Dr. Jana Maria Kleibert
Junior Research Group Leader | Dynamics of Economic Spaces
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Dr. Jana Kleibert is acting head of the department “Dynamics of Economic Spaces” since 2019. She leads the Leibniz-Research Group "Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education" (TRANSEDU) at the IRS and the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Her research interests connect economic, urban and development geography and focuses on contemporary processes of globalisation, global production networks and their socio-spatial expressions.

From 2017 to 2018 she was Visiting Professor in Economic Geography at the Goethe University of Frankfurt / Main. From 2015-2017 she conducted post-doctoral research in the research project “Geographies of Dissociation” at the IRS. Prior to this, she worked at the University of Amsterdam, the Free University of Berlin and was visiting scholar at the geography departments of the National University of Singapore (2016), the University of Manchester (2015, 2016, 2018) and the University of British Columbia (2014). For her PhD dissertation at the University of Amsterdam on the offshoring of ICT-enabled services to the global South she conducted extensive qualitative research in the Philippines.

Research Interest and Expertise

IRS Research Topics
Shared Knowledge - Locally and Over Distance
New Social Practices
Forms and Implications of Spatial Governance
Research Foci
Knowledge Economy
Network Research
Globalisation
Global Production Networs
Disciplines
Geography
Economical Geography
Urban Studies
International Relations
European Studies
Foci in Methods and Concepts
Expert Interviews
Semi-Structured Interviews
Participatory Observation
Case Study Design

Projects

Ongoing Third-party Funded Projects

Third-party funded project 04/2018 - 03/2023
Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education. International Branch Campus Development at the Interface of Network and Territorial Embeddedness (TRANSEDU)

In the past twenty years, the number of students completing university studies in a foreign country has constantly been on the rise. In addition, many universities are investing in international branch campuses (IBCs) abroad. These are initial indices for a parallel globalisation of knowledge-intensive branches of the economy and of the university landscape. The Leibniz Junior Research Group “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education” (TRANSEDU) is concerned with the relationship between globalised economic processes and the internationalisation of the academic and research landscapes. more info

Third-party funded project 04/2018 - 03/2021
The Spaces of Global Production: The Territorial Dimensions of Global Production Networks and World City Networks

The DFG- scientific network “The Spaces of Global Production: The Territorial Dimensions of Global Production Networks and World City Networks” connects scholars from Germany, Luxemburg and Belgium to exchange ideas and contribute to debates on the economic geographies of globalisation. more info

Third-party funded project 07/2015 - 06/2019
Geographies of Dissociation: The Social Construction of Value from a Spatial Perspective

This research project seeks to analyse processes of social construction of economic value from a spatial perspective, using the example of the global fur industry. The main idea is to combine two approaches. In the cultural geographic discourse, contributors highlight that commodities achieve high prices on markets if they are successfully associated with entities representing positive, extra-economic values. more info

Completed Third-party Funded Projects

Advisory in the development of initiative/action plan for the Philippines IT BPM Roadmap 2016-2022

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Selected Publications by Year

