International PhD course in Economic Geography University

Overview

Location Utrecht University, The Netherlands

We invite PhD students to apply for this year’s International PhD course in Economic Geography. The course gives an overview of current research in Economic Geography, provides space to discuss your own research projects and is a great way to meet peers and senior scholars alike!

Place:
Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Period: 20 April – 24 April, 27 April – 30 April

Ron Boschma (Utrecht University/Stavanger University), Carolina Castaldi (Utrecht University), Koen Frenken (Utrecht University), Kerstin Schaefer (Utrecht University), Bjorn Asheim (Stavanger University), Pierre-Alex Balland (Centre for European Policy Studies/Harvard University), Christian Binz (Eawag/Lund University), Elisa Giuliani (Pisa University), Huiwen Gong (Stavanger University), Eveline van Leeuwen (Wageningen University and Research), Andrea Morrison (Pavia University), Raquel Ortega-Argilés (Productivity Lab, Manchester Business School), Andrés Rodriguez-Pose (London School of Economics and Political Sciences), Elvira Uyarra (Manchester Business School/University of Western Norway)

Registration fee: 250€, participants need to cover travel expenditures themselves

Registration deadline: 16 February 2026

More information on course content:

Potential candidates of the course should provide the following information:

Applicants will be informed about their participation on 23 February 2026 at the latest

We are excited to see many of you there!