Mirek DymitrowCurriculum Vitae

Unit for Human Geography+46 (31) 786 1384 mirek.dymitrow@gu.se

Academic degreesPh.D.,  Human Geography,  University of GothenburgMaster,  Geography,  University of GothenburgBachelor,  Geography,  University of Gothenburg

Positions within academia:Researcher,  Lund University, Department of Human GeographyDoctoral student,  University of Gothenburg, Department of Economyand SocietyGuest,  University of Gothenburg, Department of Economy and SocietyGuest,  Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities

2017 -   Other,  Chalmers University of Technology / Mistra Urban Futures(Research coordinator)

2014 -  2016 Committee member, Unit Research Committee,  Human GeographyUnit at the Department of Economy and Society,  University ofGothenburg

2013 -  2015 Board member, Research and Postgraduate Education Board,  Department of Economy and Society,  University of Gothenburg

2013 -  2014 Council member, Department Council,  Department of Economy andSociety,  University of Gothenburg

Main research fields:Human Geography,  Critical Geography,  Cultural Geography,  Historical Geography,  STS(Science, Technology and Society)

Main teaching fields:Human Geography,  Rural/urban theory,  Discourse analysis,  Binary theory,  SocialGeography

Academic experience

Head of research project:2017 -  2019 Research Forum Urban Rural Gothenburg

mailto:mirek.dymitrow@gu.se

International research projects:2019 -   Rural/urban redux,  R. Brauer (René Brauer (University of Surrey, UK),

J. Biegańska, E. Grzelak-Kostulska, (Nicolaus Copernicus University,Toruń, Poland), R. Krzysztofik, (University of Silesia, Katowice,Poland), M. Stenseke (University of Gothenburg)

2013 -  2018 Knowledge production and implications of concepts,  René Brauer(Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland / University of Surrey, UK /University of Hull)

2014 -  2018 Rural-urban linkages in the context of dysfunctionality: Post-agricultural state farms and post-military estates,  Biegańska, J., Grzelak-Kostulska, E. Środa-Murawska, S., Chodkowska-Miszczuk, J.,Rogatka, K. (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland),Krzysztofik, R. (University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), Feltynowski,M., (University of Lodz, Poland), Senetra, A. (University of Warmianand Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland)

2012 -  2018 Abandoned, degraded and restituted towns in Poland,  RobertKrzysztofik, Iwona-Kantor Pietraga, Tomasz Spórna, Jolanta Pełka-Gościniak, Weronika Dragan, Marta Chmielewska (University ofSilesia, Katowice, Poland), Robert Szmytkie (University of Wrocław,Poland), Wiesław Droberk (Opole University of Technology, Poland),Dariusz Sokołowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland),Elżbieta Przesmycka (Wrocław University of Technology, Poland),Hanka Zaniewska, Maria Thiel (Institute of Urban Development,Kraków, Poland / University of Ecology and Management, Warsaw,Poland), Barbara Konecka/Szydłowska (Adam Mickiewicz University,Poznań, Poland), Ewa Dawidejt-Drobek (State Scientific Institute -Silesian Institute in Opole, Poland), Norbert Dąbkowski (WarsawUniversity of Life Sciences), René Brauer (University of Surrey, UK)

Reviewer assignments:Sustainability (MDPI),  Quaestiones Geographicae (UAM),  Geographia Polonica (PolishAcademy of Sciences),  The Professional Geographer (American Association ofGeographers / Routledge),  The Professional Geographer (American Association ofGeographers / Routledge),  Land Use Policy (Elsevier),  International Journal of HeritageStudies (Routledge),  Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography (Routledge, Taylor& Francis),  Journal of Rural Studies (Elsevier),  Rural Research (Polish Academy ofSciences),  Sustainable Cities and Society (Elsevier),  Agricultural and Food Economics(Springer),  Asian Development Perspectives (Yonsei University),  Agricultural and FoodEconomics (Springer),  Ymer: Periferi som process (The Swedish Society for Anthropologyand Geography),  Cities – The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning (Elsevier),  Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum,  Journal of Rural Studies (Elsevier),  Rural Research (Polisch Academy of Sciences),  International Journal of ArchitecturalHeritage (Routledge),  International Journal of Heritage Studies (Routledge),  Naturalresource conflicts and sustainable development (Earthscan / Routledge),  InternationalJournal of Heritage Studies (Routledge),  Landscape Research (Routledge),  MoravianGeographical Reports (De Gruyter),  Rural Landscape: Society, Environment, History(Stockholm University Press),  Journal of Cultural Geography (Routledge)

Academic assignments:2014 -   Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series (De Gruyter)  (Editor)

