🆕 Paper Alert | What role do cluster management organisations play in acting as intermediaries between firms and policymakers in the context of cluster policies? 📓 European Planning Studies 🔗 buff.ly/YlvNwaa @jamierwilson.bsky.social @deusto.bsky.social

Financial gravity is not fate or destiny: #Bilbao’s refusal to become a financial colony is captured by Gil de San Vicente & @jamierwilson.bsky.social in @compchange.bsky.social, who show how institution-building can let #regions defy the pull of #capital. doi.org/10.1177/1024...

In the latest edition of #CompetitivenessInsights, our international newsletter, we explore the transformative potential of strategic #foresight and shared visioning for guiding long-term regional competitiveness 👉 buff.ly/NobhUKL @jamierwilson.bsky.social @mjarang.bsky.social @deusto.bsky.social

📘This report brings together 6 international best practices in the integration of #foresight in governments, and proposes a framework for reflection for those public institutions that want to implement this transdisciplinary approach: buff.ly/FyY7qU8 @mjarang.bsky.social @jamierwilson.bsky.social

📘 Koaderno honek prospektiba gobernuetan integratzeko nazioarteko sei eredu biltzen ditu, eta hausnarketa-esparru bat proposatzen du transdiziplina hori beren aparatuan ezarri eta zeharkakotu nahi duten erakunde publikoentzat. 🔗 buff.ly/cgJqiXg @mjarang.bsky.social @jamierwilson.bsky.social

Could cluster policy help peripheral regions respond to the adverse effects of financialisation, whereby financial activity and decision-making are drawn to large financial centres? New paper with @ibongil.bsky.social ➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294251325034

PhD opportunity at #UniversityofBath, #CGRIS in UK industrial strategy in relation to defence. Further details here www.linkedin.com/posts/phil-t...

📌 ¿Por qué la inclusión es clave para el bienestar y la competitividad de #Euskadi? Nuestro director de investigación @jamierwilson.bsky.social comparte algunas conclusiones del último Informe de Competitividad del en el especial Euskadi Avanza de @elcorreobot.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/8uO7dkA

🆕 En esta publicación, Edurne Magro, @elvirauyarra.bsky.social y @jamierwilson.bsky.social repasan las nuevas aproximaciones de políticas de #innovación y sus implicaciones para las regiones. 📘 Ikerketak Ekonomiaz 🔗 buff.ly/kVNwkld

Orkestra’s Competitiveness Insights newsletter has three blogs by colleagues to celebrate International Women’s Day www.orkestra.deusto.es/es/?option=c...

Este post se comenzó a gestar al leer "El país de las mujeres" y compartir velada con @giocondabelli.bsky.social en San Sebastián. Con @mercedesoleaga.bsky.social, se desarrolló gracias al análisis del último Informe de Competitividad del #PaísVasco de @orkestra-deusto.bsky.social buff.ly/wZo7KNO

💥New: Engaged research has inherent risks. Shiwei Chen shares seven insights from the Vital Cities and Citizens initiative in Rotterdam for how researchers and their institutions can undertake responsible engaged research. #CivicUniversity #ActionResearch #SocialScience

What are the implications for regions of new generation innovation and industrial policies? Edurne Magro, @elvirauyarra.bsky.social and I have written a short reflection in Spanish (published as an Ekonomiaz Ikerketak) www.euskadi.eus/informes-eko...

As talk turns to tariffs, a great, clarifying piece from Dani Rodrik www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

Kevin Morgan's new book is just out, exploring the concept of the 'public plate' - how the public sector can play a leading role in generating a good food revolution, with all the wider implications that has for economic development and wellbeing www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/profess...

What being a pedestrian feels like when you’ve surrendered too much space to cars, leaving too little for everyone and everything else. Powerful llustration by Karl Jilg for the Swedish Road Administration.

La semana pasada presentamos junto a @fomentoss.bsky.social un informe sobre las Ventajas y retos de competitividad de los Servicios Empresariales Intensivos en Conocimiento(SEIC) de San Sebastián. @deusto.bsky.social | #KIBS

Interesting research from the University of Barcelong finding no evidence of improved air quality from Spain's experiment with massive discounts for public transport Maybe when it comes to reducing car journeys, the carrot doesn't work without the stick? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Three levels of recommendations from our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report on #inclusion as a driver of #competitiveness More on these recommendations and full report to download in Basque, English and Spanish here: www.orkestra.deusto.es/en/publicati...

Does government need to be more like business? Yes and no ... "the presence of government in a sector is usually itself an indicator that efficiency alone must not dominate in public-service delivery" hbr.org/2024/12/gove...

‼️Only few days left to APPLY ‼️ Deadline 8 December Winter School Geography of Innovation January 27-31 2025 Pavia @unipv & @Unibocconi 👉https://tinyurl.com/paviawinterschool @jeromevicente.bsky.social @blengyel.bsky.social #PhD #geoinno #winterschool

Drone show over the concha bay #SanSebastian

Radical #innovation in #Spain is becoming an urban monopoly. Big #cities dominate disruptive patents, while all types of innovation in suburbs has faltered post-2008. #Rural areas remain marginal. New article by Holl, Martínez & Casado, out now in Growth & Change doi.org/10.1111/grow....

