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Regional Studies Journal@regionalstudies.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for papers for our special issue: 'From knowledge-intensive to transformative knowledge regions'. For more, contact, special issue editors: @annabutzin.bsky.social; @carvalho-luis.bsky.social; Hugues Jeannerat. & Jesper Manniche think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... Abstracts: 15th May

Rethinking Entrepreneurship Support in Lagging Regions Entrepreneurship support is criticized for high costs & limited impact. But what if we’re measuring it too narrowly? Our study highlights the 'outward causation' of entrepreneurial ecosystems—benefits that extend beyond new start-ups 1/3

I had the pleasure of talking about bicycle manufacturing in Germany in this podcast (in German): mehrblogs.uni-jena.de/spaceconomic... There are more bicycles than cars in Germany - but the attention is on the automotive sector. A ❤️ for the small industries! #fahrrad #bicycle

Die FDP jetzt auf „Der Hund hat meine Hausarbeit gefressen“ Niveau.

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Nicola Pilling@pillnj.bsky.social · 2y ago

SS37: 'Understanding Transformative Knowledge Regions' @annabutzin.bsky.social @carvalho-luis.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social Research Network TRAKR have submitted a #SS for #RSA25 to find out more and submit by ⏰ 19 Dec 🌟 bit.ly/sspto25 (18)

In the first 2 issues of this year, the Cambridge Journal of regions, Economy and Society examined "Left Behind Places"; in issue 1 we ask "What they are and why do they matter? (academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...) and in issue 2 we ask "What can be done?" (academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...)

Injecting climate finance into SME lending? Regional banks can contribute to the green transformation of SMEs in Germany but also have the means and market power to slow such transformation. Happy to share our paper online: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Waking up to welcome @larscoenen.bsky.social on bluesky. 🤗 #geosky #geoinno

Lars Coenen (soon also on bsky) starts his keynote by concluding on the increasingly contested nature of innovation processes. He also cautions that 'experimentation' risks becoming another slogan if the meta-governance aspects are not addressed.

Less than an hour until the TRAKR Workshop on Transformative Knowledge Regions. The room is prepared and coffee is almost ready. Looking forward to it a lot! www.regionalstudies.org/network/tran...