2017 Expert evaluator

Arranging conference, symposium, seminar or workshop:2017 Session Chair, Session VI at the 11th International Conference Man–

City–Nature: “New opportunities – new challenges – new perspectives”,  2017-10-10

2014 Session Organizer, Session: “Under Urban Mask: On Rural Landscapeswith Different” Logics",  2014-09-09

2014 Conference Secretary at the 26th edition of The Permanent EuropeanConference for the Study of the Rural Landscape,  2014-09-07

2014 Scientific Committee Member, The active city: Unleashing therecreational potential of space, Conference and Workshops,  2014-04-23

Pedagogical training:2019 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 3: Pedagogical project2017 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2: Discipline-Specific

Course2015 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 1: Basic Course

International academic experience:2019 -  2021 Guest researcher2016 -  2016 International internship / Guest researcher2014 -  2014 International internship / Guest researcher2013 -  2013 International internship / Guest researcher

Other experience

Participation in public seminars:

Publications

Journal article (peer-reviewed)Dymitrow, Mirek (2020)  Introducing “captaining”.  Journal of Pedagogical Research,  4:1.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2020)  Begrepp som skadar: Exempel från inre periferier i Polen,Nordmakedonien och Sverige.  Ymer,  140.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Środa-Murawska,Stefania (2019)  From policy to misery? The State Agricultural Farm vs. 'the rural'.  Quaestiones Geographicae,  38:4.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene,  Arsovski, Slobodan,  Biegańska, Jadwiga (2019)  Atavism,layering and subversion: Understanding great social challenges of today through the lens ofcultural contingents.  Geographical Reviews,  51–52.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  The concept of ‘rural’ as a psychosocial process: From conceptattainment to concept unlearning.  Quaestiones Geographicae,  38:4.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  The concept of ‘rural’ as a psychosocial process.  QuaestionesGeographicae,  38:4, p. 15-28.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Tribe, John (2019)  The impact of tourism research.  

Annals of Tourism Research,  77:July 2019.      Haysom, Gareth,  Almered Olsson, Gunilla,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Opiyo, Paul,  Taylor Buck,Nick,  Oloko, Michael,  Spring, Charlotte,  Fermskog, Kristina,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Kotze,Shelley,  Gaya Agong, Stephen (2019)  Food systems sustainability: An examination ofdifferent viewpoints on food system change.  Sustainability,  11:12.      Dragan, Weronika,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Krzysztofik, Robert (2019)  Between history, politicsand economy: The problematic heritage of former border railway stations in Poland.  Mitteilungen der österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft,  161.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Halfacree, Keith (2018)  Sustainability—differently.  Bulletin ofGeography. Socio-economic Series,  40:40.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2018)  Meaningful yet useless? Factors behind theretention of questionable concepts in human geography.  Geografiska Annaler. Series B.Human Geography,  (Epub 1–25).      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta (2018)  Deprivationand the rural-urban trap.  Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie,  109:1, p. 87-108.      Arsovski, Slobodan,  Kwiatkowski, Michał,  Lewandowska, Aleksandra,  JordanovaPeshevska, Dimitrinka,  Sofeska, Emilija,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Can urbanenvironmental problems be overcome? The case of Skopje—world’s most polluted city.  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series,  40:40, p. 17-39.      Arsovski, Slobodan,  Kwiatkowski, Michał,  Lewandowska, Aleksandra,  JordanovaPeshevska, Dimitrinka,  Sofeska, Emilija,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Peshevska, DimitrinkaJordanova (2018)  Can urban environmental problems be overcome? The case of Skopje-world's most polluted city.  Bulletin of Geography,  40:40, p. 17-39.      Arsovski, Slobodan,  Kwiatkowski, Michał,  Lewandowska, Aleksandra,  JordanovaPeshevska, Dimitrinka,  Sofeska, Emilija,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Peshevska, DimitrinkaJordanova (2018)  Can urban environmental problems be overcome? The case of Skopje-world's most polluted city.  Bulletin of Geography,  40:40, p. 17-39.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Rural/urban: Laying bare the controversy.  Geographia Polonica,  91:4.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Biegańska, Jadwiga(2017)  Poverty and social exclusion: An alternative spatial explanation.  Bulletin ofGeography. Socio-economic Series,  35 (2017):35, p. 45-64.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2017)  Degradation, restitution and the elusive culture of rural-urbanthinking.  Fennia – International Journal of Geography,  195:1, p. 36-60.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2017)  Human geography and the hinterland: The case ofTorsten Hägerstrand’s ‘belated’ recognition.  Moravian Geographical Reports,  25:2, p. 74-84.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2017)  Performing rurality. But who?.  Bulletin ofGeography. Socio-economic Series,  38, p. 27-45.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Senetra, Adam,  Gavriilidou,Eleftheria,  Nadolu, Bogdan,  Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Oureilidou, Eleni,  Luches, Daniel,  Spórna, Tomasz,  Teodorescu, Dominic,  Wasilewicz-Pszczółkowska, Monika,  Holmertz, Gun,  Szczepańska, Agnieszka,  Brauer,Rene (2017)  Landscapes with different logics: A physicalistic approach to semanticconflicts in spatial planning.  Quaestiones Geographicae,  36:4, p. 29-45.    

