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Economic Geography Group LMU
@eggrouplmu.bsky.social
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We work on networks, institutions, and governance of innovation & social transition towards inclusive and sustainable regional futures

👉 https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/de/forschung/wirtschaftsgeographie/
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#NewPaper in #Geoforum on the geography of patent law: An Institutional Model of Variation and Convergence of Judicial Beliefs ⚖️

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Geography of Patent Law: An Institutional Model of Variation and Convergence of Judicial Beliefs
Legal norms are inherently open to interpretation, often leading litigants to perceive inconsistency. We introduce the concept of judicial beliefs—ins…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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#GISTHub workshop in chile - part 2! Day 2 was all about #sustainability in practice, water security & urban transformations. We visited @eclac.bsky.social and joined Prof. Johannes Rehner on a walking tour through Santiago.

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We organized the first International #GISTHub Workshop in Chile! This post marks 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 where we’ll share our main takeaways and impressions from the workshop. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 – 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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We kicked off the first International #GISTHub Workshop in #Chile - a week of discussions, talks & urban exploration in Santiago. Day 1 focused on Innovation, Environment & Society - from sustainability transitions to indigenous perspectives.
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Stay tuned for Part II!
We kicked off the first 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧-𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 in Chile with a full and inspiring week! The program combined in-depth discussions, thought-provoking talks, and… | EGGroup LMU
We kicked off the first 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧-𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 in Chile with a full and inspiring week! The program combined in-depth discussions, thought-provoking talks, and valuable networking with expert...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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We were thrilled to welcome a delegation from VERTEBRAL, the Chilean Council of Rectors of Accredited Professional Institutes & Technical Colleges! 🇨🇱 We explored how German universities link research, innovation & industry: from our #GISTHub to Start-Up support @ #LMU: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...
We had guests from VERTEBRAL
The delegation of rectors from Chilean professional schools visited us to learn more about the German higher education system.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🌱🎸 How can live concerts be greener AND still profitable? 🎶
In his MA thesis, Leon Crusius analyzed the indiepop band Bruckner and found: with smart tour planning, bands can cut up to 36% of CO₂ without losing profit! Learn more: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...
How can live concerts be ecologically sustainable and still be economically viable?
In his Master’s thesis, our student Leon Crusius has looked into how bands can optimize their tours
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October 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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🎬 New Video on our YouTube channel: @glueckler.bsky.social and Denise Gutiérrez explore from an institutional perspective how public procurement is an important lever for governments to shape socio-economic development in Latin America.
🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPlx... #geosky #econsky
Regional Variations in Public Procurement: An Institutional Perspective
YouTube video by Economic Geography Group LMU
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September 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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The rise of #ChatGPT challenges academic norms. How do German universities respond? In her outstanding BA thesis, Judith Baum distinguishes 4 strategies: proactive support, cautious support, restrictions, or bans. 🔗 Learn more: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...
#geosky #innovation #academicsky #AI
University Responses to ChatGPT
Congratulations to Judith Baum on an outstanding BA thesis!
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August 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🧑‍🎓🎉 Congrats to Dr. @molanger.bsky.social on successfully defending his #PhD on the negative impacts of tourism growth & the potential of degrowth for sustainability and justice. Learn more on our blog: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e... #geosky #tourism
Congratulations to Dr. Moritz Langer on defending his PhD!
His research has focused on the negative consequences of tourism growth.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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🌱 At our first LMU-wide GIST-Hub event, 16 researchers from 8 faculties met to explore sustainability transition and potential collaboration projects. Thank you to all participants for the interdisciplinary exchange! 🌍🤝
🔗 Learn more: www.geo.lmu.de/gist-hub/en/...
#GeoSky #Science 🧪
Prof. Johannes Glückler is standing in front of the participants and introduces them to the GIST-Hub project. The participants are standing around a large table, writing short info on red, blue and white memo cards. They are collecting valuable contacts, potential topics to explore around sustainability transitions, and current and planned projects that might align with the GIST-Hub. Prof. Johannes Glückler is leading the discussion around the collected topics, projects and contacts. He and the other participants are standing around a large table in the GeoMediaLab. A group picture of the participants. They are standing in front of a bright green wall that usually serves as a green screen.
July 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧-𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Check out our brand-new website: www.gist-hub.org

