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30.06.-10.07.2024

Workshop and research cooperation with Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul) in Tübingen

For ten days, the Economic Geography working group welcomed Korean researchers from Sungkyunkwan University, the oldest and one of the most renowned universities in Korea, to Tübingen as part of the Korean-German cooperation project. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Hee-Jung Jun and Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kinder, workshops, excursions in Stuttgart, Tübingen and Metzingen as well as individual research projects in Tübingen and Stuttgart were carried out during the stay, which dealt with questions of urban development and also economic actors. As part of the workshop, all participants in the cooperation presented their research projects. Tübingen students, who received a scholarship for a research stay in Korea as part of the cooperation, supported the Korean research group in their work. In return, they will travel to Korea in the fall to carry out their research projects there.

The project is funded by the German side as part of the DAAD GenKo program. It aims to intensify cooperation between the two universities through joint research projects and the exchange of academics and students. We have been in contact with Prof. Dr. Jun since 2022, which was established as part of a geographical field exercise. We hope for a promising and successful collaboration between Sungkyunkwan University and the University of Tübingen in the future and look forward to the next meetings in 2025!

 


30.10.2023

Joint Conference on the War in Ukraine with the University of Lviv in Tübingen

How does the war in Ukraine affect research?
What are the consequences of migration linked to the war?

Last week we had guests from Ukraine from the University of Lviv to talk about the consequences of the war in Ukraine and its effects.
After some greetings by Prof. Kinder and the Dean Volodymyr Bilanyuk of the Faculty of Geography at the University of Lviv, we started with a panel on the integration of the transport system of the Lviv region into the European transport system under conditions of forced population migration. In addition to mobility, a number of other panels dealt with migration processes as a factor in post-war development, re-migration and the adaptation of internally displaced persons, as well as the organisation of educational opportunities and the socio-geographical characteristics of Ukrainian emigration.
Between the individual panels, there were numerous opportunities for personal exchange and further exploration of individual topics.
As a chair, we have already been cooperating with our friends from Lviv for many years, which is why it was also important and at the same time a very instructive opportunity for us to be able to exchange ideas in person under such difficult conditions due to the war, to gain an understanding of the situation of our friends in Ukraine and to discuss further projects.

Already in July, Prof. Kinder emphasised during his visit to Lviv: "Be assured that we stand firmly by your side in the fight for your freedom. You defend our common Europe, in which we want to live together in peace & freedom." This remains true!


16.10.2023

Talk: German Mennonites in Central Asia

Next Friday, Prof. Sebastian Kinder and Paul Wohlfahrt will be guests at the Gesellschaft für Erd- und Völkerkunde Stuttgart and will present results from our research project Migration and Transnational Interconnections of the German Mennonites from Central Asia. They will go into the history and beliefs of the Mennonites, trace their path to Central Asia and report on their experiences during research on site in the German colonist village RotFront.

The event starts on Friday, 20.10. at 18:30 in the Lindenmuseum.

You can find all information about the event here (in german)

We look forward to seeing you there!

24.06.2023

Unusual conference format: ARKUM workshop on historical cultural landscape research

On Friday and Saturday (6/23-24), the Chair of Economic Geography had the honor of hosting the workshop of the Arbeitskreis für Historische Kulturlandschaftsforschung in Mitteleuropa e.V. (ARKUM). This unique meeting format brought together young scholars from the fields of geography, archaeology, and history to discuss current issues in historical cultural landscape research. The focus was on intensive discussions about conceptual, methodological and methodological perspectives of research.

The goal of this unconventional approach was to promote collegial exchange and to focus on the further development of interdisciplinary perspectives. During the workshop, classical lectures were deliberately avoided in order to create space for intensive dialogue.

Participants in the discussion included the chairman of ARKUM, Prof. Dr. Matthias Hardt (GWZO, Leipzig), and board member Dr. Patrick Reitinger (IfL, Leipzig). David Fuchs from the Chair of Economic Geography was also represented as a participant. In addition, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kinder contributed a greeting that underlined the importance of this workshop.

The event was a great success and contributed significantly to the promotion of scientific exchange and interdisciplinary cooperation in the field of historical cultural landscape research and will be continued in the future.

