Structural change in the lignite mining regions: Perspectives from Science and Practice Three Years after the Decision to Phase Out Coal

Three years after the decision to phase out coal in Germany, the conference will shed light on structural change in the lignite phase-out regions of the Lusatian, Central German and Rhenish coalfields. Its central concern is the dialogue between science and practice in order to generate individual learning experiences for all participants and at the same time to enable collective learning effects for the further process design and support in the structural change.

The expert workshops of the conference are based on a comprehensive understanding of transformation. Distributional and procedural justice, intelligent specialisation and innovation will be addressed as well as spatial references and spatial effectiveness, inclusion and participation, the impact of regional structural policy and labour markets and the recruitment of skilled workers in structural change.