2020
Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. Global Geographies of Offshore Campuses
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315
    • Kleibert, J. M., & Mann, L. (2020). Capturing Value amidst Constant Global Restructuring? Information Technology Enabled Services in India, the Philippines and Kenya. European Journal of Development Research , 32, 1057-1079. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00256-1
  • https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057/s41287-020-00256-1?shared_access_token=ZsvHt4pHq3jSV8HXuxVneFxOt48VBPO10Uv7D6sAgHuXA4fTE4boxl2cvG2rQZrmj_unnJh3HW6B_4jEB0q1FL30evTv1MSafdVss7qhNgSf2q18cbJRVpYknXUqw7Me56CINu8EgkbdDBdS07ksEeto0dVlK20uVIELTCtkPIg%3D
    • Kleibert, J. M. Higher Education and Brexit
  • https://ukandeu.ac.uk/higher-education-and-brexit/
  • Higher education and Brexit - UK in a changing EuropeUK in a changing Europe
    • Kleibert, J. M. (2020). Offshore Spaces: Multiscalar Bordering Processes and the Segmented Moblities of Capital and Labour in Asia. In P. S. Aulakh, & P. F. Kelly (Eds.), Mobilities of Labour and Capital in Asia (pp. 31-47). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781108687140
    Kleibert, J. M., Hess, M., & Müller, F. C. (2020). Sites of Contestation in Global Fur Networks. Geoforum, (108), 39-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.11.009
    2019
    Ibert, O., Hess, M., Kleibert, J. M., Müller, F. C., & Power, D. (2019). Positioning and ‘Doing’ Geographies of Dissociation. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(1), 88-93. DOI: 10.1177/2043820619832725
    Ibert, O., Hess, M., Kleibert, J. M., Müller, F. C., & Power, D. (2019). Geographies of Dissociation: Value Creation, ‚Dark‘ Places and ‚Missing‘ Links. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(1), 43-63. DOI: 10.1177/2043820619831114
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/215474
    • 2018
    Kleibert, J. M., & Horner, R. (2018). Geographies of Global Production Networks. In R. C. Kloosterman, V. Mamadouh, & P. Terhorst (Eds.), Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization (pp. 222-234). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. DOI: 10.4337/9781785363849.00026
    Lambregts, B., Kleibert, J. M., & Beerepoot, N. (2018). The Making of Mumbai as a Global City: Investigating the Role of the Offshore Services Sector. In M. Hoyler, C. Parnreiter, & A. Watson (Eds.), Global City Makers: Economic Actors and Practices in the World City Network (pp. 124-150). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
    Kleibert, J. M. (2018). Exclusive Development(s): Special Economic Zones and Enclave Urbanism in the Philippines. Critical Sociology, 44(3), 471–485. DOI: 10.1177/0896920517698538
    2017
    Lambregts, B., Beerepoot, N., & Kleibert, J. M. (2017). Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: An Introduction. In N. Beerepoot, B. Lambregts, & J. Kleibert (Eds.), Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from the Global North and South (pp. 1-18). (The Dynamics of Economic Space). London, New York: Routledge.
    Beerepoot, N., Lambregts, B., & Kleibert, J. M. (Eds.) (2017). Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from the Global North and South. (The Dynamics of Economic Space). London, New York: Routledge.
    Beerepoot, N., Kleibert, J. M., & Lambregts, B. (2017). Conclusions: Trends and Ways Forward in Services-driven Economic Growth. In N. Beerepoot, B. Lambregts, & J. Kleibert (Eds.), Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from the Global North and South (pp. 223-330). (The Dynamics of Economic Space). London, New York: Routledge.
    Kleibert, J. M. (2017). On the Global City Map, but Not in Command? Probing Manila's Position in the World City Network. Environment and Planning A, 49(12), 2897-2915. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X16663710
    Kleibert, J. M., & Müller, F. C. (2017). Femininity and the Rise of ‘Ethical Fur’: How Fashion Designers Create Alternative Understandings of Value and Construct Gendered Identities. Journal of Consumer Ethics, 1(2), 55-62.
  • https://journal.ethicalconsumer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/JCE_2017_2_55_62_Kleibert__Muller.pdf
  • JCE_2017_2_55_62_Kleibert__Muller
    • 2016
    Kleibert, J. M. (2016). Global Production Networks, Offshore Services and the Branch-Plant Syndrome. Regional Studies, 50(12), 1995-2009. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1034671
    Kleibert, J. M., & Kippers, L. (2016). Living the Good Life? The Rise of Urban Mixed-Use Enclaves in Metro Manila. Urban Geography, 37(3), 373-395. DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1082799
    Kleibert, J. M. (2016). Pervasive but Neglected: Conceptualizing Services and Global Production Networks. Geography Compass, 10(8), 333-345. DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12271
    2015
    Kleibert, J. M. (2015). Services-Led Economic Development: Comparing the Emergence of the Offshore Service Sector in India and the Philippines. In B. Lambregts, N. Beerepoot, & R. C. Kloosterman (Eds.), The Local Impact of Globalization in South and Southeast Asia: Offshore Business Process Outsourcing in Services Industries (pp. 29-45). (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy; No. 149). London ; New York: Routledge.

