Collaborative Workspaces Beyond the Urban: Economy, Community and Regional Development

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Vasilis Avdikos Suntje Schmidt

Collaborative Workspaces Beyond the Urban

Name: Collaborative Workspaces Beyond the Urban
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ISBN: 9789819690589

Economy, Community and Regional Development

Vasilis Avdikos, Suntje Schmidt, Ilaria Mariotti , Ignasi Capdevila

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Palgrave Macmillan
10 February 2026

Human geography; Economic geography

Series: New Geographies of Europe

This Open Access book explores the contemporary socio-economic challenges that European non-urban areas face, illuminating how collaborative workspaces (CWS) contribute to tackling them in multiple ways. Collaborative workspaces (such as coworking spaces, fab labs, creative hubs, etc.) for freelancers, self-employed, remote workers and start-ups are increasingly becoming a subject of local and regional economic development policies as they are considered important intermediaries that help deliver entrepreneurial development and local innovation agendas. There has also been a rise in CWS in less densely populated communities in rural and peripheral regions across the European Union that face particular challenges such as brain drain, low investment levels, and low levels of entrepreneurship. These non-urban CWS differ in terms of scopes, functions and impacts compared to those in urban centers. The contributions in this volume unpack the development processes of CWS in rural, suburban, remote and peripheral areas, their wider economic, social and community impacts at the local and regional level, as well as at the level of the individual worker and the enterprise. The book brings together contributions from a broad range of scientific disciplines, including social and economic geography, economics, business studies, architecture, planning, gender studies, and management studies.

Edited by: Vasilis Avdikos, Suntje Schmidt, Ilaria Mariotti, Ignasi Capdevila, Thilo Lang
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9789819690589
ISBN 10: 9819690587
Series: New Geographies of Europe
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 10 February 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Vasilis Avdikos, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. Prof. Dr. Suntje Schmidt, Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Dr. Ilaria Mariotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Dr. Ignasi Capdevila, PSB Paris School of Business, France. Dr. Thilo Lang Leibniz, Institute for Regional Geography and University of Leipzig, Germany. Vera Fabinyi, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece.