Tim Leibert
Biographic Data
| ID | 3751352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Leibert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Leibert |
| SIGNATURE | LEIBERT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-3964-0621 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 179 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Downhill from here? Why shrinking regions are not necessarily ‘left-behind’
This paper explores the socio-spatial polarisation between thriving agglomerations and de-populating or stagnating, largely rural, areas in Germany, answering the question to what extent shrinking regions can also be seen as ‘left behind’. We find that demographic shrinkage is a challenge mostly for peripheral and rural districts. Our analysis shows no significant link between socio-economic development and population growth, highlighting the imp…
Breaking the Binary
Between 2001 and 2022, Germany's overall growth rate averaged 0.2% per year. Yet, of the 3285 towns and cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, only 52 grew in all 21 years under consideration (1.6%); 85 (2.6%) shrank in all years, leaving 3148 (95.8%) with a combination of the two. Using a novel dynamic time warping approach, we explore the processes of municipal population change beyond growth and shrinkage. We identify clusters of similar popu…
Rethinking ‘left-behind’ places in a context of rising spatial inequalities and political discontent
The term 'left behind places' refers to post-industrial and rural areas characterised by economic under-performance and decline.This special issue aims to develop a broader understanding of the diverse meanings and manifestations of 'left behind places'.This editorial provides a review of how 'left-behind' places have been conceptualised in the literature and introduces the contributions according to four themes: the origins and meaning of the te…
Regional varieties of ‘left-behindness’ in the EU15
Recent debates about ‘left behind’ places have opened up new opportunities to understand the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time, the application of this label to a wide variety of places with different characteristics has been accused of obscuring as much as it reveals. In this paper, we shed light on the variegated nature of ‘left behind’ regions through a cluster analysis of NUTS-3 regions in t…
Suspended in time? Peripheralised and "left behind" places in Germany
The term "left behind" has regained attention with the increasing signs of political dissatisfaction in the Global North, e.g. the rise of right-wing populist parties and politicians. In Germany, terms such as abgehängte Regionen (suspended regions) or "structurally weak" regions are often employed as alternatives. However, there is a certain fuzziness in these terminologies, as they often encompass different spatial scales and temporal dependenc…
Active school transport in an urban environment
LIFE Child has been retrospectively registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02550236)
Left behind places’
‘Left behind places’ has become the leitmotif of geographical inequalities since the 2008 crisis. Yet, the term’s origins, definition and implications are poorly specified and risk obscuring the differentiated problems and pathways of different kinds of areas. This paper explicates the geographical etymology and spatial imaginary of ‘left behind places’. It argues that the appellation and its spatial expression have modified how geographical ineq…
Shifting spatial patterns in German population trends
The population development of German municipalities is characterized by pronounced regional disparities. We seek to shed new light on the shifting patterns of population development in Germany at the local level between 1990 and 2019 to understand better the drivers of population development at the local level and to initiate a debate on the (dis)advantages of longitudinal analyses of population change at the local level and the resulting methodo…
On the role of cultures of (out-)migration in the migration decisions of young people in shrinking regions of Central Germany
The patterns, motivations, and consequences of the outmigration of young adults from rural areas is a classic topic in population geography. In our paper, we first take a critical look at statistical analyses and cartographic representations of migration patterns of young adults in rural areas using Central Germany1 as an example, stressing the shortcomings of quantitative analyses of residential mobility. We argue that migration is a complex soc…
Contextualizing small towns – trends of demographic spatial development in Germany 1961–2018
For the past ten years, the growth debate has been urban-centric, at least in Germany, while rural areas have been largely associated with depopulation. Despite their importance, small towns fall into a systematic perception gap in scientific and planning discourses. Against this background, this paper applies a threefold conceptualization of scalar relations paying analytical attention to (1) population trajectories, (2) the relation of spatial …
Peripheralisation
Demographic change is an uneven spatial process in Germany. Depopulation and ageing have become pressing issues in most rural regions. In connection with low population densities and the financial difficulties of municipalities and service providers in rural regions, these demographic trends have led to a discussion about the future provision of services of general interest and - more broadly - the postulate of equal living conditions which was f…
The interplay of gender and migration in Europe's remote and economically weak rural regions
She leaves, he stays? Sex-selective migration in rural East Germany
Left behind places’
‘Left behind places’ has become the leitmotif of geographical inequalities since the 2008 crisis. Yet, the term’s origins, definition and implications are poorly specified and risk obscuring the differentiated problems and pathways of different kinds of areas. This paper explicates the geographical etymology and spatial imaginary of ‘left behind places’. It argues that the appellation and its spatial expression have modified how geographical ineq…
She leaves, he stays? Sex-selective migration in rural East Germany
Rethinking ‘left-behind’ places in a context of rising spatial inequalities and political discontent
The term 'left behind places' refers to post-industrial and rural areas characterised by economic under-performance and decline.This special issue aims to develop a broader understanding of the diverse meanings and manifestations of 'left behind places'.This editorial provides a review of how 'left-behind' places have been conceptualised in the literature and introduces the contributions according to four themes: the origins and meaning of the te…
Peripheralisation
Demographic change is an uneven spatial process in Germany. Depopulation and ageing have become pressing issues in most rural regions. In connection with low population densities and the financial difficulties of municipalities and service providers in rural regions, these demographic trends have led to a discussion about the future provision of services of general interest and - more broadly - the postulate of equal living conditions which was f…
