Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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The November issue of CJRES: Cities and the Climate Crisis is now published online. academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Edited by Meric Gertler, @mia-gray.bsky.social, Amy Glasmerier and Siqi Zheng

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New #OpenAccess article in @cjres.bsky.social: An interdisciplinary analysis of the #BasqueCountry Model through #RegionalDevelopment, the #FoundationalEconomy and #AnticipatoryGovernance. Exploring its strengths, tensions and possible futures >>> 👉 doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

doi.orgAnticipating regional futures? The promises, prospects and pitfalls of the Basque ModelAbstract. Over the past three decades, the Basque Country has been celebrated as a balanced and inclusive model of regional development. Yet the compoundin

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22 Sept

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22 Sept

All of the content for the next issue of CJRES: Cities and the Climate Crisis is now online This edition has been curated by Betsy Donald, Meric Gertler, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng academic.oup.com/cjres/search...

academic.oup.comThe climate crisis: in what sense an urban problem?In February 2026, the Trump Administration made global headlines when it reversed a scientific ruling by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) known

18 Sept

🔥Our upcoming issue is Cities and the Climate Crisis - edited by Meric Gertler, Betsy Donald, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng. The Editorial Introduction is open access online: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

22 July

The call for papers for the issue associated with the recent conference in Cambridge: academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/... This issue is seeking submissions on *Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry*

22 July

Authors interested in publishing in the Special Issue should email an abstract proposal of about 400 words to the CJRES Editorial Office by September 2026

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16 July

The annual CJRES 2026 Conference is underway... We have two themes, St Catharine's College and glorious sunshine... - Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? - Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry

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16 July

@cjres.bsky.social 2026 Conference starts today. Up first keynote speaker Professor Graham Haughton on "The Power and Politics of Agglomerationism" www.cpes.org.uk/events/cjres2026

cpes.org.ukThe 2026 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society ConferenceThe annual Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference will take place on 16-17 July 2026, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. The 2026 Conference of the Cambridge Jour…

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13 July

📃 We have a new topic page on urbanization! It brings together our writing and dozens of new charts on where and how people live. Here is a selection of charts and data highlights from the new page. 🧵 3.5 billion people live in cities

10 July

Last day to register for the @cjres.bsky.social 2026 Conference, 16-17 July. The 2 main conference themes are: - Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? - Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry Info here: www.cpes.org.uk/events/cjres2026

1 July

Interested in contributing? The Call for Papers is available here: academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/... and still accepting abstracts! @harrygarretsen.bsky.social, @dfkogler.bsky.social, Ron Martin, Davide Luca, Janka Stoker and Michael Stuetzer

26 June

New editorial on how places are contesting the privatisation of local public services — and what remunicipalisation means for regional development. The debate on what works, where and why is far from over. Read the full editorial here: doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

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26 June

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23 June

The Brexit vote is ten today. #Brexit was the revenge of voters tired of being told they had no future in the places they live in. Future Brexits can be preventing by not to scolding voters as "deplorables" and reviving their regions through #development. doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

17 June

🔥The 2025 Impact Factors have been released. The Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society achieved an Impact Factor of 6.4, which represents a 36% increase on the previous year’s score.

17 June

Congratulations on to our Editors and authors. And the biggest thank you to our reviewers for their hard work in ensuring the quality of the content of this journal.

doi.orgRemunicipalisation and the prospects for more equitable place-based developmentAbstract. The last two and a half decades have witnessed a remarkable process of global de-privatisation locally: leading to the term remunicipalisation. T

22 May

📢 Another article for our SI on the Reprivatisation of local public services... Remunicipalisation and the prospects for more equitable place-based development Andrew Cumbers, Franziska Paul, Bethia Pearson and Lavinia Steinfort doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 🔥 OPEN ACCESS

doi.orgMobilising for local energy democracy in the United States: confronting political lock-in and private capture in the campaign for public powerAbstract. This article theorises remunicipalisation as a political and spatial project of resistance to neoliberal governance and corporate capture. Drawin

