Grete Gansauer
@gretegans.bsky.social
Economic geography & policy analysis from/for peripheral regions. Resource economies, regional inequality, rural development, place-based policy, infrastructure. Asst. Prof, Sustainable Communities, University of Wyoming. Personal views expressed here. 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈
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Grete Gansauer
@gretegans.bsky.social
· Dec 20
🚀 New paper out w @andywestwood.bsky.social in @cssjournal.bsky.social
Bidenomics place-based industrial policy experiments offer several lessons for future US and intl policymaking. Here we synthesize 5️⃣ ideas for the UK govt to take forward beyond leveling up 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2024.2436977
Bidenomics place-based industrial policy experiments offer several lessons for future US and intl policymaking. Here we synthesize 5️⃣ ideas for the UK govt to take forward beyond leveling up 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2024.2436977
It’s me! It’s my pub that’s OnlineFirst in EPA @economyandspace.bsky.social !
OnlineFirst - "‘Left behind’ places versus peripheralized spaces: Integrating absolute, relative, and relational understandings of spatial inequality in the 21st century" by Grete Gansauer:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It’s me! It’s my pub that’s OnlineFirst in EPA @economyandspace.bsky.social !
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Only three months ago, Human Geography at Leicester was ranked No.1 in the UK for overall positivity in the 2025 National Student Survey. Any decent university management would be fighting to keep them. In solidarity, please sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
Sign the Petition
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Only three months ago, Human Geography at Leicester was ranked No.1 in the UK for overall positivity in the 2025 National Student Survey. Any decent university management would be fighting to keep them. In solidarity, please sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
Why yes I am interested in rural policy and mission-led government. Looking forward to this read!
If you are interested in rural policy or mission-led government, our new Commentary is out in The Geographical Journal 👇
with @markshucksmith.bsky.social
with @markshucksmith.bsky.social
New in The GJ:
'Reimagining rural policy through mission-led governance' by @jayneglass.bsky.social & @markshucksmith.bsky.social
This commentary argues that mission-led policies risk perpetuating inequalities, using rural policy as a case in point.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
'Reimagining rural policy through mission-led governance' by @jayneglass.bsky.social & @markshucksmith.bsky.social
This commentary argues that mission-led policies risk perpetuating inequalities, using rural policy as a case in point.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Why yes I am interested in rural policy and mission-led government. Looking forward to this read!
Help! Seeking a short documentary style film for undergrad class showcasing communing, community economies, diverse economies, or other alt-capitalist forms in action at the local level. Any suggestions?? #communityeconomies #altcapitalism
September 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Help! Seeking a short documentary style film for undergrad class showcasing communing, community economies, diverse economies, or other alt-capitalist forms in action at the local level. Any suggestions?? #communityeconomies #altcapitalism
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Incarcerated people in Wyoming can't vote, but are counted as residents of the legislative district where they're incarcerated, not where they actually call home, a new report finds.
Reform advocates say Wyoming's "miscounted districts" are among the worst in the nation.
Reform advocates say Wyoming's "miscounted districts" are among the worst in the nation.
Is Wyoming's 'prison gerrymandering' overrepresenting some districts while depriving prisoners of political representation? - WyoFile
Incarcerated people can’t vote, but are counted as residents of the legislative district where they're incarcerated, not where they actually call home, a new report finds.
wyofile.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Incarcerated people in Wyoming can't vote, but are counted as residents of the legislative district where they're incarcerated, not where they actually call home, a new report finds.
Reform advocates say Wyoming's "miscounted districts" are among the worst in the nation.
Reform advocates say Wyoming's "miscounted districts" are among the worst in the nation.
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🔥 What are the biggest pressures facing regional researchers today?
Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups.
Read: bit.ly/406UEb9
Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN!
🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.
Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups.
Read: bit.ly/406UEb9
Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN!
🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.
Researching regions: The Professional Challenges Experienced By Regional Researchers - RSA Main
In 2024 and early 2025, a large number of Regional Studies Association (RSA) members participated in a series of focus group sessions convened by the RSA to understand the priorities of the regional s...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🔥 What are the biggest pressures facing regional researchers today?
Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups.
Read: bit.ly/406UEb9
Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN!
🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.
Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups.
Read: bit.ly/406UEb9
Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN!
🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.
