Geographies of Innovation and Well-being

Fulvio Castellacci, Emil Evenhuis and Koen Frenken

No 2529, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: The geography of innovation has focused on the roles of innovation for regional development understood in terms of income growth, productivity, and job creation. We propose a broader view on regional development using the framework of wellbeing developed in other disciplines. Following this perspective, we outline the possible roles and pathways through which innovation can contribute to well-being at various spatial scales and how, in turn, normative-political considerations regarding well-being provides directionality in innovation (policy) processes at spatial scales.

Keywords: innovation; well-being; inequality; region; directionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-08, Revised 2025-08
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