Many 'places that no longer matter' are refusing to die.
Very interesting article by Aditya Chakrabortty in The Guardian about #Shildon , an old mining town starved of investment since 1951 but that survives against all odds.
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🚨12 April deadline for abstracts for **The Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy: Effects on Regions and Implications for Regional Policy** special issue
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📢New paper for #LeftbehindPlaces Part II
Empowering left-behind places in Southwest China: participation in coffee value chains as place-based development
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Junxi Qian, Yuan Zeng, Xueqiong Tang and Xiaohui Hu

Looking to publish your research? CamJRES is accepting submissions that explore topics around entrepreneurial states and mission-oriented policies, for an upcoming special issue.
Submit your research by April 12.

Learn more here: oxford.ly/4c6lYdQ

CamJRES 2024 conference (11-12 July) Call for Papers. 2 main themes: 1. The Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy & 2. Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins cpes.org.uk/events/cjres20…

Worth a read...
The Guardian Editorial: The Guardian view on northern metro mayors: potential gamechangers cites our CJRES paper by Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argiles
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The full Part1 issue of CamJRES on Left Behind Places 'What are They and Why do They Matter?' is finally all out here: academic.oup.com/cjres/issue
It has been an absolute blessing to work with Ron Martin, Pete Tyler Amy Glassmeier and Linda Lobao. Part2 on policy will be next.

Geographies of discontent: measuring and understanding the feeling of abandonment in the Chilean region of Valparaiso (2019–2021)
Pedro Fierro, Ignacio Aravena, Patricio Aroca and Francisco Rowe
#LeftbehindPlaces
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Gathering round Big Tech: How the market for acquisitions concentrates the digital sector
Carolin Ioramashvili, Maryann Feldman, Frederick Guy and Simona Iammarino 🇪🇺
#LeftbehindPlaces
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🔥Must read commentary from Kenan Fikri
For the CJRES Special Issue: Left Behind Places: What they are and why do they matter? #LeftBehindPlaces

Persistently poor, left-behind and chronically disconnected

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Does the concept of mission-oriented innovation presuppose economic growth as an (auxiliary) outcome, or could these concepts also fit into postgrowth or even degrowth thinking?

Interesting themes in the next CJRES conference - July 11th/12th in Cambridge

🚨Still accepting abstracts for:
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Please send in your ideas asap! Also will be linked to the CamJRES summer conference..