2024/2025

Geography of Innovation: What Are Its Patterns and How Policies Shape Them

Type: Mago-Lego

Delivered by: Department of Educational Programmes

When: 3 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Evgeniy Kutsenko

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course examines the spatial aspects of science and innovation emergence, dissemination and decline. It focuses on factors which have a significant impact on the development of innovations at a city and regional levels. The course covers theoretical issues (e.g. regional innovation systems) and cases of practical implementation of innovation policies at regions around the world. Among various innovation policy measures it will be pointed out smart specialization, cluster policies, urban experimentation including revitalization via fostering creative industries in special locations. Besides lectures a home task is planned for which a student should select a region or a city for the further analysis during the whole course so the databases, instruments and policies described at lectures then applied by the students and presented at classes.