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Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity

Henderson, Dylan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-1315 and Delbridge, Rick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8451-265X 2025. Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society , rsaf027. 10.1093/cjres/rsaf027

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Abstract

Mission-oriented innovation policies have come to the forefront of debates in both research and policymaking. While attention has focused on top-down, science, technology and innovation missions, research has increasingly begun to explore their spatial and societal dimensions. The concept of micro-missions has been advanced to highlight the potential for smaller-scale, place-based responses to societal challenges. This paper exf the circumstances in which micro-missions are formulated and implementedplores the role of capacity to mobilise and challenge complexity in such missions and highlights the diversity of models for their design. A conceptual framework is advanced and tested with the case of public food micro-missions in Malmö, and strategic implications are identified.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: In Press
Schools: Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1752-1386
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 28 August 2025
Date of Acceptance: 2 August 2025
Last Modified: 10 Sep 2025 10:00
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180565

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