A constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy

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ID6057791
AuthorsStine Madsen (0000-0001-8148-3937, corresponding author), Stine Hach Juul Madsen
Year2022
Volume42
Pages340-351
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2210-4224 • E-ISSN: 2210-4232
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.eist.2022.01.007
OpenAlexW4210672155
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited47

Recent attempts to conceptualize the multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy make strong arguments in favour of pursuing societal challenges at the subnational scale. This article suggests, that these recent efforts risk falling into a scalar trap, because they rely on a theoretical assumption about the policy effectiveness of the subnational scale. In response, the paper proposes a constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy. The constructivist approach views scale as continuously produced and contested by actors. Moreover, it suggests that rescaling may be an important aspect of multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy because it has the potential to alter the influence of actors in the prevailing socio-technical system. The approach is illustrated with an empirical analysis of waste management in Denmark where a transformative innovation policy has recently been introduced, rescaling decision-making away from a traditionally strong subnational scalar arrangement

Constructivist teaching methods · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Management · Political science · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Transformative learning · Regional Development and Policy · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Law

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