✅ Overview of GIST-Hub members
✅ Current projects tackling sustainability challenges
✅ Info about our upcoming activities and events

Bookmark now & stay informed about our latest research, events, and findings!
GIST-Hub
Inclusive Governance and Innovation for Sustainability Transitions.
www.gist-hub.org
July 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Talking #SocialNetworks at @insna.bsky.social #Sunbelt2025 in Paris! We had a great week discussing the latest research on SNA and learn about approaches from many different academic disciplines.

Full recap here: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e... #geosky 🧪
Daniel Wagner, Jakob Hoffmann, Emmanuel Lazega (one of the organizers), Johannes Glückler and Robert Panitz.
July 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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📄 #NewArticle by @glueckler.bsky.social & Denise Gutiérrez in #ResourcesPolicy on a relational view on the Social License to Operate (SLO)
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They challenge the dominant top-down view of #SLO & propose an institutional framework for empirical analysis 🧵
Social license to operate: an institutional critique and research framework
The concept of Social License to Operate (SLO) addresses the need for mutual acceptance among governments, civil society, and private actors of what i…
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June 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#Worcester, we had a blast at #GCEG25! 🎉 Now that we're back home safely & recovered from the jetlag, we want to thank all contributors, organizers & @clarkuniversity.bsky.social for this brilliant conference! We're grateful for meeting old & new friends and are already looking forward to Rome2028 😎
Meeting our friends and colleagues at the GCEG in Worcester: A group photo of our research group and colleagues in front of the Clark University.
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Johannes Glückler led 4 sessions on "New Perspectives on the #Geography of #Innovation" @ the #GCOEG @clarkuniversity.bsky.social! 🙏 A huge thank you to all participants!

🏙𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭: 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Leonie Reher, @rajkharel4.bsky.social, Regina Tunes, and @glueckler.bsky.social.
Leonie Reher, Raj Kharel, Regina Tunes, and Johannes Glückler
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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👋 Greetings from #Worcester, MA! Our research group is attending the #GCOEG at @clarkuniversity.bsky.social and we're already starting strong: Prof. @glueckler.bsky.social is leading four sessions on New Perspectives on the Geography of Innovation today 🚀 #AcademicSky #Geography #EconGeo
Prof. Johannes Glückler opening the first session on New Perspectives on the Geography of Innovation. Key Note lecture by Ron Boschma
June 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Talking Radical Innovation with Prof. @kfrenken.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) over breakfast 🚀 We had a full day of discussing innovation research & exchanging ideas at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social #Geography! Thank you for spending the day with us! 🙏 #AcademicSky
Over breakfast, our young researchers pitched their current research to Prof. Koen Frenken who gave advice, challenged ideas and shared experiences. In the picture: Yannick Eckhardt, Johanna Höhl, Denise Gutiérres, Claudio López, Klara Jungkunz, and Prof. Koen Frenken. Over breakfast, our young researchers pitched their current research to Prof. Koen Frenken who gave advice, challenged ideas and shared experiences. In the picture: Klara Jungkunz, Prof. Koen Frenken, Yannick Eckhardt, Johanna Höhl, Denise Gutiérres, and Claudio López. Over breakfast, our young researchers pitched their current research to Prof. Koen Frenken who gave advice, challenged ideas and shared experiences. In the picture: Prof. Koen Frenken, Yannick Eckhardt, and Johanna Höhl. Prof. Koen Frenken, presenting his research on radical innovation at our research seminar. In the picture: Jakob Hoffmann, Koen Frenken, Johannes Glückler, and Yannick Eckhardt.
June 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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📕 #OutNow: 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 - the final volume of #KnowledgeAndSpace 📕 Explore from an interdisciplinary perspective, how we anticipate, imagine & shape the future:
🔗 tinyurl.com/4b25cyut

