{"id":49011,"date":"2026-02-04T18:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolenforschung.uaruhr.de\/?post_type=forschung&p=49011"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:02:09","slug":"wissensmetropolen","status":"publish","type":"forschung","link":"https:\/\/metropolenforschung.uaruhr.de\/en\/forschung\/wissensmetropolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Metropolises"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The increasing relevance of knowledge for both the economy and society is expressed in the concepts of \u2018knowledge economy\u2019 and \u2018knowledge society\u2019. The spatial density of knowledge carriers and interactions promotes the development, dissemination and application of knowledge and turns metropolitan spaces into nuclei of crystallization for the knowledge economy and the knowledge society. This tendency manifests itself in the current discourse around reurbanization, among others. In the course of its structural transformation, the Ruhr Conurbation has become a dense and diverse research landscape composed of both universities and other research institutions. Nonetheless, compared to other metropolitan spaces, many indicators suggest deficits in the developmental state of knowledge economy and knowledge society. With this in mind, the research field \u201cKnowledge Metropolises\u201d aims to combine the perspectives of various disciplines to examine current challenges of research, knowledge economy and knowledge society \u2013 as well as their interdependencies \u2013 and their management in metropolitan spaces. Due to its particular challenges, the Ruhr Area lends itself as both a starting point and a diagnostic space (\u201cresearch lab\u201d), although it will also be compared to other metropolitan spaces nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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