By Liliana Fonseca, PhD fellow in Public Policy at University of Aveiro, Portugal. Liliana Fonseca argues that universities are increasingly called upon to engage with local and regional government, but do they possess the needed mechanisms to incentivise academics to do so? In this article Liliana explores the barriers that prohibit the effective linking of […]
By Hugo Pinto, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Hugo Pinto develops the concept of the ‘resilience of innovation’, which links ideas about innovation dynamics and resilience to anticipate how regions might respond to external shocks or systemic failures in the economy and environment. :Introduction: Complex problems, difficult answers The world is in […]
By Carolyn Cartier, University of Technology Sydney and Hu De, East China Normal University Carolyn Cartier and Hu De, discuss China’s plan for national urbanization. Focusing on Chongqing, they reveal a pattern small city urbanization that is closely tied to local market economies. :Introduction: A new city in a new China Among the many challenges […]
By Moritz Breul and Thomas Neise, Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany. Moritz Breul and Thomas Neise share some reflections on the 2018 meeting of the Young Economic Geographers Network (YEGN) workshop and set an exciting agenda for future events to be held by the network. :Introduction: The Young Economic Geographers Network (YEGN) is […]
