Field of interest: Geography & Spatial Planning

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    Green building in regional strategies for sustainability: multi-actor governance and innovative building technologies in Europe, Australia, and Canada (GreenRegio)

    The GreenRegio research project seeks to understand how transition processes towards low-carbon economies in the building sector come into being and develop over time in selected city regions. More specifically, we seek to develop ‘biographies’ of drivers and processes of green building innovations for four case studies: Freiburg (GER), Vancouver (CA), Luxembourg (LUX), and Brisbane…

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    Green building in regional strategies for sustainability: multi-actor governance and innovative building technologies in Europe, Australia, and Canada (GreenRegio)

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    EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions (MIMY)

    The project MIMY has set out to improve the situation of young migrants in Europe through a multi-level analysis of the related integration processes. Collecting qualitative and quantitative data and conducting case studies in various countries, the interdisciplinary consortium will analyse the social and economic effects of (successful or failed) integration in order to derive…

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    EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions (MIMY)

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    Contain, Distribute, Obstruct. Governing the Mobility of Asylum Seekers in the European Union (CONDISOBS)

    CONDISOBS explores three key measures that were undertaken after the so-called “refugee crisis” to govern asylum seekers’ mobility in the EU, which is to say hotspots, relocation schemes and border controls. The main objective of the study is to understand whether these measures have succeded in controlling the mobility of incoming migrants and discouraging “secondary…

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    Contain, Distribute, Obstruct. Governing the Mobility of Asylum Seekers in the European Union (CONDISOBS)

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    Challenges for the Implementation of Circular Economy Policies: Practices, Institutions and Hybrid Intersections (CIRCULAR)

    The main objective of the project is to assess the challenges and opportunities of implementing Circular Economy (CE) policies at the regional level. Following EU’s pledge for zero waste policies, many countries are currently conceiving innovative approaches to change production and consumption processes by closing loops of energy and material flows.

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    Challenges for the Implementation of Circular Economy Policies: Practices, Institutions and Hybrid Intersections (CIRCULAR)

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    Mapping mobility – pathways, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe (MOVE)

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    Mapping mobility – pathways, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe (MOVE)

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