The CORAL-ITN survey: demographics and functions of Collaborative Workspaces in Europe
The survey was conducted in 2023 as part of the CORAL-ITN project, collecting responses from 273 managers of collaborative workspaces (CWS) from 34 European countries with the aim of unpacking their demography and measuring the different kinds of impacts of CWS. Click here to download the PDF
Nuances of working together: the influence of managerial approaches on collaboration within coworking spaces
Nuances of working together: the influence of managerial approaches on collaboration within coworking spaces Costantino Romeo, Ignasi Capdevila, Barbara Da Roit, and Maurizio Busacca ”The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and Living in New Territories,” edited by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Gerhard Krauss, explores the dynamic landscape of coworking spaces and their impact on work and living environments. […]
Exploring the potential of coworking spaces for quality of working life and wellbeing: a systematic review of academic literature
Exploring the potential of coworking spaces for quality of working life and wellbeing: a systematic review of academic literature Francesca Chiara Ciccarelli Αbstract: Coworking spaces (CSs) have gained significant attention in the last decades as an alternative to traditional offices and homes. These spaces offer a flexible and collaborative environment that caters to the needs […]
GEOGRAPHY | RESEARCH ARTICLE Unfinished sympathy: on the limitations of sharing as a work practice in community-led coworking
Unfinished sympathy: on the limitations of sharing as a work practice in community-led coworking Malte Höfner & Nikos Gatsinos Abstract: Collaborative workspaces are perceived as places of shared infrastructure where labour is organised in alternative ways. In our article, we juxtapose current and previous work and life arrangements of freelancers who had practised community-led coworking […]
CORAL-ITN Brief on Regional Geography of CWS in Europe
Based on an analysis made with the collection of primary and secondary data, the report includes 12,009 CWS located in 23 European countries. We examine the difference among urban, intermediate and rural areas on the NUTS3 level, as well as on the national level. As the report shows the development of CWS is not solely […]
Survey on the Impacts of Collaborative Workspaces
Within the framework of the European project CORAL-ITN, our researcher Lorenzo Marmo (ESR13) is currently implementing a survey to understand the impacts and potentialities of Collaborative Workspaces with an emphasis on the ones located in peripheral and rural areas. With the data collected he aims to get a better comprehension of the needs and challenges […]
CORAL-ITN Glossary
CORAL ESRs developed a web-based Glossary about key – terms and concepts of the project. The glossary marks the end of the theoretical phase of the PhDs. From social innovation, rural creative class, hybrid CWS to social entrepreneurship, precariousness, and remote work in rural areas, the glossary aspires to help scholars navigate coworking studies that […]
Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Andy Pike (Live): Reframing urban and regional development for ‘left behind’ place
Andy Pike’ keynote speech introduced the ‘left behind places’; places that contradict to the ‘superstar cities’discourses and unveil geographical inequalities. Aiming to produce a discussion for socio-cultural development beyond economic terms, ‘eft behind places’ study captures the urban and regional studies slow responses to times of crisis (Global financial crash, Great Recession 2008 –09, to […]
Keynote speech by Juli Bieman
Rural coworking: people, models, and trends
Keynote Speech by Dr Janet Merkel:
The rise of CWS in cities and beyond