  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Chodkowska-Miszczuk, Justyna,  Środa-Murawska, Stefania,  Rogatka, Krzysztof (2016)  Youth of former State Agricultural Farm estates as local human resources.  Studia ObszarówWiejskich – Rural Studies,  44.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2016)  Land or people? On the iatrogenesis of conflation.  Acta Geobalcanica,  2:2.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Spórna, Tomasz (2016)  The concept of urban hibernation.  European Planning Studies,  24:2, p. 316-343.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Stenseke, Marie (2016)  Rural-urban blurring and the subjectivity within.  Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History,  3:1, p. 1-13.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Szmytkie, Robert,  Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Pełka-Gościniak, Jolanta,  Spórna, Tomasz (2015)  Environmental hazards and urbanabandonment: Case studies and typological issues.  Geografiska Annaler. Series B. HumanGeography,  97:4, p. 291-308.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2014)  The effigy of urbanity or a rural parody? A visual approach tosmall-town public space.  Journal of Cultural Geography,  31:1, p. 1-31.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2014)  Quality of life in rural areas: A topic for the RuralDevelopment policy?.  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series,  25:25.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2013)  Degraded towns in Poland as cultural heritage.  InternationalJournal of Heritage Studies,  19:7, p. 613-631.  

Journal article (other academic)Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2020)  Celebrating a truly collective effort.  Dymitrow,M. and Ingelhag, K. (eds.), Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainability project: The untoldstories,  in production.  

Book chapterDymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin (2020)  A model for co-production of knowledge:Creating a Research Forum. In  Hemström, K., Simon, D., Palmer, H., Perry, B. and Polk, M.(eds.), "Knowledge co-production: A practical guide based on joint experiences",  Rugby,UK : Practical Action.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Kotze, Shelley,  Ingelhag, Karin (2020)  Anatomy of a 21st-centuryproject: A critical analysis. In  Dymitrow, M. and Ingelhag, K. (eds.), Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainability project: The untold stories,  205–236.  Gothenburg : Mistra UrbanFutures / Chalmers University of Technology.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin (2020)  Anatomy of a 21st-century project: A quickautopsy. In  Dymitrow, M. and Ingelhag, K. (eds.), Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainabilityproject: The untold stories,  1–12.  Gothenburg : Mistra Urban Futures / ChalmersUniversity of Technology.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin (2020)  Making two worlds meet. In  Dymitrow, M. andIngelhag, K. (eds.), Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainability project: The untold stories,  175–179.  Gothenburg : Mistra Urban Futures / Chalmers University of Technology.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2020)  The spatial dimension of project-making. In  In: Dymitrow, M. andIngelhag, K. (eds.), Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainability project: The untold stories,  44–53.  Gothenburg : Mistra Urban Futures / Chalmers University of Technology.      Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Kotze, Shelley,  Wright, John (2020)  The future of

