Prof. Dr. Heike Mayer
Digital multilocality: Analyzing urban-rural linkages in the context of co-working spaces in the Swiss Alps (funded by SNF Digital Lives Program, 2018-2020)
Digital technologies have become a central part of our everyday lives. Their use challenges traditional forms of work. Nowadays, certain types of work tasks can be done in multiple locations via cloud software and Internet applications. Employees and entrepreneurs may work part of their workweek in a city and the other half in a rural/mountain location. This research project contributes to the analysis of changing geographic patterns of work due to the use of digital technologies. Through this focus, the project pays special attention to newly emerging urban-rural linkages.