Rescaling : Change agency and the emerging geography of economic relationships

Summary, in English

In this paper, we propose a theoretical and conceptual framework for articulating and studying changes in the global economic landscape and illustrate this framework in the current context. The framework pivots around the notion of rescaling, which is interpreted from a human agency perspective. We disentangle three theoretically distinct dimensions of rescaling and show how they play together using concrete examples. The theoretical and conceptual framework links the intended and unintended consequences of globalisation to current rescaling efforts, and allows us to investigate when, why, and how changes to the geography of economic relationships occur.

• Author: Markus Grillitsch; Björn Asheim; Nichola Lowe; Sophie Kelmenson; Lea Fuenfschilling; Karl-Johan Lundquist; Yahia Mahmoud; Mikhail Martynovich; Pauline Mattsson; Magnus Nilsson; Johan Miörner; Torben Schubert
• Department/s: Department of Human Geography; CIRCLE; Sociology; Department of Service Studies; Research Policy; Marketing; Innovation
• Publishing year: 2025
• Language: English
• Pages: 4-26
• Publication/Series: Progress in Human Geography
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03091325241288337
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Topic: Business Administration
• Keywords: Economic development; industrial dynamics; globalisation; technological regimes; industrial policy; sustainable development; F02; F50; F60; L50; L60; O10; O30
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0309-1325