sustainability projects: Flights of fancy or a threnody to a lost age?. In  Dymitrow, M. andIngelhag, K. (eds.), Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainability project: The untold stories,  236–238.  Gothenburg : Mistra Urban Futures / Chalmers University of Technology.      Smit, Warren,  Durakovic, Elma,  Sitas, Rike,  Johansson, Magnus,  Haysom, Gareth,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Kotze, Shelley (2020)  Replicating projects forcomparative research: Mistra Urban Futures’ experiences with comparative work onknowledge exchange, food and transport. In  Simon, D., Palmer, H. and Riise, J. (eds.),"Comparative urban research from theory to practice: Co-production for sustainability",  63–88.  Bristol : Policy Press.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Krzysztofik, Robert (2015)  Degradation and restitution: Understandingthe concept of urbanity through its oscillations within formal contexts. In  Krzysztofik, R., &Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded and restituted towns in Poland: Origins, development,problems / Miasta zdegradowane i restytuowane w Polsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  443-451 / 453-461.  Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  Preface. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M.(Eds.): Degraded and restituted towns in Poland: Origins, development, problems / Miastazdegradowane i restytuowane w Polsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  xi-xii / xiii-xiv.  Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  Research on degraded and restituted towns:Overview and state-of-the-art. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded andrestituted towns in Poland: Origins, development, problems / Miasta zdegradowane irestytuowane w Polsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  1-3 / 5-36.  Göteborg : University ofGothenburg.      Spórna, Tomasz,  Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  Degraded and restitutedtowns on maps. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded and restituted townsin Poland: Origins, development, problems / Miasta zdegradowane i restytuowane wPolsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  423-424 / 425-442.  Göteborg : University ofGothenburg.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  The concept of urbanity in light of the municipal reform ininterwar Poland. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded and restituted townsin Poland: Origins, development, problems / Miasta zdegradowane i restytuowane wPolsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  61-63 / 65-115.  Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Spórna, Tomasz (2015)  The concept of urban hibernation: Scientific note. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M.(Eds.): Degraded and restituted towns in Poland: Origins, development, problems / Miastazdegradowane i restytuowane w Polsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  347-349 / 351-353.  Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  Deconstructing the discourse of degradation. In  Krzysztofik, R., &Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded and restituted towns in Poland: Origins, development,problems / Miasta zdegradowane i restytuowane w Polsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  355-359 / 361-366.  Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.      Spórna, Tomasz,  Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  Degraded and restitutedtowns in numbers. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded and restitutedtowns in Poland: Origins, development, problems / Miasta zdegradowane i restytuowane wPolsce. Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  367-368 / 369-422.  Göteborg : University ofGothenburg.      Szmytkie, Robert,  Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Pełka-Gościniak, Jolanta,  Spórna, Tomasz,  Brauer, Rene (2015)  Degraded towns and urbanabandonment. In  Krzysztofik, R., & Dymitrow, M. (Eds.): Degraded and restituted towns inPoland: Origins, development, problems / Miasta zdegradowane i restytuowane w Polsce.

Geneza, rozwój, problemy,  185-187 / 189-207.  Göteborg : University of Gothenburg.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2014)  Social deprivation and urbanity as the elephant inthe room. In  Urban and urbanization. Eds.: Efe, R., Onay, T.T., Sharuho, I. and Atasoy, E,  381–395.  Sofia : St. Kliment Ohridski University Press.  

Doctoral thesisDymitrow, Mirek (2017)  Rural/urban redux: Conceptual problems and material effects.  Doct. thesis, Göteborg: Göteborgs Universitet.  

Conference paperDymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Carlsson, Monika,  Eliasson, Sara (2019)  Nutrition,health and climate: What have we learned so far?.  Conference on Food Science andNutrition: “Forum for food science and nutrition for a better tomorrow”, 25–26 February2019, Rome, Italy.      Simon, David,  Smit, Warren,  Riise, Jan,  Hemström, Kerstin,  Durakovic, Elma,  Dymitrow,Mirek,  Haysom, Gareth (2019)  The challenge of conflicting rationalities about urbandevelopment: Experiences from Mistra Urban Futures’ transdisciplinary urban research.  International Conference: “At the frontiers of the urban: Thinking concepts and practicesglobally”, University College London, 10–12 November 2019, London, UK.      Smit, Warren,  Nilsson, Per-Arne,  Nordqvist, Joakim,  Månsson, Monika,  Almered Olsson,Gunilla,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Spring, Charlotte,  Haysom, Gareth,  Hemström, Kerstin (2019)  What is meaningful collaboration? Reflections from work on food systems and urbanregeneration.  4th Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference: “Lessons,Impacts and Outcomes”, Cutler’s Hall, 14–18 October 2019, Sheffield, UK.      Simon, David,  Smit, Warren,  Riise, Jan,  Hemström, Kerstin,  Durakovic, Elma,  Dymitrow,Mirek,  Haysom, Gareth (2019)  The challenge of conflicting rationalities about urbandevelopment: Experiences from Mistra Urban Futures’ transdisciplinary urban research.  Trialog 2019 Conference: “Whose knowledge counts? The meaning of co-productiveprocesses for urban development and urban research”, Institute of Urban Planning andDesign (Städtebau Institut) at the University of Stuttgart, 7–9 November 2019, Stuttgart,Germany.      Kotze, Shelley,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Omondi, Lillian,  Blazheva, Ana (2019)  Using South-North collaborations to explore the role of gender within immigrant integration projects.  2019 RINGS Conference: “Genders and Feminisms in a Polarised World – Sustainability,Futures and Utopias”, The International Research Association of Institutions of AdvancedGender Studies / Tallinn University – Gender Studies Research Group, 2–4 October 2019,Tallinn, Estonia.      Kotze, Shelley,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  Transboundary research collaborations: Anevaluation against 11 principles of transboundary research.  MiReKoc – 15th AnniversaryConference on Migration and Development in the ‘Global South’: “Research Challengesand Implications”, Migration Research Center at Koç University, 24–25 October 2019,Istanbul, Turkey.      Kotze, Shelley,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  Ticking boxes and clocking in: A critical view ofgender mainstreaming in labour-market integration.  Conference “Organizing Migration andIntegration in Contemporary Societies”, Gothenburg Research Institute and Centre onGlobal Migration, 6–9 November 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Kotze, Shelley,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  The role of trust in street-level organisationswithin integration projects.  The 17th Annual ESPANET Conference: “Social citizenship,migration and conflict – Equality and opportunity in European welfare states”, TheEuropean Network for Social Policy Analysis, 5–7 September 2019, Stockholm University,Stockholm, Sweden.    

