Ludwig Schätzl (Hannover)

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The future of economic geography in Germany
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Pages 139 - 144


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Structural changes in the German system of higher education exert increasing
        pressure on geography as an academic discipline. This paper discusses
        these forces of change from the viewpoint of a university manager before
        evaluating the resulting impacts and challenges for economic geography.
        It is argued that to survive in an increasingly competitive academic environment,
        the discipline needs to strengthen its profile and focus on its core competencies.
        Rather than following the route of a &#8220;cultural turn&#8221; or building
        walls to separate economic geography from economics, the author argues
        for a closer collaboration with economists in both research and teaching.

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