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Spatial Productivity Lab special sessions and conference participation

 

The Spatial Productivity Lab at the OECD Trento Centre is an active participant in the current academic and policy debates on the spatial dimension of productivity, innovation and territorial development more broadly. Join our Special Sessions and attend our presentations at the upcoming conferences!

GEOINNO2024

 GEOINNO 2024

 10-12 January 2024Manchester, United Kingdom

Joint special session of the OECD Spatial Productivity Lab and the Productivity Institute, United Kingdom

SS21: How is the new industrial policy paradigm shaping the geography of innovation?

Industrial policy has seen a revival in OECD countries in recent years. Focused on addressing current geopolitical challenges and supporting the transition towards Net Zero economies, these policies are putting a renewed focus on large scale investments and local links in production. They aim at supporting the development of green technologies and limiting the risks of disruptions in the supply chain of technological goods. The revival provides opportunities for many regions but also comes with multiple challenges for others. It raises questions that would be addressed in this special session, including:

  • What implications does the revival of industrial policy have on the geography of innovation?
  • Are international knowledge networks becoming more local?
  • Are top innovators reassessing their links outside of their home region?
  • Are foreign direct investments increasingly contained within global regions?
  • How do such policies impact the productivity of sectors and firms, what about employment?
  • How should place–specific innovation policies and smart specialisation strategies integrate and complement industrial policies?

We welcome contributions on the following or related topics.

  • The geography of regional and global knowledge networks
  • The geographical implications of the new industrial policy paradigm: who are the winners and the losers? How are foreign direct investments and trade links affected?
  • How do such policies impact employment growth and/or productivity? Are there potential trade-offs resulting from inefficiencies in resource allocations?
  • The effects of new policy instruments related to the new industrial policy paradigm on firms and places
  • Regional innovation and smart specialisation policies in the light of the new industrial policy paradigm
  • (Local) policies for disruptive and breakthrough innovation
  
 

More Information

Call for papers

Submit your abstract here by 4 August 2023 and select session SS21 How is the new industrial policy paradigm shaping the geography of innovation?

Links

Official website

 

The OECD Spatial Productivity Lab

  

Productivity Institute

 

 

Contact

Wessel.Vermeulen@oecd.org

 

 

Previous Special Sessions

2023

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab and Politecnico di Milano, Italy special session at the 62nd ERSA on 28 August-1 September 2023 Alicante, Spain & at the XLIV A.I.S.Re. Annual Scientific Conference on 6-8 September 2023, Naples, Italy

7 Sept 2023 | 8.30-10.30 | Digitalisation, global shocks and new inequalities (A.I.S.Re)

31 Aug 2023 | 14.30-16.15 | Digitalisation, global shocks and new inequalities (ERSA)

A.I.S.Re. abtract e-book

 

A.I.S.Re. official website

 

ERSA abstract e-book

 

ERSA official website

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab and the University of Primorska, Slovenia special sessions at the 2023 RSA Annual Conference, 14-17 June 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia

15 Jun 2023 | 11.15-12.45 & 14.00-15.30 | Productivity for Regional Growth and Cohesion (SS08 I & SS08 II)

Agenda of the event

 

Official website

 


2022

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab presentation at the 7th World KLEMS conference, 12-13 October 2022, Manchester, United Kingdom

13 Oct 2022 | 15.30-17.00 | Presentation: Regional productivity - Drivers and shocks

Discussion paper

 

Official website

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab and Politecnico di Milano special session at the XLIII A.I.S.Re. Annual Scientific Conference, 5-7 September, Milan, Italy 

5 Sept 2022 | 14.00-16.00 | Relaunch of productivity for regional growth and cohesion

Agenda of the event

 

Official website

 

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab special session at the 61st ERSA Congress, 23-26 August 2022, Pecs, Hungary & Virtual

22 Aug 2022 | 12.00-13.00 | S25 The spatial dimensions of productivity for regional growth

Agenda of the event

 

Official website

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab special session and presentation at the 6th Geography of Innovation Conference, GEOINNO2022, 4-6 July 2022, Milan, Italy

6 Jul 2022 | 9.00-10.30 |  OECD Policy Roundtable organised by the Spatial Productivity Lab  - Automation, Digitalisation and AI: A roadmap for regions

5 Jul 2022 | 16.20-18.25 | Presentation: Transformative regional resilience and innovation

Agenda of the event

 

Official website

 


2021

Relaunch of productivity for regional growth and cohesion

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab and Politecnico di Milano special sessions at the 60th ERSA Congress on "Territorial Futures - Visions and scenarios for a resilient Europe", 24-28 August 2021, digital

25 Aug 2021 | 10.15-11.45 | S09-S1 Relaunch of productivity for regional growth and cohesion: Institutions, the public sector and productivity

25 Aug 2021 | 12.00-13.30 | S09-S2 Relaunch of Productivity for Regional Growth and Cohesion: Innovation, technology and productivity 

26 Aug 2021 | 12.00-13.30 | S09-S3 Relaunch of productivity for regional growth and cohesion: Industrial structure, transitions and productivity

26 Aug 2021 | 16.15-17.45 | S09-S4 Relaunch of productivity for regional growth and cohesion: Productivity, competitiveness and resilience


OECD Spatial Productivity Lab and Bank of Italy special sessions at the 60th ERSA Congress on "Territorial Futures - Visions and scenarios for a resilient Europe", 24-28 August 2021, digital

25 Aug 2021 | 16.15-17.45 | S64 Regional competitiveness and growth: Microeconomic drivers

27 Aug 2021 | 14.30-16.00 | S63 Regional competitiveness and growth: Macroeconomic trends

Official website

 


2019

The spatial dimension of productivity

OECD Spatial Productivity Lab special sessions at the 59th ERSA Congress on "Cities, regions and digital transformation: Opportunities, risks and shallenges", 27-30 August 2019, Lyon, France

Agenda of the four OECD Special Sessions 

Official website

  

 

 

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