GeoInno 2026
January 28-30, 2026
Budapest, Hungary
The 8th Geography of Innovation Conference took place from 28–30 January 2026 at Corvinus University of Budapest. The TRABBI junior research group participated in the conference and contributed to the program with several presentations. In addition, Sebastian Losacker co-organized and chaired the session "The Geography of Innovation and Transitions in the context of Nature-Society Interactions" together with Camilla Chlebna, Svein Gunnar Sjøtun, and Markus Steen.
Presentations:
Tim Becker: "Green windows of opportunity in global innovation systems: Insights from the bamboo construction industry"
Dr. Sebastian Losacker: "The uneven geography of technology legitimacy: A sentiment analysis of German news articles on timber construction"
Moritz Schütz: "Forgotten and Left-Behind? A Quantitative Analysis of Geocoded News Articles on German Regions"
Charlotte Lobensteiner: "The geography of power in transition work: insights from the bio-based construction sector in South Westphalia, Germany"
Lennart Fischer: "Why does transformative knowledge fail to transform? A multi-scalar (de-)legitimation perspective on the construction sector in Chennai, India"
Linda Lütkes: "Old roots, new routes - A revaluation perspective on the geographies of innovation"
