Universität Wien

290139 SE Seminar in Human/Economic Geography: Geography of Innovatio (2017W)

(auch für Diplom- und Masterstrudierende im Lehramt)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Saturday 14.10. 10:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Saturday 25.11. 10:00 - 15:30 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Friday 12.01. 09:45 - 15:15 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Saturday 13.01. 10:00 - 15:30 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
  • Friday 19.01. 09:45 - 15:15 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Saturday 20.01. 10:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar deals with the spatial aspects of increasingly innovation-driven economies and societies. Special attention will be given to explanations of the uneven distribution of innovation activities in space, the geography of knowledge flows as well as the opportunities and limits of public policies to shape regional innovation capacities. Based on a review of the pertinent literature, the following questions will be discussed:

- What is the role of innovation in securing regional growth and competitive advantage?
- Why do different types of regions vary in their innovation capacities?
- How are knowledge flows that underpin innovation spatially configured?
- What are the implications for policy?

These questions will be answered based on a review of conceptual contributions and empirical analyses of European, North American and Asian regions.

The course is a literature seminar. The literature will be provided by the lecturer. However, the students are supposed to conduct own searches on their specific topics.

Assessment and permitted materials

- Seminar paper (50%)
- Presentation of the seminar paper (30%)
- Presence and contributions to the discussions in the classroom (20%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Learning outcomes: On completion of the course the students shall be able to
- explain how the innovation capacity of regions is shaped by a variety of factors and their interplay;
- assess opportunities for and limits of policy to influence innovation processes;
- write and present a seminar paper

Examination topics

- Critical reflection on and discussion of conceptual and empirical contributions to the literature;
- Seminar paper
- Presentation of seminar paper

Reading list

Asheim, B., Boschma, R. and Cooke, P. (2011) Constructing Regional Advantage: Platform Policies Based on Related Variety and Differentiated Knowledge Bases. Regional Studies 45(7), 893-904.

Feldman, M. P. and Kogler D. F. (2010) Stylized Facts in the Geography of Innovation, in Hall B. and Rosenberg N. (eds) Handbook of Economics of Technical Change. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 381-4.

Grillitsch, M. and Trippl, M. (2014) Combining knowledge from different sources, channels and geographical scales. European Planning Studies 22(11), 2305-2325.

Association in the course directory

(MG-S3-SE) (MG-S5-SE) (MG-W3-PI) (MG-W6-PI) (MR6) (L2-b4, L2-b-zSE) (MA UF GW 02)

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