Research Department: Spatial Capital

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2025	2025: Beyond start-up formation: Effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem support activities for developing lagging regions Citation: Flögel, F., Letonja, M., Meyer, K., Rabadjieva, M., Vilman, Z., Zhekova, R., Zlateva, M. & Butzin, A. (2025): Beyond start-up formation: Effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem support activities for developing lagging regions. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 2025, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942241311805 Abstract	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2025	2025: Exploring the Potential of Urban Manufacturer's Waste Heat for the Residential Heating Transition in Germany. A Spatial Analysis Acros Four Federal States Citation: Angstmann, M., Meyer, K. & Gärtner, S. (2025): Exploring the Potential of Urban Manufacturer's Waste Heat for the Residential Heating Transition in Germany. A Spatial Analysis Acros Four Federal States. IAT discussion paper, 2025 (03). Gelsenkirchen: Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.53190/dp/202503 Abstract	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads:
2025	2025: From Waste to Value? Valuation and Materiality in Geographies of Industrial By-product Use Citation: Angstmann, M. (2025): From Waste to Value? Valuation and Materiality in Geographies of Industrial By-product Use. Progress in Economic Geography, 3 (1), 100034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peg.2024.100034 Abstract Discussions about the environmental impacts of production and consumption are fuelling interest in strategies to transform industrial regions. While economic geography and regional development research extensively cover sustainable innovation and green regional development, innovation diffusion, demand-side aspects, and market emergence are often neglected. This paper illustrates how an enhanced valuation perspective that integrates materiality more directly helps to assess dynamic social processes of valuation in the case of low-carbon, resource efficient solutions. Through a path tracing approach, the paper assesses how two industrial by-products, slag sand and fly ash, evolved into highly valued secondary resources in Germany’s Ruhr. Regional availability, market devices, and institutional work influence different dimensions of market valuation in waste-to-value processes. Insights on different phases of the development provide hint on how to organise and foster regional circular solutions. Findings may inform research and policy to advance emerging green industries, market creation for sustainable resources, and industrial decarbonisation, where the materiality of technologies and resources plays a key role.	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2025	2025: Harnessing Societal Innovativeness for Transformative Regional Development Citation: Terstriep, A. & Angstmann, M. (2025): Harnessing Societal Innovativeness for Transformative Regional Development. IAT discussion paper, 2025 (02). Gelsenkirchen: Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.53190/dp/202502 Abstract	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads:
2025	2025: Integrating Manufacturing: Strategies and Legal Approaches Dealing With Noise Conflicts in German Urban Planning Citation: Meyer, K., Sievers, L., Gärtner, S., Schoppengerd, J. & Söfker-Rieniets, A. (2025): Integrating Manufacturing: Strategies and Legal Approaches Dealing With Noise Conflicts in German Urban Planning. Urban Planning, 10, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.i436 Abstract	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2025	2025: Reviewing Environmental Benefits of Urban Manufacturing: Arguments and Evidence fro Carbon, Resource, and Space Efficiency Citation: Angstmann, M., Meyer, K., Gärtner, S. & Stratmann, L. (2025): Reviewing Environmental Benefits of Urban Manufacturing: Arguments and Evidence fro Carbon, Resource, and Space Efficiency. Urban Planning, 10, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.10039 Abstract	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2024	2024: Ecosys4you partnership (2024): A Shortlist of Education and Support Activities. Deliverable 1.3 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme Citation: Butzin, A., Flögel, F., Meyer, K. & Rabadjieva, M. (IAT-WH GE) (2024): Ecosys4you partnership (2024): A Shortlist of Education and Support Activities. Deliverable 1.3 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. , 2024 (D1.3), 1-18. Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.	Document type: Report	Links / Downloads:
2024	2024: Globally responsible urban and economic development: Municipal Approaches to Circular Economy Citation: Gangnus, D. & Meyer, K. (2024): Globally responsible urban and economic development: Municipal Approaches to Circular Economy. Forschung Aktuell, 2024 (09). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik, Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen. https://doi.org/10.53190/fa/202409en	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads:
2024	2024: Heterogeneity of urban manufacturing – a statistical analysis of manufacturing companies in three German cities Citation: Meyer, K. & Schonlau, M. (2024): Heterogeneity of urban manufacturing – a statistical analysis of manufacturing companies in three German cities. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2024.2337305	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2024	2024: Potential and Venture's Biographies Analysis. Deliverable 1.2 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme Citation: Butzin, A., Flögel, F., Meyer, K. & Rabadjieva, M. (IAT-WH GE) (2024): Potential and Venture's Biographies Analysis. Deliverable 1.2 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. , 2024 (D1.2). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.	Document type: Report	Links / Downloads:
