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Publications

2026​

Becker, T., Montresor, S., & Losacker, S. (2026).  How the EU Emissions Trading System can drive regional environmental innovation. CIRCLE Policy Brief, 2026 (02), Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

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Losacker, S. (2026). The spatial dimension of innovation and socio-technical change: insights from economic geography. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.

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Gruen, L., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R., Hoelzen, J., Liefner, I., & Losacker, S. (2026). TIS subsystems and modes of innovation: the case of hydrogen-powered aviation. Industry and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2726911

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​Lobensteiner, C., & Losacker, S. (2026). The geography of power and transition work: insights from the bio-based construction sector in South Westfalia, Germany. Geoforum, 176, 104792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104792

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Saenger, S., Losacker, S., & Hennemann, S. (2026). Mapping the European twin transition: an evolutionary perspective on green and digital regional development. Industry and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2713109​

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Cicerone, G., Losacker, S., Montresor, S., & Rentocchini, F. (2026). Trust the process: Regional process knowledge and the geography of circular economy innovation in Europe. European Urban and Regional Studies.​https://doi.org/10.1177/09697764261457099

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Lobensteiner, C., & Losacker, S. (2026). Exploring discourses in the German forest-based bioeconomy: A Q-methodological approach. Forest Policy and Economics, 188, 103789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2026.103789

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Schütz, M., Losacker, S., & Hennemann, S. (2026). What do regional governments write about climate change on their websites? A natural language processing study of German regions. Global Challenges & Regional Science, 6, 100028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gcrs.2026.100028

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Kriesch, L., & Losacker, S. (2026). Tracking the public perception of heat pumps: A sentiment analysis of German news articles. Energy and Buildings, 117235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2026.117235

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Becker, T., Montresor, S., & Losacker, S. (2026).  Cap-and-trade policies and regional environmental innovation: evidence from the EU Emissions Trading System, Journal of Economic Geography, lbag002. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbag002

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Cicerone, G., Losacker, S., & Ortega-Argilés, R. (2026). Relatedness and regional specialization in green, digital, and twin economic activities: evidence from the UK. The Annals of Regional Science, 75(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-025-01445-8

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2025

Becker, T., Losacker, S., & Russo, M. (2025). Regional capabilities in the European automotive industry: Relatedness, complexity and lock-ins in the transition to electric vehicles. Progress in Economic Geography, 100057.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peg.2025.100057

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Losacker, S., Hansen, T., & Schiller, D. (2025). Exploring the geography of innovation and sustainability transitions in the bioeconomy. Progress in Economic Geography, 100055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peg.2025.100055

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Mazzoni, F., Binz, C., & Losacker, S. (2025). What can the bamboo industry learn from timber? Resource mobilization across global innovation systems in the construction sector. Geoforum, 165, 104378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104378

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Schütz, M., Kriesch, L., & Losacker, S. (2025). Mapping Local Government Priorities: A Web-Mining Approach for Regional Research. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 100240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100240

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Lütkes, L., Dirksmeier, P. , & Tuitjer, L. (2025). From committed to dismissive: how conspiracy mentality and trust in the democratic (political) system shape climate policy perspectives in Germany. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2522828

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Kriesch, L., Losacker, S.  (2025). A geolocated dataset of German news articles. Scientific Data 12, 1128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05422-w​​

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Losacker, S., Becker, T., & Shang, Y. (2025). Guanxi and innovation in China: insights from the (bio-based) construction sector. Innovation and Development, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2025.2518825

​2024

Fischer, L., & Losacker, S. (2024). Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie Und Praxis, 33(3), 15–21.  https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.7145

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Losacker, S., Befort, N., Kriesch, L., & Lhuillery, S. (2024). Tracking pathways towards a bioeconomy: A sequence analysis of regional patent portfolios. Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

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Kriesch, L., & Losacker, S. (2024). A global patent dataset of bioeconomy-related inventions. Scientific Data, 11(1), 1308.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04163-6

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Abbasiharofteh, M., & Kriesch, L. (2024). Not all twins are identical: the digital layer of “twin” transition market applications (No. 2024/16). Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

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Mazzoni, F., & Losacker, S. (2024). What hinders the transition towards a bio-based construction sector? A global innovation system perspective on its value chain. Progress in Economic Geography, 100023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peg.2024.100023

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​Becker, T., & Losacker, S. (2024). Die räumliche Dimension des EU-Emissionshandels (EU ETS): Messung des regionalen Transformationsdrucks in Deutschland. Standort, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00548-024-00951-9

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Gruen, L., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R., Hoelzen, J., Liefner, I., & Losacker, S. (2024). Tis Subsystems and Modes of Innovation: The Case of Hydrogen-Powered Aviation. Available at SSRN 4945492.

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Brueck, C., Losacker, S., & Liefner, I. (2024). China’s digital and green (twin) transition: insights from national and regional innovation policies. Regional Studies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2384411. 

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Cicerone, G., Losacker, S., & Ortega-Argilés, R. (2024). Regional diversification into green and digital economic activities–The case of UK Local Authorities. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19339.09769

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Liefner, I., Brueck, C., Losacker, S., & Zeng, G. (2024). What can mission-oriented innovation policy learn from China?. Available at SSRN 4869399.

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Kriesch, L., & Losacker, S. (2024). A global patent dataset for the bioeconomy. Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

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Muehlberger, C. M., Gruen, L., Liefner, I., & Losacker, S. (2024). Socio-technical imaginaries of climate-neutral aviation. Energy Research & Social Science, 114, 103595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103595

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Kriesch, L., & Losacker, S. (2024). Bioeconomy firms and where to find them. Region, 11(1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v11i1.523%0A

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Losacker, S., & Kuebart, A. (2024). Introducing Sequence Analysis to Economic Geography. Progress in Economic Geography, 100012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peg.2024.100012

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Hansmeier, H. & Losacker, S. (2024). Regional eco-innovation trajectories. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2024.2308027

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Fischer, L., Losacker, S., & Wydra, S. (2024). National specialization and diversification in the bioeconomy: Insights from biobased technologies in chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. Technology in Society, 102462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102462

2023

Losacker, S. & Fastenrath, S. (2023). Innovation und transformativer Wandel im Bausektor: Eine wirtschaftsgeographische Perspektive. In: Koschatzky, Knut & Stahlecker, Thomas (Hrsg.). Nachhaltige Transformationen und resilienter Strukturwandel in Regionen, 63-87. 

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Losacker, S., Hansmeier, H., Horbach, J., & Liefner, I. (2023). The geography of environmental innovation: a critical review and agenda for future research. Review of Regional Research, 43(2), 291-316.

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Losacker, S., Horbach, J., & Liefner, I. (2023). A spatial perspective on green technology adoption in China: insights from patent licensing data. Innovation and Development, 1-21.

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Losacker, S., Heiden, S., Liefner, I., & Lucas, H. (2023). Rethinking bioeconomy innovation in sustainability transitions. Technology in Society, 102291.

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Liefner, I., & Losacker, S. (2023). Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsgeographie. UTB.

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