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Regional Scientific Knowledge Foundations for Development of High-Impact Technological Innovations

Dr Dieter Kogler will be discussing his research on how localised knowledge externalities are relevant for generating high-impact innovation.

  • 2 Apr 2025, 1.15pm to 2.15pm BST (GMT +01:00)
  • 3.58, 10 East, University of Bath
  • You can attend this event in person or online.
  • This event is free

A recent study by Shin, Kogler & Kim (2024) confirms, among other findings, that localised knowledge externalities from science to technology are highly relevant for generating innovations of high impact.

Regional economies that manage to produce excellent science, but also in tandem promote more closed coupled science and industry linkages, are the ones capable to speed up and enhance technological progress.

Building on these insights the present study investigates the science-technology nexus across Canadian metropolitan areas with particular focus on:

  • an evaluation of the localization of science-technology knowledge spillovers at the city and organizational level
  • an analysis concerning the measurable impact exerted by inventions that utilise local science content as input in the development process

Results indicate that novel products and processes that build on local scientific knowledge inputs receive on average about 50% more citations compared to those inventions without any scientific foundations.

These insights are highly relevant in the context of establishing more effective national and regional STI policy initiatives where knowledge production and spillovers from universities and research institutes are increasingly the focus in order maximize the societal impact of innovations.

Speaker biography

Dr Dieter Kogler is an Associate Professor in Economic Geography at University College Dublin.

His research focus is on the geography of innovation and evolutionary economic geography. From 2016-2023 he was an ERC StG holder, Technology Evolution in Regional Economies, and the PI of the Science Foundation Ireland Science Research Policy Programme funded Science-Technology Spaces project.

Dieter also serves as Managing Editor of the Economic Geography book series, published by Springer. He is an Editor of Regional Studies and an Editorial Board member of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.

His career path combines professional, education and research experience acquired in Europe, the United States, and Canada within a variety of areas pertaining to the spatial analysis of socio-economic phenomena.

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3.58 10 East University of Bath Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY United Kingdom

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