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Regional innovation systems in an era of grand societal challenges: reorientation versus transformation

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  • Arne Isaksen
  • Michaela Trippl
  • Heike Mayer

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This editorial seeks to contribute to a critical rethinking of the regional innovation system (RIS) framework and to examine what kind of ‘reinvention’ of regional innovation policy is needed in the era of grand societal challenges. The concept of challenge-oriented regional innovation systems (CoRISs) is employed to cast light on how RISs can be reconfigured in response to societal challenges. Based on the articles in this issue, the editorial distinguishes between two routes into which CoRISs could be developed: RIS reorientation strategies versus RIS transformation strategies. The first strategy assumes that at least some place-specific problems that are related to grand societal challenges can be tackled by use of existing assets, actors and institutions in historically grown RISs. RIS transformation strategies go a step further. They emphasize disruption and the strategic creation of new RIS elements. These include the inclusion of new innovative actors and actor groups, the implementations of institutional change, and also the disruption of old network linkages and the establishment of new ones. The editorial also reflects on the uptake of the two strategies in different spatial contexts as regional preconditions and challenges vary, which may demand different strategies and solutions on the regional level.

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  • Arne Isaksen & Michaela Trippl & Heike Mayer, 2022. "Regional innovation systems in an era of grand societal challenges: reorientation versus transformation," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(11), pages 2125-2138, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:30:y:2022:i:11:p:2125-2138
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2084226
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    1. Wadim Strielkowski & Svetlana Kalyugina & Victor Fursov & Oxana Mukhoryanova, 2023. "Improving the System of Indicators for Assessing the Effectiveness of Modern Regional Innovation Systems," Economies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-21, September.
    2. Andrew Watkins & Adam McCarthy & Claire Holland & Philip Shapira, 2024. "Public biofoundries as innovation intermediaries: the integration of translation, sustainability, and responsibility," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 49(4), pages 1259-1286, August.
    3. Michaela Trippl & Sebastian Fastenrath & Arne Isaksen, 2022. "Rethinking regional economic resilience: Preconditions and processes shaping transformative resilience," GEIST - Geography of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions 2022(02), GEIST Working Paper Series.
    4. Christoph Friedrich & Daniel Feser, 2024. "Combining knowledge bases for small wins in peripheral regions. An analysis of the role of innovation intermediaries in sustainability transitions," Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Springer;Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), vol. 44(2), pages 211-236, June.
    5. Patrycjusz Zarębski & Małgorzata Czerwińska-Jaśkiewicz & Maria Klonowska-Matynia, 2022. "Innovation in Peripheral Regions from a Multidimensional Perspective: Evidence from the Middle Pomerania Region in Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-18, July.
    6. Gong, Huiwen & Hassink, Robert, 2024. "Building regional (transformative) resilience by regional innovation policy?," Papers in Innovation Studies 2024/15, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    7. Huiwen Gong & Bernhard Truffer, 2024. "Changing from within: the interplay between imaginary, culture and innovation system in regional transformation," GEIST - Geography of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions 2024(02), GEIST Working Paper Series.
    8. Thanos Fragkandreas, 2023. "Case study research on innovation systems: paradox, dialectical analysis and resolution," Working Papers 65, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research, revised 15 May 2023.
    9. Arnault Morisson & Isabelle Liotard & Valérie Revest, 2023. "Small Wins through Inducement Prizes: Introducing Challenge-Oriented Regional Prizes (CORP)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-14, February.

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