Questo insegnamento è parte del percorso "Urban and Regional Studies" del dottorato in Urban and Regional Development.
Descrizione del corso
L'innovazione è un fattore chiave per lo sviluppo urbano in un'epoca di rapide trasformazioni tecnologiche e sociali. La comprensione dei processi che governano l'innovazione urbana richiede un approccio interdisciplinare che attinga a diverse scienze sociali, come la scienza politica, la sociologia e la geografia politica. Da parte loro, gli studi sulle politiche pubbliche forniscono gli strumenti analitici e teorici e sono dotati della necessaria malleabilità per essere applicati agli studi urbani - un campo di ricerca che è multidisciplinare per natura. In questo contesto, il corso fornisce ai dottorandi un quadro analitico per esaminare come le strutture istituzionali, i modelli di governance e le dinamiche socio-politiche diano forma alle trasformazioni urbane, contribuendo così ai dibattiti in corso nelle scienze sociali sulla governance urbana, l'innovazione e le politiche pubbliche.
Il corso adotta quindi una prospettiva di public policy per analizzare l'innovazione e la governance urbana, fornendo ai dottorandi strumenti teorici e analitici per esaminare le pratiche urbane in diversi contesti. Il corso va oltre i dibattiti teorici, dotando gli studenti di framework analitici per valutare i processi politici e le decisioni che danno forma all'innovazione urbana.
Il corso esplora le dimensioni istituzionali della governance locale ed esamina le strategie impiegate dai promotori dell'innovazione per migliorare il successo delle trasformazioni urbane. Poiché le trasformazioni urbane coinvolgono molteplici attori - leader politici, burocrazie, esperti, gruppi sociali ed economici e media - che operano a diversi livelli (internazionale, nazionale e locale), gli studenti analizzeranno come questi attori interagiscono, mobilitano risorse e influenzano i risultati delle politiche.
Attraverso una combinazione di lezioni, letture e casi di studio, il corso affronterà temi chiave come l'innovazione urbana, il cambiamento istituzionale, la governance, le narrazioni e il ruolo dell'entrepreneurship nella definizione delle politiche urbane. Gli studenti si impegneranno in un'analisi empirica esplorando casi specifici di innovazione e governance urbana.
Obiettivi del corso
Al termine di questo corso, gli studenti saranno in grado di:
- Comprendere i concetti chiave, le dimensioni e i motori dell'innovazione urbana.
- Analizzare le dinamiche istituzionali e i governance framework che danno forma ai processi di innovazione urbana.
- Applicare i framework delle politiche pubbliche per analizzare i processi di innovazione urbana.
- Valutare il ruolo degli attori chiave e delle narrazioni nell'influenzare le politiche urbane.
- Sviluppare capacità di ricerca empirica per analizzare casi di innovazione e governance urbana.
Valutazione
I dottorandi saranno valutati in base alla partecipazione alle lezioni, all'impegno attivo nelle discussioni e alle riflessioni critiche sulle letture, nonché alla consegna di un elaborato finale di ricerca (circa 5000 parole) su un argomento relativo alla governance e all'innovazione urbana, applicando i framework teorici discussi in classe.
This PhD course is part of the thematic path "Urban and Regional Studies" of the PhD programme in Urban and Regional Development.
Course Description
Innovation is a key driver of urban development in an era of rapid technological and social transformations. Understanding the processes that govern urban innovation requires an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from social sciences such as (but not limited to) political science, sociology, and political geography. On their part, public policy studies provide the analytical and theoretical tools and are equipped with the necessary malleability to be applied to urban studies – a research field that is multidisciplinary by nature. In this context, the course provides PhD students with analytical frameworks to examine how institutional structures, governance models, and socio-political dynamics shape urban transformations, thus contributing to ongoing debates in the social sciences on urban governance, innovation, and public policy.
Hence, this course adopts a public policy perspective to analyze urban innovation and governance, providing PhD students with theoretical and analytical tools to examine urban practices in different contexts. The course goes beyond theoretical debates, equipping students with analytical frameworks to assess policy processes and decisions shaping urban innovation.
The course explores the institutional dimensions of local governance and examines the strategies employed by innovation promoters to enhance the success of urban transformations. Since urban transformations involve multiple stakeholders—political leaders, bureaucracies, experts, social and economic groups, and media—operating at different levels (international, national, and local), students will analyze how these actors interact, mobilize resources, and influence policy outcomes.
Through a combination of lectures, readings, and case studies, the course will cover key themes such as urban innovation, institutional change, governance, narratives and entrepreneurship in urban policy-making. Students will engage in empirical analysis by exploring specific cases of urban innovation and governance.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
- Understand the key concepts, dimensions, and drivers of urban innovation.
- Analyze institutional dynamics and governance frameworks that shape urban innovation processes.
- Apply public policy frameworks to analyze urban innovation processes.
- Evaluate the role of key actors and narratives in influencing urban policies.
