Greater Bremen Area
Economic geographic research and consulting Thematic foci: Analysis of industries, clusters and regional erconomies; research on cluster renewal; cluster life cycles (CLC); geographies of sustainability transitions; modes of innovation (STI-DUI); Focal industries: agricultural engineering; biogas; food industry; electric mobility Recent projects (examples): - Bedeutung und Dynamik einer etablierten Branche in einer Region - Das Beispiel der Nahrungs- und Genussmittelwirtschaft in Bremen ("Relevance and dynamic of an established industrie in a region - the example of the food, beverages and tobacco industry in Bremen") - Cluster life cycles – the role of actors, networks and institutions in emerging, growing, declining and renewing clusters. Case study: the agritechnical engineering cluster in Western Lower Saxony, Germany. - Erstellung des Bremischen Operationellen Programms für die EFRE-Förderperiode 2014-2020 (OP EFRE) ("Preparation of the Bremish operational program for the ERDF- funding period 2014-2020") Other tasks: - Writing of a PhD thesis ("Cluster Renewal – Complex Processes in Two Agricultural Engineering Clusters of North-Western Germany") - Teaching - Supervision of bachelor theses - Application for funding
GIS-cartography and writing of reports for service providers in the rescue sector
Analysis of high speed internet supply in rural areas of the Kassel district (Hesse, Germany) Organisation of business delegations for the business network "Netzwerk Hessen-China"
Internship in the field of land use planning and urban planning