  Kotze, Shelley,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Omondi, Lillian (2019)  Double jeopardy within Swedishintegration: Using South–North collaborations to explore the role of gender withintransdisciplinary integration projects.  International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019:“Joining Forces for Change”, TD-Net – Network for Transdisciplinary Research / SwissAcademies of Arts and Sciences, 10–13 September 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Fermskog, Kristina,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  Working with theGothenburg food system: Civil servants and researchers connected through the Urban RuralGothenburg Research Forum.  4th Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference:“Lessons, Impacts and Outcomes”, Cutler’s Hall, 14–18 October 2019, Sheffield, UK.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  Understanding great social challenges of today through the lens ofcultural contingents.  70th Anniversary Symposium of the Macedonian Geographic Society:“New Trends in Geography”, 3–4 October 2019, Ohrid, North Macedonia.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Kotze, Shelley (2019)  The ‘Research Forum’ as amethodological tool for transdisciplinary co-production.  International TransdisciplinarityConference 2019: “Joining Forces for Change”, TD-Net – Network for TransdisciplinaryResearch / Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, 10–13 September 2019, Gothenburg,Sweden.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2019)  Six conceptions of space: Rural/urban revisited.  5th JubileeInternational Scientific Conference & Expo Geobalcanica, 13–14 June 2019, Sofia,Bulgaria.      Kotze, Shelley,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin (2019)  Can a city feed itself?Innovations in City–Region Food Systems from a Swedish perspective.  4th Global FoodSecurity, Food Safety & Sustainability Conference,10–11 May 2019, Montreal, Canada.      Melander, Dan,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Urban Rural Gothenburg: What?How? For whom?.  Stadslandet Half-time Conference, Business Region Gothenburg,Lärjeåns Trädgårdar, 26 September 2018, Angered, Sweden.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Środa-Murawska,Stefania,  Szymańska, Daniela (2018)  Rural development vs. conceptually induced harm.  5th Nordic Conference for Rural Research: “Challenged ruralities: Nordic welfare statesunder pressure”, 14–16 May, 2018, Vingsted, Denmark.      Almén Linn, Jenny,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ćorić, Şefika,  Berg, Martin,  Ingelhag, Karin (2018)  Food tourism as a way of integration into the Swedish labor market?.  Tomorrow’s FoodTravel (TFT) conference, Centre for Tourism – University of Gothenburg, 8–10 October2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Almered Olsson, Gunilla,  Burman, Anders,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Armbrecht, John,  Rinaldi,Chiara,  Nilsson, Anders,  Ohlén, Björn,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Fermskog, Kristina (2018)  City–Region Food Systems: Scenarios to re-establish urban-rural links through sustainablefood provisioning.  Tomorrow’s Food Travel (TFT) conference, Centre for Tourism –University of Gothenburg, 8–10 October 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Almered Olsson, Gunilla,  Haysom, Gareth,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Fermskog, Kristina,  Nyström, Maria,  Opiyo, Paul,  Spring, Charlotte,  Taylor Buck, Nick,  Agong’, Stephen Gaya(2018)  Food systems sustainability: For whom and by whom? – An examination of different'food system change' viewpoints.  Development Research Conference 2018: “Rethinkingdevelopment”, 22–23 August 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Fermskog, Kristina,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Kotze, Shelley (2018)  Integrationand green business development in a trust-building context.  Mistra Urban Futures AnnualInternational Conference “Comparative Co-Production”, SunSquare Conference Centre, 5–7 November 2018, Cape Town, South Africa.    

