Dr. Steve Harding, Birmingham City University
Prof. Dr. Bastian Lange, Leipzig / Vechta
Prof. Ilaria Mariotti, Politecnico di Milano
ABSTRACT
Digitization has paved the way to flexible work locations worldwide. Coworking spaces, pioneers of new working spaces, host freelancers and small firms. The recent Covid-19 pandemic crisis and the growth of remote working have speeded-up this trend, offering new opportunities for the peripheral areas to regain people, places, and perspectives. To what extent will European peripheries profit from this process?