Regional varieties of ‘left-behindness’ in the EU15
Recent debates about ‘left behind’ places have opened up new opportunities to understand the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time, the application of this label to a wide variety of places with different characteristics has been accused of obscuring as much as it reveals. In this paper, we shed light on the variegated nature of ‘left behind’ regions through a cluster analysis of NUTS-3 regions in t…
Contextualizing small towns – trends of demographic spatial development in Germany 1961–2018
For the past ten years, the growth debate has been urban-centric, at least in Germany, while rural areas have been largely associated with depopulation. Despite their importance, small towns fall into a systematic perception gap in scientific and planning discourses. Against this background, this paper applies a threefold conceptualization of scalar relations paying analytical attention to (1) population trajectories, (2) the relation of spatial …
Suspended in time? Peripheralised and "left behind" places in Germany
The term "left behind" has regained attention with the increasing signs of political dissatisfaction in the Global North, e.g. the rise of right-wing populist parties and politicians. In Germany, terms such as abgehängte Regionen (suspended regions) or "structurally weak" regions are often employed as alternatives. However, there is a certain fuzziness in these terminologies, as they often encompass different spatial scales and temporal dependenc…
The interplay of gender and migration in Europe's remote and economically weak rural regions
She leaves, he stays? Sex-selective migration in rural East Germany
The interplay of gender and migration in Europe's remote and economically weak rural regions
Peripheralisation
Demographic change is an uneven spatial process in Germany. Depopulation and ageing have become pressing issues in most rural regions. In connection with low population densities and the financial difficulties of municipalities and service providers in rural regions, these demographic trends have led to a discussion about the future provision of services of general interest and - more broadly - the postulate of equal living conditions which was f…
On the role of cultures of (out-)migration in the migration decisions of young people in shrinking regions of Central Germany
The patterns, motivations, and consequences of the outmigration of young adults from rural areas is a classic topic in population geography. In our paper, we first take a critical look at statistical analyses and cartographic representations of migration patterns of young adults in rural areas using Central Germany1 as an example, stressing the shortcomings of quantitative analyses of residential mobility. We argue that migration is a complex soc…
Contextualizing small towns – trends of demographic spatial development in Germany 1961–2018
For the past ten years, the growth debate has been urban-centric, at least in Germany, while rural areas have been largely associated with depopulation. Despite their importance, small towns fall into a systematic perception gap in scientific and planning discourses. Against this background, this paper applies a threefold conceptualization of scalar relations paying analytical attention to (1) population trajectories, (2) the relation of spatial …
Shifting spatial patterns in German population trends
The population development of German municipalities is characterized by pronounced regional disparities. We seek to shed new light on the shifting patterns of population development in Germany at the local level between 1990 and 2019 to understand better the drivers of population development at the local level and to initiate a debate on the (dis)advantages of longitudinal analyses of population change at the local level and the resulting methodo…
Active school transport in an urban environment
LIFE Child has been retrospectively registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02550236)
Left behind places’
‘Left behind places’ has become the leitmotif of geographical inequalities since the 2008 crisis. Yet, the term’s origins, definition and implications are poorly specified and risk obscuring the differentiated problems and pathways of different kinds of areas. This paper explicates the geographical etymology and spatial imaginary of ‘left behind places’. It argues that the appellation and its spatial expression have modified how geographical ineq…
Rethinking ‘left-behind’ places in a context of rising spatial inequalities and political discontent
The term 'left behind places' refers to post-industrial and rural areas characterised by economic under-performance and decline.This special issue aims to develop a broader understanding of the diverse meanings and manifestations of 'left behind places'.This editorial provides a review of how 'left-behind' places have been conceptualised in the literature and introduces the contributions according to four themes: the origins and meaning of the te…
Regional varieties of ‘left-behindness’ in the EU15
Recent debates about ‘left behind’ places have opened up new opportunities to understand the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time, the application of this label to a wide variety of places with different characteristics has been accused of obscuring as much as it reveals. In this paper, we shed light on the variegated nature of ‘left behind’ regions through a cluster analysis of NUTS-3 regions in t…
Suspended in time? Peripheralised and "left behind" places in Germany
The term "left behind" has regained attention with the increasing signs of political dissatisfaction in the Global North, e.g. the rise of right-wing populist parties and politicians. In Germany, terms such as abgehängte Regionen (suspended regions) or "structurally weak" regions are often employed as alternatives. However, there is a certain fuzziness in these terminologies, as they often encompass different spatial scales and temporal dependenc…
Downhill from here? Why shrinking regions are not necessarily ‘left-behind’
This paper explores the socio-spatial polarisation between thriving agglomerations and de-populating or stagnating, largely rural, areas in Germany, answering the question to what extent shrinking regions can also be seen as ‘left behind’. We find that demographic shrinkage is a challenge mostly for peripheral and rural districts. Our analysis shows no significant link between socio-economic development and population growth, highlighting the imp…
Breaking the Binary
Between 2001 and 2022, Germany's overall growth rate averaged 0.2% per year. Yet, of the 3285 towns and cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, only 52 grew in all 21 years under consideration (1.6%); 85 (2.6%) shrank in all years, leaving 3148 (95.8%) with a combination of the two. Using a novel dynamic time warping approach, we explore the processes of municipal population change beyond growth and shrinkage. We identify clusters of similar popu…
Urbanization and City Planning (12 works) · Geography (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economic geography (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Rural development and sustainability (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · German (4 works)