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Call for Papers / Abstracts - for a Special Issue in Regional Studies.

  • 1.  Call for Papers / Abstracts - for a Special Issue in Regional Studies.

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    Call for Papers / Abstracts - for a Special Issue in Regional Studies

    Innovation intermediaries and capability-building: institutional, economic and social change in regional innovation systems

    Details here: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/innovation-intermediaries-capability-building/

    And/or join us for our dedicated Track on "Innovation intermediaries and regional innovation systems" at the R&D Management Conference in Manchester (22-24 June 2026). This will explore the key role of innovation intermediaries in orchestrating knowledge transfer and bridging gaps in scaling and commercialisation within regional innovation systems. It examines how these actors shape place-based dynamics, foster diversification, and contribute to regional development through their evolving capabilities and functions.

    More info here: https://www.rnd2026.org/track-details-1/theme-6.5

    All the best
    Simon

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    Professor Simon Collinson

    Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and FRSA, FCABS, FBAM

    Tsingshan Chair Professor (fulltime, in Hangzhou)

    ZJU School of Management

    Zhejiang University

    tsingshanprof02@outlook.com

    Honorary Professor, University of Birmingham

    s.collinson@bham.ac.uk

    www.linkedin.com/in/sicollinson

     

    Think about joining us at our AIB Special Theme Conference in May 2026, at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.


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