  Melander, Dan,  Almén Linn, Jenny,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Destinationdevelopment and food: Can it work?.  Tomorrow's Food Travel #TFTSWEDEN CorporateConference; Visit Sweden, Centre for Tourism at the University of Gothenburg, West SwedenTourist Board and Gothenburg & Co., 9–10 October 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Jordanova Peshevska, Dimitrinka,  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Brauer, Rene(2018)  Wicked problems or wicked solutions? Sustainability–differently.  Urban Research,Mistra Urban Futures, 18 September 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Introducing Research Forum Urban Rural Gothenburg.  RoyalGeographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference:“Geographical landscapes / Changing landscapes of geography”, 28–31 August 2018,Cardiff, Wales, UK.      Fermskog, Kristina,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Gothenburg’s applied food strategy:Meaningful – but how useful?.  Development Research Conference 2018: “Rethinkingdevelopment”, 22–23 August 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Isemo, Sanna,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Urban food revisited: Greenbusiness development through co-creation.  Thinkfood, Thinkpoint Innovation Arena, 15–16September 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Magnusson, Kristina,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Dahlin, Jonas,  Carlsson, Monika(2018)  Food and climate as part of public kitchens' sustainability work.  ChalmersSustainability Day Conference: “Good Health and Well-being”, Chalmers University ofTechnology, Session “Loin, larvae or lentils – On eating for health and climate”, 23October 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Ingelhag, Karin,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Fermskog, Kristina (2018)  Local food strategies for thefuture: Experiences from Gothenburg.  Måltid Sverige: “Livsmedelsforum 2018”Conference, Chalmers University of Technology, Environmental Protection Agency, RISE –Research Institutes of Sweden, Västra Götaland Regional Council, Swedish University ofAgricultural Sciences, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management; 11 October2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Chodkowska-Miszczuk, Justyna,  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Martinat, Stanislav,  Dymitrow,Mirek,  Rogatka, Krzysztof (2018)  Biogas enterprises: A chance or a challenge for ruraldevelopment?.  5th Nordic Conference for Rural Research: “Challenged ruralities: Nordicwelfare states under pressure”, 14–16 May, 2018, Vingsted, Denmark.      Sofeska, Emilija,  Kwiatkowski, Michał,  Arsovski, Slobodan,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  Solving the unsolvable? Pollution as a factor creating the modern outpost of unsustainability.  International Conference “Pollution of cities in the Republic of Macedonia: What are thesolutions?”, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts / Research Center for Environmentand Materials, 1–2 November 2018, Skopje, Macedonia.      Fermskog, Kristina,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin (2018)  From skipped free schoollunches to poverty-induced food deserts: Some thoughts on Gothenburg’s local foodstrategy – and how to make it happen.  Mistra Urban Futures Annual InternationalConference “Comparative Co-Production”, SunSquare Conference Centre, 5–7 November2018, Cape Town, South Africa.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2017)  Urban Rural Gothenburg.  Mistra Urban Futures AnnualInternational Conference: “Realising Just Cities – Learning Through Comparison”, 13–15November 2017, Kisumu, Kenya.      Kwiatkowski, Michał,  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Dymitrow, Mirek(2017)  Dysfunctional landscapes vs. quality of life.  23rd Interdisciplinary LandscapeSeminar "Landscape vs. health and quality of life" (XXIII Interdyscyplinarne Seminarium

Krajobrazowe "Krajobraz a zdrowie i jakość życia"), UMCS / PTTK / PTG, 21–22September 2017, Lublin and Nałęczów, Poland.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2017)  When concepts go bad: Iatrogenesis andstigmatization.  7th Nordic Geographers Meeting; “Geographies of inequalities”, 18-21June 2017, Stockholm, Sweden.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Spórna, Tomasz (2017)  Selected urban centers of the Holy Cross Province in view of the concept of urbanhibernation.  5th National Conference on Historical Geography (V OgólnopolskaKonferencja Geografii Historycznej), 22-23 June 2017, Łódź, Poland.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Środa-Murawska,Stefania (2017)  Inconvenient ruralities? The State Agricultural Farm vs. the rural.  11thInternational Conference Man–City–Nature: “New opportunities – new challenges – newperspectives”, 9–10 October 2017, Toruń, Poland.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2017)  'If they are not urban, then they must be rural': On the iatrogeniceffects of cultural stereotypes in socially deprived areas.  Annual Meeting of the Associationof American Geographers, 5–9 April 2017, Boston, USA.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2017)  Understanding conceptual vestigiality within socialsciences from an ecosystem perspective.  3rd Nordic Science and Technology StudiesConference, 31 May-2 June 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2017)  Understanding the telos of ‘research impact’ – orhow to survive the new tourism-studies agenda.  9th International Congress on Coastal andMarine Tourism, 13-16 June 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Muñoz-Olsö, Pauline,  Rydberg, Stina,  Melander, Dan,  Runsten, Susan(2017)  Crossing dichotomies and breaking mental patterns: Green business developmentwhen all else fails?.  8th International Scientific Conference “Rural Development 2017:Bioeconomy Challenges”, 23–24 November, 2017 Kaunas, Lithuania.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2017)  Making ’the rural’ rural? Exploring the tautologicaltenets in performativity-oriented rural research.  11th International Conference Man–City–Nature: “New opportunities – new challenges – new perspectives”, 9–10 October 2017,Toruń, Poland.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Szymańska, Daniela,  Środa-Murawska, Stefania,  Kwiatkowski, Michał (2017)  Ruralities of oblivion: Whenstructural weakness gets swept under the carpet.  International Conference on Challengesand Opportunities of Structurally Weak Rural Regions in Europe: ”Social Innovations andSocial Enterprises Acting Under Adverse Conditions”, Adam Mickiewicz University /RurAction, 4–6 December 2017, Poznań, Poland.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2016)  The other side of ‘everyday ruralities’.  AnnualInternational Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of BritishGeographers): "Nexus thinking", 30 August–2 September 2016, London, United Kingdom.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2016)  Trust vs. indirect harm of research: Introducing thedefiltration maxim.  RSA (Regional Studies Association) Conference: “Towards Impact andContributions to Knowledge”, 27-28 October 2016, Newcastle, UK.      Brauer, Rene,  Tribe, John,  Morgan, Nigel,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2016)  The value of thenegative.  4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) / EASST (European Association for theStudy of Science and Technology) Conference: “Science and Technology by Other Means”,31 August–3 September 2016, Barcelona, Spain.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2016)  Rethinking participation: Ruralities, urbanities and