- Develop empirical research skills to analyze urban innovation and governance cases.
Assessment
PhD students will be evaluated based on class participation, active engagement in discussions and critical reflections on readings, as well as the delivery of a final research paper (ca. 5000 words) on a topic related to urban governance and innovation, applying the theoretical frameworks discussed in class.
Non previsti
Not required
Lezione 1 (3h)
Urban Innovation and Policy Process Theories
Materiali:
da Cruz, N. F., Rode, P., & McQuarrie, M. (2018). New urban governance: A review of current themes and future priorities. Journal of Urban Affairs, 41(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1499416
Dente, B., & Coletti, P. (2011). Measuring Governance in Urban Innovation. Local Government Studies, 37(1), 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2010.548553
McGuirk, P., Baker, T., Sisson, A., Dowling, R., & Maalsen, S. (2022). Innovating urban governance: A research agenda. Progress in Human Geography, 46(6), 1391-1412. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221127298
Weible, C.M. (2023). Introduction: The Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theories in Weible, C.M. (Ed.). Theories Of The Policy Process (5th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003308201
Lezione 2 (3h)
Historical Institutionalism, Urban Regeneration and Policy Change
Materiali:
Hacker, J. S., Pierson, P., & Thelen, K. (2015). Drift and conversion: hidden faces of institutional change. In J. Mahoney & K. Thelen (Eds.), Advances in Comparative-Historical Analysis (pp. 180–208). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sorensen, A. (2014). Taking path dependence seriously: a historical institutionalist research agenda in planning history. Planning Perspectives, 30(1), 17–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2013.874299
van der Heijden, J. (2011), Institutional Layering: A Review of the Use of the Concept. Politics, 31: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2010.01397.x
Articoli per la discussione in classe:
Bick, N. Using historical institutionalism as a guidepost to understanding policy change in Rust Belt cities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 28, 50 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-023-10091-4
Li, J., Burgess, G., & Sielker, F. (2023). Political mobilisation and institutional layering in urban regeneration: Transformation of land redevelopment governance in China. Cities, 141, 104508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104508
Ye, C., Chen, W., Liu, Y., & He, Q. (2024). Institutionalisation of public participation in China's urban regeneration from the perspective of historical institutionalism: Three-stage cases in Guangzhou. Political Geography, 108, 103036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.103036
Lezione 3 (3h)
The Multiple Streams Framework and the City
Materiali:
Cairney, P. and Jones, M.D. (2016). Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach: What Is the Empirical Impact of this Universal Theory?. Policy Studies Journal, 44: 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12111
Herweg, N., Huß, C. and Zohlnhöfer, R. (2015), Theoretical Refinements of the MSF. European Journal of Political Research, 54: 435-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12089
Hoefer, R. (2022) The Multiple Streams Framework: Understanding and Applying the Problems, Policies, and Politics Approach. Journal of Policy Practice & Research 3, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-022-00049-2
Knaggård, Å. (2015). The multiple streams framework and the problem broker. European journal of political research, 54(3), 450-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12097
Malandrino, A. (2023). Adopting the Multiple Streams Framework to Understand the Preconditions of Policy Decisions. In Malandrino A., Migrant Languages in Education. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15794-3_2
Articoli per la discussione in classe:
Karjalainen, L. E. (2024). Towards sustainable urban transport—Political agenda formation and policy windows in Helsinki, Oslo, and Stockholm. Environmental Policy and Governance, 34(6), 568–581. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2100
Lee CB, Huang NC, Kung SF, Hu SC. (2021) Opportunity for HiAP through a Healthy Cities initiative in Taiwan: a multiple streams analysis. Health Promotion International, 36(1):78-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa037
Ruvalcaba-Gomez, E. A., Criado, J. I., & Gil-Garcia, J. R. (2023). Analyzing open government policy adoption through the multiple streams framework: The roles of policy entrepreneurs in the case of Madrid. Public Policy and Administration, 38(2), 233-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720936349
Lezione 4 (3h)
Localizing the Narrative Policy Framework
Materiali:
Jones, M.D. and McBeth, M.K. (2010), A Narrative Policy Framework: Clear Enough to Be Wrong?. Policy Studies Journal, 38: 329-353. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00364.x
Shanahan, E.A., Jones, M.D. and McBeth, M.K. (2011), Policy Narratives and Policy Processes. Policy Studies Journal, 39: 535-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00420.x
Articoli per la discussione in classe:
Albert, V. A., Lepeshkina, S., Savchenko, A., & Davidenko, M. (2023). Narrating Moscow’s housing ‘renovation’: beyond the frontstage discourses of the narrative policy framework. Critical Policy Studies, 18(1), 92–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2023.2199362
Honeck, T. (2018). A touch of post-truth: the roles of narratives in urban policy mobilities, Geographica Helvetica, 73, 133–145. https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-73-133-2018
O’Donovan, K.T. (2018), Does the Narrative Policy Framework Apply to Local Policy Issues?. Politics and Policy, 46: 532-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12265
Lezione 5 (3h)
Seminario finale
Materiali e letture in base al/ai caso/i di studio selezionato/i.
Lecture 1 (3h)
Urban Innovation and Policy Process Theories
Readings:
da Cruz, N. F., Rode, P., & McQuarrie, M. (2018). New urban governance: A review of current themes and future priorities. Journal of Urban Affairs, 41(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1499416
Dente, B., & Coletti, P. (2011). Measuring Governance in Urban Innovation. Local Government Studies, 37(1), 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2010.548553
McGuirk, P., Baker, T., Sisson, A., Dowling, R., & Maalsen, S. (2022). Innovating urban governance: A research agenda. Progress in Human Geography, 46(6), 1391-1412. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221127298
Weible, C.M. (2023). Introduction: The Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theories in Weible, C.M. (Ed.). Theories Of The Policy Process (5th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003308201
Lecture 2 (3h)
Historical Institutionalism, Urban Regeneration and Policy Change
Readings:
Hacker, J. S., Pierson, P., & Thelen, K. (2015). Drift and conversion: hidden faces of institutional change. In J. Mahoney & K. Thelen (Eds.), Advances in Comparative-Historical Analysis (pp. 180–208). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sorensen, A. (2014). Taking path dependence seriously: a historical institutionalist research agenda in planning history. Planning Perspectives, 30(1), 17–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2013.874299
van der Heijden, J. (2011), Institutional Layering: A Review of the Use of the Concept. Politics, 31: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2010.01397.x
Articles for Discussion:
Bick, N. Using historical institutionalism as a guidepost to understanding policy change in Rust Belt cities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 28, 50 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-023-10091-4
Li, J., Burgess, G., & Sielker, F. (2023). Political mobilisation and institutional layering in urban regeneration: Transformation of land redevelopment governance in China. Cities, 141, 104508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104508
Ye, C., Chen, W., Liu, Y., & He, Q. (2024). Institutionalisation of public participation in China's urban regeneration from the perspective of historical institutionalism: Three-stage cases in Guangzhou. Political Geography, 108, 103036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.103036
Lecture 3 (3h)
The Multiple Streams Framework and the City
Readings:
Cairney, P. and Jones, M.D. (2016). Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach: What Is the Empirical Impact of this Universal Theory?. Policy Studies Journal, 44: 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12111
Herweg, N., Huß, C. and Zohlnhöfer, R. (2015), Theoretical Refinements of the MSF. European Journal of Political Research, 54: 435-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12089
Hoefer, R. (2022) The Multiple Streams Framework: Understanding and Applying the Problems, Policies, and Politics Approach. Journal of Policy Practice & Research 3, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-022-00049-2
Knaggård, Å. (2015). The multiple streams framework and the problem broker. European journal of political research, 54(3), 450-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12097
Malandrino, A. (2023). Adopting the Multiple Streams Framework to Understand the Preconditions of Policy Decisions. In Malandrino A., Migrant Languages in Education. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15794-3_2
Articles for Discussion:
Karjalainen, L. E. (2024). Towards sustainable urban transport—Political agenda formation and policy windows in Helsinki, Oslo, and Stockholm. Environmental Policy and Governance, 34(6), 568–581. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2100
Lee CB, Huang NC, Kung SF, Hu SC. (2021) Opportunity for HiAP through a Healthy Cities initiative in Taiwan: a multiple streams analysis. Health Promotion International, 36(1):78-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa037
Ruvalcaba-Gomez, E. A., Criado, J. I., & Gil-Garcia, J. R. (2023). Analyzing open government policy adoption through the multiple streams framework: The roles of policy entrepreneurs in the case of Madrid. Public Policy and Administration, 38(2), 233-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720936349
Lecture 4 (3h)
Localizing the Narrative Policy Framework
Readings:
Jones, M.D. and McBeth, M.K. (2010), A Narrative Policy Framework: Clear Enough to Be Wrong?. Policy Studies Journal, 38: 329-353. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00364.x
Shanahan, E.A., Jones, M.D. and McBeth, M.K. (2011), Policy Narratives and Policy Processes. Policy Studies Journal, 39: 535-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00420.x
Articles for Discussion:
Albert, V. A., Lepeshkina, S., Savchenko, A., & Davidenko, M. (2023). Narrating Moscow’s housing ‘renovation’: beyond the frontstage discourses of the narrative policy framework. Critical Policy Studies, 18(1), 92–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2023.2199362
Honeck, T. (2018). A touch of post-truth: the roles of narratives in urban policy mobilities, Geographica Helvetica, 73, 133–145. https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-73-133-2018
O’Donovan, K.T. (2018), Does the Narrative Policy Framework Apply to Local Policy Issues?. Politics and Policy, 46: 532-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12265
Lecture 5 (3h)
Final Seminar
Readings according to chosen case study.
In presenza
On site
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