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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), in cooperation with the City of Vienna and the Centre for Public Administration Research (KDZ), invites you to the Spring Seminar 2025:

 

Growing Cities vs. Shrinking Countryside in Central Europe

 

Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 08:30 am (CEST)

Venue: Wappensaal, Vienna City Hall, first floor, Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Vienna

 

As the number of seats is limited, please register here:

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As keynote speakers we are happy to announce:

  • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Princesa de Asturias Chair and Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Kata Tüttő, President of the European Committee of the Regions, Brussels

Other discussants (in alphabetical order):

  • Rudiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division in the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities, Paris
  • Dubravko Bilić, Mayor of Ludbreg
  • Andrej Horvat, Deputy Programme Director, U-LEAD with Europe, Kyiv
  • Heidrun Maier-de Kruijff, Director of the VÖWG Association of the Public Sector and Public Economy, Vienna
  • Ivana Marković, Mayor of Supetar
  • Jakub Mazur, Deputy Mayor Wroclaw (tbc)
  • Thomas Prorok, Managing Director, Centre of Public Administration Research (KDZ), Vienna
  • Alexandra Sandu, Lecturer in Human Geography, Cardiff University
  • Thomas Schwab, Senior Expert European Economics, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin
  • Peter Wieser, Head of the City of Vienna Municipal Department for Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistics (MA 23), Vienna

Please find attached the programme of the event.


We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Yours sincerely,

For the President

Dr. Mario Holzner
wiiw Executive Director

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