ESR5: CWS as tools to foster entrepreneurship, decent work, and retention of workers in remote areas
Host: Impact Hub Global, Vienna Austria, Supervisors: Sarah Stamatiou Nichols (IHG), Michaela Trippl (Uni of Vienna) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 Economic crises, climate change, and most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered many socioeconomic changes in cities and regions. Rural places might be gaining new popularity as the digitalization […]
ESR4: (Re-)Inventing the Rurban: Progressive and alternative spaces of work in peripheral communities in Central and Eastern Europe
Host: Leibniz-Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany, Supervisor: Thilo Lang 1 PhD position, full-time. Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 New forms of work and their spatial organisation are typically tested, explored and implemented in urban contexts. The urban is in this context often portrayed as an inspiring environment for all sorts of social […]
ESR3: CWS and their effects on enhancing territorial capacities in France and Germany
Host: Paris School of Business, France Supervisors: Ignasi Capdevila (PSB), Christine Liefooghe (Lille) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 A territory may become resilient if actors are able to mobilize endogenous resources in order to develop a capacity of adaptation to change. This capacity could consist in the ability of conserving […]
ESR2: Exploring the contribution of CWS in processes of social innovation in rural and peripheral areas; a comparative study between Greece and Germany
Host: European Creative Hubs Network, Athens-Greece, Supervisors: Vassilis Charalambidis (ECHN), Vasilis Avdikos (Panteion) 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 The goal of this ESR project is to explore the networks and practices of coworkers in CWS in rural and peripheral areas towards the investigation of social innovation processes that affect communities […]
ESR1: Taxonomy and location patterns of CWS in the periphery. An international comparison
Host: Politecnico di Milano, Italy, supervisor: Ilaria Mariotti 1 PhD position, full-time Duration: September 2021 – August 2024 The ESR project will collect the state of the art about CWS in peripheral and rural areas and will develop a taxonomy (of their functions, typologies, and uses/participant profiles). Additionally, it will explore the geographical distribution and […]
Leibniz-Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)
IfL is the only non-university research institute for geography in Germany. It examines regional restructuring processes, their economic and social impacts, and regional policy responses in an integrated spatial perspective focussing on Central and Eastern Europe.
Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)
The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) is conducting problem-oriented basic research on development capacity, versatility and adaptability of space and thus the spatial dimension of social action in local, national and international relations.Research on society and space at IRS is based on the interdisciplinary expertise of the approximately 40 researchers of […]
Regional Association Cultural and Creative Industry Saxony (SACCI)
Our umbrella association SACCI consists of five Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) organizations in Saxony: Lausitz, Erzgebirge, Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz. We represent > 300 cultural and creative entrepreneurs/companies. Since 2017, we run the flagship project KREATIVES SACHSEN, the Saxon Center for Cultural and Creative Industries, providing consulting, qualification, networking and visibility for CCI. Moreover, […]
Otelo eGen
Otelo eGen is a research and consulting company in Upper Austria with focus on regional development, education, digitization and fostering social innovation. In addition, Otelo eGen operates a voluntary research and development network with currently 33 locations and around 600 active members. The network of open technology labs initiates, develops and conducts interdisciplinary, easily accessible […]
University of Vienna
Since its establishment in 1851, the Department of Geography and Regional Research has a long tradition in geographical research and teaching, always orienting its perspectives towards urgent global, regional and local research topics. A broad curriculum offers a profound basic education as well as research-oriented teaching, eventually guiding students to advanced specialization. The Department hosts […]
