Centre for Regional Analysis CRA

06/10/2023

Next week, we have the pleasure of hosting a joint seminar with Centre for International Business Studies (CIBS) featuring Robert Hassink on "Debating pluralism, boundary objects, and bridging concepts in economic geography."

📆 Date: Wednesday, October 11th
🕒 Time: 13:15 (1:15 pm)
📍 Location: Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, Vasagatan 1, room J2
Can't make it in person? You can also join us via Zoom: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/692472677

Robert is a Professor of Economic Geography at Kiel University in Germany and a visiting professor at Newcastle University in the UK. He is a widely-published scholar, renowned for his expertise in regional economic development, industrial restructuring, clusters, regional innovation systems, regional innovation policy, as well as the theories and paradigms of economic geography. In addition to his theoretical works, Robert has conducted extensive empirical research on clusters and regional economic development, primarily in Germany and East Asia.

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13/09/2023

Midway seminar with Wang, PhD student in Economic Geography and affiliated with the Centre for Regional Analysis (CRA). Yifei is presenting and discussing her ongoing PhD research project on 'Investments, Technologies, and Regional Jobs.' Discussant for the seminar is Emelie Hane-Weijman, a member of the CRA Steering Group and affiliated with the Centre for Regional Science (CERUM) at Umeå University. 👩‍🎓

06/09/2023

Anet Weterings from PBL Haag, giving a CIBS/CRA seminar on energy transitions and their impact on labor markets in The Netherland.

22/08/2023

CRA hosted an international workshop on the use of AI in university teaching. We discussed course design, the integration of AI into course materials, teaching methodologies, and assessment strategies. The workshop is part of the project "The Nordic Initiative on AI in Business, Economics, and Social Sciences Teaching" (Nordic AI-BEST), including Aalborg University (Denmark), Gothenburg University (Sweden), The Norwegian School of Economics (Norway), and Tampere University (Finland). Stay tuned for more! 🚀

19/06/2023

Many great presentations and debates at the Global RSA conference in Ljubljana last week. Together with the Nordic Division of the Regional Studies Association (NoRSA), CRA organized a track of special sessions on Regional Industrial Path Development and Restructuring. The track included 18 presentations covering topics such as the role of agency, green transitions, industrial renewal, and skills in regional path development.

Thanks to all presenters for making this an academically stimulating and fun experience, including Andrew Beer, Alberto Giacometti, Mfundo Mlilo, Brita Hermelin, Kirsten Martinus, Arne Isaksen, Roman Martin, Rahel Meili, Maximilian Benner, Martin Henning, Yifei Wang, Marcin Rataj, Dieter Franz Kogler, Martina Fuchs, Emelie Langemyr Eriksen, Monica Plechero, Laura James, Maren Songe Eriksen, Max Roessler, Julian Kurz, and the Regional Studies Association!

11/05/2023

New publication by CRA researchers Roman Martin and Hanna Martin, studying how changes in demand lead to the emergence of new industries in the Swedish region of Värmland. Published open access:

This paper deals with the role that demand can play in regional industrial transformation, focusing on new industry formation in peripheral regions. As we argue in this paper, demand can be an impo...

01/02/2023

Open PhD position at CRA! We are looking for talented candidates with background in Economic Geography and related disciplines who would like to conduct a PhD project on regional development in Western Sweden.

Employment: Time limited employment, 4 years
Extent: 100%
Location: Department of Business Administration, Gothenburg, Sweden
Starting date: 1 September 2023
Application deadline: 1 March 2023

Read more and apply here: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=28235&fbclid=IwAR0Su0lDIzIlKsQxKMG8p4iGyHsHyID7ioLgHHgGgERGGcxAdNtJu9szNtU

With its 8000 students, 470 employees, 160 international partner universities and four departments, the School

04/01/2023

New publication in Regional Studies by Hanna Martin (Centre for Regional Analysis CRA), Ida Grundel (Linköping University) and Margareta Dahlström (Karstad University), on regional innovation system actors and transformative change in the forest-based bioeconomy. Published open access:
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2151581

12/12/2022

Yifei Wang, PhD candidate in Economic Geography and affiliated CRA researcher, published a journal article on the location choices of Chinese greenfield investments across EU regions. It is coauthored with Andrea Ascani and Carolina Castaldi, and published in one of the top journals in the field, Regional Studies: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2142542

09/11/2022

New article by Camilla Chlebna (University of Kiel), Hanna Martin (Centre for Regional Analysis CRA, University of Gothenburg), and Jannika Mattes (University of Oldenburg), on transformative regional development and the intersections between industrial paths and sustainability transitions. The article is available open access: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X221137346

28/09/2022

New article by Martin Henning and Ramsin Yakob on the impact of foreign firm on local renewal activities:

Multinational Business Review available volumes and issues

31/07/2022

New article by Jan Ole Rypestøl, Nina Kyllingstad and Roman Martin (CRA) on Asset modification for regional industrial restructuring in times of economic crisis:

Contributing to the literature on regional industrial restructuring, this article presents findings on how firms modify assets to overcome an economic crisis. Empirically, this article draws on int...