the sociomaterialities of transposition.  Annual International Conference of the RoyalGeographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers): "Nexus thinking", 30August–2 September 2016, London, United Kingdom.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2016)  Conflating land with people a.k.a. the iatrogenesisof rural-urban ideations.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific Conference"Geobalcanica", 10-12 June, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2016)  Extra-scientific factors and the dissemination of(un)popular ideas.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific Conference"Geobalcanica", 10-12 June, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Chodkowska-Miszczuk, Justyna,  Środa-Murawska, Stefania,  Rogatka, Krzysztof (2016)  Młodzież z osiedli popegeerowskich a kształtowanie społecznych zasobów lokalnych.  32ndSeminar on Rural Geography "The role of local rural resources", organized by the PolishGeographical Association (Commission for Rural Areas) and the Polish Academy ofSciences (Stanisław Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization), 6-7 June2016, Jachranka/Warsaw, Poland.      Brauer, Rene,  Morgan, Nigel,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Tribe, John (2016)  How to write a REFimpact case study? Critical discourse analysis of evidencing practices.  “Making an impact:Creative constructive conversations” International Conference, 19-22 July 2016, School ofHospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.      Feltynowski, Marcin,  Senetra, Adam,  Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Środa-Murawska, Stefania (2015)  Some problems of local development:the example of former State Agricultural Farms in Poland.  Research for Rural Development2015, Annual 21st International Scientific Conference Proceedings, Latvia University ofAgriculture, 13–15 May 2015, Jelgava, Latvia.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2015)  Dancing tango and herding camels as ways tocombat social deprivation?.  Geographical Imagination: Interpretations of Nature, Art andPolitics. 6th Nordic Geographers Meeting, 15-19 June 2015 - Tallinn & Tartu, Estonia.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Środa-Murawska, Stefania,  Grzelak-Kostulska,Elżbieta (2015)  Post-socialist estates and the concept of rurality: From policy to misery.  Eastern European Countryside Revisited - 25 years after the transition, 26-27 June 2015 -Toruń, Poland.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2015)  Urban-ruraldichotomy in the context of dysfunctionality.  Integrated development of cities and regions:Local and regional perspective. Man-City-Nature, 10th International Conference, 12-13October 2015, Toruń, Poland.      Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Szmytkie, Robert,  Brauer, Rene,  Pełka-Gościniak, Jolanta,  Spórna, Tomasz,  Krzysztofik, Robert (2014)  Environmentalhazards as a driver of urban abandonment in Poland.  Unraveling the logics of landscape.Eds.: Stenseke, M., Dymitrow, M., Saltzman, K. et al.; 26th session of the PermanentEuropean Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, 8–12 September, University ofGothenburg, Gothenburg & Mariestad, Sweden.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Fridlund, Mats (2014)  The digital shaping of humanitiesresearch: The emergence of Topic Modeling within historical studies.  Enacting Futures:DASTS 2014 Conference (Danish Association for Science and Technology Studies), 12–13June 2014, Roskilde University, Denmark.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Sandberg, Mattias,  Wasilewicz-Pszczółkowska, Monika (2014)  Metropolitan children’s outdoor perspectives and the changing nature of green areas:Ruralization of urban space or reconceptualization of rurality?.  The active city: Unleashing

