Regional economic divergence has become a threat to economic progress, social cohesion
and political stability in Europe. Market processes and policies that are supposed to spread …

This paper argues that infrastructure-led development constitutes an emergent international
development regime whose imperative is to 'get the territory right'. Spatial planning …

While the role of cities and regions is increasingly acknowledged for climate action and
discussed in the literature on sustainability transitions, the specific condition of peripheral …

This annual lecture paper bridges two influential but parallel literature strands on
evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and global production networks (GPN). It argues …

The extent to which structures and preconditions stimulate or hinder regional development is
of interest in economic geography, as is the renewal of 'left-behind'peripheral regions …

The paper discusses whether local development is still a policy instrument in a globalized
world. Territories throughout the world are experiencing greater international competition …

Urban and rural areas differ in economic, social and environmental terms. Due to the
diverging dynamics in urban and rural areas, the social and economic distance between …

The COVID-19 pandemic, originating as a health crisis but quickly expanding to other social
spheres, had significant and asymmetric impacts across Europe, which potentially …

Periods of ongoing growth in the economy and demographics have come to a halt for many
European regions for various reasons, challenging their economic development prospects …

In recent decades, the devolution of power to subnational regional authorities has formed a
key element of what has been termed the 'unravelling'or 'unbundling'of the state in many …