# Prof. Dr. Johannes Glückler

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Chair for Economic Geographies of the Future

Department of Geography

Economic Geography; Geographies of Knowledge; Networks; Institutions; Governance

**Office address:**

Luisenstraße 37

Room A 331

80333
Munich

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[Send an email](mailto:johannes.glueckler@lmu.de)

[+49 89 2180 - 4027](tel:+498921804027)

**Office hours:**

by arrangement by e-mail

Johannes Glückler holds the chair for [Economic Geographies of the Future](https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/research/economic-geography/research-glueckler/ "Link opens in a new window") and is Head of the [Economic Geography Group](https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/research/economic-geography/ "Link opens in a new window") at LMU Munich. His research focuses on the geography of knowledge, including the networks, institutions, and governance of innovation processes within and across regions and organizations. He also contributes to the understanding of the economic importance of cultural and educational institutions with [regional economic impact analyses](https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/research/economic-geography/contract-research-and-consulting/impact-studies/ "Link opens in a new window").\
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**Education and professional experience**\
After studying geography, psychology, and sociology at the Universities of Würzburg, Salamanca, and the London School of Economics, he earned his doctorate at the University of Frankfurt. He was appointed a Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (2006-2008), before he became the Chair Professor of Economic and Social Geography at Heidelberg University (2008-2023), where he was Senator, Faculty Dean, Institute Director, and Fellow of the Marsilius Center for Advanced Studies. In addition to numerous international visiting professorships, including in Canada, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile, he was most recently  [Distinguished Harris Visiting Professor](https://www.dartmouth.edu/harris/visitors/johannsgleuckler.html "Link opens in a new window") at Dartmouth College, USA.\
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Other professional activities and services**\
Johannes Glückler is an elected member of the [Academia Europaea](https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Gl%C3%BCckler_Johannes "Link opens in a new window"), of the [Advisory Board](https://www.dartmouth.edu/harris/about/board.html "Link opens in a new window") of the Harris Program at Dartmouth College (USA), a founding member and board member of the German Society for Network Research ([DGNet](https://www.netzwerkforschung.org/about "Link opens in a new window")) and he was Chairman of the Advisory Board of the [Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research](https://leibniz-irs.de/en/ "Link opens in a new window") in Berlin/Erkner. He is also editor of the renowned [Springer book series Knowledge & Space](https://www.springer.com/series/7568?srsltid=AfmBOoq-sx3-IcHf34yDz3jki9I-hTpFjeyPjCWdSESE-qzv_2KDK3Da "Link opens in a new window") and co-founder of the international Master's program [Governance of Risks and Resources](https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/all-subjects/governance-of-risk-and-resources/governance-of-risk-and-resources-master-continuing-education "Link opens in a new window") at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago de Chile. Johannes Glückler is also a member of the scientific committees of the [Global Conference on Economic Geography](https://gceg.org/ "Link opens in a new window"), the [Sunbelt Conference on Social Network Analysis](https://sunbelt2025.org/ "Link opens in a new window") and the first international conference on economic geography 2024 of the Asociación Española de Geografía ([AGE](https://www.age-geografia.es/site/events/xi-jornadas-de-geografia-economica-and-first-conference-of-economic-geography/ "Link opens in a new window")).In addition to basic research, he advises the OECD, federal, state and local authorities as well as business associations, companies and civil society organizations on issues of innovation, regional development and politics.

## Publications

Please find my publications on [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=-3JpuiIAAAAJ&hl=de "Link opens in a new window")

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