the recreational potential of space, Conference and Workshops, University of Warmia andMazury, 23-25 April 2014, Olsztyn, Poland.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene (2014)  Monitoring… when monitoring fails: The case ofquality of life within the Rural Development policy.  Unraveling the logics of landscape.Eds.: Stenseke, M., Dymitrow, M., Saltzman, K. et al.; 26th session of the PermanentEuropean Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, 8–12 September, University ofGothenburg, Gothenburg & Mariestad, Sweden.      Biegańska, Jadwiga,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2014)  The ”agri-ghetto”: On dysfunctional landscapes and the rural-urban paradox.  Unraveling the logics oflandscape. Eds.: Stenseke, M., Dymitrow, M., Saltzman, K. et al.; 26th session of thePermanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, 8–12 September,University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg & Mariestad, Sweden.      Dymitrow, Mirek,  Brauer, Rene,  Holmertz, Gun,  Apostolovska-Toševska, Biljana,  Holmberg, Fredrik,  Johansson, Lars (2014)  Transcending the rural-urban meme:Hammarkullen – a landscape caught in-between.  Unraveling the logics of landscape. Eds.:Stenseke, M., Dymitrow, M., Saltzman, K. et al.; 26th session of the Permanent EuropeanConference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, 8–12 September, University ofGothenburg, Gothenburg & Mariestad, Sweden.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2013)  Using topic modelling to analyse EU’s RuralDevelopment policy.  Systematizing and digitalizing Nordic policy studies: Emergentperspectives within Swedish and Finnish research, Symposia, Aalto University, 27November 2013, Helsinki, Finland.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2013)  Local perception and experiential space as useful resources formitigating the rural-urban dichotomy.  Responsible Geographies. Nordic GeographersMeeting 11-14 June 2013 - Reykjavik, Iceland.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2013)  Changing landscapes and rural-urban awareness: Conceptualizingrurality and urbanity through the prism of experiential space.  Changing EuropeanLandscapes: Landscape ecology, local to global. IALE 2013 European Congress, 9-12September 2013, Manchester, UK.      Brauer, Rene,  Dymitrow, Mirek (2013)  Digitally modeling regional development inEurope: A new methodological approach to policy analysis.  Integrated development ofcities and regions. Man-City-Nature, 9th International Conference, 14-15 October 2013,Toruń, Poland.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2013)  Managing “lesser urbanity” in light of the assumptions ofrevitalization.  Integrated development of cities and regions. Man-City-Nature, 9thInternational Conference, 14-15 October 2013, Toruń, Poland.  

ReportDymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin,  Kotze, Shelley (2019)  Local projects replicated:Insights from Urban Rural Gothenburg.  Göteborg: Mistra Urban Futures.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2018)  New developments on the concept of ”wicked solution”.  Göteborg: Mistra Urban Futures.  

ReviewDymitrow, Mirek (2020)  Review of "Net-Positive Design and Sustainable UrbanDevelopment" by Janis Birkeland.  Routledge,  

Editorial proceedingsBiegańska, Jadwiga,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Grzelak-Kostulska, Elżbieta (ed.) (2014)  Underurban mask: On rural landscapes with different logics.  

Editorial collectionDymitrow, Mirek,  Ingelhag, Karin (ed.) (2020)  Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainabilityproject.  Gothenburg: Mistra Urban Futures / Chalmers University of Technology.      Krzysztofik, Robert,  Dymitrow, Mirek (ed.) (2015)  Degraded and restituted towns inPoland: Origins, development, problems.  Göteborg: University of Gothenburg.      Stenseke, Marie,  Dymitrow, Mirek,  Saltzman, Katarina,  Almered Olsson, Gunilla,  Magnusson, Bo,  Gustavsson, Eva,  Lagerqvist, Bosse,  Nyström, Lars,  Sjölander Lindqvist,Annelie,  Westin, Jonathan (ed.) (2014)  Unraveling the logics of landscape.  Göteborg:University of Gothenburg.  

Other publicationDymitrow, Mirek,  Halfacree, Keith (ed.) (2018)  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-EconomicSeries (Volume 40).  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series (De Gruyter),  40:40.      Środa-Murawska, Stefania,  Dymitrow, Mirek (ed.) (2016)  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series (Volume 33).  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series (De Gruyter),  33:33.      Dymitrow, Mirek (2012)  The hidden face of urbanity. Morphological differentiation ofdegraded and restituted towns in Poland in the context of the efficacy of the nationaladministrative system.  University of Gothenburg,