 


11.06.2023

Breslau excursion with the Friends of the Voss Foundation

During an excursion of the circle of friends of the "Prof. Dr. Frithjof Voss Stiftung - Stiftung für Geographie" to Silesia, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kinder had the honor to give the participants a guided tour in Wroclaw and to introduce them to the history and urban development of the Silesian metropolis from a geographical perspective.

The Voss Foundation was established in December 2000 with the aim of promoting geography in science and research and as a school subject, and thus at the same time strengthening its applied significance in the public eye. The foundation awards two science prizes (physical geography and human geography) and a prize for school geography every two years during the German Congress of Geography, as well as the International Science Prize of German Geography every four years. The prizes all have a high reputation and are among the most important prizes in geography in the German-speaking world.

Since 2007, the Circle of Friends has supported the Foundation in its work.


01.06.2023

Interview: Researching in War - Experiences from Ukraine.

What are the challenges posed by war-related migration from eastern Ukraine to the west of the country?

This question is currently being investigated by the Department of Economic Geography in Tübingen in cooperation with the University of Lviv under research conditions made more difficult by the war. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kinder and Prof. Dr. Iryna Hudzeliak report on the effects of the war in Ukraine on research there in the current issue of Geographische Rundschau (issue 5-2023).


22.05.2023

Conference on the 140th anniversary of geography at the University of Lviv

On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of geography at the University of Lviv, Prof. Dr. Kinder was a guest at the 3-day anniversary conference "Geographical Education and Science: Challenges and Progress" in Lviv (Lemberg). The event had a special character due to the war. Especially the absence of many members of the Faculty of Geography who are currently serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces or have already died in the war, painfully revealed the gap that the war tears in life and research. Next to it, even the repeated nightly air alerts seem beside the point.

The omnipresence of war in today's Ukraine was also reflected in the address of Decan Volodymyr Ivanovych. He stressed that today's graduates, students and staff of the Faculty of Geography are professionals with a strong civic position, show courage and patriotism, and stand up for the freedom of Ukraine. This has become especially clear since 2014. In his speech, the current view of Ukrainians on the past years, which have profoundly shaped and changed society, became clear. "The Heavenly Hundred [This is the name given to the victims of the Maidan Revolution who died during the months of protests on the Kyiv Maidan in 2013 and 2014] managed to overcome the criminal regime, and to this day this path is very thorny, with tears and pain. The struggle was just the beginning. The heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, including the student of the Faculty of Geography Ihor Kostenko and graduates of other faculties of the University, strongly defended themselves, but unfortunately died in the war for the future of Ukraine," recalled Volodymyr Ivanovych.

The decan also mentioned the names of those who gave their lives in the war against the Russian aggressor for the freedom of Ukraine, "the freedom of spirit and choice, the opportunity to build Ukraine." The audience commemorated them with a minute of silence.

Professor Kinder spent five days in Lviv. In his greeting, he pointed out the trusting cooperation in research and teaching between geographers in Tübingen and Lviv that has grown in recent years. "Be assured that we stand firmly by your side in the struggle for your freedom. You defend our common Europe, in which we want to live together in peace and freedom." Despite the war, the Chair of Economic Geography in Tübingen and the Faculty of Geography in Lviv are also currently working closely together. Currently, both are working as project partners on the research project "Displaced persons in Ukraine: Challenges for municipalities and civil society". In this context, Prof. Kinder pointed out that the cooperation will be further intensified at the latest after the end of the war. For example, a German-Ukrainian research project on the emergence of transnational social spaces in the context of Ukrainian refugees is in preparation. And student and academic exchange is also to be further expanded within the framework of an Erasmus project.


