This paper offers a typology of different groups of “experts” in relation to crisis. While decision-making and leadership are frequently analysed in crisis research, the role of experts who offer advice in crisis is widely underexplored in social scientific research. Based on qualitative...

In this paper, we use the notion social innovation to shed light on the complex interrelations between the emergence and consolidation of new policy approaches and their geographical mobility. Empirically, the paper deals with learning region policies in Germany, which epitomize a shift of the...

The aim of this paper is to understand the social process of the emergence and institutionalization of innovations in spatial planning (which we describe as ‘social innovations’). The paper is based on a recently finished empirical and comparative study conducted in four distinct areas of...

In this article, we seek to contribute to cultural-economic geography debates on the social construction of economic value. We widen the focus on already well-studied associations between branded commodities and other entities representing nonmonetary values by also considering what we refer to...

The labor market for musical actors is very challenging for several reasons. On the one hand, it is difficult to acquire a position: qualification requirements are high, competition is fierce and reputation is difficult to build up. On the other hand, once in it is often necessary to get out:...

Die Rolle von Schlüsselfiguren in sozialräumlichen Wandlungsprozessen ist bislang noch kaum erforscht. Wie kann der von Praktikern immer wieder thematisierte entscheidende Beitrag von einzelnen Personen zu komplexen Prozessen des Wandels sozialwissenschaftlich erklärt werden? Ziel dieses...

Das vorliegende Paper markiert den Abschluss des zweijährigen Forschungsprojektes „Open Creative Labs in Deutschland: Typologisierung, Verbreitung, Entwicklungsbedingungen und politische Gestaltung“ (08/2015-10/2017). Das Projekt wurde im Rahmen der Innovation- und Technikanalyse des...

This paper explores different functions of co-presence for collaborative knowledge creation in the context of seed accelerator programs. Seed accelerators offer programs of three to six months to enhance the growth of early-stage start-ups through various means of training and organizational...

Feste der Stadtöffentlichkeit werden zunehmend als Instrumente der Stadtentwicklung eingesetzt. Seit geraumer Zeit hat sich diese instrumentell ausgerichtete Politik der Festibalisierung mehr und mehr professionalisiert, dagegen flaute der Diskurs um eine krisitische Analyse der...