Coordinated by longtime UQ|UP collaborator Stuart Donovan, this course runs over three days: from 3-5 July, at Southbank. The course builds from similar courses that Stuart has delivered in Amsterdam and Auckland. The earlybird price, which ends in February, is set at $900, on which students receive a 50% discount. The course is designed to … Continue reading
Title A City-Networks Perspective on the Global Economy Abstract A popular approach to conceptualising the global economy has been through the lens of network science, in which cities act as economic ‘hubs’, and the connections between them as ‘spokes’. Such connections refer to various types of flows, including information, resources, and capital. This presentation … Continue reading
The decarbonisation of the economy would bring multiple benefits but also costs. In particular, some of the costs will be focused on regions that economically rely on industries linked to high carbon footprints. To underpin informed decision making for future transitions, we propose an ‘economic vulnerability to decarbonisation’ (EVD) index that aims to describe how … Continue reading
Abstract: Tirana, the Balkan capital examined in this study, displays patterns of gendered job search behavior and access, which are unique within contemporary Europe and even within post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe. Here, it is a rather spatially constricted job search range rather than transport poverty that prevents women living in first-ring suburbs from attaining … Continue reading