30.02.2023

Publication: The Mennonite Village of Rot-Front in the Tschu Valley - Development of a German Colonist Village in Kyrgyzstan, its Media Presentation and Contacts with the World

Last year, four of our students were in Rot-Front, a place in Central Asia, with Professor Sebastian Kinder as part of a research project. Among other things, they investigated the migration history of German Mennonites in Kyrgyzstan.
The students have now published their initial findings from the on-site research in the Global Studies Working Papers.
This paper provides an overview of the migration of the Mennonite community from northern Germany, or what is now the Netherlands, from 1530 to the point where the village of Rot-Front in the Kyrgyz Republic can still be found today. However, the main focus of the work is on the development of the German colonist village, the media portrayal as well as the past and present contacts of the Mennonite*s to the world. The research is based on a content analysis of different newspaper articles, interviews conducted by the authors on site, and a mapping of the village. The results suggest a few similarities, but also some serious differences in the media representation compared to the collected impressions of the researchers.

To the publication


03.02.2023

Publication: Samsung's Spatial Design Activity in Seoul. A status analysis of the neighborhood in the area of Samsung's corporate headquarters

Last year, Prof. Sebastian Kinder was on a major field trip to Korea with students. The report of a student research project has now been published in the Global Studies Working Papers.

The Samsung Group is the largest Korean chaebol, which also includes the construction company Samsung C&T Engineering Construction Group, to which Raemian belongs, among others (Andolfo 2018, p. 59). Given that there are strong linkages between the chaebols and South Korean politics, it seems logical that Samsung now appears not only as a company, but also as an active actor in shaping space. It can be assumed that the company is pursuing its own interests in this regard. For an investigation of this topic, the focus is on the area near Samsung's corporate headquarters, the so-called Samsung Town, in Seoul. What conclusions can be drawn about the state of this neighborhood with regard to Samsung's spatial design activities? This question is answered with the help of systematic observation. Neighborhood research serves as the theoretical basis, using neighborhood research and the concept of urban governance as an approach to the neighborhood. An overview of the theory used is given below, as well as the method used and the exact procedure. Subsequently, the empirical research results are presented and a discussion is introduced.

To the publication

2022

09.12.2022

Farewell of Dr. Götz

Last Wednesday, Dr. Götz celebrated her farewell in the rooms of the AG Economic Geography.
Dr. Dagmar-Michaela Götz had been working at our institute since 2015 as a wiss. Staff member and study coordinator. During this time, she also managed our examination office professionally and reliably. She has always been a reliable contact person for the students and has relieved the lecturers of many administrative tasks.

Dr. Götz will retire at the beginning of 2023. The staff of the institute and the students thank Dr. Götz for her many years of work and her great commitment to the coordination of examinations and studies.
examination and study coordination. We will miss working with her.

P.S. Examination matters will be taken over by the Central Examination Office as of the new year.


30.10.2022

Promotional Award for Outstanding Master Theses in the Field of Southeast European Studies

For his master thesis "The Dishonor of Trianon: Maps and Caricatures in Hungary in the Service of Territorial Revision Efforts (1920-1938)" (2020) our master student Jeremy Wölbling received the Förderpreis für herausragende Masterarbeiten im Bereich der Südosteuropaforschung of the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft e. V..

We sincerely congratulate on this well-deserved award!


21.10.2022

Dorothee Apfel successfully defended her dissertation

Our colleague Dorothee Apfel successfully passed the disputation today as part of her doctoral studies. As with her dissertation, her final oral examination was graded "magna cum laude", i.e. with the grade "very good".

Over the past three and a half years, Ms. Apfel has been working on "Multiple transitions to sustainable energy systems in Senegal" as part of a project funded by third parties. The research focused on the extent to which Senegalese SMEs can participate in the country's energy transition, what the potentials are and what the barriers are. Dorothee Apfel's research made clear that there are currently three competing energy development paths in Senegal, which can be characterized as path transplantation, indigenous path creation and path upgrading. There are very different potentials for SMEs in this context.

Dorothee Apfel graduated in geography from the University of Tübingen in 2009 and subsequently worked in research at GTZ, Prognos AG and Nürtingen-Geislingen University, among others. Since September, she has been a project collaborator on our BKM project on transnational linkages of German Mennonites in Central Asia.

We congratulate Dr. Dorothee Apfel on her successful doctorate and welcome her to our research group!


17.10.2022

Guided city tour on traces of colonialism in Tübingen

The Chair of Economic Geography in cooperation with the Gesellschaft für Erd- und Völkerkunde zu Stuttgart e.V. (GEV) conducted a city tour on the topic "Traces of Colonialism in Tübingen".
On Saturday the 15.10.2022 a group of 11 participants under the guidance of our students Mrs. Gramsch and Mr. Moll visited different places in Tübingen which have historical connections with German colonialism. The route led from the Neue Aula to the Tropical Clinic and the Tropical Convalescent Home, the city cemetery, and on to the city center.
At each of the excursion points, different aspects of the colonial past of the city of Tübingen and its society were highlighted. In addition to the institutional contexts, important protagonists such as Eduard Haber, Gottfried Olpp, Paul Lechler and Professor Carl Uhlig were also introduced.

Ms. Gramsch and Mr. Moll, who led the tour, were participants in a teaching research seminar of the Chair of Economic Geography, which investigated colonial traces in the city and the university during the winter semester 2021/22.

The results of the seminar can be read in the booklet "Colonial Heritage in Tübingen - A Search for Traces", which was printed with the kind support of GEV.

The booklet can be purchased for a fee of 8 Euros at the chair (contact: kerstin.haid@uni-tuebingen.de).


07.08.2022

Research in Rot-Front (Kyrgyzstan)

Rot-Front (formerly Bergtal) is the last colony of German Mennonites in Central Asia, where descendants of the colonists who came from West Prussia still live today. In a research project funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, we are investigating the migration history of the German Mennonites in Kyrgyzstan and their transnational interconnections today.

As part of the project, four students will be conducting interviews with the residents of Rot-Front together with Prof. Kinder over the next few days. Today we first moved into our accommodation in a former colonist house and got a first overview of the village. In the process, we were able to make our first contacts.


02.06.2022

Invitation to the lecture Colonial Heritage in Tübingen - a Search for Traces

In the lecture the different facets of current colonial traces in Tübingen will be highlighted. Until today there are places to discover in Tübingen, which establish a connection to the colonial past. Based on these different locations, the colonial entanglements of Tübingen society in the history of German colonialism will also be highlighted. The presented contents are the results of a student research project.


17.01.2022

DAAD funding program - new Kaliningrad project

The Chair of Economic Geography is pleased to announce the approval of a research project within the DAAD funding program "East-West Dialogue". The project entitled "Landscapes of Remembrance in the Kaliningrad Region - Contested history and geographies of regional identity" will be managed and implemented in cooperation with the Baltic Federal Immanuel Kant University.

The project will provide an overview of the memory landscapes in the public space of the Kaliningrad Oblast. In addition, the underlying narratives will be elaborated on the example of selected memory landscapes and the memory sites and practices associated with them, and analyzed with regard to their intentions, the way they are implemented, and what they say about the current German-Russian relationship.

Two workshops and an eight-day study tour in selected locations in Kaliningrad will provide a basis for the research. In addition, the German and Russian project partners will have the opportunity to spend a three-month scholarship period in the other country. The findings of the research will be published in a final volume.

2019

17.06.2019 — Dr. Stefania Sroda-Murawska as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography

Dr. Stefania Sroda-Murawska as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography

We welcome Dr. Sroda-Murawska from the Geographical Institute of Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun (Poland) to our department. She will be in Tübingen for two weeks at the end of June. As in the previous year, her stay will be devoted to joint research work.

05.05.2019 — Attila Dobai new Teach@Tübingen scholarship holder in winter semester 2019/20

Attila Dobai new Teach@Tübingen scholarship holder in winter semester 2019/20

For the coming winter semester 2019/'20, the Chair of Economic Geography was once again able to acquire a Teach@Tübingen scholarship from the University of Tübingen. Starting in October, Attila Dobai from the ELTE University in Budapest will be working for us and will hold a course on "Sacred places". More information about this course will follow on I-GIT. Attila Dobai has studied linguistics and law and is currently about to complete his doctorate. He researches post-socialist developments in Budapest, in particular the meaning and change of sacred places.

15.03.2019 — DAAD Go East Summer School: Applications and website activated

DAAD Go East Summer School: Applications and website activated

For the summer school "Different tales of one historic region", which is financed by the DAAD within the framework of its Go East Programme, the DAAD website now offers an application portal  for interested students. Detailed information on the Summer School can now also be found on the  Summer School website.

