In the paper “Re‐thinking urban infrastructures as spaces of learning” Leonie Tuitjer and Anna-Lisa Müller contribute to the growing debate in social and cultural geography on urban infrastructures. They propose to re‐think urban infrastructures not only as socio‐material configurations, but more specifically as important spaces for learning. Given the increasing spatial mobility of populations (e.g., as refugees, migrants, expatriates, and tourists), as well as the accelerating pace of infrastructural change (e.g., in the name of Smart City developments) it has become more salient than ever to open‐up urban infrastructural research more explicitly towards critical inquiries of learning. The paper is published open access in Geography Compass.
Tuitjer, L.; Müller, A.-L. (2020): Rethinking urban infrastructures as spaces of learning. Geography Compass, online first. DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12552
In the paper "Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda" Lukas Haefner and Rolf Sternberg summarize previous findings on the spatial implications of digitization based on an extensive literature review. In particular, they contrast two perspectives on how rural regions are affected by digitization compared to urban regions. It becomes clear that there are considerable research gaps on the question of how economic effects of digitization differ regionally. Based on the summary of the current state of research, they identify and describe four research areas in which research gaps exist and which appear worthwhile to address. The paper is published open access in Geography Compass.
Haefner, L.; Sternberg, R. (2020): Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda. Geography Compass, 14(12), e12544. DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12544
