Prof. Dr. Heike Mayer

Unit Leader Economic Geography

Economic Geography

Phone
+41 31 684 88 86
E-Mail
heike.mayer@unibe.ch
Office
211
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Geography
Economic Geography
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland
Consultation Hour
by agreement

Research

Research Interests

  • Industry Geography and Geographies of Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation and Learning from a Relational and Evolutionary Economic Geography Perspective
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Second Tier Regions and Peripheral / Rural Areas
  • The Economic Geography of Capital Cities
  • Regional and Economic Development Policy and Practice
  • Globalization and Placemaking (Slow Cities, Slow Food, small town development, resilience)
     

Curriculum vitae
09/2009 - present Full Professor, Economic Geography, University of Bern
06/2011 - present Member, Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED), University of Bern
04/2011 - present Adjunct Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA
01/2016 - 12/2017 Director, Institute of Geography, University of Bern
08/2008 - 08/2009 Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech, USA
Co-Director, Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech, USA
04/2008 - 09/2008
 Visiting Professor, Economic Geography, University of Bayreuth, Germany
(W3-Lehrstuhlvertretung für Prof. J. Maier)
08/2007 - 06/2008
 Acting Director and Associate Chair, Urban Affairs and Planning Program, Alexandria Center, National Capital Region, Virginia Tech, USA
08/2003 - 07/2008 Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning Program, Virginia Tech
School of Public and International Affairs, College of Architecture and Urban Studies (from 2003 to 2005 in Blacksburg)
09/1998 - 06/2003 Research Assistant, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, Portland State University, Oregon, USA
CV Heike Mayer (PDF, 616KB)

Publications

Publication Year Type

Professional Activities and Services

Membership and Outreach Activities
Membership and Outreach Activities
Since 2018 Member of the editorial board of International Journal of Community Well-Being
Since 2018 Section editor “Economic Geography” for Geography Compass
Since 2017 Member of the editorial board of the journal Geography Compass (Economic Geography)
Since 2014 Member of the editorial boards of the journals Erdkunde und Competitiveness Review
Since 2013 Representative of the university research centers in the Senate, University of Bern
2012 - 2015
Member, Swiss Federal Commission for Urban and Regional Planning (Rat für Raumordnung; appointed by the Bundesrat)
Since 2011 Board member of the Geographischen Gesellschaft Bern
Since 2009 Member of the Editorial Board, Economic Development Quarterly
2009 - 2014
ERASMUS-Coordinator at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern
2011 - 2014
Professor (Betreuungsdozierende) for the Swiss Study Foundation (Schweizer Studienstiftung)
2010 - 2013 Board Member of the Swiss Association for Spatial Planning and Regional Policy Studies (ROREP)
2007 Member of the Academic Advisory Board for 2007 National conference of The Competitiveness Institute;
Member of the organizing committee of Academic Summit
2005 - 2007 Organizer of the New Metropolis Lectures, Virginia Tech, Alexandria Campus, USA
2005 - 2008
 Chair & Committee member for the Student Paper Competiton of the American Planning Association (Economic Development Division) 

Reviewer for:

  • National Science Foundation, Geography and Regional Science Unit
  • Taylor & Francis
  • Routledge
  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Cities
  • Canadian Journal of Regional Science
  • Administration & Society
  • Economic Development Quarterly
  • Research Policy
  • Progress in Planning
  • State and Local Government Review
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice