Innovation Policy and Real Estate

As the innovation takes place in the city and a number of academics and policy-makers have been seeing the cities as growth and innovation machines, innovation policy has a crucial spatial dimension and brings about strong implications for cities. Drawing on these relationships, this section aims to foster the debate on the impacts of innovation policy on real estate markets and urban morphology. Empirical papers, which address the impacts of a specific innovation policy on real estate markets and urban morphology, are welcome to share their results. For instance, the changes on properties prices promoted by the provision of urban infrastructures related to innovation policy; the impacts of tech parks on the surroundings neighborhoods and their real estate markets; the potential negative effects of innovation policies on housing affordability; and the (dis)connection between cities’ socioeconomic structure and smart specialization policies are seen as relevant case studies for the session. Land value capture, such as betterment levies, as a fiscal tool to finance the investments required by the innovation policy, is also a topic of interest.
Global papers will be welcomed, however, case studies situated in Asia or proposals which relate to Asian context are especially encouraged. In this regard we will discuss in particular housing affordability and inequalities across urban East Asian, as well as linkages between innovation policies and sustainability in Asian countries.
This section is destined for young scholars (Masters or PhD level) who will have the opportunity to have the comments of two mentors (senior professors) and their colleagues. For the selected young scholars YSI/Inet will generously offer travel stipends and accommodation. Diversity criteria (regions, gender and, race) will be considered in the selection process. The applilcation must be send to urban@youngscholarsinitiative.org and rachelganly@hotmail.com. Deadline: Sunday, April 07.

• Timeline:

Submission deadline – Sun 7 April
Decisions sent out – 25 April
Confirmations due from participants – 7 May
Confirmations of sessions & participant details with AsRes – 12 May