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Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Eloïse Germain, Linköping University

The geography of innovation enables us to highlight differences between countries or regions, providing evidence for policy-makers´ decision-making....

Eloïse Germain 140 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Maria Salomaa, University of Lincoln

The GEOINNO conference provided an impressive cross-section of the contemporary discussion in the field of innovation research....

Maria Salomaa 101 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Huong Thu Nguyen, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

There is a continuing interest in how innovation can create societal value beyond commercialisation and better align with societal needs, shaped not just by...

Huong Thu Nguyen 51 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Lisa Nieth, University of Twente

A key issue in the field of geography of innovation clearly emerging is the need to get beyond the broader macro-level to better understand micro-scale...

Lisa Nieth 91 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Sergio Manrique, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The ‘geography of innovation’ field has evolved beyond economic geography to encompass different disciplines including regional and innovation studies...

Sergio Manrique 105 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Kwadwo Atta-Owusu, University of Stavanger

Innovation is widely promoted as a tool for driving economic growth, and policy-makers seek to harness innovation’s positive externalities to accelerate that...

Kwadwo Atta-Owusu 74 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Saeed Moghadam Saman, University of Stavanger

A key theme this year was the relation between knowledge complexity and economic...

Saeed Moghadam Saman 140 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by David Fernandez Guerrero, Aalborg University

Geography of innovation scholars are increasingly critical of the idea that technological innovation is able to provide per se solutions to regional...

David Fernandez Guerrero 49 comments

Conference reports

11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Gerwin Evers, Aalborg University

A recurring topic during GEOINNO2020 was the role that universities can play in regional industrial development through their graduates....

Gerwin Evers 132 comments

News articles

7 Feb 2020

Looking back at GEOINNO2020

A conference is always a team effort, and it was no different with this year’s 5th Geographies of Innovation conference, GEOINNO2020, held this year in...

Paul Benneworth 605 comments

Blog posts

6 Feb 2020

Preparing your defence

So the manuscript has been sent to the committee.  The papers are published, the book is printed.  The only thing that stands between you and the doctorate...

Paul Benneworth

Blog posts

14 Aug 2019

On regional engagement and unique selling points

The concept of engagement in academe is in vogue! With much research focused on a myriad of issues around this concept – my research project alongside 13...

Rhoda Ahoba-Sam