V Edition of the Summer School on Workplace Management Co-organized by Cost Action CA18214 will be held in Milan, Italy. Application Deadline May 22, 2022! See full program in the article.
The European Workshop ‘COST Action CA18214 -The Geography of New Working Spaces and Impact on the Periphery) meets policy makers, stakeholders and researchers’, will be held on May 18, 2022, from 13.30 to 16.30, online. See agenda and info in the article!
Happy to announce our First Working Paper 'Exploring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on NeWSps: worldwide narratives by academia and media' and the Research Gate Profile of the CA18214
Happy to announce the Coworking Symposium and National workshop of Czech Republic, will be held on December 8, 2022, Prague, co-organized by Marko Orel and CA18214.
Two book reviews of New Workplaces—Location Patterns, Urban Effects and Development Trajectories. A Worldwide Investigation (Eds by our COST Members I Mariotti, S. Di Vita & M. Akavan) are out.
CA18214 promotes the early career investigators which are the researchers who are within a time span of up to 8 years from the date they obtained their PhD/doctorate (full-time equivalent), as well as the gender equality.
If you have missed the two special sessions (co) organized by CA18214 at the RSA 2021, Regions in Recovery E-Festival, Regional Studies Association, 2-18 June 2021, you will find the links to the recordings in the article.
The Third newsletter of the COST Action CA18214 is out. The Newsletter aims to inform you about the main activities of the network and the current work of the WGs. You will also find the most important actions and dates within the current Grant Period. Enjoy the reading!
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Future of Working Spaces Edited volume Routledge-RSA Regions & Cities Book Series – Regions, Cities and Covid-19. Edited by Ilaria Mariotti (IT), Mina Di Marino (NO) and Pavel Bednář (CZ).The Routledge book is under press!
The 4th SUMMER SCHOOL ON WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT 2021 which is co-organized with COST Action CA18214 will start on June 28th online. Look at the promo video and flyer to know more!
The COST members have been very active in organizing 7 special sessions in upcoming international conferences. The main focus is on New Working Spaces and impacts of COVID-19. Thanks to the organizers and participants! More info in the article!
Practitioners and scholars come together to tackle the transformation of coworking and new working spaces in the post-pandemic world. On April 15th, 4 researchers from CA18214 will animate the Coworking Symposium 2021. Info in the article!
This 10 min read blog introduces and discusses two coworking spaces managed by Regus and Spaces in Nydalen district (Oslo). Blog by Helyaneh Aboutalebi Tabrizi, WG Member of CA18214.
A special session is co-organized by CA18214 and Coral at 2021 Regions in Recovery E-Festival, Regional Studies Association, 2-18 June 2021. All info available in the article! Abstract deadline March 17, 2021
Congrats to the four COST members, P Bednář (CZ), I Mariotti (IT), F Rossi (IT) and L Danko (CZ) who have recently published 'The Evolution of Coworking Spaces in Milan and Prague: Spatial Patterns, Diffusion, and Urban Change'. Info in the article!
Congrats to the 3 COST members, Alessandra Migliore (IT) Chiara Tagliaro (IT) and Irene Manzini (UK), who have recently published an interesting book chapter 'Beyond Coworking: From Flexible to Hybrid Spaces' . More info in the article!
Roundtable«Collaborative spaces: new models and new geography, with COST Action CA18214 ‘The geography of New Working Spaces and impact on the periphery’'The link to the Youtube video in the article
The program of the 5th RGCS Symposium is now available. The symposium is organized by RGCS group and CA18214 and other university and research partners.
Coworking can make the suburban and rural areas more attractive? An interesting interview to Mina Di Marino, the Science Communicaton Manager of the Action
The book 'New workplaces - Location patterns, urban effects and development trajectories' edited by Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Akhavan and Stefano di Vita is out for preorder!
The COST Action aims to exchange visits which support researchers’ individual mobility, strengthen existing networks and foster collaboration. Deadline November 16, 2020.
The next seminar on 'Regional Sovereignty from the point of view of new working and living conditions in peripheries' will be held on November 4 from 2.30 4 p.m.
A new webinar on 'Collaborative Spaces and supporting policies in times of pandemic. What are practical measures for policy makers post-Covid19 to help build innovative solutions with collaborative spaces?'
We are happy to announce the call for paper for the 5th RGCS (Research Group Collaborative Spaces) symposium 'Collaborative practices, workspaces and communities in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis' .
The COST members, Ilaria Mariotti, Pavel Bednar, Tuzin Baycan, Amnon Frenkel have organized a parallel session at ERSA conference 2020, PS42-New working spaces, digital transformations and peripheral areas'.
Smart Working and Coworking. A new webinar will be held on July 23rd, 6 p.m. (Italian language). Our COST member Cecilia Manzo will moderate the discussion with four Italian stakeholders.
Second week of the International and Interdisciplinary Summer School on Workplace and Management (REC polimi, DASTUPolimi, in collaboration with CA18214)
The COST Members of the COST Action CA18214 have organized several webinars with the major focus on the impacts of COVID-19 on New Working Spaces and the potentials of the peripheral and rural areas.
On June 30, at 3 p.m., a new webinar will focus on public libraries as co-working and maker spaces in the Nordic countries. Mina Di Marino will discuss with Sanna Huttunen, specialized librarian, from the Central Library Oodi, Helsinki.
Thursday the 25th of June, 5pm UK time / 6pm ITA time, we will meet for a new webinar of the CA18214: "Working in post-COVID times: may local coworking be the future trend?" Irene Manzini Ceinar will moderate the session.
