URI_AW_2019

The purpose of this course is to provide students with skills and tools to enhance their academic writing. Over the course of four sessions, students will engage in a variety of tasks, including writing assignments, reading assignments, group discussions and debate, and oral presentations.

During this course, students will learn how to:

  • Structure ideas in academic writing: academic writing as ‘storytelling’
  • Understand the various types of writing and how this affects style, vocabulary and content
  • Discuss research in appropriate language for various audiences (scholarly and general)
  • Critique academic writing and how to respond to academic criticism (providing suggestions, accepting suggestions, defending decisions)
  • Present qualitative and quantitative analyses in a way that is meaningful and accessible
  • Writing concisely, accurately, and accessibly to communicate complex ideas

Relevant high-quality sources on academic citations/referencing, writing style guides, guides to presenting statistics, etc. will be provided.


URI_AUE_2019

In this seminar we are going to analyse in great depth various aspects of Advanced Urban Economics in order to obtain a better understanding of locational distributions of individuals, households, firms, capital and goods and services in cities. Students can largely decide which particular topic they find most interesting. Ultimately, we want to carry out an empirical project in student groups on a topic to be chosen by the students.

Potential areas of interest could be:

  • Agglomeration of households in hip neighbourhoods and the impact on housing prices
  • Neighbourhood choice and the impact of migration on cities
  • Industrial organisation in cities
  • Anything topical which students find of interest 

Globalisation

URI_HK_2019

Die Veranstaltung beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle von Wissen und Bildung für die Karriere des Einzelnen und für die Wirtschaft als Ganzes.

Sie besteht aus drei Komponenten:

1. Investitionen in Humankapital: Bildungsrendite und optimales Bildungsniveau, Bildung als Signal

2. Bildung und die Gesellschaft: Qualität von Bildung, Bildung in der dritten Welt, Bildung und Familien, bzw. Gesundheitsverhalten

3. Wissensökonomie: Produktion von Wissen, Wissenstransfer, Wissen als öffentliches Gut


Topics in Spatial Economics: Economics of Digitalisation

In this seminar we are going to analyse various aspects of the Economics of Digitisation in order to obtain a better understanding of the impact of the internet, in particular social media and international interconnectedness on any forms on economic activity. One important factor is that the internet mitigates information costs considerably as well as often rendering space insignificant. Students can largely decide which particular topic they find most interesting. However, it is essential that topics are analysed using state of the art scientific literature as well as empirical analysis. Ultimately, we want to carry out an empirical project in student groups on a topic to be chosen by the students.

 Potential areas of interest could be:

  • Does the internet render physical proximity unnecessary?
  • Is the internet replacing or complementing stationary economic activity?
  • How important is the internet for innovation? 


 

Programme:           Bachelor / Master Business and Economics
Master Spatial Planning
Language:
English
Module:

Bachelor Business and Economics: Module 11 (Wissenstransfer)

Master Business and Economics: Urbane, regionale und internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen II

Master Spatial Planning: Module 3: Urban Transformation
Credit Hours / Credit Points:

Bachelor Business and Economics: 2 SWS / 5 Credits

Master Business and Economics: 4 SWS / 7,5 Credits

Master Spatial Planning: 2 SWS / 2 Credits
Date / Room:
Tue, 14:15 - 15:45 / Geschoßbau I - 301
1st course:
10.04.2018