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Economic Geographer @unigreifswald.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://geo.uni-greifswald.de/lehrstuehle/geographie/wirtschafts-und-sozialgeographie/max-roessler-msc/

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Together with @crhistianjoel.bsky.social, @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social and @gretegans.bsky.social, we are excited to invite you and look forward to submissions! ๐Ÿ‘€

01.12.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Spatial inequalities and feelings of left-behindness: perceptions, imaginaries, and policy responses This special issue explores the intersection of the feelings and material conditions influencing 'left-behindness' and the policies designed to address it.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€˜๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€โ€™ in @regionalstudies.bsky.social. Weโ€™re exploring how #emotions, #imaginaries & #narratives shaping regional futures. โœจ
๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š: ๐Ÿ‘‡
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

01.12.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to share I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation @unigreifswald.bsky.social! ๐ŸŽ“
Grateful to my fantastic supervisor Daniel Schiller and to everyone who has accompanied me on this memorable journey! ๐Ÿค—

31.10.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When voters turn to populist or anti-establishment parties, what are they really saying?

Often, the ballot box reflects more than ideologyโ€”it signals feelings of inequality, loss of status, and being left behind.

@regstud.bsky.social

29.09.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจThe 2nd webinar in the #YSI and #RegStud supported series organised by @max-roessler.bsky.social & @crhistianjoel.bsky.social happening soon. ๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ 16th Sept 2pm BST / 3pm CEST
โ–ถ๏ธ Spatial imaginaries of โ€˜left behind placesโ€™ in policy discourse

bit.ly/47hnppY

Free to attend. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ”„

27.08.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2025 RSA Paul Benneworth PhD Student Award - RSA Main Watch as Mia Gray, Chair of the Awards Committee, presents the 2025 Paul Benneworth PhD Student Award to Max Roessler, of the University of Greifswald, Germany and CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden for ...

I am thrilled and grateful to @mia-gray.bsky.social and the @regstud.bsky.social for the 2025 Paul Benneworth Award. Special thanks to Markus Grillitsch, @miorner.bsky.social and Daniel Schiller for an enriching and enjoyable writing process! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜ƒ
www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-rs...

01.08.2025 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Volume 18 Issue 2 | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

The latest issue of @cjres.bsky.social has published online:
The Symbolic Value of Megaprojects in Urban and Regional Development
academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...
Edited by @roberthassink.bsky.social @dfkogler.bsky.social Davide Ponzini and Xuefei Ren

24.06.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're looking forward to talks from our fantastic speakers Paolo Veneri (@gssisocialsci.bsky.social), @gretegans.bsky.social (University of Wyoming), @aleininger.bsky.social (TU Chemnitz), @malinroiha.bsky.social and Emma Fabrega (University of Barcelona), and getting into discussion with you! ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ

24.06.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New webinar series on regional inequalities and perceived left-behindness! With great support from the #YSI and @regstud.bsky.social, @crhistianjoel.bsky.social and I, invite you to four fantastic webinars from July to November 2025.
Details and registration: ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/ysi-rs...

24.06.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Still buzzing from the great @regstud.bsky.social conference in Porto! We're grateful for a fantastic experience, looking back on inspiring talks and special sessions, and are happy to be part of such a vibrant community! ๐Ÿ™Œ
Thanks to everyone at the #RSA25 who organised, shared and connected! ๐Ÿ˜

10.05.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ†Congratulations to @max-roessler.bsky.social (@unigreifswald.bsky.social and CIRCLE, Lund U.), presented last week with the RSRS @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social Best Paper Award!

Check out his work "Untangling Regional Development Traps through Narratives" available in open access and linked below!

30.04.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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YEGN WORKSHOP 2025 Apply now for the next workshop held at the University of Greifswald, Germany, August 25-28.

To all #PhD students and early career researchers working on topics related to economic geography: Please take a look at our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany), 25-28 August 2025. ๐Ÿ‘‡
yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-worksho...

07.01.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shaping opportunity spaces: the role of narratives in place leadership This paper aims to identify micro-level processes shaping the narratives surrounding regional opportunity spaces. A process perspective is applied to examine how place leaders engage in shaping nar...

Just published @regionalstudies.bsky.social! Markus Grillitsch, @miorner.bsky.social, Daniel Schiller and I examine the role of #narratives in place leadership, their influence on perceptions of opportunity spaces and introduce a multiple-phase framework for their analysis. ๐Ÿ’ญ
doi.org/10.1080/0034...

