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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…

Petrik Runst presented a paper at the "Rethinking Clusters" conference at the University of Valencia on the specifities of innovations in rural areas. The conference fosters the exchange of ideas with Spanish researchers regarding the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in regional…

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).