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Special session invitation: The Uneven Geography of Standards, at the GeoInno2024 Conference

  • 1.  Special session invitation: The Uneven Geography of Standards, at the GeoInno2024 Conference

    Posted 06-19-2023 08:04

    Dear list members,

    we would like to share the call for papers for a special session on "The Uneven Geography of Standards" that we are organizing at the 7th Geography of Innovation Conference, Manchester.

    Technical standards are essential in modern economies as they facilitate the interoperability and compatibility of goods and services. However, standards can lead to uneven spatial development on many levels due to their potential to influence the location of economic activities, the coordination of technologies across borders, and the emergence of global value chains. There is yet only little research on standards and standardization processes in the Geography of Innovation community and geographical perspectives on standards are still in the making.

    In order to create visibility for this theme and to initiate a discussion, we invite contributions on the following topics to our Special Session:

    •                  Spatially uneven participation in global standard-setting

    •                  Regional disparities in producing knowledge for standards

    •                  Socio-spatial impacts of regional and global standards

    •                  Differences in national and regional standard setting

    •                  Regional differences in innovation and standardization

    •                  Geography and its role across different types of standards

    Extended abstracts should be no more than 1,200 words in length and can be submitted via the GeoInno conference submission portal indicating Special Session SS31: The uneven geography of standards. The abstract submission deadline is 21st of July 2023.

    For more details on this special session, visit https://geoinno2024.com/ss19_global_knowledge_flows_multilocational_firms_and_value_chains

    For details on the 7th GeoInno, visit https://geoinno2024.com. 

    For any questions regarding the session, please get in touch with the session organizers at k.j.schaefer@uu.nl. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions!

    Best wishes,

    Carolina Castaldi (Utrecht University), Emilio Raiteri (Eindhoven University of Technology) & Kerstin Schaefer (Utrecht University)

     

    ­­Prof. Dr. Carolina Castaldi | Full Professor | Utrecht University | Chair in Geography of Innovation | Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning | Faculty of Geosciences | Vening Meineszgebouw A | Princetonlaan 8a |  3584 CB Utrecht | room 620 |  +31 30 253 2519 | c.castaldi@uu.nl | www.uu.nl/staff/CCastaldi