Verena Brinks
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1521798 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Verena Brinks |
| PRENOMES | Verena |
| SOBRENOME | Brinks |
| ASSINATURA | BRINKS V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2137-8040 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Approaching “the expert” in times of (digital) disruptions
The demand for “experts” and “expertise” has never been higher than in the present time, characterized by complexities, uncertainties and (digital) disruptions. At the same time, expertise has never been more contested and attacked, particularly due to social media. In this paper, we delve into the social-scientific literature on expert(ise) and argue for a strong differentiation between knowledge and expertise . We outline a geography of experti…
Experts in crisis
This paper offers a typology of different groups of “experts” in relation to crisis. While decision-making and leadership are frequently analysed in crisis research, the role of experts who offer advice in crisis is widely underexplored in social scientific research. Based on qualitative interviews, we distinguish between the trouble shooter, the emergency expert, the situative expert, the accidental expert and the trusted advisor. Each of the re…
Fluid objects? An attempt to conceptualise the global rise of “coworking spaces”
The paper explores the emergence and proliferation of “coworking spaces”. Driven by empirical observations during the last 10 years, the paper examines the analytical potential of the concept “fluid objects” to explain the global rise of coworking spaces. With remarkable speed, coworking spaces emerged worldwide during the last 15 years and receive enormous attention from researchers, policy‐makers, and the public. However, researchers still stru…
Zur Räumlichkeit von Krisen
From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis
The term ‘crisis’ is omnipresent. The current corona virus pandemic is perceived as the most recent example. However, the notion of crisis is increasingly deployed as a signifier of relevance, rather than as an analytical concept. Moreover, human geography has so far little contributed to the interdisciplinary crisis research field which is fixated on the temporal aspects of crisis but neglects its spatiality. Against this background, the first a…
‘And Since I Knew About the Possibilities There …’
Open spaces for experimentation and innovation are receiving growing attention from economic geography and beyond. They are discussed as new material settings for temporarily working on projects and ideas. Moreover, individual users are increasingly regarded as potential innovators who might benefit from “Open Creative Labs” and the (shared) resources provided there. This paper situates Open Creative Labs within the research strands of user innov…
From ignorance to innovation
In this paper, we are concerned with the relationship between creativity, ignorance and mobility. We understand creativity as a social process of recombination, which is strongly shaped by the actors' lack of knowledge (or: ignorance) and thus argue in favor of a conceptual shift: Instead of analyzing creativity from a knowledge perspective, the analytical focus is on the participants' evolving ignorance. In a qualitative multiple-case study rese…
Open Region
The starting point of the article is the observation of an increasing convergence of regional development and innovation policies. These policies are heavily influenced by territorial innovation models that have been extensively revised since they first came about over 30 years ago. Yet, more recent trends towards digitalisation and conceptual advances towards a time-spatial perspective on innovation processes require a more fundamental re-thinki…
Situated affect and collective meaning
The concept of "communities of practice" enjoys great popularity in economic geography dealing with the question of how novelty comes into the world. However, while the role of communities in innovation processes is increasingly recognized, their function in terms of commercialization of generated new ideas remains a kind of blind spot in most existing studies. The article focuses on the transformation of "affects" into "interests" and "demands" …
Mushrooming entrepreneurship
Mushrooming entrepreneurship
Open Region
The starting point of the article is the observation of an increasing convergence of regional development and innovation policies. These policies are heavily influenced by territorial innovation models that have been extensively revised since they first came about over 30 years ago. Yet, more recent trends towards digitalisation and conceptual advances towards a time-spatial perspective on innovation processes require a more fundamental re-thinki…
From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis
The term ‘crisis’ is omnipresent. The current corona virus pandemic is perceived as the most recent example. However, the notion of crisis is increasingly deployed as a signifier of relevance, rather than as an analytical concept. Moreover, human geography has so far little contributed to the interdisciplinary crisis research field which is fixated on the temporal aspects of crisis but neglects its spatiality. Against this background, the first a…
