Arne Isaksen, who would have turned 70 in November 2024, was a Professor at the Department of Working Life and Innovation at the University of Agder in Norway. Furthermore, Arne was one of the initiatiers of RIST and its leader for many years. After a longer period of severe illness, he passed away in June 2024. We were deeply saddened by his death and his loss has profoundly affected us all. Arne will be fondly remembered, and his legacy will live on in all of us who had the privilege of knowing him.
Colleges and friends at the University of Agder
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Invitation to join the digital part of The Isaksen Seminar 2024
Dear colleagues worldwide,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in The Isaksen Seminar 2024. The seminar is digital and scheduled for Monday, 4th November 2024, from 13.00 to 15.00.
The seminar is hosted by the RIST Centre (Research centre for studies of Innovation for Sustainable Transition) at the University of Agder, in honour of our dear colleague and esteemed Professor Arne Isaksen, who sadly passed away this summer.
The seminar will address the topic of Sustainable Regional Restructuring, and will be hybrid, streamed via zoom. To join the digital seminar, please register at this link, and you will automatically recieve a zoom link.
Program (Norwegian time):
- 13:00 – Welcome by Associate Professor Jan Ole Rypestøl (University of Agder)
- 13:05 – 13.15 Professor James Karlsen (University of Agder):
Short presentation of the book project: Regional Sustainable Restructuring – Insights from Economic Geography and Regional Innovation Studies - 13.15 – 13.45 Professor Emeritus Bjørn Terje Asheim (University of Stavanger) and Professor Markus Grillitsch (Lund University):
Twenty years of regional innovation studies: From local-global to agency-structure - 14.00 – 14.30 Professor Franz Tödtling (WU Wirthschaftsuniversität Wien):
Place-based transformative innovation policies: exploring the role of challenge oriented regional innovation systems - 14.30 – 15.00 Dr. Emelie Langemyr Eriksen (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and University of Agder):
Regional Green Initiatives in Concert: Charting Co-Evolutionary Paths in Regional Transition
You are of course welcome to participate in parts of the program, if you have time constraints.
We look forward to ‘seeing’ you at the seminar. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleges that might be interested in the topic, and/or wish to honor the work of Arne Isaksen by attending.
Best regards,
The RIST Research Centre at the University of Agder
For more information, please see: https://www.uia.no/english/about-uia/faculty/school-of-business-and-law/events/course-conference-seminar/Isaksen-seminar.html