    Selected Publications by Type

    Anthology
    Beerepoot, N., Lambregts, B., & Kleibert, J. M. (Eds.) (2017). Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from the Global North and South. (The Dynamics of Economic Space). London, New York: Routledge.
    Journal Article
    Kleibert, J. M., & Mann, L. (2020). Capturing Value amidst Constant Global Restructuring? Information Technology Enabled Services in India, the Philippines and Kenya. European Journal of Development Research , 32, 1057-1079. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00256-1
  • https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057/s41287-020-00256-1?shared_access_token=ZsvHt4pHq3jSV8HXuxVneFxOt48VBPO10Uv7D6sAgHuXA4fTE4boxl2cvG2rQZrmj_unnJh3HW6B_4jEB0q1FL30evTv1MSafdVss7qhNgSf2q18cbJRVpYknXUqw7Me56CINu8EgkbdDBdS07ksEeto0dVlK20uVIELTCtkPIg%3D
    • Kleibert, J. M., Hess, M., & Müller, F. C. (2020). Sites of Contestation in Global Fur Networks. Geoforum, (108), 39-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.11.009
    Ibert, O., Hess, M., Kleibert, J. M., Müller, F. C., & Power, D. (2019). Positioning and ‘Doing’ Geographies of Dissociation. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(1), 88-93. DOI: 10.1177/2043820619832725
    Ibert, O., Hess, M., Kleibert, J. M., Müller, F. C., & Power, D. (2019). Geographies of Dissociation: Value Creation, ‚Dark‘ Places and ‚Missing‘ Links. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(1), 43-63. DOI: 10.1177/2043820619831114
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/215474
    • Kleibert, J. M. (2018). Exclusive Development(s): Special Economic Zones and Enclave Urbanism in the Philippines. Critical Sociology, 44(3), 471–485. DOI: 10.1177/0896920517698538
    Kleibert, J. M. (2017). On the Global City Map, but Not in Command? Probing Manila's Position in the World City Network. Environment and Planning A, 49(12), 2897-2915. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X16663710
    Kleibert, J. M., & Müller, F. C. (2017). Femininity and the Rise of ‘Ethical Fur’: How Fashion Designers Create Alternative Understandings of Value and Construct Gendered Identities. Journal of Consumer Ethics, 1(2), 55-62.
  • https://journal.ethicalconsumer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/JCE_2017_2_55_62_Kleibert__Muller.pdf
  • JCE_2017_2_55_62_Kleibert__Muller
    • Kleibert, J. M. (2016). Global Production Networks, Offshore Services and the Branch-Plant Syndrome. Regional Studies, 50(12), 1995-2009. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1034671
    Kleibert, J. M., & Kippers, L. (2016). Living the Good Life? The Rise of Urban Mixed-Use Enclaves in Metro Manila. Urban Geography, 37(3), 373-395. DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1082799
    Kleibert, J. M. (2016). Pervasive but Neglected: Conceptualizing Services and Global Production Networks. Geography Compass, 10(8), 333-345. DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12271
    Contribution to Anthology
    Kleibert, J. M. (2020). Offshore Spaces: Multiscalar Bordering Processes and the Segmented Moblities of Capital and Labour in Asia. In P. S. Aulakh, & P. F. Kelly (Eds.), Mobilities of Labour and Capital in Asia (pp. 31-47). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781108687140
    Kleibert, J. M., & Horner, R. (2018). Geographies of Global Production Networks. In R. C. Kloosterman, V. Mamadouh, & P. Terhorst (Eds.), Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization (pp. 222-234). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. DOI: 10.4337/9781785363849.00026
    Lambregts, B., Kleibert, J. M., & Beerepoot, N. (2018). The Making of Mumbai as a Global City: Investigating the Role of the Offshore Services Sector. In M. Hoyler, C. Parnreiter, & A. Watson (Eds.), Global City Makers: Economic Actors and Practices in the World City Network (pp. 124-150). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
    Lambregts, B., Beerepoot, N., & Kleibert, J. M. (2017). Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: An Introduction. In N. Beerepoot, B. Lambregts, & J. Kleibert (Eds.), Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from the Global North and South (pp. 1-18). (The Dynamics of Economic Space). London, New York: Routledge.
    Beerepoot, N., Kleibert, J. M., & Lambregts, B. (2017). Conclusions: Trends and Ways Forward in Services-driven Economic Growth. In N. Beerepoot, B. Lambregts, & J. Kleibert (Eds.), Globalisation and Services-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from the Global North and South (pp. 223-330). (The Dynamics of Economic Space). London, New York: Routledge.
    Kleibert, J. M. (2015). Services-Led Economic Development: Comparing the Emergence of the Offshore Service Sector in India and the Philippines. In B. Lambregts, N. Beerepoot, & R. C. Kloosterman (Eds.), The Local Impact of Globalization in South and Southeast Asia: Offshore Business Process Outsourcing in Services Industries (pp. 29-45). (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy; No. 149). London ; New York: Routledge.
    Contribution to Forum or Blog
    Kleibert, J. M. Higher Education and Brexit
  • https://ukandeu.ac.uk/higher-education-and-brexit/
  • Higher education and Brexit - UK in a changing EuropeUK in a changing Europe
    • Other transfer publication
    Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. Global Geographies of Offshore Campuses
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315

