M-Project (SoSe 26)
economic cores, lower population density, and limited integration into global networks of capital and innovation. Drawing on spatial concepts from human geography, the project interrogates what "periphery" means [...] be Core–periphery models (Friedmann, Wallerstein) provide the baseline: peripheral regions are structurally dependent on cores for investment, governance, and knowledge. Data centres complicate this by [...] planning applications, regional development strategies, and corporate site-selection materials Semi-structured interviews with local planners, data centre operators, and community stakeholders Spatial analysis …