Trajectories of geography and public policy
Publication date
2022-12-14
Authors
Lin, Shaun
Sidaway, James D
van Meeteren, Michiel
Boyle, Mark
Hall, Tim
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Abstract
Amidst political and institutional demands for a focus on ‘translational’, ‘applied’, ‘useful’, ‘relevant’, ‘impactful’ and ‘engaged’ research, this Special Section revisits and resituates the question of geography’s relationship with public policy and asks how do we respond to these societal demands? We need not start from scratch; in fact, there exists a substantial established literature on the geography–public policy relationship and its actual and potential trajectories. These debates need to be recontextualised and supplemented so that they are more thoroughly situated and sensitized to contemporary conjunctures, risks and opportunities.
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Applied geography, critical geography, geographic thought, relevance debates, Taverne
Citation
Lin, S, Sidaway, J D, van Meeteren, M, Boyle, M & Hall, T 2022, 'Trajectories of geography and public policy', Space and Polity, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2022.2149958