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The study explains which organizations are driving the development of digital technologies in Germany and what influence their spatial environment has.

Co-edited by Christian Hundt, the new volume stemming from the Loccum conference examines how politics can improve the conditions for rural entrepreneurship—driving economic activity, innovation, and vital public services.

At the closing event of the series “Municipalities in Dialogue: Actively Shaping the Energy Transition,” Dominik Frankenberg delivered a keynote speech on the opportunities and challenges of the energy transition for rural regions, following an invitation from the BMLEH.

On October 30, 2025, Anna Kremer successfully defended her dissertation titled “Identity in Spatial Economics” at the Technical University of Dresden.

On November 6, 2025, our colleague Franziska Lengerer successfully completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands).

At the invitation of the IHK of Osnabrück Petrik Runst discussed current trends and challenges facing rural economies. His presentation showed that the economic potential of regions beyond metropolitan areas is often underestimated.

On October 6, 2025, Alexander Kopka successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Technological Spaces” at the University of Bremen and was awarded the highest grade of summa cum laude.

It is often assumed that entrepreneurs with prior founding experience are more successful than first-time founders. However, the research findings of Christian Bergholz and Petrik Runst challenge this assumption.

In the three-part TV documentary “DDR Genial” on ZDFinfo, Ann Hipp shares her expertise on inventions and patents in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).

At this year’s North American meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Anna Kremer presented new research on the impact of regional diversity on innovation.