A constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy
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A constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy. / Madsen, Stine Hach Juul.
In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 42, 03.2022, p. 340-351.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy
AU - Madsen, Stine Hach Juul
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Recent attempts to conceptualize the multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy make strong arguments in favour of pursuing societal challenges at the subnational scale. This article suggests, that these recent efforts risk falling into a scalar trap, because they rely on a theoretical assumption about the policy effectiveness of the subnational scale. In response, the paper proposes a constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy. The constructivist approach views scale as continuously produced and contested by actors. Moreover, it suggests that rescaling may be an important aspect of multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy because it has the potential to alter the influence of actors in the prevailing socio-technical system. The approach is illustrated with an empirical analysis of waste management in Denmark where a transformative innovation policy has recently been introduced, rescaling decision-making away from a traditionally strong subnational scalar arrangement.
AB - Recent attempts to conceptualize the multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy make strong arguments in favour of pursuing societal challenges at the subnational scale. This article suggests, that these recent efforts risk falling into a scalar trap, because they rely on a theoretical assumption about the policy effectiveness of the subnational scale. In response, the paper proposes a constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy. The constructivist approach views scale as continuously produced and contested by actors. Moreover, it suggests that rescaling may be an important aspect of multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy because it has the potential to alter the influence of actors in the prevailing socio-technical system. The approach is illustrated with an empirical analysis of waste management in Denmark where a transformative innovation policy has recently been introduced, rescaling decision-making away from a traditionally strong subnational scalar arrangement.
KW - Multi-level governance
KW - Rescaling
KW - Scalar trap
KW - Scale
KW - Transformative innovation policy
KW - Waste management
U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2022.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2022.01.007
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85123573189
VL - 42
SP - 340
EP - 351
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
SN - 2210-4224
ER -
ID: 334262293