Mission-oriented #innovation promises grand solutions, yet too often ignores geography.
As @elvirauyarra.bsky.social, @larscoenen.bsky.social et al. stress, innovation isn’t placeless; it’s shaped by local #institutions.
A spatially blind approach risks failure & exclusion.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ei...

New in #OpenAccess: Examining system-level agency in the context of spatially embedded industries: a study of Greater Manchester’s domestic retrofit industry by Matt Ziembla, @elvirauyarra.bsky.social & @jonatanpinkse.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What are the implications for regions of new generation innovation and industrial policies?

Edurne Magro, @elvirauyarra.bsky.social and I have written a short reflection in Spanish (published as an Ekonomiaz Ikerketak)

www.euskadi.eus/informes-eko...

Upcoming seminar at MIOIR!

Join us as @svannuccini.bsky.social explores Artificial Intelligence, between Industrial Dynamics and Industrial Policy.

🗓 Monday, 24 February 2025
⏰ 15:30 - 16:30
📍 Online & In-person

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/40XNVkK

Call for proposals for Doctoral Researchers and Early Career Researchers in Eu-SPRI member organisations.

Eu-SPRI Forum Early Career Researcher and PhD Circulation Award

Submission deadline: 11th March 2025

Further details are available on the Eu-SPRI website
bit.ly/3E7TmnX

📢 We’re hiring: Research Associate in Science Policy, exploring #metascience in #sciencediplomacy

Work with Kieron Flanagan & Cornelia Lawson on a global project under the Transatlantic Partnership.

Closing date: 3 Feb 2025
🔗 Find out more: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Upcoming Seminar at MIOIR!

Prof. Hanna Hottenrott will explore how local business networks shape firm formation, entrepreneurial entry and performance in regional economies.

🗓 Mon, 03 Feb ⏰ 3:30 - 4:30pm
📍In-person & Online

Register here 👉 bit.ly/3WxfK0v

Very sad to hear that Dick Nelson has passed away (at 94).

Dick was a huge influence on me & a great friend of SPRU.

In his 80s he would fly over on the red-eye (economy) & come straight in to talk to PhD students.

He was an absolute intellectual giant & one of the kindest people I've ever met.

🎆The Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society are delighted to welcome three outstanding and dynamic new Editors to the Editorial Board. We are very please to announce that @elvirauyarra.bsky.social, @raffolagravinese.bsky.social and @thinkwoodist.bsky.social have agreed to join us!

Come join us! Fully-funded #PhDposition 📢

Explore how inclusive #InnovationDistricts, like Manchester's £1.7bn Sister district, can drive sustainability & social inclusion without gentrification.

Work with Kieron Flanagan & Elvira Uyarra
Apply by 5 March 2025 👉 bit.ly/3CaMiXc

Hello! We're the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the University of Manchester, and we're excited to be on Bluesky 👋

Follow us for updates from across the Institute — we can't wait to connect with you! www.mioir.manchester.ac.uk

📚 The paper is part of a special issue on Geographies of Missions, edited by Lars Coenen, Markus M. Bugge, Kieron Flanagan, Elvira Uyarra, and Iris Wanzenböck. The issue also includes very interesting other papers. I recommend taking a look at them.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🚨📣 New paper out on the #impacts of policy-driven #public #procurement discussing past #research, methodologies, and future agendas.

@astonuniversity.bsky.social
@astonpress.bsky.social
@regstud.bsky.social

1/2

have a look! 👇
tinyurl.com/33rszzma

📦 Pack for University of Manchester staff and departments.
💬 Reply if you wish to be added 🙌🏽
go.bsky.app/pDWEN6

Upcoming Seminar at MIOIR!

Join us for our next seminar with Dr. Florian Kern (@ioew.bsky.social) as he discusses how #policymixes can support #sustainabilitytransitions.

🗓 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 ⏰ 3:30 - 4:30pm
📍In-person & Online

Register now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mioir-semi...

Another one to add mioir.bsky.social

Thank you so much Julian!

Please add me and my colleague @mabelsanchez.bsky.social

How is Manchester tackling #healthinequalities?
Join #HealthierFutures at #TheUniversityofManchester for our annual lecture on 28 Nov and discover how Cordelle Ofori, Director of #publichealth for #Manchester City Council, and team are #MakingManchesterFairer.
All welcome. Register: lnkd.in/ewe-8nuY

UKRI is recruiting a Director to lead work on R&D and Place.

A great opportunity for an action-oriented leader who wants to tackle the many well-documented issues of the geography of R&D in the UK!

careersportal.taleo.net/careersectio...

⌛One week to submit your #Special #Session proposal for #RSA25 ⌛

⏱️ 28 November 2024

For more info & to submit: bit.ly/RSAAC25

@carvalho-luis.bsky.social @drjwharrison.bsky.social @rsachiefexec.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @pillnj.bsky.social @lesarsa.bsky.social

📢Call for contributions – 6th International PhDays Conference: A Forum for Early-Career Researchers

📆Next deadline: 6th December 2024

Researchers can submit a bio and abstract via the website. More details here bit.ly/48SLiD4