Innovation processes in rural areas

Livia Madureira This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - CETRAD, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

André Torre This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - INRA, University Paris Saclay.

Call for papers for a special issue of Regional Science Policy and Practice until December 15, 2017

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1757-7802

One often consider that rural territories are not innovative. Innovation would be mainly reserved for urban spaces and in particular for big cities, as revealed by the concentration of high tech firms and clusters in an urban environment. However, this preconceived idea meets two important limits. The first one is the existence of a very successful and very innovative farming sector, to the point that agriculture only employs nowadays an increasingly small number of workers, due to technical progress, in particular in Europe and in the USA, as well as in BRICs like Brazil for example. Agriculture and forestry are also the stage for intensive agro-ecological knowledge creation towards more sustainable farming processes and practices, involving both scientists and farmers. The second is that numerous innovations are emerging in rural areas highlighting non-technological types of innovation, like organizational innovations (new forms of networks between actors, direct marketing and local markets…), social innovations (cooperatives, services to the population…) and institutional innovations (Leader Programs, local charters…) along with product (superfoods, healthcare services and renewable energy) and technological innovations (the methanation for example).

This special issue aims to make the state of the art about innovations in rural areas, by describing various experiences, and by giving solid references onto the level of rural innovation and the characteristics of the latter, which bring new knowledge about innovation and support to policies to enhance it on rural territories.

Call for Abstracts

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Regional Science Association of India invite regional scientists, economists, economic geographers, urban planners, policy makers, and researchers of related disciplines to participate in the 12th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, with the main theme "Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability". The Congress will be hosted by the Regional Science Association of India.

We invite formal paper presentations (deadline of November 30, 2017. The abstract submission portal is now open. Full information on the venue, abstract submission, registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is posted at www.regionalscience.org/2018worldcongress

About the Focal Theme

Across the world, communities are striving to achieve an ecologically and socially secure future. The intricately linked ideas of sustainability and integration are the key to achieving our development goals. As regional scientists, our common pursuit of a sustainable future may be attained with more efficient understanding of the ‘region’ as a spatial unit. Keeping this objective in mind, the theme of the 2018 Congress highlights the importance of analyzing spatial systems as not just physical space or social space, but shared space. The sub-themes will be aimed at providing a platform for debates and discussions around the key issues of contemporary regional science and carve out the way to future research agenda.

Special Sessions

Regular Sessions

We look forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Goa in May 2018.

With warmest regards,

The Organizing Committee

www.regionalscience.org/2018worldcongress

Dear Colleagues,

we are delighted to invite You to participate in the 17th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ International Scientific Conference „RETHINKING REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS“ in Šiauliai, Lithuania.

The special topic of the plenary session – “Economic patriotism: challenges, dilemmas and opportunities” for a successful, sustainable country’s, region’s economic growth, and the competitiveness in the global market. Can economic patriotism exist at European level? Is it a national matter or European strategic interest? A support or a brake on the economy?

Date - November 30, 2017

Registration and conference fee (30 EUR) payment deadline – November 6, 2017  

http://registracijos.su.lt/galvanausko

Other topics for the presentations and discussions in sections:

• Management of Economic Changes
• Trends of Labour Market Changes
• Current Issues of Business, Public Financial Management and Accounting
• Financial Markets and Institutional Management
• Legal Regulation of Economic-Social Environment
• Solutions of Public Policy and Administration
• Creativity and Value Innovations in Business
• Competitive Marketing Strategies
• Employees‘ Competencies and Career Development
• Strategies for Sustainable Development
• Regional Management, Strategic Planning and Development

Please find the attached invitation.

Please share this information with your colleagues!

Best regards,

Conference Organizers

If you have any questions, please contact 

Assoc. prof dr. Milda Damkuvienė

Tel.: +370 686 19902

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Call for papers. Reminder
 
Only a few days left to submit your paper to the workshop "Public Policies, Cities and Regions", Lyon, December 14-15, 2017, organized by GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne!

This workshop will gather original research papers shedding light on the impact for urban and regional economies of public policies such as enterprise zones, industrial clusters policies, fiscal policies, housing policies, land use and environmental policies. The workshop welcomes submissions of theoretical and empirical contributions.

