Publications 2023 ->

Journal articles and chapters in edited volumes (reviewed)

Leading Change in Communities Experiencing Economic Transition: Place Leadership, Expectations, and Industry Closure. Journal of Change Management

Beer, A., Sotarauta, M. & Bailey, D.

Full article of article Leading Change in Communities Experiencing Economic Transition: Place Leadership, Expectations, and Industry Closure. Journal of Change Management

Path tracing in the study of agency and structures: Methodological considerations. Progress in Human Geography.

Sotarauta, M. & Grllitsch, M.

Full text of article Path tracing in the study of agency and structures: Methodological considerations. Progress in Human Geography.

Leading Post-industrial Urban and Regional Renewal. In Bratton, J. (ed). Organizational Leadership. Sage Publications.

Sotarauta, M.

Agency and regional development against all odds. Regional Studies, 57(8)

Sotarauta, M. & Grillitsch, M.

Full special issue of article Agency and regional development against all odds. Regional Studies, 57(8)

Studying human agency in regional development. Regional Studies, 57(8), 1409-1415

Sotarauta, M. & Grillitsch, M.

Full text of article Studying human agency in regional development. Regional Studies, 57(8), 1409-1415

Agency and the structural determinants of regional growth: towards a retheorisation. Regional Studies,

Dinmore, H., Beer, A., Irving, J. & Sotarauta, M.

Full text of article Agency and the structural determinants of regional growth: towards a retheorisation. Regional Studies,

A Plethora of Transformative Innovation Policy Tensions: Lessons for Regional Restructuring. Tampere University.  Sente Working Paper 51/2023. Tampere.

Markku Sotarauta

Full text of article A Plethora of Transformative Innovation Policy Tensions: Lessons for Regional Restructuring. Tampere University.  Sente Working Paper 51/2023. Tampere.

Just transitions in the Australian automotive sector? Contemporary Social Science.

Beer, A., Weller, S., Dinmore, H., Ratcliffe, J., Onur, I., Bailey, D., Barnes, T., Irving, J, Horne, S., Atienza, J. & Sotarauta, M.

Full text of article Just transitions in the Australian automotive sector? Contemporary Social Science.

A competence set for sustainable urban development: framing a research agenda. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 11(1) 351-361

Sotarauta, M. & Hansen, T. (2024)

Full article of article A competence set for sustainable urban development: framing a research agenda. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 11(1) 351-361

Agency and structure in regional development: in search of a social science research programme. European Planning Studies.

Grillitsch, M. & Sotarauta, M. (2025)

Full text of article Agency and structure in regional development: in search of a social science research programme. European Planning Studies.

Patterns of opportunity spaces and agency across regional contexts: Conditions and drivers for change. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space.

Grillitsch, M., Rekers, J., Asheim, B. Fitjar, R.D., Haus-Reve, S., Kolehmainen, J., Kurikka, H., Lundquist, K.-J., Martynovich, M., Monteilhet, S., Nielsen, H., Nilsson, M., Sopanen, S., Sotarauta, M. & Stihl, L. (2024)

Full text of article Patterns of opportunity spaces and agency across regional contexts: Conditions and drivers for change. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space.

Place leadership in the geography of opportunities: survival of small industrial localities when industrial giants fall. Regional Studies

Sotarauta, M. Kurikka, H., Kolehmainen, J. & Moisio, S. (2025)

Full text of article Place leadership in the geography of opportunities: survival of small industrial localities when industrial giants fall. Regional Studies

A dataset on the community impacts of deindustrialisation and COVID-19 in Australia. Scientific Data, 12, 769.

Irving, J., Beer, A. & Sotarauta, M. (2025)

Full text of article A dataset on the community impacts of deindustrialisation and COVID-19 in Australia. Scientific Data, 12, 769.

A plethora of transformative innovation policy tensions. In Karlsen, J., Rypestøl, J.-O. & Trippl, M. (eds) Sustainable Regional Restructuring Insights from Economic Geography and Regional Innovation Studies. 27-41. Cheltenham; Edward Elgar Publishing.

Sotarauta, M. (2025)

Understanding leadership in city and regional development: Towards multiple perspectives of sub-national (place) leadership (2025). Regional Studies, 59 (1). pp. 1-8.

Gibney, J., Liddle, J., Shutt, J. & and Sotarauta, M.

A longitudinal dataset of retrenched automotive workers in Australia. Scientific Data, 12, 1113.

Irving, J., Beer, A., Weller, S., Barnes, T., Onur, I., Ratcliffe, J., Bailey, D., Sotarauta, M. & Vij, A., (2025).

Understanding leadership in city and regional development: Towards multiple perspectives of sub-national (place) leadership. (2025). Regional Studies, 59 (1). pp. 1-8.

Gibney, J., Liddle, J., Shutt, J. & and Sotarauta, M.

Full text of article Understanding leadership in city and regional development: Towards multiple perspectives of sub-national (place) leadership. (2025). Regional Studies, 59 (1). pp. 1-8.

Place Leadership as a Mobilisation of Assets: Town of Salo, Nokia and Microsoft as a case in point. (2026) In Charles, D., Nieth, L., Coenen, L., & Cinar, R. (eds.) Universities, Knowledge and Places. 251-269. Abingdon, Oxon; Routledge.

Sotarauta, M., Sopanen, S., Kolehmainen, J. & Kurikka, H.

Combining HEIs’ international talent attraction and regional engagement: Insights from Seinäjoki, Finland. (2026) In Charles, D., Nieth, L., Coenen, L., & Cinar, R. (eds.) Universities, Knowledge and Places. 65-86. Abingdon, Oxon; Routledge.

Kolehmainen, J., Jousmäki, H., Kurikka, H. & Raunio, M.

Policy reports

Finland: Mission-oriented innovation policy? In Giacometti, A. & Jensen, S. (eds.) Making innovation a mission? Overview of the implementation of mission-oriented innovation policies in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Nordregio Report 2024:17. Stockholm; Nordregio.

Sotarauta, M

Full report of article Finland: Mission-oriented innovation policy? In Giacometti, A. & Jensen, S. (eds.) Making innovation a mission? Overview of the implementation of mission-oriented innovation policies in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Nordregio Report 2024:17. Stockholm; Nordregio.