Alexandre Dubois
Biographic Data
| ID | 3746162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandre Dubois |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandre |
| FAMILY NAME | Dubois |
| SIGNATURE | DUBOIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2650-7187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The fantasy of a Trans-Saharan railway: Geographies of violence and the (in)visibility of colonialism
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlexandre DuboisAlexandre Dubois holds a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Minnesota. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Regis University. His work is being published in journals such as French Studies, Romance Notes, Parade Sauvage, and Nineteenth-Century French Studies, among others
Innovation in the periphery: Refresh
This short paper serves as an introduction to the special issue published in Geografiska Annaler B on the topic of innovation in the periphery. In addition to summarizing the main contributions included within the special issue, this piece reflects on the current state of knowledge in this sub-field and where the gaps are that need to be filled by research going forwards. This collection represents one step in this direction and pushes forward an…
Literature for All: On Designation and Interpretation in Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris
This article contends that Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris is a novel that follows a democratic principle by opening up its meaning, and that of its titular cathedral, to anyone and everyone. Whereas Hugo's novel and his famous syntagm 'ceci tuera cela' have been extensively studied as an examination of the fall of architecture in favour of the printed book, this article will argue that a semiotic analysis of the syntagm reveals Hugo's intentio…
Digitalization in sparsely populated areas: Between place-based practices and the smart region agenda
Based on evidence of a growing number of regions in Europe at risk of becoming sparsely populated, this article argues that further policy attention should be drawn to sparsely populated areas. We present experiences from case studies in the UK and Sweden asking how digitalization supported local actors in providing tools to promote collaborative planning for their communities. The article propounds the European added value of these experiences b…
Social constructing of a rural bioeconomy cluster: The case of the Processum biorefinery complex in northern Sweden
Peripheries within economic geography: Four “problems” and the road ahead of us
This paper is a theoretical contribution to interrogate and elucidate a term commonly used (but rarely interrogated) from the perspective of the economic geography field within which we work: peripheries. As researchers of “peripheries” we are all too familiar with the fuzziness and problematic nature of this term, and our long-standing research agenda is to work towards clarifying and nuancing it, addressing its role in either stigmatizing or as…
Sustainable agriculture and multifunctionality in South Australia’s Mid North region
This paper discusses the pathways to agri-food sustainability in the context of the historical broadacre farming region of Mid North South Australia. Using notions of sustainable agriculture and multifunctional rural transitions to explore the geohistorical development trajectory of the region, it discusses the tensions and opportunities inherent to the future of farming in the Mid North and their impact on community development. We aim to contri…
Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: The case of North Swedish farmers
This paper examines the social and organizational innovation processes undertaken by small-scale producers engaged in short food supply chains in the North Swedish region of Västerbotten. The study uses the notion of proximity to empirically analyse and conceptually explore these phenomena. The paper illustrates the ‘new associationalism’ mobilized by producers in order to promote knowledge exchange and learning and highlights the role of translo…
Die hard: On the persistence of Swedish upland farming
Using an inductive quantitative approach, this article examines empirically the main characteristics of upland farming in the northern periphery of Sweden. This approach allows us to stepwise ‘reconstruct’ upland farming in its north Swedish manifestation. The data features farm-level and aggregated data from four municipalities stretching from the Bothnian Golf to the Norwegian border. The combination of GIS and advanced statistical analysis (cl…
Smart Specialisation in sparsely populated areas: Challenges, opportunities and new openings
This paper discusses to what extent Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are applicable in sparsely populated areas (SPA) departing from the S3 concept’s theoretical background and the experiences of S3 implementation in five European SPA. It was found that S3 has induced a transition in how innovation is addressed, for example, through a more decentralized support system and more proactive approaches to natural resource management unlocking new …
Combining territory and competitiveness in EU Regional Policy? Analyzing ERDF investment profiles in regions with specific geographical features
The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000–06 and 2007–13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populate…