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This @regstud.bsky.social blog summarises the challenges facing regional researchers. Thanks to all those who contributed their experiences and to @gretegans.bsky.social for working with me to put this together www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Researching regions: The Professional Challenges Experienced By Regional Researchers - RSA Main
In 2024 and early 2025, a large number of Regional Studies Association (RSA) members participated in a series of focus group sessions convened by the RSA to understand the priorities of the regional s...
www.regionalstudies.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This @regstud.bsky.social blog summarises the challenges facing regional researchers. Thanks to all those who contributed their experiences and to @gretegans.bsky.social for working with me to put this together www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
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Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
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The so-called Department of Government Efficiency took a wrecking ball to the public sector.
DOGE didn’t “save money.” It weakened science, consumer protections, and tax enforcement—while enriching billionaires. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
DOGE didn’t “save money.” It weakened science, consumer protections, and tax enforcement—while enriching billionaires. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
What Musk's DOGE Really Cut: Trust, Safety, and Democracy - Roosevelt Institute
The American public deserves a government that is fit for purpose and delivers on its promises. But Elon Musk never intended to create that. DOGE was built on the fiction of Musk’s mastery of all things, one of the many myths attributed to the ultra-wealthy. What it concealed was a public sector novice who failed to understand the basic mechanics of the institutions he railed against incessantly.
rooseveltinstitute.org
June 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency took a wrecking ball to the public sector.
DOGE didn’t “save money.” It weakened science, consumer protections, and tax enforcement—while enriching billionaires. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
DOGE didn’t “save money.” It weakened science, consumer protections, and tax enforcement—while enriching billionaires. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
Look it’s me, feeling inspired from heaps of fascinating & high quality presentations at #GCEG2025. My thanks & congratulations to the organizers!
For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉
ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social
For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉
ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social
Engaging special session on #industrialstrategy co-hosted with @gretegans.bsky.social at
#GCEG25 at Clark University.
The call for our special issue of @cssjournal.bsky.social (co-edited with Lisa De Propris & @dgbailey.bsky.social) is still open at think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#GCEG25 at Clark University.
The call for our special issue of @cssjournal.bsky.social (co-edited with Lisa De Propris & @dgbailey.bsky.social) is still open at think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
June 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look it’s me, feeling inspired from heaps of fascinating & high quality presentations at #GCEG2025. My thanks & congratulations to the organizers!
For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉
ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social
For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉
ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social
DOGE in the real world: direct job cuts in a program for low income adults which would be catalytic for their upward mobility, and ability to transition into “skilled” labor fields. Unbelievable.
More than 300 students and staff prepare for plug to be pulled on Wind River Job Corps, severing path to certifications, high school diplomas and driver's licenses.
Wyoming students ‘devastated’ after federal decree upends Riverton trade school - WyoFile
More than 300 students and staff prepare for plug to be pulled on Wind River Job Corps, severing path to certifications, high school diplomas and driver’s licenses.
wyofile.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
DOGE in the real world: direct job cuts in a program for low income adults which would be catalytic for their upward mobility, and ability to transition into “skilled” labor fields. Unbelievable.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Want your NIH and NSF program officers and division directors to be fired and turned into political appointees?
Deadline extended: 3 days left! Already 33,000+ public comments
Comments can tank a proposed rule in court.
📣 Oppose the rule with a brief comment: shorturl.at/WKuBj
Deadline extended: 3 days left! Already 33,000+ public comments
Comments can tank a proposed rule in court.
📣 Oppose the rule with a brief comment: shorturl.at/WKuBj
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
June 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Want your NIH and NSF program officers and division directors to be fired and turned into political appointees?
Deadline extended: 3 days left! Already 33,000+ public comments
Comments can tank a proposed rule in court.
📣 Oppose the rule with a brief comment: shorturl.at/WKuBj
Deadline extended: 3 days left! Already 33,000+ public comments
Comments can tank a proposed rule in court.
📣 Oppose the rule with a brief comment: shorturl.at/WKuBj
Elon Musk’s net worth is double the total wages for the executive branch workforce according to DOGE.
May 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Elon Musk’s net worth is double the total wages for the executive branch workforce according to DOGE.
Thank you @rural-reconcile.bsky.social ! TL;DR = The taxonomy identifies growth-oriented “booster” policies vs. equity-oriented “builder” policies, and means of intervention + types of regions which stand to benefit *differ* based on policy aims.