Keynote speakers: Nathaniel Baum-Snow (University of Toronto) and Kurt Schmidheiny (University of Basel)

Important dates:
Deadline for paper submission: September 25, 2017
Decisions of acceptance: October 20, 2017
Registrations: October 20 - November 26, 2017
Submissions should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Due to technical problems, we did not receive the emails sent before September 5. If you sent your submission before September 5, please send it again. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
 
Scientific committee: Pierre-Philippe Combes (GATE, CNRS), Nelly Exbrayat (GATE, UJM), Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics), Florence Goffette-Nagot (GATE, CNRS), Florian Mayneris (Univ. of Louvain-la-Neuve), Sonia Paty (GATE, Univ. Lyon 2), Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (Univ. of Lausanne), Elisabet Viladecans (Univ. of Barcelona)

Organizing committee: Sylvie Charlot (GATE, Univ. Lyon 2), Pierre-Philippe Combes (GATE, CNRS), Sylvie Démurger (GATE, CNRS), Nelly Exbrayat (GATE, UJM), Florence Goffette-Nagot (GATE, CNRS), Sonia Paty (GATE, Univ. Lyon 2)

More information: https://www.gate.cnrs.fr/ppcr

Do not hesitate to contact us for more details. We look forward to seeing you in Lyon!

Kind regards,

Nelly Exbrayat and Florence Goffette-Nagot, on behalf of the organizing committee.

Reminder
 
Only a few days left to submit your paper to the workshop "Public Policies, Cities and Regions", Lyon, December 14-15, 2017, organized by GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne!

This workshop will gather original research papers shedding light on the impact for urban and regional economies of public policies such as enterprise zones, industrial clusters policies, fiscal policies, housing policies, land use and environmental policies. The workshop welcomes submissions of theoretical and empirical contributions.

Keynote speakers: Nathaniel Baum-Snow (University of Toronto) and Kurt Schmidheiny (University of Basel)

Important dates:
Deadline for paper submission: September 25, 2017
Decisions of acceptance: October 20, 2017
Registrations: October 20 - November 26, 2017
Submissions should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Due to technical problems, we did not receive the emails sent before September 5. If you sent your submission before September 5, please send it again. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
 
Scientific committee: Pierre-Philippe Combes (GATE, CNRS), Nelly Exbrayat (GATE, UJM), Laurent Gobillon (Paris School of Economics), Florence Goffette-Nagot (GATE, CNRS), Florian Mayneris (Univ. of Louvain-la-Neuve), Sonia Paty (GATE, Univ. Lyon 2), Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (Univ. of Lausanne), Elisabet Viladecans (Univ. of Barcelona)

Organizing committee: Sylvie Charlot (GATE, Univ. Lyon 2), Pierre-Philippe Combes (GATE, CNRS), Sylvie Démurger (GATE, CNRS), Nelly Exbrayat (GATE, UJM), Florence Goffette-Nagot (GATE, CNRS), Sonia Paty (GATE, Univ. Lyon 2)

More information: https://www.gate.cnrs.fr/ppcr

Do not hesitate to contact us for more details. We look forward to seeing you in Lyon!

Kind regards,

Nelly Exbrayat and Florence Goffette-Nagot, on behalf of the organizing committee.

Hello,

We are seeking contributors for the book “Smart Specialization Strategies and the Role of Entrepreneurial Universities” , an edition IGI-Global foreseen for 2018.

The main objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive review of the relation between the role entrepreneurial universities are playing on the context of the creation of smart specialization strategies, either in conceptual and methodological terms, either in terms of the challenges it raises in terms of regional innovation policy and the impact on territorial competitiveness. The book also aims to describe and examine diverse case studies, looking in particular at the relevance of design, implementation, adjustment, governance, networking and collaboration entrepreneurial universities adopt or promote to reinforce regional competitiveness in the context of smart specialization strategies. 

Bellow you can find more information regarding the call. Please feel free to share with your colleagues and research network.

Please forgive eventual cross-postings.

