Fokus: Baltic Sea

In this special episode of our podcast, Prof. Prenzel talks with participants of the VASAB Young Planners Summer School which took place in August at the University of Greifswald. Jingle by Daniel Martin Feige.

In episode five of our podcast, Prof. Dr Gesa zur Nieden, Dr Antje Kempe and Verena Liu present the research questions of the cluster The Topicality of Cultural Heritage. Learn more about the partly shared, partly divided cultural heritage in the Baltic Sea Region and listen in. Audio quotes: "L'Amour de Loin: Trailer" – Metropolitan Opera, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkhaI6Nv-8Y "Underwater acoustic signatures of glacier calving" – AGU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krnBUDVMk9c

In the fourth episode of our podcast Prof. Dr. Christine Tamásy and Dr. Miriam Richter-Tokar present the Cluster Regional Development and Rural Areas and its members. The research ideas of the cluster are presented in their diversity and the focus on rural areas, which has been left out of studies on regional development for too long, is explained. Above all, perception and discourses are to be considered when investigating the chances of rural areas in regional development. If you would like to learn more about the actors, services of general interest and entrepreneurship in rural areas, please listen in. (By now the episode is only available in German.)

In episode three of the IFZO podcast, Dr. Farid Karimi and Prof. Dr. Rodi present the Energy Cluster. They discuss the current and future possibilities of an energy transition in the Baltic Sea Region and explain why Greifswald, of all places, is the right place to do research on this topic.