Research Group Prof. Klagge - Economic Geography

The research group of economic geography is interested in the changes, interactions, and influencing factors of economic and social processes from a spatial perspective. This involves not only location patterns and regional disparities, but also and above all:

Actors and institutions and how they (re)produce spatial structures (actor-oriented and institutional perspectives)
The role of space in economic and social interactions (relational perspective)
The relationships between different scales (governance and multi-level perspective)
Social-ecological transformations and their embedding in economic and political contexts (human-environment perspective)

News

Hannan Asghar Joins Economic Geography Research Group under Collaborative Research Centre at University of Bonn

The Economic Geography Research Group is pleased to welcome Hannan Asghar as its new PhD researcher. Hannan joined the group in June 2026 as a PhD student in the project C02 “Energy Futures” in the Collaborative Research Centre “Future Rural Africa” (CRC228). He comes from Pakistan and has a background in climate and energy policy, field research, and development sector in Africa.

Herbert Murungi Joins Economic Geography Research Group under Collaborative Research Center at University of Bonn

The Economic Geography Research Group is pleased to welcome Herbert Murungi as its new PhD researcher. Herbert joined the group on 1 April 2026 as PhD student in the project C02 “Energy Futures” in the Collaborative Research Center “Future Rural Africa” (CRC228). He comes from Uganda, and has a strong background in energy economics, field research and development practice across East Africa.

Dr. Arne Rieber Joins the Economic Geography Research Group

Dr. Arne Rieber has been a postdoctoral fellow and research associate in the Economic Geography Research Group since October 2025. From July 2022 to September 2025, he completed his doctoral dissertation on the political ecology of water infrastructure in Kenya as part of the Collaborative Research Center “Future Rural Africa.”

2025 Dr. Hohmann Grant: Award Presented to Dr. Arne Rieber by the Cologne Geographical Society

On December 4, during its annual Christmas party, the Executive Board of the Society for Geography (GfE) in Cologne presented Dr. Arne Rieber with the certificate for this year’s Dr. Hohmann Grant for his research project “German Industrial Transformation: Geoeconomy and the Role of the State in the Chemical Industry.” Congratulations!