From ignorance to innovation
In this paper, we are concerned with the relationship between creativity, ignorance and mobility. We understand creativity as a social process of recombination, which is strongly shaped by the actors' lack of knowledge (or: ignorance) and thus argue in favor of a conceptual shift: Instead of analyzing creativity from a knowledge perspective, the analytical focus is on the participants' evolving ignorance. In a qualitative multiple-case study rese…
Situated affect and collective meaning
The concept of "communities of practice" enjoys great popularity in economic geography dealing with the question of how novelty comes into the world. However, while the role of communities in innovation processes is increasingly recognized, their function in terms of commercialization of generated new ideas remains a kind of blind spot in most existing studies. The article focuses on the transformation of "affects" into "interests" and "demands" …
Mushrooming entrepreneurship
Situated affect and collective meaning
The concept of "communities of practice" enjoys great popularity in economic geography dealing with the question of how novelty comes into the world. However, while the role of communities in innovation processes is increasingly recognized, their function in terms of commercialization of generated new ideas remains a kind of blind spot in most existing studies. The article focuses on the transformation of "affects" into "interests" and "demands" …
Open Region
The starting point of the article is the observation of an increasing convergence of regional development and innovation policies. These policies are heavily influenced by territorial innovation models that have been extensively revised since they first came about over 30 years ago. Yet, more recent trends towards digitalisation and conceptual advances towards a time-spatial perspective on innovation processes require a more fundamental re-thinki…
From ignorance to innovation
In this paper, we are concerned with the relationship between creativity, ignorance and mobility. We understand creativity as a social process of recombination, which is strongly shaped by the actors' lack of knowledge (or: ignorance) and thus argue in favor of a conceptual shift: Instead of analyzing creativity from a knowledge perspective, the analytical focus is on the participants' evolving ignorance. In a qualitative multiple-case study rese…
‘And Since I Knew About the Possibilities There …’
Open spaces for experimentation and innovation are receiving growing attention from economic geography and beyond. They are discussed as new material settings for temporarily working on projects and ideas. Moreover, individual users are increasingly regarded as potential innovators who might benefit from “Open Creative Labs” and the (shared) resources provided there. This paper situates Open Creative Labs within the research strands of user innov…
Zur Räumlichkeit von Krisen
From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis
The term ‘crisis’ is omnipresent. The current corona virus pandemic is perceived as the most recent example. However, the notion of crisis is increasingly deployed as a signifier of relevance, rather than as an analytical concept. Moreover, human geography has so far little contributed to the interdisciplinary crisis research field which is fixated on the temporal aspects of crisis but neglects its spatiality. Against this background, the first a…
Fluid objects? An attempt to conceptualise the global rise of “coworking spaces”
The paper explores the emergence and proliferation of “coworking spaces”. Driven by empirical observations during the last 10 years, the paper examines the analytical potential of the concept “fluid objects” to explain the global rise of coworking spaces. With remarkable speed, coworking spaces emerged worldwide during the last 15 years and receive enormous attention from researchers, policy‐makers, and the public. However, researchers still stru…
Experts in crisis
This paper offers a typology of different groups of “experts” in relation to crisis. While decision-making and leadership are frequently analysed in crisis research, the role of experts who offer advice in crisis is widely underexplored in social scientific research. Based on qualitative interviews, we distinguish between the trouble shooter, the emergency expert, the situative expert, the accidental expert and the trusted advisor. Each of the re…
Approaching “the expert” in times of (digital) disruptions
The demand for “experts” and “expertise” has never been higher than in the present time, characterized by complexities, uncertainties and (digital) disruptions. At the same time, expertise has never been more contested and attacked, particularly due to social media. In this paper, we delve into the social-scientific literature on expert(ise) and argue for a strong differentiation between knowledge and expertise . We outline a geography of experti…
Political science (8 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Economic geography (5 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (4 obras) · Epistemology (4 obras) · Business (3 obras)