Evolving geographies of innovation: existing paradigms,critiques and possible alternatives |
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| Authors: | Lars Coenen Kevin Morgan |
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| Institution: | 1. Lars Coenen, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, Faculty of Architecture, Building &2. Planning, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia and Mohn Centre for Innovation and Regional Development, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Postboks 7030, NO-5020 Bergen, Norwaylars.coenen@unimelb.edu.au;4. Kevin Morgan, School of Geography &5. Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA, UK |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTTheory development on the geographies of innovation has been very successful in incorporating the changing patterns of knowledge dynamics due to globalization, lifting the gaze beyond processes of localized learning and increasingly acknowledging the multilevel, multiscalar governance of innovation. Arguably less attention has been directed to the changing qualities and impacts of innovation as a result of globalization, notably in view of social polarization and climate change. The aim of the article is to provide suggestions for how research on the geography of innovation can be improved by engaging with a more capacious understanding of innovation and territorial development. The authors explore how socio-ecological innovation can be introduced in contemporary discussions and practices of place-based smart specialization policy. They conclude by suggesting that future research should address and interrogate (1) the rise of the foundational economy as an expression of place-based innovation, which entails new forms of co-governance, and (2) the challenge of experimentalism in the public sector, a sector that looms large in lagging regions and the places that were deemed not to matter until they took their revenge on the mainstream political system. |
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| Keywords: | experimentalism foundational economy innovation smart specialization |
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