26.03.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The official programme of this year's Colloquium concludes with another lunch in our mensa and a joint closing discussion. We would like to thank all 30+ participants for their inspiring presentations and discussions and wish all our guests a pleasant journey home! ๐Ÿ˜Š

19.03.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Super grateful for the opportunity to do a research visit at the Copernicus Institute @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @kfrenken.bsky.social, Louis Knรผpling & @kjschaefer.bsky.social for making me feel so welcome - at work and beyond. Dank je wel and see you soon! โœจ

12.03.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Symbolic value and embeddedness of an industrial megaproject: Teslaโ€™s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg Abstract. Large-scale industrial settlements, such as the establishment of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries, are megaprojects that face addition

One year after the arson attack on Teslas #Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, debates about local resistance and embeddedness of the #megaproject continue. Our research explores these complex dynamics and unpacks their symbolic value.
๐Ÿ” Discover our open access article: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

05.03.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Symbolic value and embeddedness of an industrial megaproject: Teslaโ€™s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg Abstract. Large-scale industrial settlements, such as the establishment of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries, are megaprojects that face addition

Symbolic value and embeddedness of an industrial megaproject: Teslaโ€™s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Max Roessler, Paula Prenzel and Daniel Schiller
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
#Megaprojects Special Issue

24.01.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Symbolic value and embeddedness of an industrial megaproject: Teslaโ€™s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg Abstract. Large-scale industrial settlements, such as the establishment of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries, are megaprojects that face addition

Curious how symbolic value influences the settlement process and embeddedness of an industrial #megaproject? Discover our new open access #article on the #Tesla #Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg @cjres.bsky.social with Paula Prenzel and Daniel Schiller! ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿญ
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

13.01.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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YEGN WORKSHOP 2025 Apply now for the next workshop held at the University of Greifswald, Germany, August 25-28.

To all #PhD students and early career researchers working on topics related to economic geography: Please take a look at our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany), 25-28 August 2025. ๐Ÿ‘‡
yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-worksho...

07.01.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2025 RSA Annual Conference Special Sessions - RSA Main As part of the 2025 RSA Annual Conference, there will be a number ofย  Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. Click here to submit your abstract.

๐Ÿ“ข @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social, Crhistian Gonzรกlez and I invite you to our special session โ€œSS10: Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindnessโ€ at @regstud.bsky.social's #RSA25 in Porto. Submit your abstract and find the session description below: ๐Ÿ‘‡
www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-rs...

29.10.2024 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Junior Professor (W1) of Regional Development (without tenure track) Geographie und Geologie

We are looking for a Junior Professor of Regional Development to start on 1 October 2025 @unigreifswald.bsky.social. Please forward this advertisement with a deadline of 17 January 2025 to suitable candidates and find more information here: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

02.12.2024 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
2025 RSA Annual Conference Special Sessions - RSA Main As part of the 2025 RSA Annual Conference, there will be a number ofย  Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. Click here to submit your abstract.

Interested in the ideational turn in economic geography? Submit your abstract to our special session "Grasping the ideational dimension: the importance of narratives, visions and imaginaries" at RSA 2025 in Porto (w/ F. Gรถrmar @max-roessler.bsky.social ) .
www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-rs...

21.11.2024 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘‹ Greetings! We, the Economic and Social Geography Group, are looking forward to getting in touch with you, giving you an insight into our work and sharing our latest research @unigreifswald.bsky.social and beyond! ๐ŸŒ
Let's get connected! ๐Ÿฅณ

16.11.2024 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I created a starter pack for economic geography and others who are somehow related to the field. If I forgot anyone, let me know (not sure if others can automatically add people).

go.bsky.app/R2sg5Xt

14.11.2024 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
2025 RSA Annual Conference Special Sessions - RSA Main As part of the 2025 RSA Annual Conference, there will be a number ofย  Special Sessions running throughout the academic programme. Click here to submit your abstract.

๐Ÿ“ข @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social, Crhistian Gonzรกlez and I invite you to our special session โ€œSS10: Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindnessโ€ at @regstud.bsky.social's #RSA25 in Porto. Submit your abstract and find the session description below: ๐Ÿ‘‡
www.regionalstudies.org/news/2025-rs...

29.10.2024 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Untangling regional development traps through narratives Based on two case studies in Germany, this study disentangles development traps by focusing on the role of narratives and imaginaries in peripheral regions. Drawing on 43 interviews and two focus g...

My first open access publication is out in Regional Studies, Regional Science!โœจ The study expands our understanding of development traps and peripheral regions by showing how imaginaries held by key actors materialise and become regional realities.
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doi.org/10.1080/2168...

22.07.2024 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks to the fantastic team at CIRCLE in Lund for an enriching stay as a visiting PhD researcher. My stay was filled with engaging discussions, new perspectives and exciting connections all over Sweden, sparking fresh ideas. Thanks to everyone on this journey and see you soon!

30.11.2023 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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