Max Roessler

My first open access publication is out in @RSRS_OA, thankfully funded by @regstud!✨The study expands our understanding of development traps and peripheral regions by showing how imaginaries held by key actors materialise and become regional realities. 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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New webinar series on regional inequalities and perceived left-behindness! With great support from the @ysi_commons and @regstud, @Crhistian__Joel and I, invite you to four fantastic webinars from July to November 2025. Details and registration: ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/ysi-rsa-…

Still buzzing from the great @regstud conference in Porto and grateful for a fantastic #RSA25 experience, looking back on inspiring talks and special sessions - happy to be part of such a vibrant community! 🙌 Thanks to everyone who organised, shared and connected! 😁

To all #PhD students and early careers working on topics related to Economic Geography: Please check out our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany) at the end of August 2025. 👇 yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-workshop-…

Just published! Markus Grillitsch, Johan Miörner, Daniel Schiller and I examine the role of narratives in place leadership, their influence on perceptions of regional opportunity spaces and introduce a multiple-phase framework for their analysis. 💭 doi.org/10.1080/003434…

Super grateful for the opportunity to do a research visit at the Copernicus Institute in @GemeenteUtrecht! Huge thanks to @KFrenken, @KnuplingLouis, Kerstin Schäfer & @carcs20 for making me feel so welcome - at work and beyond. Dank je wel and see you soon! 🇳🇱✨

One year after the arson attack on #Tesla's #Gigafactory #Berlin-#Brandenburg, debates about local resistance and embeddedness of the #megaproject continue. Our research explores these complex dynamics and unpacks their symbolic value. 🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/cjres/…

I am excited to announce that the call for abstracts for this year's #YEGN Workshop on Agency and Regional Transformation is now open! Early-career researchers are invited to submit their abstracts by 15th April 2025. yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-workshop-…

Curious how symbolic value influences the settlement process and embeddedness of an industrial #megaproject? Discover our new open access #article on the #Tesla #Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg @CamJRES @OxUniPress with @PaulaPrenzel and Daniel Schiller!💥 doi.org/10.1093/cjres/…

📢 Call for Papers for SS10: Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindness. Submit your abstracts by 19 December 2024! 📝 @max_roessler @fiorentino_stef 🔗 More info: bit.ly/sspto25 #RSA25 #RegionalStudies

SS10: Regional Inequalities and Perceived Left-Behindness @max_roessler @Crhistian__Joel @fiorentino_stef would like your abstracts for their @regstud SS at #RSA25 for more info: bit.ly/sspto25 (12)

SS09: @fgoermar @max_roessler @maximilien_ben invite abstracts for their session at #RSA25: 'Grasping the Ideational Dimension: The Importance of Narratives, Visions and Imaginaries for Regional Development and how to study them' for ℹ️bit.ly/sspto25 @regstud (11)

📈Interested in regional development? Enjoy this short article out @RSRS_OA on regional development traps in Germany by @max_roessler - available in #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1080/216813…

Happily presented my latest paper on development traps, insights on the @RSRS_OA early career section, and a first look at our 2025 #YEGN Workshop at the well-organised @regstud early career conference in #Cambridge. #RSAEC doi.org/10.1080/216813…

This (EXCELLENT) paper expands the understanding of development traps and peripheral regions by showing how stories and imaginaries held by key actors materialise and become regional realities and calls for more place sensitivity. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @rodriguez_pose

Remaining in a development trap for long periods leads to discontent, causing social & political resentment towards a system that does not benefit left-behind areas. Excellent article by @max_roessler on why regions fall into traps. doi.org/10.1080/001300… doi.org/10.1080/216813…

@RSRS_OA @regstud I am grateful to be a part of the @RSRS_OA Early Career Paper Section and can only recommend the supportive process @PhDVoice! Many thanks to the editors @chandrimamukho1, @PughRhiannon, @jpeiropalomino and @dpsoetanto for providing the excellent section. regionalstudies.org/special_issue/…

My first open access publication is out in @RSRS_OA, thankfully funded by @regstud!✨The study expands our understanding of development traps and peripheral regions by showing how imaginaries held by key actors materialise and become regional realities. 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Exciting news! Together with @amraub, we are looking forward to meeting you at the #YEGN Workshop 2025 @uni_greifswald. Mark your calendars for 25.-28. August 2025 and find out more about the network, workshop topic and location on our webpage! 🥳 yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-workshop-…