiatives in remote locations. The focus is on the long term […]
ESR10: Creative hubs as drivers of change in peripheral business ecosystems; a comparison between Germany and Austria
Host: Saxon Association of Cultural & Creative Industries, Dresden, Germany, Supervisor: Christian Rost (SACCI) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 Cultural and creative industries are a driver for growth and innovation for European economies. While the sector is still mostly discussed as an urban phenomenon, attention has shifted more recently to […]
ESR9: CWS and their place in local entrepreneurial ecosystems; A comparison between Germany and Austria
Host: Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS), Erkner, Germany, Supervisors: Suntje Schmidt (IRS), Elmar Kulke (Humboldt University) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 The rising number of CWS in small and medium sized cities in rural areas challenges the conceptual framing of CWS that so far exhibits a […]
ESR8: CWS and labour precariousness in rural places; a comparative study between Austria and Greece
Host: Otelo, Austria, Supervisors: Martin Hollinetz (Otelo), Ulrich Ermann (University of Graz) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 Labour precariousness is a multifaceted phenomenon that is attached to waged labour as well as to freelance work. Moreover, labour precariousness is distributed unevenly in space, with different levels of working conditions for […]
ESR7: Measuring the effects of CWS on the coworkers’ performance and wellbeing in core vs. periphery. A counterfactual analysis
Host: Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Supervisor: Ilaria Mariotti, co-supervisor Carolina Pacchi 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 CWS have proven to be a profitable business and expand the scope of businesses by adding supplementary services that are welcomed by entrepreneurs and the self-employed. The ESR project has a triple aim: (i) […]
ESR6: Gender dynamics in rural CWS; a comparison between Austria and Greece
Host: Panteion University, Athens Greece, Supervisor: Martha Michailidou 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 Recent contributions to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (2018) have highlighted that protecting rural women from unacceptable forms of work, enhancing social protection, ensuring their voices are heard and closing the representation gap are […]
