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To facilitate the development of political economy everywhere, in areas such as heterodox & interdisciplinary, especially those explicitly pluralist oriented
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TODAY, 17 Nov, Cambridge Realist Workshop. Yannick Slade-Caffarel & Steve Pratten -'Social Positioning Theory and the Corporation'. www.csog.econ.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge Social Ontology |
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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TODAY, 12 Nov- 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities' with Adam Yousef. @stcatharines.bsky.social Political Economy Seminars politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Wednesday, 12 Nov- 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities' with Adam Yousef.
@stcatharines.bsky.social Political Economy Seminars politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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12 Nov- 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities' with Adam Yousef. @stcatharines.bsky.social Political Economy Seminars politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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TONIGHT, 22 Oct- 'The demolition of British Regional Policy' with Steve Fothergill @stcatharines.bsky.social Cambridge
Political Economy Seminar: politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🔥 Read Mariana @mazzucatom.bsky.social Mazzucato's excellent commentary for the upcoming CJRES issue on Mission-oriented policy...

Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
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Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
The debate on industrial policy in economics has shifted from whether or not governments should pursue it to how they should do so. Today, the question is
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October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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TONIGHT, 20 Oct, the Cambridge Realist Workshop with Tony Lawson on 'What is wrong with modern economics? And what should we do about it?'
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Cambridge Social Ontology |
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October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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22 Oct- 'The demolition of British Regional Policy' with Steve Fothergill @stcatharines.bsky.social Cambridge Political Economy Seminar: politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy
Iris Wanzenböck
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Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy
Mission-oriented innovation policy has re-emerged as an active form of state intervention in research and innovation. Inspired by the work of Marianna Mazz
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September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China
Chun Yang and Rui Hu
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Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China
Abstract. This paper explores the under-researched actors in Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP) research, specifically the transformative roles of m
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September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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It features a lot of fascinating content and commentaries from Iris Wanzenböck and Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The November issue of CJRES will be on the theme of Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development
This issue has been edited by Maryann Feldman, Michael Kitson, Johan Larsson, Peter Tyler and Elvira Uyarra

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Advance articles | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
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September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Back after convivial lunch at the @regstud.bsky.social Northern Branch event, in celebration of the RSA’s 60th anniversary year. Panel 3: the role of universities and FE as anchor institutions
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan
Fumi Kitagawa
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf019, doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
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Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan
Abstract. To better understand place-based impacts of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP), this article analyses the evolution of different types of
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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New content for the Mission-oriented Policy Special Issue:

Enhancing environmental sustainability: the impact of mission-oriented innovation policies on green innovation and patent trends

Felix Kurz

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Enhancing environmental sustainability: the impact of mission-oriented innovation policies on green innovation and patent trends
Abstract. This study explores the link between mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs) and green innovation by analysing green patent trends in Europe
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September 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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@stcatharines.bsky.social Cambridge Political Economy Seminars coming up this term:
22 Oct: Prof Steve Fothergill - 'The demolition of British Regional Policy'
12 Nov: Adam Yousef - 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities”
26 Nov: Dr Melissa Sands - 'Talk Title tbc'
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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New post: The real fiscal concern should be a populist government
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The idea that the UK under the current government might have to get a loan from the IMF is nonsense. But it is legitimate to ask why our interest rates on debt are relatively high.
The real fiscal concern should be a populist government
Scare stories about UK fiscal policy seem a regular occurrence nowadays. The latest is the idea that the UK might have to go to the IMF f...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Check out the content on our Advance Access pages for our upcoming issue: Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development
Edited by: Maryann Feldman, Michael Kitson, Johan Larsson, Peter Tyler and Elvira Uyarra
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Advance articles | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
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September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood
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The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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State-owned enterprises as drivers for regional missions in the Global South: insights from INVAP in Patagonia and Agrogenética Riojana in Northwest Argentina
Manuel Gonzalo, Leila Mucarsel, Gabriela Starobinsky and Gastón Burlot
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State-owned enterprises as drivers for regional missions in the Global South: insights from INVAP in Patagonia and Agrogenética Riojana in Northwest Argentina
Abstract. This article addresses the lack of empirical evidence on the implementation of mission-oriented policies (MOPs) at the regional level by presenti
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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First-mover alliance: mission-oriented innovation policy implementation in Shenzhen’s low-altitude economy
Wangwang Zhou and Jian D Zhang
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First-mover alliance: mission-oriented innovation policy implementation in Shenzhen’s low-altitude economy
Abstract. This article explores the implementation of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP) in China and examines how the vice-provincial Shenzhen deli
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Turning the tide: how public R&D investment shapes European regional development
Giovanna Ciaffi, Maria Cristina Barbieri Góes , Matteo Deleidi , Antonino Lofaro
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Turning the tide: how public R&D investment shapes European regional development
Abstract. This paper evaluates the impact of Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies and public R&D investment on regional economic development in Europe
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September 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The impact of innovation policy on the regional economies of Europe
Pablo Casas, Tryfonas Christou, Abián García Rodríguez, Nicholas Lazarou, Patrizio Lecca, Philippe Monfort, and Simone Salotti
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The impact of innovation policy on the regional economies of Europe
Abstract. We evaluate the economic impact of the Horizon 2020 innovation policy using a spatial dynamic general equilibrium model incorporating R&D-bas
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September 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Helpful summary here of a session at @regstud.bsky.social annual conference session on civic universities @civicnetwork.bsky.social #RSA25 civicuniversitynetwork.co.uk/reflections-...
Beyond ‘what works’, who works, how and at what scales for the civic university: reflections from the Regional Studies Association Conference, Porto May 2025 - Civic University Network
Building on from the backdrop of a renewed interest in the civic role that universities play in their local areas, members of the National Civic Impact Accelerator (NCIA) team co-led a special session...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Honoured to receive the Sir Peter Hall Award from the RSA (@regstud.bsky.social). To be named alongside scholars who have shaped my field is humbling. More lasting still are the life-long friendships and debates that make research a community, not a solitude.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM