ABSTRACT
Because of the trailbreaking research activities by Torsten Hägerstrand, the department of geography at Lund University, Sweden, became a place of inspirational meetings for researchers from the whole world in the 1960s and 1970s. The guests coming in the 1960s were interested in Hägerstrand’s research on migration and the diffusion of innovation wherein Hägerstrand used quantitative methods. Many international geographers wanted to discuss quantitative geography with him. However, from 1970, an increasing number of visiting professors and PhD students came to know more about the novel time-geographic way of thinking. Time-geography spread globally, fueled by the guests’ discussions with Hägerstrand and his research group. Criticism has followed the development of time-geography from its beginning. This chapter looks at the international spread and criticism of time-geography.
