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Together with colleagues from St. Gallen, Amsterdam, and Hanover, Christian Hundt has investigated the effects of university entrepreneurial climate on student start-ups. The results have now been published in Studies in Higher Education.

At this year's annual conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the largest economic association in the German-speaking world, at the University of Regensburg, Jan Cornelius Peters presented current research results.

After successful application, Thünen Institute presented and discussed its research results at the international research workshop.

At the invitation of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development, Jan Cornelius Peters presented research results on the return migration of workers.

The Thünen Institute was represented with presentations at the annual congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), and at the conference of the European Economic Association (EEA).

Around the world, arts and culture professionals act as agents of rural development.

Many countries are experiencing increasing wage inequality among workers as well as between capital owners and workers. In a publication with Patrizio Lecca and Stelianos Sakkas, Damiaan Persyn examines this phenomenon at the regional level in Europe using a spatial macro-economic model.

At this year's GfR summer conference, the Thünen Institute was represented with three presentations focusing on regional inequalities, the influence of transport costs on regional economic activity, and the location choices of graduates.

Innovations are considered an important driver of economic development. Their emergence is complex and depends on numerous factors both at the company level and the regional and national level. The aim of this research project is to better understand the interaction of these factors and the spatial…

The transition to greenhouse neutrality affects both individuals and companies in a variety of ways. In a new project, we are collaborating with the Thünen Institute of Rural Studies to investigate economic, social, and funding policy aspects of the transition.