#Discontent is born of #decline. #Europe’s angriest regions aren’t its poorest, but those stuck in #development traps—stagnating while others surge ahead. Europscepticism thrives in economic neglect, as much as culture wars. The remedy? #Innovation, #education, and #reform. doi.org/10.1080/0013...

🇪🇺 Mario Draghi's report "The future of European competitiveness" has sparked an in-depth debate on possible solutions to ensure Europe's future competitiveness. The latest edition of our international newsletter provides an in-depth analysis of the report's arguments 👉 labur.eus/LeU7V

👋¡Hola, Bluesky! Somos Orkestra, el Instituto Vasco de Competitividad de la Universidad de Deusto. Investigamos y trabajamos para mejorar la competitividad y el bienestar en el #PaísVasco. Síguenos para conocer los análisis de nuestro equipo experto sobre temas clave para el desarrollo territorial.

Ouch. China is running out of working age Chinese.

Fascinating post for those of us working on knowledge for policy Embracing the vulnerability of knowing: How do we move beyond arm’s length abstractions and create living spaces where data and stories evoke not just understanding but action? buttondown.com/systemicinsi...

Knowledge brokers are critical for bridging the gap between scientific research and policymaking Interesting study identifying the highly developed interpersonal social competences required to be a knowledge broker and finding there is no ‘one size fits all’ blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Winter School Geography of Innovation Jan 27-31 2025 Pavia Italy ‼️Deadline is today 24 November‼️SUBMIT Univ of Pavia & Bocconi Univ 👉https://tinyurl.com/paviawinterschool @jeromevicente.bsky.social @fitjar.bsky.social @tbroekel.bsky.social @elvirauyarra.bsky.social @nick-corti.bsky.social

On Wednesday we launched our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report In a context of robust #competitiveness and #wellbeing but rapidly changing demographics, we focused on the relationships between #inclusion and competitiveness Details (in Spanish) here: www.orkestra.deusto.es/es/investiga...

Testing a novelty for this year’s presentation of our Basque Country Competitiveness Report - direct translation Basque-Spanish using AI from a local start-up (Trebe Language Technologies)

A grey day in Vitoria-Gasteiz, preparing for this afternoon’s presentation of our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report at the Artium Museum

🌟Still time to register for today's #Professional #Development #RSAWebinar🌟 ➡️Researching Place from the Ground-up: An Engaged Scholarship Approach 📣Nikos Ntounis and Jenny Kanellopoulou ⏰1pm GMT / 2pm CET 💻 bit.ly/rsaprofdev 🔄🤩

Post by Mikel Gastanaga in Orkestra’s #beyondcompetitiveness blog on the #Draghi report: To understand challenges of EU #competitiveness and formulate effective strategies it is essential to consider the geoeconomic & historical context of the last 3 decades www.orkestra.deusto.es/en/about-ork...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Interesting to read what #Paris has in store in its new climate plan, reducing further space for cars to extend greening www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The UK will be the first country to evaluate policy by how it affects the life satisfaction of citizens Great piece by Richard Layard on the influence of Daniel Kahneman's work on decision-making, measuring the value of things and #wellbeing www.economicsobservatory.com/wellbeing-po...

Gross Inclusive Income (GII) Will the UK’s new measure, now calculated by the ONS from 2005-2022, become the new International standard for measuring economic progress? #beyondGDP www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The limitations to a traditional approach to #competitiveness My colleague Mikel Navarro reflects on the Draghi Report in Orkestra's #beyondcompetitiveness blog, following on from a cracking internal seminar on this a couple of weeks ago www.orkestra.deusto.es/en/about-ork...

Beautiful colours in the sea on the greyest of days in San Sebastián #Donostia #SundayWalk

Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know. Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

June 25-27 Submission deadline: March 1, 2025 www.druid.dk DRUID has become one of the world's premier academic conferences on innovation and the dynamics of institutional and geographic change. DRUID invites scholars to contribute with a paper to DRUID25, hosted by Rotman School of Management.

In the first 2 issues of this year, the Cambridge Journal of regions, Economy and Society examined "Left Behind Places"; in issue 1 we ask "What they are and why do they matter? (academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...) and in issue 2 we ask "What can be done?" (academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...)

I created a starter pack for economic geography and others who are somehow related to the field. If I forgot anyone, let me know (not sure if others can automatically add people). go.bsky.app/R2sg5Xt

Conference announcement for early career researchers interested in innovation, in Valencia (Spain). Check the website for more info: ingeniophdays.webs.upv.es Abstract submission: by 6 Dec Decision: by 8 Jan Conference: 5-7 March

Neat discussion of the complex dilemas of prioritizing sectors and places in industrial strategy-making, with some nice data on UK #clusters

🚨🚨 Few days left to join us(@tupymg.bsky.social , Simone Grabner and I) for the first meeting of our @regstud.bsky.social #research network on #transformative #regional #resilience. ☎️ Get in touch for more info! Sign up 👇 www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-r...

In Sweden, around 130,000 young people are outside both the workforce and the education system every year (NEETs). Many face the risk of long-term exclusion. But new research shows that the right interventions can turn things around! #research #sociology #SocialWork #StockholmUniversity

I have just moved here after a slow death of losing the interest to engage at 'the other place' over the last couple of years—it feels quite exciting!