15.10.1975, Mag.rer.nat. (Master of Science) of Geography, University of Innsbruck
Current Profession - Independent Geographer
regionalSynergie e.U. - Mag. Michael Beismann
Engineering Consultants for Geography
https://regionalsynergie.com
Applied Geography, regional development in the periphery, science transfer into society, science & arts, spatial modeling, holistic solutions.
Current activities 2018:
- Initiator of several projects aiming to raise significance of rural areas in the Alps – practical implementation with scientific approach; Further: Member of the ForAlps and Coworkation-Alp Network
- Scientific adviser for a movie documentary on the revitalization of peripheral villages
- Project Manager of the newly established cooperation between Innsbruck Nature Film Festival and the University of Innsbruck
- Co-Producer of the scientific art film The New Wild: Life in the Abandoned Lands (in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck, eurac etc.)
- Mapping transformations of the cultural landscape
Academic research and teaching
University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography
- Teaching the 3-semester specialization course for Spatial Development and Regional Research
- Member of the research group DCA – Demographic Change in the Alps ongoing and former projects:
- EUMINT – Euroregioni, Migrazione e Integrazione (INTERREG, ongoing)
- Current Demographic Changes in the European Alps, Effects on the Autochthonous Linguistic Minorities (FWF 2013-2016)
- The Impact of Current Demographic Transformation on Ethno-Linguistic Minorities in the Italian Alps (FWF 2009-2012)
Publications
Roland Löffler, Judith Walder, Michael Beismann, Wolfgang Warmuth, and Ernst Steini>https://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/migration/am_alps/amenity-migration-in-the-alps_applying-models-of-motivations-and-effects-to-2-case-studies-in-italy.pdf
Michael Beismann: Resilienz durch Verfall? Von der Revitalisierung verfallender Bergdörfer zum Bedeutungsgewinn des ländlichen Raumes der Alpen. In: Schrumpfung und Rückbau (eBook) Perspektiven der Regional- und Destinationsentwicklung. Harald Pechlaner (Herausgeber) 2017 | oekom verlag
978-3-96006-231-8 (ISBN)
Michael Beismann: Wo Bäume in Häusern wohnen, Quart Heft für Kultur Tirol Nr. 25/15
Haymon Verlag Innsbruck-Wien 2015
https://www.quart.at/bibliothek/alle_ausgaben/nr_25_15/wo_baeume_in_haeusern_wohnen