Regards,

Nuno Caseiro & Domingos Santos

Site: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2859

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: September 30, 2017
Full Chapters Due: December 30, 2017

Introduction

To be competitive in the global arena, regions must be capable of develop key capabilities in the exploitations of their resources and strengths. Smart specialization strategies are a new approach to the problem of competitiveness and differentiation in global arena assuming that the “one size fits all” model cannot be the solution to the problem. 
To accomplish this, higher education institutions are key partners as a driver to innovation, knowledge and social capital building and valuation, as well as, pivotal institutions for strategy formulation and foresight and scenario building. The links between the entrepreneurial university paradigm and the implementation of smart specialization strategies are thus discussed as a means to deepen the understanding of this institutional, entrepreneurial and territorial dynamics that is evolving towards a new competitive paradigm based on knowledge and innovation.

Objective

The theoretical concept of the ‘entrepreneurial university’ is something of a buzzword amongst academics and policy makers alike. Yet the concept is under-theorised and has proven difficult to translate into a concrete policy approach. Smart specialization strategies have, however, enhanced our theoretical understanding and provided policy makers and other actors in the regional economy with a practical tool for tackling some of the underlying problems faced by territories suffering from economic decline, stagnation or under-development in the field of innovation. The main objective of the book is to provide a comprehensive review of the relation between the role entrepreneurial universities are playing on the context of the creation of smart specialization strategies, either in conceptual and methodological terms, either in terms of the challenges it raises in terms of regional innovation policy and the impact on territorial competitiveness. The book also aims to describe and examine diverse case studies, looking in particular at the relevance of design, implementation, adjustment, governance, networking and collaboration entrepreneurial universities adopt or promote to reinforce regional competitiveness in the context of smart specialization strategies. 
The publication has its impact associated to the need that it is urgent and vital to continue to rethink the role universities can fullfil on their territories, now, more than ever before, that society requires higher education institutions to be increasingly territorially embedded and at the same time to be global scientific and technological players. Thus, the book can be very helpful and contribute to enrich this debate in the context of a newly emerging paradigm, the entrepreneurial university. 
The book value is potentially associated to its innovative analytical dimensions, the richness of the different authors' contributions and the high quality academic standards the editors guarantee.

Target Audience

The target audience is constituted by academics and students from different disciplinary areas, such as economy, geography, entrepreneurial studies, innovation studies, political sciences, public administration,… Moreover, policy makers, at local regional and national level, are also a target, as well as other regional actors, namely belonging to the university management sphere, entrepreneurial associations, local and regional associations, … 
The potential use is both for academic purposes, due to its scientific and pedagogic levels, at graduate and undergraduate levels, and, on a way, a manual and guide for the diverse regional innovation stakeholders.

Recommended Topics

The potential role of universities in urban & regional development; 
Entrepreneurial university: concept, approaches, case studies; 
Entrepreneurial universities and knowledge transfer; 
The role of creative industries for S3; 
Higher education policies; 
Smart Specialization Strategies: concept, approaches, implications for regional development; 
Engagement of universities in smart specialization; 
Universities and RIS3; 
Entrepreneurial universities in lagging regions; 
Moving towards smarter regions; 
Institutional networking and partnership for S3 development; 
The influence of S3 on business models; 
The interaction between Economy 4.0 and S3; 
Academic governance versus territorial governance; 
Regional development policy; 
Regional innovation systems; 
Regional innovation policy; 
S3 foresight and development intelligence; 
From S3 to S4 - Sustainable and Smart Specialization Strategies.

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before September 30, 2017, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by September 30, 2017 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. 
Full chapters are expected to be submitted by December 30, 2017, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. 
Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. 

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Smart Specialization Strategies and the Role of Entrepreneurial Universities. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. 

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery®TM online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2018.

Important Dates

September 30, 2017: Proposal Submission Deadline
December 30, 2017: Full Chapter Submission 
February 28, 2018: Review Results Returned 
April, 15, 2018: Final Acceptance Notification 
April 30, 2018: Final Chapter Submission

Editors

Nuno Caseiro 
Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco 
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Domingos Santos 
Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco 
CICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences 
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