    • Talks

    2020
    Digital Work in the Global South: A Chance for Transformative Development?

    June/10/2020

    Enclave Urbanism and Transnational Zones in Southeast Asia

    January/28/2020

    Offshore Campuses as an 'Insurance Policy'?

    The Political Economy of Brexit

    January/21/2020
    University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Exporting Campuses, Building Cities?

    January/13/2020

    2019
    Discussant

    Symposium: Mapping the Global Factory

    September/29/2019
    TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Geographien transnationaler Hochschulableger

    Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2019

    September/26/2019
    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Shoring-up the Archipelago: value manipulation across new(er) international divisions of labour

    RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2019

    August/30/2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Transnational Spaces of Education and the Reconfiguration of Im/Mobilities

    RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2019

    August/28/2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Reconfiguring the United Kingdom’s transnational education geographies after Brexit: Branch campuses as flexible technology

    July/23/2019

    Education Cities: Transnationale Räume der Wissensökonomie

    May/28/2019

    Geographien der Dissoziation in der globalen Pelzindustrie

    15. Rauischholzhausener Symposium zur Wirtschaftsgeographie

    April/25/2019
    Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Rauischholzhausen, Germany

    Contesting Global Production Networks of Fur: Spaces of Commodification, Valuation and Dissociation

    AAG Annual Meeting 2019

    April/03/2019
    Washington, DC, Washington, D.C., United States

    2018
    Geographies of Dissociation in the Global Fur-Fashion Complex

    November/29/2018

    Studying GPNs Through the Lens of Dissociations: Symbolic Value and the Restructuring of the Global Fur-Fashion Complex

    October/17/2018

    Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education: A Research Agenda

    October/10/2018

    Shoring-Up the Archipelago: Changing Sites and Technologies Enabling the Geographical Transfer of Value

    5th Global Conference on Economic Geography 2018

    July/24/2018
    Köln, Germany

    Global Production Networks: Regions, Power(s), and Networks from an Economic- Geographic Perspective

    Regional Powers Revisited

    April/27/2018
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    2017
    Creating, constructing and contesting value in global production networks: the case of fur-fashion

    Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers 2017

    April/08/2017
    Boston, Boston, United States

    Neoliberalizing Spaces in the Phillippines: Suburbanization, Transnational Migration and Dispossession by Andre Ortega

    Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers 2017

    April/07/2017
    Boston, Boston, United States

    Global Production Networks and the Remaking of Cities: Enclave Urbanism in the Philippines

    'Transnational Production Spaces' Workshop

    February/21/2017
    Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    2016
    Pervasive but neglected? Conceptualising services and global production networks

    GPN@NUS Research Seminar Series

    November/04/2016
    Singapur, Singapur, Singapore

    Changing global production networks in the fur-fashion industry

    RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2016

    September/01/2016
    London, London, United Kingdom

    Recent Video

    Discussion Panel "The Formulation of Policies at the Intersection of Activism, Fashion Industry and Government"

    The Discussion Panel "The Formulation of Policies at the Intersection of Activism, Fashion Industry and Government" with Vera Baumann, Laura Ceresna-Chaturvedi, Sarah Ditty, Julien Labal and Douglas Miller was moderated by Jana Kleibert as a part of the Conference “Missing Links: Creating Value in Fashion” at the Berlin University of the Arts on October 27, 2017.