2024	2024: Regional banks and economic resilience: the impact of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 on countries with decentralised and centralised banking systems Citation: Flögel, F. & Hejnova, T. (2024): Regional banks and economic resilience: the impact of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 on countries with decentralised and centralised banking systems. Finance and Space, 1 (1), 460-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/2833115X.2024.2418860	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2023	2023: High-tech development for "left behind" places: lessons-learnt from the Ruhr cybersecurity ecosystem Citation: Butzin, A. & Flögel, F. (2023): High-tech development for "left behind" places: lessons-learnt from the Ruhr cybersecurity ecosystem. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsad041	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2023	2023: Injecting climate finance into SME lending in Germany: Opportunities for and limitations of regional savings and cooperative Banks Citation: Flögel, F. (2023): Injecting climate finance into SME lending in Germany: Opportunities for and limitations of regional savings and cooperative Banks. ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2023, 13. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfw-2022-0011	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2023	2023: Next Generation Small Urban Manufacturing: Apprentices' Perspective on Location Factors, Mixed-Use, and Shared Spaces Citation: Meyer, K. (2023): Next Generation Small Urban Manufacturing: Apprentices' Perspective on Location Factors, Mixed-Use, and Shared Spaces. Urban Planning, 8 ((4)). https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i4.7040	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: Analysis of the historical structural change in the German hard coal mining Ruhr area Citation: Dahlbeck, E., Gärtner, S., Best, B., Kurwan, J., Wehnert, T. & Beutel, J. (2022): Analysis of the historical structural change in the German hard coal mining Ruhr area (case study). CLIMATE CHANGE, 2021 (30).	Document type: Report	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: Handbook on urban production: Potentials, pathways, measures Citation: Bathen, A., Bunse, J., Gärtner, S., Meyer, K., Lindner, A., Schambelon, S., Schonlau, M. & Westhoff, S. (2022): Handbook on urban production: Potentials, pathways, measures ([Translation-Editors: Castro, A., Panitz, N. & Wascher, E. by T-Factor project] ). Bochum: UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr.	Document type: Report	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: High-tech left behind Citation: Butzin, A. & Flögel, F. (2022): High-tech left behind. IAT discussion paper, 22 (04). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics - the economics of social innovation Citation: Terstriep, J. & Rehfeld, D. (2022): Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics - the economics of social innovation. In Terstriep, J. & Rehfeld, D. (eds.), The Economics of Social Innovation (11). Abingdon, New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003291510	Document type: Article in	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: Manifesto "Reframing Multicultural and Migrant Entrepreneurship" Citation: David, A., Terstriep, J., Alvarez Monge, A. M. & Boga, N. (2022): Manifesto "Reframing Multicultural and Migrant Entrepreneurship".	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: Private Equity in Germany: An assessment of transactions, structures and players Citation: Scheuplein, C. (2022): Private Equity in Germany: An assessment of transactions, structures and players. Study der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, February 2022 (470). Hans-Böckler-Stiftung.	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: The Economics of Social Innovation Citation: Terstriep, J. & Rehfeld, D. (eds.) (2022): The Economics of Social Innovation. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003291510	Document type: Book collection	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: The global wealth chains of private-equity-run physician practices Citation: Bůžek, R. & Scheuplein, C. (2022): The global wealth chains of private-equity-run physician practices. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 113 (4), 331-347. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12519	Document type: Journal article	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr - Urban production as a local strategy Citation: Gärtner, S., Meyer, K. & Schambelon, S. (2022): UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr - Urban production as a local strategy. Research and Development at the Westphalian University. Research Report 2018-2021, 21. Gelsenkirchen: Westfälische Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences.	Document type: Report	Links / Downloads:
2022	2022: UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr – Urban production as a local strategy Citation: Gärtner, S., Meyer, K. & Schambelon, S. (2022): UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr – Urban production as a local strategy. Research and development at the Westphalian University: research report, 21. Gelsenkirchen: Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences.	Document type: Report	Links / Downloads:
2021	2021: The Effects of Regional Banks on Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis. A Cross-Country Comparison of the European Countries Citation: Flögel, F. & Hejnová, T. (2021): The Effects of Regional Banks on Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis. A Cross-Country Comparison of the European Countries. IAT discussion paper, 21 (01). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.	Document type: Internet document	Links / Downloads: