Geography of Knowledge Production in European Urban Studies
Geography of Knowledge Production in European Urban Studies
Author(s): Paweł Swianiewicz, Maria NiedziółkaSubject(s): Higher Education , Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: urban studies; academic knowledge production; centreperiphery relations; Europe;
Summary/Abstract: The production of scientific knowledge in urban studies is not evenly distributed. Studies produced in some academic centres are cited more frequently than others and have a larger impact on the academic community. This article traces the spatial concentration of urban studies in European countries over the last decade. On a theoretical level, it refers to the theory of dependent development, distinguishing areas of global core, periphery and semi-periphery, and applying this theory to the production of academic knowledge.Based on the bibliometric data of articles from selected renowned international journals, the article constructs a synthetic index of the centrality of academic knowledge production in urban studies, developed in the academic centres of individual countries. In particular, it draws attention to the peripheral or semi-peripheral position of almost all Central and Eastern European countries.
Journal: Studia Litteraria et Historica
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 1-19
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English