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 […]