The Berlin wall divided the city for four decades before it was torn down thirty years ago. However, in this
The world is relational. The vast majority of objects and subjects are embedded in complex relational structures, commonly called “networks”. My research focuses on knowledge networks, i.e. networks with the objective of knowledge and information diffusing between individual actors, organisations, and regions. I am particularly invested in understanding why networks show specific structures, what factors are determine these, how do they evolve over time, and to what extent they matter economically. In the following, I list a selection of core results of my research.
The relevance of relatedness on economic development in space has been intensively studied. In this joint publication (pdf) with Sandor
The Berlin wall divided the city for four decades before it was torn down thirty years ago. However, in this
Supply-push or demand-pull? In a new publication, Marcel Bednarz and I find that the spatial distribution of the German #wind