Heike Mayer is Professor for Economic Geography at the University of Bern. As an economic geographer, she is interested in the ways in which innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives emerge in the periphery and how marginality allows for transformative change towards a more economically just and sustainable world. She is also interested in crossing the boundary of academic life by taking time to engage in outreach activities and by being a mother. Recent publication: Slow Innovation in Europe's Peripheral Regions: Innovation beyond Acceleration.
