Capita Selecta in Economics and Geography

FaculteitFaculty of Geosciences

NiveauBachelor

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

Please note: the information in the course manual is binding.

At the end of the course the student is:

familiar with the breadth of topics in regional science, including those at its scientific frontier.
able to see geo-economic events in an evolutionary perspective.
able to describe and understand pressing current issues of e.g. uneven economic development, technological innovation and sustainable transition using a mixture of economic and geographic insights.

The course also covers the following aspects of academic and analytical skills:

you learn to employ geographical-economical reasoning on a variety of new topics in a creative yet clear manner.
you are able to apply skills of analytical reading, to synthesise the course material and to produce a piece of (convincing) argumentative storytelling.

Content

This course represents the final instalment of your Geography minor. Having acquired geographical glasses to match your economic insights, we will investigate a range of current issues at the intersection of the two fields. These are fields of on-going research and debate but also of great societal relevance. The overarching theme of these topics are differences in wealth and economic dynamism between regions and the role of transformation processes that may influence the distribution of economic activity.

The course approaches this theme through various interrelated topics: Evolutionary Economic Geography, Geography of Innovation, Geography of Sustainability and Digital Transition. The course features a range of lectures by specialists on these topics, and students have an active role in engaging with the topics.

The first block provides lectures by leading researchers on selected topics, that will be the foundation for the exam.

The final block is reserved for the research proposal assignment. A group research proposal will be drafted on one of the lecture topics of the course and given into a peer-review process before it will be finally submitted.

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