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Martin Simmler and Damiaan Persyn presented current research work at the winter seminar of the Society for Regional Research (GfR) in Vill-Igls (Austria) at the Higher Education and Seminar Center Grillhof.

A good two years after its foundation, Germany's highest scientific body has confirmed that the Institute of Rural Economics is experiencing highly dynamic development and a wide range of topics with very convincing projects.

Land inequality has long been recognized as a threat to inclusive and sustainable development. However, the role of growing outside interest in land and resulting land inequality is not well-understood, despite a growing body of research on large-scale land acquisitions.

Ann Hipp has published a research paper together with Björn Jindra and Kehinde Medase (University of Bremen) entitled „Overcoming barriers to technology transfer – empirical evidence from the German Democratic Republic“ in The Journal of Technology Transfer.

From January 25th to 26th, 2024 the 4th meeting of the DFG network "The Dynamics of Innovation Systems: Perspectives, Influences and Operationalization" led by Ann Hipp took place at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

Crafts companies which are frequently located in rural regions, are subject to a number of licensing requirements. Researchers from the Thünen Institute and the University of Göttingen jointly investigate the impact of tighter regulation.

The 7th Geography of Innovation Conference (GEOINNO) took place in Manchester, UK, on January 10th and 12th, 2024. Thünen researchers Ann Hipp and Petrik Runst participated and presented their work.

Thore Sören Bischoff, Petrik Runst und Kilian Bizer investigate the spatial heterogeneity in the effect of regional trust on innovation.

Networks, interactive learning, and innovation in rural regions

At this year's ZEW conference "Dynamics of Entrepreneurship" (CoDE), the Thünen Institute was represented with two papers. One paper on differences in entrepreneurship behaviour between Germany and England and one paper on differences in entrepreneurship behaviour in East and West Germany were…