Challenges of studying agency in regional development

To contribute to a collective learning process, we analyzed 27 review reports received for a special issue in Regional Studies on “Agency and Regional Development Against All Odds”. We found challenges, for instance, related to articulating the contribution, conceptual layering and drift, and slippery research questions.

Sotarauta, M. & Grillitsch, M. (2023) Challenges of studying agency in regional development: What did 27 review reports teach us? Papers in Innovation Studies no. 2023/06. Circle – Centre for Innovation Studies; Lund University.