Geography of Innovation Conference 2022
Bocconi University, in partnership with POLISS, is organising the 6th Geography of Innovation Conference which will take place at Bocconi University in Milan from 26th to 28th January 2022.
The Geography of Innovation Conference provides a forum for discussion to scholars interested in scientific, policy and strategic issues concerning the spatial dimension of innovation activities.
In line with the five previous editions of the conference, held in Saint Etienne (France) in 2012, Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2014, Toulouse (France) in 2016, in Barcelona (Spain) in 2018 and in Stavanger (Norway) in 2020, the main objective of this event is to bring together some of the world’s leading scholars from a variety of disciplines ranging from economic geography and regional science, to economics and management science, sociology and network theory, and political and planning sciences.
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| Call for special sessions:
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May 23th, 2021
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| Papers and extended abstracts submission deadline:
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September 5th, 2021
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ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Heads of the Local Committee:
- Andrea Morrison (Bocconi University, Italy and Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
- Nicoletta Corrocher (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Stefano Breschi (Bocconi University, Italy)
Other Committee Members:
- Corinne Autant-Bernard (University of Saint Etienne, France)
- Jerome Vicente (University of Toulouse, France)
- Koen Frenken (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
- Kristoffer Woldseth Moldekleiv (University of Stavanger, Norway)
- Luisa Gagliardi (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Myriam Mariani (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Roberta Pisani (Bocconi University, Italy)
- Ron Boschma (Utrecht University, The Netherlands and University of Stavanger, Norway)
- Rosina Moreno (University of Barcelona, Spain)
- Rune Dahl Fitjar (University of Stavanger, Norway)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Committee Members:
- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (London School of Economics, UK)
- Atilla Varga (Pecs University, Hungary)
- Bjørn Terje Asheim (University of Stavanger, Norway and Lund University, Sweden)
- Canfei He (Peking University, China)
- Cesar Hidalgo (Center for Collective Learning, ANITI, University of Toulouse)
- Christian Catalini (MIT Sloan, US)
- Christian Østergaard (Aalborg University, Denmark)
- David Charles (Northumbria University, UK)
- David L. Rigby (UCLA, US)
- Davide Consoli (INGENIO-CSIC, Spain)
- Dieter Kogler (University College Dublin, Ireland)
- Elisa Giuliani (University of Pisa, Italy)
- Ernest Miguelez (University of Bordeaux, France)
- Francesco Lissoni (University of Bordeaux, France)
- Francesco Quatraro (University of Turin, Italy)
- Gaetan de Rassenfosse (EPFL, Switzerland)
- Heike Mayer (University of Bern, Switzerland)
- Ina Drejer (Aalborg University, Denmark)
- Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
- Josep Maria Arauzo Carod (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
- Julie Le Gallo (Agrosup Dijon, France)
- Keld Laursen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
- Lars Coenen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
- Lorenzo Cassi (Paris-Sorbonne, France)
- Magnus Klofsten (Linköping University, Sweden)
- Mark Lorenzen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
- Maryann Feldman (University of North Carolina, USA)
- Michael Fritsch (University of Jena, Germany)
- Michael Storper (UCLA, US)
- Michaela Trippl (University of Vienna, Austria)
- Pierre Alex Balland (Utrecht University, The Netherlands and MIT, USA)
- Rafael Boix (University of Valencia, Spain)
- Raquel Ortega-Argilés (University of Birmingham, UK)
- Riccardo Crescenzi (London School of Economics, UK)
- Roberta Capello (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
- Roberta Rabellotti (University of Pavia, Italy)
- Sami Mahroum (INSEAD Abu Dhabi UAE)
- Silvia Rita Sedita (University of Padova, Italy)
- Simona Iammarino (London School of Economics, UK)
- Stefano Usai (University of Cagliari, Italy)
- Tom Broekel (University of Stavanger, Norway)
PARTNER
POLISS is an Innovative Training Network funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (H2020-MSCA-ITN grant agreement No 860887) bringing together 7 European Universities and 13 Partners with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the EU’s Smart Specialisation Policy.
The POLISS project will be training a new generation of experts in regional development and innovation policy, contributing to a more effective design, implementation and evaluation of RIS3 actions in EU regions.
Within POLISS, 14 PhD research fellows will be trained and work together to achieve the objectives of the POLISS Innovative Training Network. The network will run for a 4-year period, ending in December 2023.