Die NOZ hat über die Einführungswoche unseres neuen Masterstudiengangs Geographie: Gesellschaft - Umwelt Zukunft berichtet. In der Einführungswoche wurde 4 Tage zum Weiterbau der A33 geforscht. "Für die Studenten war das Projekt eine Herausforderung, auf die sie gerne zurückschauen. „Es war spannend, in ein Forschungsprojekt geworfen zu werden“, sagt Eric Husemann" schreibt dazu die NOZ.
#geographieuos #erdkunde #guz #uniosnabrück #geographie #A33
Welche Erwartungen Unternehmen und Institutionen im geplanten Osnabrücker #LokViertel an die berufliche Qualifikation ihrer künftigen Mitarbeiter:innen stellen, untersuchen wir in einer aktuell laufenden Studie.
#Osnabrück #Geographie
https://os-rundschau.de/os-und-umzu/universitaet-hochschulen/das-lok-viertel-im-fokus-der-forschung/
Die Ausbreitung digitaler Plattformen in der #Logistik wirkt sich negativ auf die #Arbeitsbedingungen in der Branche aus. #Betriebsräte & #Gewerkschaften finden darauf kaum passende Antworten.
Neues Working-Paper von Philip Verfürth, Veronique Helwing und mir: Digitale Business-to-Business-Plattformen im Logistiksektor. Auswirkungen auf Arbeit und Reaktionen von Betriebsräten und Gewerkschaften, Working Paper Forschungsförderung 272, Düsseldorf: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. https://www.boeckler.de/de/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-008542
In diesem Working Paper werden die Auswirkungen digitaler Business-to-Business Plattformen auf die Arbeitsbedingungen in der Logistikbranche in Deutschland untersucht. Zudem werden die resultierenden Reaktionen von Betriebsräten und Gewerkschaften auf die insbesondere im Straßengütertransport weit verbreiteten Plattformmodelle aufgezeigt. Es wird deutlich, dass gängige Plattformen negative Folgen für die Arbeitsbedingungen in Logistikunternehmen haben, Betriebsräte und Gewerkschaften bisher jedoch kaum passende Antworten auf diese Entwicklungen finden.
Du willst die Zukunft aktiv gestalten? Der Studiengang „#Geographie: Gesellschaft – Umwelt – Zukunft“ (GUZ) an der #UniversitätOsnabrück stellt die Zukunftsorientierung in den Mittelpunkt. Viele der großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen – z.B. #Umweltverschmutzung, #Globalisierung & #Klimawandel – kann nur begegnet werden, wenn die klassischen Grenzen zwischen naturwissenschaftlichem & sozialwissenschaftlichem Denken überwunden werden. In #GUZ lernst du genau das!
War COVID-19 ein Treiber für die #Digitalisierung des Einzelhandels?
Neuer Artikel von Christopher Herb, Carla Friedrich & Cordula Neiberger im #Standort - Zeitschrift für angewandte #Geographie untersucht die Fallbeispiele #Düren, #Eschweiler, #Heinsberg & #Baesweiler
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed major challenges not only to society but also to business, including the retail sector in particular. Although online retailers benefited from lockdowns and the closure of local stores, brick-and-mortar retailers were cut off from their main source of income overnight. The latter has been undergoing structural change for decades and has recently had to face new challenges as a result of extensive social and economic digitalization. Our article deals with the question of the extent to which retailers felt compelled to undertake increased digitization as a consequence of the COVID-19 lockdowns. We consider different online strategies, ranging from complete inactivity to a comprehensive online strategy (online shops, supported by social media activity). In order to visualize the development over the last years as well as over three COVID-19 lockdowns, the study presents a comparison of two survey dates (2017/2018 and 2021) based on four medium-sized towns in North Rhine-Westphalia (Baesweiler, Düren, Eschweiler, Heinsberg). It can be seen that the digitalization process is progressing in general, although the extent of digital activities is strongly dependent on the respective form of organization. In addition, differences can also be seen with regard to the size of the medium-sized towns.
Bedarf für die #Paketzustellung durch #Drohnen – eine Alternative für die Versorgung schwer erreichbarer Gebiete?
Neuer Artikel im #Standort - Zeitschrift für angewandte #Geographie von A. Path, K. Schaefer, A. Straubinger & A. Habersetzer
The supply of the North Frisian Islands and Halligen is strongly characterized by their dependency on tides, weather, and seasons. This study examines whether supplying these difficult-to-reach areas with transport drones would have the potential to fill possible supply gaps to contribute to the alignment of living conditions with those of the mainland. Qualitative interviews with stakeholders in the region indicate that the seasonality of ferries leads to supply constraints, especially for time-critical goods. Although local residents have developed adaptation strategies such as stockpiling, there are always short-term unmet needs for specialty goods. A drone concept developed using existing regional supply routes shows that the use of drones has the potential to improve the supply situation by supplementing existing shipping. However, the majority of respondents are skeptical about the use of drones. The concerns expressed are mainly related to environmental protection, sustainability, tourist appeal, and the ability of drones to operate in adverse weather conditions. Thus, it can be seen that the acceptance of new technologies by the population is a core challenge for the successful solution of supply bottlenecks by transport drones and must receive central attention in addition to the investigation of the technical and economic feasibility of such concepts.
In recent decades, the further development of existing commercial areas has played a subordinate role in planning and commercial development. In the context of the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system, it is important to pay new attention to these spaces and to try out new approaches . The concept of industrial symbiosis is aimed at creating energy and material flows in the form of a complementary use of by-products by neighbouring industries. Collaborations between neighbouring companies aimed at increasing energy and resource efficiency across companies also exist in Germany. Although these do not necessarily include networks, the existing interconnections between companies nevertheless show opportunities to exploit new potentials by the networking of representatives of industrial and commercial areas. The article looks at the extent to which the concept of symbiosis is suitable for implementation in heterogeneous existing commercial areas. For this purpose, guideline-based interviews were conducted with representatives from economic development, area management and planning.