10.02.2019 — DAAD Go East Summer School "Different tales of one historic region"

DAAD Go East Summer School "Different tales of one historic region"

As part of its Go East programme, the DAAD has approved a Summer School co-organised by the Chair of Economic Geography. Under the title "Different tales of one historic region - Negotiating shared heritage in Klaipeda, Kaliningrad and Gdansk", the Summer School deals with the quite different ways of dealing with material cultural heritage in the historical region of East Prussia, using the cities of Klaipeda (Memel) in Lithuania, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) in Russia and Gdansk (Gdansk) in Poland as examples. The participants will be introduced to the concepts of shared heritage using the example of urban structural development and public discourses in the three cities and will explore the handling of material cultural heritage within the framework of excursions and explorations. The Summer School is aimed at students of geography, history, urban planning, cultural studies and related disciplines. It is organised by Prof. Eduardas Spiriajevas (Klaipeda University), Dr. Levchenkov (Kaliningrad University), Prof. Czepczynski (Gdansk University) and Prof. Kinder (Tübingen University).

10.01.2019 — Invitation to the guest lecture of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Henn (Geographical Institute, University of Jena) on 14.01.2019 at the Geographical Colloquium

Invitation to the guest lecture of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Henn (Geographical Institute, University of Jena) on 14.01.2019 at the Geographical Colloquium

As part of the Geographical Colloquium, Prof. Dr. Henn will give a lecture on "Transnational Entrepreneurs and Global Knowledge Transfers. The example of Palanpuris in the jewellery diamond industry". It starts at 18:00 c.t. in the lecture hall S320 in Hölderlinstraße 12. Students and interested persons are cordially invited.

2018

03.12.2018 — Dr. Andrey Levchenkov as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography

Dr. Andrey Levchenkov as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography

At the beginning of December Dr. Andrey Levchenkov from the Department of Geography of the Baltic Federal Immanuel Kant University of Kaliningrad is a visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography. He will stay in Tübingen for two weeks. The department has contacts with Dr. Levchenkov in research cooperation for many years. Together with Prof. Kinder he works on the project "Migration, Interpretation and Transformation of the Material Cultural Heritage on the Curonian Nehung in Lithuania and Russia since 1945".

15.11.2018 — Invitation to guest lecture by Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gräf (University of Cluj-Napoca) on 19th Nov.2018 as part of the Geographic Colloquium

Invitation to guest lecture by Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gräf (University of Cluj-Napoca) on 19th Nov.2018 as part of the Geographic Colloquium

As part of the Geographical Colloquium, the vice rector of the Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) gives a lecture on November 19, 2018 entitled "Advantages and Disadvantages of Microregions. Examples from Romania ". Prof. Gräf has been researching for many years on historical and current development conditions in regions of Romania. At the University of Cluj-Napoca he is responsible for the German study programs. Prof. Gräf has been an active supporter of the university partnership Tübingen-Cluj for a long time. The lecture of Prof. Gräf takes place in cooperation with the Tübingen branch of the South-Eastern Europe Society SOG. It starts at 18:00 c.t. in the lecture hall Geoscience S320 at Hölderlinstraße 12. Students and interested people are cordially invited.

12.11.2018 — DKG 2019 Call for Papers: Special Session "Risks and Changes in Historical Geography - Paths back to the subject?"

DKG 2019 Call for Papers: Special Session "Risks and Changes in Historical Geography - Paths back to the subject?"

David Fuchs (University of Tübingen), together with Patrick Reitinger (University of Bamberg), conducts a specialist meeting at the next German Congress of Geography in Kiel under the title "Risks and Changes in historical geography - paths back to the subject?".

The session explores the role that historical geography can play in the intersection of space and time in the 21st century. Under different terms, such as historical geography(ies), history of geography, historical cultural landscape research, aspects and partial aspects of this question are dealt with today. The session will focus on possible theoretical foundations and methodological approaches and on the necessary historical depth. How can research into natural disasters in the early Middle Ages be combined with current theoretical-conceptual debates of the New Cultural Geography? How can classical methods of cultural landscape research be combined with methods of empirical social research? What possibilities do GIS and Digital Humanities offer for the investigation of historical societal spatial relationships? These are just a few of the most pressing issues in the field of historical geography right now.

