International Partnerships
Department of Regional Development, Public Sector Administration and Law offers broad opportunities for its students to study abroad under the Erasmus programme. Foreign destinations include countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Spain and many others. For more information about our range of study abroad please visit the following link. The Department of Regional Development, Public Sector Administration and Law supports student stays abroad with regard to the unique opportunity to gain knowledge and life experiences from other countries.
The Geography of New Working Spaces and the Impact on the Periphery 2020-2024 (Founded by the COST Association under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union)
The Department of Regional Development, Public Sector Administration and Law team at the Faculty of Management and Economics of TBU in Zlín led by RNDr. Pavel Bednář, PhD completed and participated in the project, where the first aim was to share the first outcomes of some funded international research projects on the phenomenon of new workplaces, such as Coworking Spaces and Maker Spaces, to (i) identify the typologies (Taxonomy) of such emerging workplaces, and (ii) reveal their spatial distribution, and to explain their location patterns. Secondly, through the comparison and dissemination of the first results of these international research activities, the Action aims were to identify, measure and evaluate the (direct and indirect) effects of these new working spaces (Atlas) to understand whether and how they have promoted – with or without the help of public subsidies and planning measures : (a) regional competitiveness, economic performance and resilience; (b) entrepreneurial milieu; (c) knowledge creation within regional innovation system, retaining knowledge workers and the creative class; (d) social inclusion and spatial regeneration of peripheral areas. The third aim was to collect, discuss and develop guidelines for tailored policy and planning measures (Tool Box) to foster the positive effects of new workplaces through the promotion of agreements and cooperation with local, regional and national public administrations/stakeholders, as well as to try to mitigate their adverse effects on the neighbourhoods (i.e. parking shortages, noise, or increasing land rent).