Now you want to read? Check out the summary!
Now you want to read? Check out the summary!
How might we understand the place-based policy efforts of the Biden administration? Our digest on
@gretegans.bsky.social's taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ classifies 4 major policy types targeting regional inequality and is a great place to start:
@gretegans.bsky.social's taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ classifies 4 major policy types targeting regional inequality and is a great place to start:
Gansauer: A Taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ — The Rural Reconciliation Project
In For Growth or Equity: A Taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ Place-Based Policies and Implications for US Regional Inequality , Gret e Gansauer (Earth Sciences, Montana State University) develops a new taxo...
www.ruralreconcile.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Thank you @rural-reconcile.bsky.social ! TL;DR = The taxonomy identifies growth-oriented “booster” policies vs. equity-oriented “builder” policies, and means of intervention + types of regions which stand to benefit *differ* based on policy aims.
Now you want to read? Check out the summary!
Now you want to read? Check out the summary!
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@gretegans.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on present priorities/future directions @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025
May 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@gretegans.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on present priorities/future directions @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025
For those at #RSA25 - join EdgeNet for a happy hour with fellow peripheries researchers : 7 pm at Bar Aduela in Porto City centre. 🥂 raise a glass to ‘the rest’ with us!
@regstud.bsky.social
@regstud.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For those at #RSA25 - join EdgeNet for a happy hour with fellow peripheries researchers : 7 pm at Bar Aduela in Porto City centre. 🥂 raise a glass to ‘the rest’ with us!
@regstud.bsky.social
@regstud.bsky.social
happy to kick off my fave conference @regstud.bsky.social with friends old and new in Porto 🇵🇹! #RSA25 is a big deal, and this banner is here to prove it (pictured with me & @mia-gray.bsky.social for scale)
May 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
happy to kick off my fave conference @regstud.bsky.social with friends old and new in Porto 🇵🇹! #RSA25 is a big deal, and this banner is here to prove it (pictured with me & @mia-gray.bsky.social for scale)
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this is so stupid.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
this is so stupid.
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Leaders from rural communities in eight states traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that's threatened by the Trump administration.
Rural leaders push Congress to unfreeze climate and environmental funds
Leaders from rural communities in eight states travelled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that's threatened by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Leaders from rural communities in eight states traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that's threatened by the Trump administration.
So excited to share the weekend w @riaadams.bsky.social checking out rural communities in eastern #Wyoming. Statistics would call these places #LeftBehind, and their built environment might look like that too. But we found many local initiatives *building* community. More to come 🤎💛
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
So excited to share the weekend w @riaadams.bsky.social checking out rural communities in eastern #Wyoming. Statistics would call these places #LeftBehind, and their built environment might look like that too. But we found many local initiatives *building* community. More to come 🤎💛
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Are you at #AAG2025 @geographers.bsky.social ? Join the panel discussion with @rsachiefexec.bsky.social ‘Publishing Regional Studies Research: from Blogs to Books’ tomorrow (27/03) morning. Full info at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-at-...
March 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Are you at #AAG2025 @geographers.bsky.social ? Join the panel discussion with @rsachiefexec.bsky.social ‘Publishing Regional Studies Research: from Blogs to Books’ tomorrow (27/03) morning. Full info at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-at-...
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Just published @regionalstudies.bsky.social! Markus Grillitsch, @miorner.bsky.social, Daniel Schiller and I examine the role of #narratives in place leadership, their influence on perceptions of opportunity spaces and introduce a multiple-phase framework for their analysis. 💭
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Shaping opportunity spaces: the role of narratives in place leadership
This paper aims to identify micro-level processes shaping the narratives surrounding regional opportunity spaces. A process perspective is applied to examine how place leaders engage in shaping nar...
doi.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Just published @regionalstudies.bsky.social! Markus Grillitsch, @miorner.bsky.social, Daniel Schiller and I examine the role of #narratives in place leadership, their influence on perceptions of opportunity spaces and introduce a multiple-phase framework for their analysis. 💭
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
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DOGE, which operates with a spirit of moving fast and breaking things across the rest of the government, says it cannot be expected to move fast and set up a FOIA operation.
March 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
DOGE, which operates with a spirit of moving fast and breaking things across the rest of the government, says it cannot be expected to move fast and set up a FOIA operation.