The submission of contributions to this session starts on 23 Nov. 2018 and ends on 25 January 2019. Further information can be found on the page of the Congress of Geography in Kiel: www.dkg2019.de.

15.10.2018 — Invitation to the guest lecture by Prof. Dr. József Benedek on November 22, 2018 as part of the Geographic Colloquium

Invitation to the guest lecture by Prof. Dr. József Benedek on November 22, 2018 as part of the Geographic Colloquium

As part of the Geographic Colloquium, Prof. Dr. Ing. József Benedek from the Babes-Bolyai-University Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) gives a lecture on "Regional polarization and peripheralization in Central and Eastern Europe". Prof. Benedek has been researching current processes of regional development in Central and Eastern Europe for many years and he is involved in numerous international research cooperations as a proven expert in this field. The lecture by Prof. Benedek takes place in cooperation with the Tübingen branch of the Southeast Europe Society SOG. It starts on Nvember 22, 2018 at 18:00 c.t. in the lecture hall Geoscience S320 at Hölderlinstraße 12. Students and interested people are cordially invited.

10.08.2018 — Student research on the Curonian Spit

Student research on the Curonian Spit

From August 1 to 10, six geography students from the University of Tübingen conducted empirical work on the Curonian Spit. The subject of the research led by Prof. Kinder and David Fuchs was the compilation of an inventory of the cultural heritage in the Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit. In this context, around 1,000 objects were recorded, assessed and transferred to a GIS. The data form the basis for the further identification of the stock of material cultural heritage on the spit and for the interviews with residents of the Curonian Spit to be carried out in a further project phase. The work was part of the research project "Migration, Interpretation and Transformation of the Material Cultural Heritage on the Curonian Spit in Russia and Lithuania since 1945" funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. They were carried out in cooperation with the University of Klaipeda and the Lithuanian National Park Curonian Spit.

30.06.2018 — Department of Economic Geography and Curonian Spit National Park sign cooperation agreement

Department of Economic Geography and Curonian Spit National Park sign cooperation agreement

Based on the current research cooperation within the framework of the research project "Migration, Interpretation and Transformation of the Material Cultural Heritage on the Curonian Spit in Lithuania and Russia since 1945" coordinated by the Department of Economic Geography Tübingen, the director of the Lithuanian National Park Curonian Spit, Mrs. Ausra Feser, and Prof Dr. Sebastian Kinder (University of Tübingen) signed a cooperation agreement. The contract governs the cooperation in the areas of research, publications and public relations. Further cooperation will be prepared in the following weeks with the Russian National Park Curonian Spit and with the Lithuanian municipality Neringa. Information about the research project can be found here.

21.02.2018 — Research project on the Curonian Spit was included in the program SHARING HERITAGE

Research project on the Curonian Spit was included in the program SHARING HERITAGE

The European Commission declared 2018 as European Heritage Year. The aim of the year is to share a common view of our cultural heritage in Europe and to explore and share our common European history. The project "Migration, Interpretation and Transformation of the Material Cultural Heritage on the Curonian Spit in Lithuania and Russia since 1945", which is led by the Department of Economic Geography in cooperation with partners in Lithuania and Russia, is part of the program of the European Cultural Heritage Year https://sharingheritage.de/projekte/kulturerbe-auf-der-kurichen-nehrung/

13.02.2018 — Cooperation agreement with the College of ASEAN Community Studies CACS at Naresuan University (Thailand)

Cooperation agreement with the College of ASEAN Community Studies CACS at Naresuan University (Thailand)

The Department of Economic Geography has signed a cooperation agreement with the College of ASEAN Community Studies cacs.nu.ac.th of Naresuan University in Thailand on the occasion of a visit by Prof. Kinder. The cooperation includes future joint research in the area of ​​regional development in Thailand as well as the exchange of students, doctoral candidates and scientists between Tübingen and Phitsanulok.