June 24th from 2.30 to 4 p.m. CET. The seminar will be moderated by Viktoria Heinzel M.A. (CREAM/ Stuttgart Media University) and Dr. Bastian Lange PD (University of Leipzig / Founder of Multiplicities-Berlin), MCmember of the COST Action CA18214.
The MC member of the CA18214 Mina Di Marino wrote a blog on the role of public libraries in Norway and Finland. The public libraries are still places of learning and social encounters, but more recently, spaces for working.
Multiplicities is talking about the COST Action CA18214. Founder of Multiplicities Berlin is the MC Member Dr. Bastian Lange, PD University of Leipzig, Germany.
In this communication, you will find information regarding our progress over the first six months, plans for the future, and how you can continue to actively engage with the Action through our communication strategies. Please see the attached pdf in the article
June 11th at 4 p.m. CET: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/104469412826, This RGCS Open Seminar will be devoted to the exploration of coworking spaces across different urban contexts. Coordinated by Emannuel Costa (UDESC, Brazil) and having Janet Merkel (TU-Berlin, Germany) and Ilaria Mariotti (Polimi, Italy, and Chair of the CA18214) as speaking guests, it will be an opportunity to talk and compare the dynamics of entrepreneurial communities in Brazil and Europe.
Coworking and real estate in post-pandemic times: what long-term strategies? Next webinar on June 10, 6 p.m. Chiara Tagliaro, WG member of the Cost Action CA18214, will discuss with Francesco Barbieri, Luca Pasqualotto, Veronica Coli and Alessandro Morelli the current situation and future trajectories of coworking spaces and real estate
On June 3rd at 3 p.m., a new webinar will focus on public libraries as co-working and maker spaces. Mina Di Marino, MC Member of the COST Action CA18214, will discuss with Sanna Huttunen and Sampo Matikainen from the Central Library Oodi, Helsinki. In the webinar, we want to understand the role and functions of co-working and maker spaces in public libraries and impacts of Covid.
On Thursday the 28th of May at 5pm (Italian time) - 4pm (UK time) we will be live on Facebook with the next webinar on gender issues and parents in smart-working due to the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.facebook.com/COSTActionCA18214NeW.Sp
The Action Chair, Ilaria Mariotti and Dante Di Matteo, PhD candidate at Politecnico di Milano, have written an interesting article entitled Coworking spaces and pandemic Covid-19: will peripheral areas matter? A short description of the article is available at RSAI newsletter and at the link in the article.
The recording of the webinar interviews is now available athttps://www.facebook.com/COSTActionCA18214NeW.Sp. The COSTAction Chair, Ilaria Mariotti, discussed the effects of COVID on new working spaces with 3 COSTmember: Ignasi Capdevilla, Heike Mayer and Patricia Melo. Link to the video available in the article.
COST Members are currently supervising several PhD students on the topics related to the COSTAction. New PhD positions are available in the institutions of our COST Members. To this end, at the Politecnico di Milano, the Action Chair, Ilaria Mariotti is going to supervise a doctoral candidate. Have a look at the article for more info on the PhD position.
Live webinar on Saturday 2nd May at 2 p.m..'COWORKING in COVID-19 EMERGENCY'. Carolina Pacchi MC member of the COST Action CA18214 will moderate the meeting and will interview directors, managers and co-founders of coworking and centres for social innovation from Norway, UK, Indonesia and USA.THE RECORDING OF THE INTERVIEWS IS NOW AVAILABLE AThttps://www.facebook.com/COSTActionCA18214NeW.Sp
The COSTAction has recently published several interesting stories around COST Actions and COVID-19 that you might be interested in. See for example the articles on COST Actions unite efforts in the fight against covide 19 and Coating network fights against future pandemics
The first four young researchers have been granted and ready for the STSMs. The plans of the four STSMs were presented by the researchers at the 2nd COST Meeting at Politecnico di Milano, February 12-14, 2020. Two early career researshers are now in STSM in USA (Cornell University, College of Human Ecology) and Italy (Politecnico di Milano, Milan).
The research partners were involved in the 3 days activities at the Politecnico di Milano and around the City of Milan. The 4 working groups discussed about the outcomes of the first four months of the research. Then, the Management Committee Members attended the 2nd COST Meeting and made important decisions on the future of the Action.
The 1st Call ITC CG was launched and offered 2 grants of the total cost of 2,000 Euro, i.e. 1000 EUR per selected Grantee. The applications were temporarly suspended due to the coronavirus.
The COST Action opened a call for graphic designers on prototyping an Action logo last December 2, 2019. The contest was open to any student from universities and organisations included in the Action. Notification of logo design results was sent on January 24, 2020. The winners are Alessandra Pellarano, Silvia Caldi and Alessia Petra Epifano, who are students at the Politecnico di Milano. They were invited to join the 2nd COST meeting at Politecnico di Milano, February 12-14, 2020.
October 1, 2019, marked the start of the Action. Management Committee Members from 26 participating countries attended the 1st COST Meeting and made important decisions on the future of the Action.
The COST Action CA18214 'The geography of New Working Spaces and the impact on the periphery' focuses on i) sharing the scientific outcomes on new working spaces (definitions, typologies and geographical distributions) ii) comparing the best practices and direct and indirect impacts with a particular focus on the periphery iii) sharing the policy tools across the countries.
The CA18214 provides a interdisciplinary perspective on New Working Spaces which are classified as follows: i) collaborative and creative working spaces (coworking spacesand smart work centres); (ii) makerspaces and other technical spaces (fablabs, open workshops); (iii) other new working spaces (hackerspaces, Living Lab and corporate labs); (iv) informal new working spaces (coffee shops and libraries).
