Valentin Wallnöfer is a Junior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research. He completed his master's degree in geography at the University of Vienna with a semester at the department of sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca. During his studies he focused particularly on social and economic geography as well as on urban and regional development.

His main research interests include:

• Spatial inequalities
• Socio-ecological transformation
• Tourism