The national workshop aims to:

I)  exchange knowledge about the growing phenomenon of New Working Spaces (NWS) (such as coworking, makerspaces, fablabs, hackerspaces, business laboratories, other collaborative and creative workspaces, libraries offering coworking and makerspaces and office sharing services), 

II) understand differences and similarities between city and peripheries, 

III) to improve the knowledge about the effects in communities and local and regional development

IV) to discuss main trends and challenges for NWS

V) to discuss and lay the foundations for a Portuguese Coworking Assembly for its future. 

The workshop also aims to promote collaboration between national academics and other Portuguese actors, who are interested in this topic. It also aims to get to know each other better and establish a platform for collaboration and future projects.  Both academic participants and stakeholders at the national, regional, and local level play a crucial role as experts and informants on the development of NWS in metropolitan areas, medium-sized small towns, and rural areas in Portugal.

This event will be of interest to researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the field of:

• Urban planning
• Real-estate analysis
• Economic geography
• Social science
• Policy and decision making

The event is organized by the COST members in Portugal who are involved in COST Action CA18214 ‘The Geography of New Working Spaces and Impact on the Periphery’ (2019-2023), funded by the European Union http://www.new-working-spaces.eu/