La Linguistique de Claudel - Histoire, style, savoirs
Nurturing proximities in an emerging food landscape
Transnationalising entrepreneurship in a peripheral region – The translocal embeddedness paradigm
Expanding horizons: Local embeddedness and local engagement among small firms in the European countryside
The relative importance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), of local embeddedness and engagement with the wider economic and technical environment has been a subject of debate, in the context of regional development, for some years. There is increasingly general acceptance that both are essential for regional development. This paper considers the role and characteristics of business networks within the structural shift of the rural eco…
The ‘Wild Cards’ of European futures: Planning for discontinuities
Peripheries within economic geography: Four “problems” and the road ahead of us
This paper is a theoretical contribution to interrogate and elucidate a term commonly used (but rarely interrogated) from the perspective of the economic geography field within which we work: peripheries. As researchers of “peripheries” we are all too familiar with the fuzziness and problematic nature of this term, and our long-standing research agenda is to work towards clarifying and nuancing it, addressing its role in either stigmatizing or as…
Nurturing proximities in an emerging food landscape
Smart Specialisation in sparsely populated areas: Challenges, opportunities and new openings
This paper discusses to what extent Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are applicable in sparsely populated areas (SPA) departing from the S3 concept’s theoretical background and the experiences of S3 implementation in five European SPA. It was found that S3 has induced a transition in how innovation is addressed, for example, through a more decentralized support system and more proactive approaches to natural resource management unlocking new …
Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: The case of North Swedish farmers
This paper examines the social and organizational innovation processes undertaken by small-scale producers engaged in short food supply chains in the North Swedish region of Västerbotten. The study uses the notion of proximity to empirically analyse and conceptually explore these phenomena. The paper illustrates the ‘new associationalism’ mobilized by producers in order to promote knowledge exchange and learning and highlights the role of translo…
Digitalization in sparsely populated areas: Between place-based practices and the smart region agenda
Based on evidence of a growing number of regions in Europe at risk of becoming sparsely populated, this article argues that further policy attention should be drawn to sparsely populated areas. We present experiences from case studies in the UK and Sweden asking how digitalization supported local actors in providing tools to promote collaborative planning for their communities. The article propounds the European added value of these experiences b…
Transnationalising entrepreneurship in a peripheral region – The translocal embeddedness paradigm
Social constructing of a rural bioeconomy cluster: The case of the Processum biorefinery complex in northern Sweden
Sustainable agriculture and multifunctionality in South Australia’s Mid North region
This paper discusses the pathways to agri-food sustainability in the context of the historical broadacre farming region of Mid North South Australia. Using notions of sustainable agriculture and multifunctional rural transitions to explore the geohistorical development trajectory of the region, it discusses the tensions and opportunities inherent to the future of farming in the Mid North and their impact on community development. We aim to contri…
Combining territory and competitiveness in EU Regional Policy? Analyzing ERDF investment profiles in regions with specific geographical features
The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000–06 and 2007–13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populate…
Die hard: On the persistence of Swedish upland farming
Using an inductive quantitative approach, this article examines empirically the main characteristics of upland farming in the northern periphery of Sweden. This approach allows us to stepwise ‘reconstruct’ upland farming in its north Swedish manifestation. The data features farm-level and aggregated data from four municipalities stretching from the Bothnian Golf to the Norwegian border. The combination of GIS and advanced statistical analysis (cl…
The ‘Wild Cards’ of European futures: Planning for discontinuities
The ‘Wild Cards’ of European futures: Planning for discontinuities
Expanding horizons: Local embeddedness and local engagement among small firms in the European countryside
The relative importance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), of local embeddedness and engagement with the wider economic and technical environment has been a subject of debate, in the context of regional development, for some years. There is increasingly general acceptance that both are essential for regional development. This paper considers the role and characteristics of business networks within the structural shift of the rural eco…
Transnationalising entrepreneurship in a peripheral region – The translocal embeddedness paradigm
La Linguistique de Claudel - Histoire, style, savoirs