22 May

🪧New OPEN ACCESS article for our SI on the Reprivatisation of local public services... Mobilising for local energy democracy in the United States: confronting political lock-in and private capture in the campaign for public power Grace Brown and Andrew Cumbers doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

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21 May

@cjres.bsky.social‬ 2026 Conference, 16-17 July The 2 main conference themes are: - Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? - Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry To see the programme & register: www.cpes.org.uk/events/cjres2026

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doi.orgThe tensions in Bolivia’s remunicipalised public management of water and sanitation: from the protagonism of social movements to state managementAbstract. In 1990, Bolivia implemented structural adjustment policies, including the privatisation of water and sanitation companies. Years later, the priv

15 May

🔥 New content for the Reprivatisation issue: The tensions in Bolivia’s remunicipalised public management of water and sanitation: from the protagonism of social movements to state management Julián Pérez Barriga doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

1 May

Register now for the CJRES summer conference! 2 themes are explored: 1. Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? 2. Revisiting the Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry Programme & registration: cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...

The 2025 CJRES Best Paper Award has been jointly awarded to 2 excellent papers: Congratulations to these very worthy winners!

And to Madeleine Eriksson, Anna Sofia Lundgren and Rikard Eriksson for their paper *The heroes and killjoys of green megaprojects: a feminist critique* (doi.org/10.1093/cjre...) published in The symbolic value of megaprojects in urban and regional development issue.

The 2025 CJRES Best Paper Award has been jointly awarded to 2 excellent papers: Congratulations to these very worthy winners!

To Riccardo Crescenzi and Roberto Ganau for their paper *Inward FDI and regional performance in Europe after the Great Recession* (doi.org/10.1093/cjre...) published in the Global Forces and Local Impacts: Megatrends in Regional Economic Development issue

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28 Feb

What if regions are shaped as much by minds as by maps? 🧠🌎 The latest call for papers from @cjres.bsky.social seeks research on the interface between geography and psychology. Submit your proposal and join the conversation 👉 oxford.ly/4qO11un

academic.oup.comVolume 19 Issue 1 | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford AcademicA journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

25 Feb

🔥 March issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society published now online academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and Society Edited by: Han Chu, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Ron Martin, Peter Sunley and Gregory C. Unruh

linkedin.comRethinking path dependence and lock-ins in regions, economy and society | Robert HassinkWe as co-editors (Han Chu 楚晗, Robert Hassink, Ron Martin, Peter Sunley and Dr. Gregory C. Unruh) are very proud of the special issue on Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and ...

9 Feb

The Introduction to our themed issue "Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and Society" is online... doi.org/10.1093/cjre... Han Chu Robert Hassink Ron Martin Peter Sunley Gregory Unruh

doi.orgPrivatisation and remunicipalisation of urban water in Catalonia: between monopolisation, state and the commonsAbstract. We study how the privatisation of urban water is being challenged in Catalonia, which has a high proportion of private management and a high degr

28 Jan

Privatisation and remunicipalisation of urban water in Catalonia: between monopolisation, state and the commons Germà Bel and Joël Bühler Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf048, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #reprivitization #remunicipalization

doi.orgPragmatic remunicipalisation across diverse geographies in the USAbstract. How do place characteristics (markets, politics, need and capacity) affect levels of remunicipalisation? Using national surveys (2012–2017) that

28 Jan

🔥Pragmatic remunicipalisation across diverse geographies in the US Mildred E Warner and Austin M Aldag Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf051, doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

28 Jan

Check out our advance access content for our new issue on How Places are Contesting the Privatisation of Local Public Services Edited by @judithclifton.bsky.social @mia-gray.bsky.social, David MacDonald and Ron Martin academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

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academic.oup.comMind and Map: Integrating Psychology into Regional DevelopmentEditors: Harry Garretsen, Dieter Kogler, Ron Martin, Davide Luca, Janka Stoker, and Michael Stuetzer Background It is a well-established fact that economic or

27 Jan

🔥New call for papers! Mind and Map: Integrating Psychology into Regional Development Editors: Harry Garretsen, Dieter Kogler, Ron Martin, Davide Luca, Janka Stoker and Michael Stuetzer academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...

