Andreas Kuebart

Dr. Andreas Kuebart is a Research Associate in the Research Area 'Economy and Civil Society' at the Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS) and a Post-Doc Fellow at the Chair for Socio-Spatial Transformation at Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU). His interdisciplinary work bridges human and economic geography, focusing on entrepreneurial ecosystems, digital economy, and socio-spatial dynamics of health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS), Research Area Economy and Civil Society
• Chair for Socio-Spatial Transformation, Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU)

He earned his Dr. rer. nat. in Geography from Freie Universität Berlin in 2020, with prior studies at Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Florida, Stockholm University, and Bonn University.

• PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Geography, Freie Universität Berlin (2020)
• Studies in Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Florida, Stockholm University, Bonn University

His research centers on the geographies of socio-spatial processes in the digital economy, particularly examining entrepreneurial ecosystems, financial geographies, regional development, and health geography. Methodologically, he combines qualitative case studies with spatial data science and sequence analysis to understand temporal and spatial dynamics in innovation and pandemic spread.

The recent publications highlight a strong trend in analyzing trans-local entrepreneurial networks, startup trajectories, and the spatial-temporal evolution of both innovation ecosystems and public health crises. His work increasingly integrates advanced spatial analytics and sequence-based modeling, especially in the context of Berlin and European-wide systems.

Dr. Kuebart has contributed to major policy-oriented outputs for the European Commission through the StepUP Startups project, including influential reports on Europe’s startup landscape and spin-off innovation. He is actively involved in third-party funded research such as 'Disruption and Spatial Development' and 'CoDiff' (Socio-Spatial Diffusion of COVID-19 in Germany), indicating sustained engagement with impactful, interdisciplinary research.

He has advised on or led projects analyzing the role of open creative labs, seed accelerators, and spatial infrastructure in entrepreneurial ecosystems. His collaborative work spans multiple institutions and disciplines, often involving teams from IRS, BTU, and international partners.

Dr. Kuebart is a key contributor to the 'CODIFF' project on the spatial diffusion of COVID-19 in Germany and has developed phase models and severity indicators for pandemic dynamics. He also leads analytical components in the 'StepUP Startups' project, which maps Europe’s entrepreneurial ecosystem using data-driven methods.