24.01.2018 — Blanka Vanyúr Teach @ Tübingen Scholarship holder in SS 2018

Blanka Vanyúr Teach @ Tübingen Scholarship holder in SS 2018

Blanka Vanyúr received one of the Teach @ Tübingen Fellowships from the University of Tübingen for the summer semester of 2018 and will work in the team of Prof. Kinder from April 2018 onwards. Ms. Vanyúr is currently graduating from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. As part of Teach @ Tübingen, Ms. Vanyúr will teach at the Department of Geography. Further information will follow at the beginning of the semester.

2017

13.12.2017 Research project on spaces of liminality in Budapest approved

Research project on spaces of liminality in Budapest approved

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is sponsoring a research project entitled "Hybrid urban development and spaces of liminality in Budapest" for two years. The project is jointly managed by the Department of Economic Geography of the University of Tübingen and the Department of Regional Sciences of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. The starting point of the project is the observation that East Central European metropolises have pursued their own development path since 1990, distinguishing them from major cities in Western Europe. The aim of the project is to identify spaces of liminality, i.e. to identify spaces of an uncertain transition to new structures using the example of Budapest and to analyze their development conditions. Aspects of urban development are as important as economic and social processes.

26.10.2017 Fritz Thyssen Foundation finances conference on changes in the economic development model in Central and Eastern Europe

Fritz Thyssen Foundation finances conference on changes in the economic development model in Central and Eastern Europe

The Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the Promotion of Science supports the conference "Please close the gap - The Changing Development Model of Central and Eastern Europe", which is going to be organized in March 2018 by the Department of Economic Geography Tübingen. The conference brings together leading economic geographers, political scientists and economists who are concerned with the peculiarities and current trends of the post-socialist development model. The detailed conference program will be published in January 2018.

30.09.2017 Prof. Kinder takes over management of the AK Central Europe

Prof. Kinder takes over management of the AK Central Europe

At the meeting of the working group Central Europe, which took place on September 29, 2017 in the run-up to the German Congress of Geography in Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kinder was introduced as the new speaker of the working group. Prof. Kinder takes over the management of the AK Central Europe from longtime spokesman Prof. h.c. Univ.-Doz. Dr. Peter Jordan (ÖAW). Under the umbrella of the German Geographical Society (DGfG), the AK Central Europe is dedicated to the scientific exchange of current research topics, which focus on the Central European area. The working group pursues the goal of promoting intradisciplinary exchange as well as networking with scientists from the post-socialist countries of Europe.

20.09.2017 Julia A. Nagy Teach @ Tübingen Scholarship holder in winter semester 2017/'18

Julia A. Nagy Teach @ Tübingen Scholarship holder in winter semester 2017/'18

Julia A. Nagy has received one of the Teach @ Tübingen scholarships from the University of Tübingen for the winter semester 2017/'18 and will work in the team of Prof. Kinder from October 2017 omwards. Ms. Nagy is currently graduating from Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). As part of Teach @ Tübingen, Ms. Nagy will teach at the Department of Geography. Further information will follow at the beginning of the semester.

11.09.2017 Two sessions of the Department of Economic Geography Tübingen at the DKG 2017

Two sessions of the Department of Economic Geography Tübingen at the DKG 2017

At the German Congress for Geography DKG 2017 in Tübingen, the Department of Economic Geography is represented with the following sessions:

LT4-FS2: Betwixt and between - Liminality in Central and Eastern Europe

Sept. 30, 2017; 08: 30-10: 00

Head: S. Kinder (Tübingen), M. Czepczynski (Danzig)

LT4-FS9: Tipping point in sight? Capacity and competence development in catching-up economies

Oct. 3, 2017; 13: 45-15: 15

Head: K. Häfner (Tübingen), L. Suwala (Berlin)

01.09.2017 Dr. Stefania Sroda-Murawska as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography

Dr. Stefania Sroda-Murawska as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography

In September and October 2017 Dr. Stefania Sroda-Murawska works as visiting scientist at the Department of Economic Geography. Dr. Sroda-Murawska and Prof. Kinder are conducting empirical work on the DAAD-funded research project "Creative Industries in Small and Medium-Sized Cities". Tübingen serves as a case study. Dr. Sroda-Murawska works at the Chair of Urban Studies and Regional Development of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Torun / Poland).