Benedikt Walker and Dr. Linus Kalvelage win JOEG Early Career Researcher Paper Prize 2024
Benedikt Walker and Dr. Linus Kalvelage (University of Cologne) have won the 2024 JOEG Early Career Researcher Paper Prize for their study of Germany’s extraterritorial role in Namibia’s green hydrogen industry. Their paper reveals how states use de-risking, asset creation and market-building to steer global production networks, even in liberal economies. We warmly congratulate them on this prestigious award.
“Left-Behind Places” from an Economic Geography Perspective – International Lecture with Prof. MacKinnon
On May 7, 2025, more than 100 people, including many students, accepted the invitation to attend a lecture by Prof. Danny MacKinnon (Newcastle University, UK), who drew an audience with new insights into a prominent topic not only in economic geography—“left behind places.”
Successful Defense of Dissertation for Chigozie Nweke-Eze
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Chigozie Nweke-Eze successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Economic Geographies of Large-Scale Renewable Energies Development in Kenya: Financing, Governance, and Infrastructures". His dissertation advances energy transition studies by incorporating geographical perspectives and examining power dynamics that shape the development and realization of renewable energy projects in Kenya.
Jan Golinski (University of Warsaw) Visits the Economic Geography Working Group
In September and October 2024, Jan Golinski, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Warsaw, enriched the work of the Economic Geography Research Group at GIUB as part of a research visit.
Successful Habilitationskolloqium Marks Academic Milestone for Sabine Dörry
Sabine Dörry, Senior Researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and a prominent researcher in the field of financial and economic geography, reached a significant academic milestone as she successfully defended her research during the Habilitationskolloqium held on Wednesday, January 30, 2024.
Andrew Cumbers New Visiting Professor at GIUB
Professor Cumbers is a distinguished economic geographer and will be a part of the working group until end-2024.. His research interests include economic democracy, urban and regional development, public and collective ownership, and employment relations. His work is published widely in leading journals of human geography and economics.
New DFG Project by the Economic Geography Working Group
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a research project on the governance of the German hydrogen economy, which will start in June 2023 and run for a total of three years. Britta Klagge (PI) and Benedikt Walker will conduct the project.
Company Visit to SGL Carbon
A mixed group of bachelor’s and master’s students gained practical insights during a tour of SGL Carbon in Bonn-Mehlem. The company is over 100 years old and is located west of the Mehlem train station, surrounded by residential and commercial areas, which means that the (virtually nonexistent) opportunities for expansion pose a challenge.