Sustainable Regional Restructuring

Edited by James Karlsen and Jan Ole Rypestøl, Department of Management and Innovation, University of Agder, Norway and Michaela Trippl, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria, formerly University of Agder, Norway

• ContentsPreface xi1 Sustainable Regional Restructuring: an introduction 1James Karlsen, Jan Ole Rypestøl and Michaela Trippl2 Place-based transformative innovation policies 11Michaela Trippl and Franz Tödtling3 A plethora of transformative innovation policy tensions 27Markku Sotarauta4 On the role of culture for sustainable regional restructuring 42Camilla Chlebna and Robert Hassink5 Agency, skills and workforce adaptation 58Stuart Dawley, Asbjørn Karlsen and Danny MacKinnon6 Twenty years of regional innovation studies 74Bjørn T. Asheim and Markus Grillitsch7 Regional resilience: unpacking adaptive capacity and adaptiveaction 92Jan Ole Rypestøl and Roman Martin8 The role of agency for the shifting balance of economic,environmental, and social sustainability in the history of theNorwegian salmon farming industry 109Stig-Erik Jakobsen and Arnt Fløysand9 Regional green initiatives in concert 128Emelie Langemyr Eriksen and Jan Ole Rypestøl10 Regional restructuring in the Norwegian seafood industry 144Monica Plechero and Heidi Wiig11 Navigating grand challenges – the challenge of transformingthe petroleum sector in Norway 162James Karlsen12 Questioning the economic growth paradigm 178Heike Mayer13 Geographies of sustainable innovation and regionalrestructuring: looking ahead 192Michaela Trippl

‘This book contributes substantially to our understanding of sustainable regional restructuring, moving away from a narrow focus on green industrial development to a framework that encompasses social and economic challenges, as well as public benefits. This is a highly welcome volume that draws on theoretical and empirical work to develop an agenda for those academics and policy makers addressing the dynamics and challenges of regional sustainability challenges.’