Dariusz Gierczak M.A.
Academic employee
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Herder-Institut Marburg e.V.
Gisonenweg 5-7
35037 Marburg
Phone: +49 6421 184-144
gierczak@herder-institut.de
About him
- Born in 1972 in Bytom (Poland)
- Studied Geography and Slavic Studies (Russian/Czech) at Philipps University, Marburg
- Thesis: Migration tendencies between Poland and the Federal Republic of Germany during the transformation period, examined at selected German destinations (Altena, Hilchenbach)
- 1996 – 1998 Worked on the project on the geography of transformation of Polish industrial companies, Philipps University, Marburg
- 1998 – 2001 Worked on the project on retail in Russian border towns in the Königsberg area under the conditions of regional transformation asymmetries, Philipps University, Marburg
- 2003 Worked on the project on spatial anchoring and internationalisation: On the significance of regional knowledge generation and resource formation in the internationalisation of medium-sized European freight companies, Philipps University, Marburg
- 2004 – 2006 Editorial member of the Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe at the Alpen-Adria University, Klagenfurt
- 2006 – 2009 Guest graduate student studying for a doctorate at the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig (international research project of the Volkswagen foundation: Social and spatial consequences of demographic change for East Central European cities; sponsored initiative "Unity in diversity? Fundamentals and conditions for an expanded Europe"
- 2008 – 2011 Work on the project on an historical-topographical city atlas of Silesia at the Herder Institute, Marburg