Edited by @glueckler.bsky.social, M. Garschagen and R. Panitz & funded by the @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de
Placing the Future
This OA book discusses the uncertainties of humanity’s future by addressing the multifaceted relationship between space, knowledge and the future.
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May 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Theorizing Controversial Innovation: At the 17th #Rauischholzhausen Symposium on #EconGeo, @glueckler.bsky.social & @yaneck.bsky.social presented their work on the paradox of controversial innovation. Society wants innovation yet often rejects creative ideas. This controversy can fuel #innovation!
Castle Rauischholzhausen. Prof. Johannes Glückler during his talk. Yannick Eckhardt during his talk.
April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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@lmumuenchen.bsky.social & Pontificia Universidad Católica de #Chile launched the #GISTHub - a new German-Chilean partnership to advance research on inclusive #governance & #sustainability innovation. The kick-off event gathered experts from academia & civil society.
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Group photo at the kick-off event in Santiago de Chile. Prof. Johannes Glückler and our colleagues Dr. Michael Handke, Dr. Johanna Höhl, and Prof. Johannes Rehner (left to right).
April 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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After four years of research, our project #UNIFIED has come to an end. As a French-German collaboration, it explored how social mechanisms shape the harmonization of transnational patent jurisprudence, focusing on the early institutionalization of the #UnifiedPatentCourt (UPC) in Europe. #research
Left to right: Prof. Johannes Glückler, Dr. Jakob Hoffmann, Marius Zipf, and Prof. Emmanuel Lazega.
March 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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At the #LMU 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗴, we introduced 𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧-𝗛𝘂𝗯: our new 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 🇨🇱

🎯𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹: develop 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for #SustainabilitTransitions to equip decision makers with transformative competencies! 🌱
LMU researchers at the Lateinamerikatag
February 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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🏙️ 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is often tied to cities—but can the 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘆 be a space for groundbreaking ideas?

At our last 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗯 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 explored where & how innovation happens beyond the urban core.🧵👇

#economicgeography #innovation #researchnews #geonews #geography #economics
Jakob Hoffmann during his talk at the Lunchtime Colloquium. He is standing in front of a slide that shows a map of Germany, saying: Left behind Peripheries.
January 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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🪙 #NewPaper on #cryptocurrencies: a controversial innovation? 🪙
@yaneck.bsky.social & @glueckler.bsky.social explore controversies around #crypto in Progress in Economic Geography: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Using argumentation analysis, they highlight 6 key points of disagreement: 👇
Cryptocurrencies, a controversial innovation? Unpacking argumentation analysis in economic geography
In this paper, we analyze the global controversy surrounding the innovation of cryptocurrencies, developing an analytical framework to assess the empi…
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December 6, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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🌱 Updates from the BIOTEXFUTURE Fall Forum 2024!
@glueckler.bsky.social & @wagnerdaniel.bsky.social shared insights on fostering innovation in the bioeconomy through cross-project learning. Using #SNA, they explored connections across #BIOTEXFUTURE, #BioBall, & #BlaueBioökonomie 👥🔗 #bioeconomy
Prof. Johannes Glückler, talking at the BIOTEX Fall Forum 2024. He is standing in front of a presentation slide, showcasing green sports clothing.
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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eggrouplmu.bsky.social Economic Geography Group LMU @eggrouplmu.bsky.social · Nov 14

📣🌍 Guest Lecture by renowned Economic Geographer Prof. Henry Yeung at LMU Munich on November 25! He presents his latest book Theory and Explanation in Geography.

📅 Date: November 25, 16:00 - 18:00 pm
📍 Location: Schellingstr. 3, 80799 Munich, Room S 007
👉 More info: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...
November 25, 2024 at 7:51 AM