27 Jan

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27 Jan

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🗓️ One for your calendar 🔥 The 2026 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (academic.oup.com/cjres) annual conference , will be held in St Catharine’s College, Cambridge UK on 16-17 July 2026.

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9 Dec 2025

Why do green transitions succeed in some peripheral regions but stall in others? My new @cjres.bsky.social paper dives into system-level agency, intermediaries, and place-sensitive policy. 🔍 Read the full open-access article here: doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

doi.orgUnlocking green transitions: system-level agency in peripheral regionsAbstract. This paper examines the role of system-level agency in shaping green transitions in peripheral regions. The comparative case study analysis of fo

doi.orgThe paradox of ‘on-path’ development: what are the structure–agency dynamics of avoiding negative lock-in?Abstract. A fundamental concern for entrepreneurial ecosystems, industrial districts, clusters, regional innovation systems and other types of industrial p

15 Dec 2025

The paradox of ‘on-path’ development: what are the structure–agency dynamics of avoiding negative lock-in? Jack L. Harris doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 📣Open access #PathDependence #LockIns

5 Dec 2025

5 Dec 2025

The conference will address two key themes: 🎆Urban Agglomeration: Who Gains and Who Loses from Density-Driven Development? 🎆The New Economic Geographies of the Defence Industry. Both themes will also form the basis of two special issues of the journal.

5 Dec 2025

📢 One for your calendars: The 2026 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (academic.oup.com/cjres) annual conference, will be held in St Catharine’s College, Cambridge UK on *16-17 July 2026*.

academic.oup.comVolume 18 Issue 3 | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford AcademicA journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

2 Dec 2025

🔥The full issue: Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and regional Development #MissionOrientedPolicy academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/...

doi.orgBreaking out of old paths? Towards a research agenda on path declineAbstract. The climate crisis confronts carbon-intensive industries with profound decarbonisation challenges, which may lead to reductions in production, jo

19 Nov 2025

Breaking out of old paths? Towards a research agenda on path decline Michaela Trippl, Maximilian Benner and Jannik Kastrup Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf045, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #PathDependence #LockIns

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18 Nov 2025

🔥 New issue online. The November issue "Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development" is now published online! academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Maryann Feldman, @michaelkitson.bsky.social, Johan P Larsson, Peter Tyler and @elvirauyarra.bsky.social

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

15 Nov 2025

#Europe’s prosperity hinges less on shiny sectors than on building on its #skills & potential base. As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves. doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

doi.orgRegional development traps in Europe: a study of occupational trajectories of regionsAbstract. This paper presents an evolutionary perspective on regional development traps that centres around the structural inability of regions to develop

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

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1 Nov 2025

Policy #reform should renew, not just replicate. My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions. doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

doi.orgInstitutional reform, path development and firm creation: evidence from ChinaAbstract. This paper examines whether and how government-led institutional changes can reshape regional industrial development trajectories. Using quarterl

doi.orgMission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the stateThe debate on industrial policy in economics has shifted from whether or not governments should pursue it to how they should do so. Today, the question is

20 Oct 2025

🔥 Read Mariana @mazzucatom.bsky.social Mazzucato's excellent commentary for the upcoming CJRES issue on Mission-oriented policy... Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

doi.orgSmart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in JapanAbstract. To better understand place-based impacts of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP), this article analyses the evolution of different types of

Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan Fumi Kitagawa Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, rsaf019, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy

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The November issue of CJRES will be on the theme of Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development This issue has been edited by Maryann Feldman, Michael Kitson, Johan Larsson, Peter Tyler and Elvira Uyarra academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc... #MissionOrientedPolicy

It features a lot of fascinating content and commentaries from Iris Wanzenböck and Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social

doi.orgGoverning green missions within regions: the case of the Basque CountryAbstract. This paper examines the place-based dimensions of mission-oriented innovation policies, specifically exploring the role of governance modes and i

Governing green missions within regions: the case of the Basque Country Edurne Magro and Ainhoa Arrona Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025;, rsaf030, doi.org/10.1093/cjre... #MissionOrientedPolicy