Nurturing proximities in an emerging food landscape
Smart Specialisation in sparsely populated areas: Challenges, opportunities and new openings
This paper discusses to what extent Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are applicable in sparsely populated areas (SPA) departing from the S3 concept’s theoretical background and the experiences of S3 implementation in five European SPA. It was found that S3 has induced a transition in how innovation is addressed, for example, through a more decentralized support system and more proactive approaches to natural resource management unlocking new …
Combining territory and competitiveness in EU Regional Policy? Analyzing ERDF investment profiles in regions with specific geographical features
The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000–06 and 2007–13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populate…
Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: The case of North Swedish farmers
This paper examines the social and organizational innovation processes undertaken by small-scale producers engaged in short food supply chains in the North Swedish region of Västerbotten. The study uses the notion of proximity to empirically analyse and conceptually explore these phenomena. The paper illustrates the ‘new associationalism’ mobilized by producers in order to promote knowledge exchange and learning and highlights the role of translo…
Die hard: On the persistence of Swedish upland farming
Using an inductive quantitative approach, this article examines empirically the main characteristics of upland farming in the northern periphery of Sweden. This approach allows us to stepwise ‘reconstruct’ upland farming in its north Swedish manifestation. The data features farm-level and aggregated data from four municipalities stretching from the Bothnian Golf to the Norwegian border. The combination of GIS and advanced statistical analysis (cl…
Sustainable agriculture and multifunctionality in South Australia’s Mid North region
This paper discusses the pathways to agri-food sustainability in the context of the historical broadacre farming region of Mid North South Australia. Using notions of sustainable agriculture and multifunctional rural transitions to explore the geohistorical development trajectory of the region, it discusses the tensions and opportunities inherent to the future of farming in the Mid North and their impact on community development. We aim to contri…
Social constructing of a rural bioeconomy cluster: The case of the Processum biorefinery complex in northern Sweden
Peripheries within economic geography: Four “problems” and the road ahead of us
This paper is a theoretical contribution to interrogate and elucidate a term commonly used (but rarely interrogated) from the perspective of the economic geography field within which we work: peripheries. As researchers of “peripheries” we are all too familiar with the fuzziness and problematic nature of this term, and our long-standing research agenda is to work towards clarifying and nuancing it, addressing its role in either stigmatizing or as…
Digitalization in sparsely populated areas: Between place-based practices and the smart region agenda
Based on evidence of a growing number of regions in Europe at risk of becoming sparsely populated, this article argues that further policy attention should be drawn to sparsely populated areas. We present experiences from case studies in the UK and Sweden asking how digitalization supported local actors in providing tools to promote collaborative planning for their communities. The article propounds the European added value of these experiences b…
The fantasy of a Trans-Saharan railway: Geographies of violence and the (in)visibility of colonialism
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlexandre DuboisAlexandre Dubois holds a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Minnesota. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Regis University. His work is being published in journals such as French Studies, Romance Notes, Parade Sauvage, and Nineteenth-Century French Studies, among others
Innovation in the periphery: Refresh
This short paper serves as an introduction to the special issue published in Geografiska Annaler B on the topic of innovation in the periphery. In addition to summarizing the main contributions included within the special issue, this piece reflects on the current state of knowledge in this sub-field and where the gaps are that need to be filled by research going forwards. This collection represents one step in this direction and pushes forward an…
Literature for All: On Designation and Interpretation in Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris
This article contends that Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris is a novel that follows a democratic principle by opening up its meaning, and that of its titular cathedral, to anyone and everyone. Whereas Hugo's novel and his famous syntagm 'ceci tuera cela' have been extensively studied as an examination of the fall of architecture in favour of the printed book, this article will argue that a semiotic analysis of the syntagm reveals Hugo's intentio…
Geography (12 works) · Economic geography (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Regional Development and Policy (5 works) · Regional science (5 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (4 works) · Rural development and sustainability (4 works)