EuroLIO and its European partners are pleased to announce the first European seminar on “Geography of Innovation” in Saint Etienne from 26th to 28th January 2012.
Public and corporate actors are faced with pressing questions concerning innovation policy and the return of R&D investment. To answer these questions, new perspectives are necessary to overthrow received wisdom. This first European seminar on “Geography of Innovation” invites scholars from all disciplines to present their work on local and global processes of innovation, on the interaction between science, technology and policy, on clusters, entrepreneurship and competitiveness, and on green growth and sustainability.
To further our understanding of innovation processes, the seminar intends to bring together a variety of disciplines including economic geography, regional science, economics of innovation, network theory and management science. We further welcome new contributions to the establishment of (European) databases as well as new analytical tools, including spatial econometrics, network analysis, (interactive) visualisation, bibliometrics and policy evaluation tools.
Moreover, with the objective of concretely supplement and improve the localised innovation indicators which are useful for the elaboration and follow-up of public policies, the European seminar intend to gather together, researchers, data providers and public actors in innovation, thereby permitting exchange and confrontation of experiences in terms of data, methods and observation practices in the various European countries.
In terms of methodology the seminar aims to gather together :
Conceptual studies
Statistical and/or econometric studies
Qualitative studies / Case studies
Field observations
International comparisons
Themes for sessions and/or special Round-Tables :
Nature and forms of innovative dynamics :
A. Non-technological innovation (organisational innovation, service innovation, institutional
innovation)
B. Eco-innovation and its indicators
C. Creativity, creative class and urban development
D. Entrepreneurship and regional development
E. Triple helix of university-industry-government relations
Geographical factors and agglomeration :
F. Globalisation of knowledge production
G. Geography of science
H. Innovation in European regions
I. Urban agglomerations and Innovation
Indicators and methodologies :
J. Spatial dynamics of innovation networks
K. Spatial econometrics
L. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
M. Regionalising indicators
N. Patent citations as indicator of knowledge flows
Public policies and evaluation :
O. From diagnosis to evaluation : indicators and methodologies
P. Poles and clusters : what follow-up tools for policy ?
Q. Local Innovation policies
R. Demand-side innovation policy and regional development
