📢 Another article for our SI on the Reprivatisation of local public services... Remunicipalisation and the prospects for more equitable place-based development Andrew Cumbers, Franziska Paul, Bethia Pearson and Lavinia Steinfort doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 🔥 OPEN ACCESS

🪧New OPEN ACCESS article for our SI on the Reprivatisation of local public services... Mobilising for local energy democracy in the United States: confronting political lock-in and private capture in the campaign for public power Grace Brown and Andrew Cumbers doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

@cjres.bsky.social‬ 2026 Conference, 16-17 July The 2 main conference themes are: - Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? - Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry To see the programme & register: www.cpes.org.uk/events/cjres2026

🔥 New content for the Reprivatisation issue: The tensions in Bolivia’s remunicipalised public management of water and sanitation: from the protagonism of social movements to state management Julián Pérez Barriga doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

Register now for the CJRES summer conference! 2 themes are explored: 1. Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? 2. Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry Programme & registration: cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...

The 2025 CJRES Best Paper Award has been jointly awarded to 2 excellent papers: Congratulations to these very worthy winners!

What if regions are shaped as much by minds as by maps? 🧠🌎 The latest call for papers from @cjres.bsky.social seeks research on the interface between geography and psychology. Submit your proposal and join the conversation 👉 oxford.ly/4qO11un

🔥 March issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society published now online academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and Society Edited by: Han Chu, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Ron Martin, Peter Sunley and Gregory C. Unruh

The Introduction to our themed issue "Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and Society" is online... doi.org/10.1093/cjre... Han Chu Robert Hassink Ron Martin Peter Sunley Gregory Unruh

Privatisation and remunicipalisation of urban water in Catalonia: between monopolisation, state and the commons Germà Bel and Joël Bühler Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf048, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #reprivitization #remunicipalization

🔥Pragmatic remunicipalisation across diverse geographies in the US Mildred E Warner and Austin M Aldag Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf051, doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

Check out our advance access content for our new issue on How Places are Contesting the Privatisation of Local Public Services Edited by @judithclifton.bsky.social @mia-gray.bsky.social, David MacDonald and Ron Martin academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

Accepting abstracts now! cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...

🔥New call for papers! Mind and Map: Integrating Psychology into Regional Development Editors: Harry Garretsen, Dieter Kogler, Ron Martin, Davide Luca, Janka Stoker and Michael Stuetzer academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...

Why do green transitions succeed in some peripheral regions but stall in others? My new @cjres.bsky.social paper dives into system-level agency, intermediaries, and place-sensitive policy. 🔍 Read the full open-access article here: doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

The paradox of ‘on-path’ development: what are the structure–agency dynamics of avoiding negative lock-in? Jack L. Harris doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 📣Open access #PathDependence #LockIns

🗓️ One for your calendar 🔥 The 2026 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (academic.oup.com/cjres) annual conference , will be held in St Catharine’s College, Cambridge UK on 16-17 July 2026.

📢 One for your calendars: The 2026 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (academic.oup.com/cjres) annual conference, will be held in St Catharine’s College, Cambridge UK on *16-17 July 2026*.

🔥The full issue: Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and regional Development #MissionOrientedPolicy academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...

Breaking out of old paths? Towards a research agenda on path decline Michaela Trippl, Maximilian Benner and Jannik Kastrup Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf045, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #PathDependence #LockIns

🔥 New issue online. The November issue "Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development" is now published online! academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Maryann Feldman, @michaelkitson.bsky.social, Johan P Larsson, Peter Tyler and @elvirauyarra.bsky.social

#Europe’s prosperity hinges less on shiny sectors than on building on its #skills & potential base. As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves. doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

Policy #reform should renew, not just replicate. My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions. doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

🔥 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 doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

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... #MissionOrientedPolicy

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 academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc... #MissionOrientedPolicy

Governing green missions within regions: the case of the Basque Country Edurne Magro and Ainhoa Arrona Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025;, rsaf030, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy

Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy Iris Wanzenböck Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025;, rsaf026, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy

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 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025;, rsaf028, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy

Embedding city revival into state-driven innovation system: unravelling the state–local entrepreneurial toolkits for innovation Ziming Li, Yiqing Zhao and Zhang Zhang, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025; rsaf025, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy

Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity Dylan Henderson and Rick Delbridge Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf027, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy

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 doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

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 doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 📣 Open Access

Turning the tide: how public R&D investment shapes European regional development Giovanna Ciaffi, Maria Cristina Barbieri Góes , Matteo Deleidi , Antonino Lofaro doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

First-mover alliance: mission-oriented innovation policy implementation in Shenzhen’s low-altitude economy Wangwang Zhou and Jian D Zhang doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 📣 Open Access

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 doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

The US’ Polycentric Innovation State @thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 📣 Open Access

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 academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

The 2024 Editors' Choice award has been made to Dylan Connor, Aleksander Berg, Tom Kemeny and Peter Kedron for their paper "Who gets left behind by left behind places?" doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

Last chance to register - 'The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient' - @cjres.bsky.social 2025 Conference. cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...

Still time to register for our conference - 'The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient'. cpes.org.uk/events/cjres... Join us at the beautiful @stcatharines.bsky.social for two days of incredible, insightful talks - and a wonderful college gala dinner...

Still time to register - 'The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient'- @cjres.bsky.social 2025 Conference cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...

The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient' - @cjres.bsky.social 2025 Conference - cpes.org.uk/events/cjres... Keynotes: Dame Sharon White, Chair of Frontier Economics & M.D. & Head of Europe for CDPQ Prof. Robin Leichenko, Rutgers University Prof. William Solecki, City University of New York

The latest issue of @cjres.bsky.social has published online: The Symbolic Value of Megaprojects in Urban and Regional Development academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Edited by @roberthassink.bsky.social @dfkogler.bsky.social Davide Ponzini and Xuefei Ren

This is a great post and for more on the political economy of megaprojects see the recent @cjres.bsky.social SI! academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

Register now for the CJRES summer conference: The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient cpes.org.uk/events/cjres... The full programme is now online!

The July issue of CJRES is titled The symbolic value of megaprojects in urban and regional development It will publish shortly in full - you can read the Editorial Introduction at doi.org/10.1093/cjre... free access. @roberthassink.bsky.social, @dfkogler.bsky.social, Davide Ponzini and Xuefei Ren

Excited to share my new article in @cjres.bsky.social’s special issue on megaprojects & symbolic value — exploring how station areas steer urban policy in the era of symbolic capital. Based on fieldwork on the Grand Paris Express. Read: urls.fr/REqMRN #urbanstudies #megaprojects

🔥Putting a value on hosting a mega sporting event: symbolic value, economic and intangible effects John R Madden doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #Megaprojects