Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development: The European Union and its Strategies

The volume revolves around the Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA) as an approach to conceptualisation and operationalisation for the purpose of empirical research. We believe that SOFIA can have implications for both academic research and practical applications in reshaping the existing instruments and governance arrangements in innovation policy.

The subsequent volume revolves around the Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA) as an
approach to conceptualization and operationalisation for the purpose of empirical
research. It contributes a new perspective and approach in research on innovation.
We believe that SOFIA can have implications for both academic research and practical
applications in reshaping the existing instruments and governance arrangements
in innovation policy. Whilst applying SOFIA, we urge researchers to leverage
the plurality of different qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches
in innovation studies, including less conventional methods, such as QCA (Ragin,
2008). Diligent application of SOFIA can also subsequently lead to the development
of high-level theoretical contributions.

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Borut Ronc evic , PhD, is a professor of sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Nova Gorica, Slovenia) and Faculty of Information Studies (Novo mesto, Slovenia). He is the fellow of Regional Studies Association. He is Jean Monnet Chair of Cultural Political Economy of Europe 2030 and the head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development" (2017-2020) and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "Strategic Observatory for Europe 2030." He was a visiting scholar at academic institutions in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon and Croatia.

Victor Cepoi, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Information Studies (Novo mesto, Slovenia) and School of Advanced Social Studies (Nova Gorica, Slovenia). He has experience working in various national and international projects as a researcher and project manager: Interreg Danube Region, Erasmus +, etc. Currently, he is a holder of a Jean Monnet Module "Technology and Innovation Communities 2030".

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