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Where are low-carbon places made? Conceptualising and studying infrastructure junctions and the power geometries of low-carbon place-making (2023)
Journal Article
Holmes, T., De Laurentis, C., & Windemer, R. (2023). Where are low-carbon places made? Conceptualising and studying infrastructure junctions and the power geometries of low-carbon place-making. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift / Norwegian Journal of Geography, 77(3), 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2023.2206407

The making of low-carbon places is crucial for achieving decarbonisation, but where are such places made? In extending and combining existing research and ideas, the authors take electricity networks as their starting point to study what they term th... Read More about Where are low-carbon places made? Conceptualising and studying infrastructure junctions and the power geometries of low-carbon place-making.

Reshaping energy landscape: A regional approach to explore electricity infrastructure networks* (2022)
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De Laurentis, C. (2023). Reshaping energy landscape: A regional approach to explore electricity infrastructure networks*. Landscape Research, 48(2), 224-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2022.2047910

Reconfiguring energy infrastructure networks to accommodate the expansion of renewable energy can have specific regional manifestations with regional advocacy being used to promote innovations and solutions on the ground. The paper introduces the ana... Read More about Reshaping energy landscape: A regional approach to explore electricity infrastructure networks*.

New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice (2022)
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Walpole, G., Bacon, E., Beverley, K., De Laurentis, C., Renfrew, K., & Rudd, J. (in press). New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice. Public Money and Management, 42(8), 668-671. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.2021658

Public services have recently experienced a ‘perfect storm’: dealing with challenges including the task demands of Covid-19, increased financial pressures derived from the pandemic and its impact on future revenue flows, and obligations to meet carbo... Read More about New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice.

Reconfiguring energy flows: Energy grid-lock and the role of regions in shaping electricity infrastructure networks (2021)
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De Laurentis, C., & Cowell, R. (2022). Reconfiguring energy flows: Energy grid-lock and the role of regions in shaping electricity infrastructure networks. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 24(4), 433-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.2008235

This paper investigates how a regional perspective can offer an insightful frame to examine the distribution of agency in energy transitions, with particular reference to the widespread problem of restructuring electricity grid networks to accommodat... Read More about Reconfiguring energy flows: Energy grid-lock and the role of regions in shaping electricity infrastructure networks.

Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: Insights from Italy and the UK (2021)
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Cowell, R., & De Laurentis, C. (2023). Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: Insights from Italy and the UK. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 66(2), 241-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.1987866

Despite sustained interest in spatial planning approaches for steering renewable energy development, the effect of these practices remains poorly understood. This paper addresses this knowledge deficit through comparative analysis of the effects of s... Read More about Understanding the effects of spatial planning on the deployment of on-shore wind power: Insights from Italy and the UK.

Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment (2021)
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De Laurentis, C., & Pearson, P. J. (2021). Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 11(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-021-00295-4

Background: The paper explores how regional actors engage with energy systems, flows and infrastructures in order to meet particular goals and offers a fine-tuned analysis of how differences arise, highlighting the policy-relevant insights that emerg... Read More about Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment.

What are the regionally specific institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment and how can they be identified? Some insights from Italian regions (2021)
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De Laurentis, C. (2021). What are the regionally specific institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment and how can they be identified? Some insights from Italian regions. Local Environment, 26(5), 632-649. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1904859

While energy transition processes are embedded in locally and regionally specific institutions, infrastructures and natural environments challenges remain in identifying the institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment, how they work and... Read More about What are the regionally specific institutions that matter for renewable energy deployment and how can they be identified? Some insights from Italian regions.

Mediating the form and direction of regional sustainable development: The role of the state in renewable energy deployment in selected regions (2020)
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De Laurentis, C. (2020). Mediating the form and direction of regional sustainable development: The role of the state in renewable energy deployment in selected regions. European Urban and Regional Studies, 27(3), 303-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776420904989

This paper analyses and critically discusses the role of regions in implementing renewable energy (RE) policies, examining the relationship between state policy and RE deployment. Using evidence from four case study regions, Apulia and Tuscany in Ita... Read More about Mediating the form and direction of regional sustainable development: The role of the state in renewable energy deployment in selected regions.

Understanding the material dimensions of the uneven deployment of renewable energy in two Italian regions (2017)
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De Laurentis, C., & Pearson, P. J. G. (2022). Understanding the material dimensions of the uneven deployment of renewable energy in two Italian regions. Energy Research and Social Science, 36, 106-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.009

Drawing on empirical material from two Italian regions, we show how various material dimensions have affected the spatial distribution and deployment of renewable energy (RE), in particular solar and wind energy. The paper draws on an approach to the... Read More about Understanding the material dimensions of the uneven deployment of renewable energy in two Italian regions.

Retrofitting the built environment 'to save' energy: Arbed, the emergence of a distinctive sustainability transition pathway in Wales (2016)
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De Laurentis, C., Eames, M., & Hunt, M. (2017). Retrofitting the built environment 'to save' energy: Arbed, the emergence of a distinctive sustainability transition pathway in Wales. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 35(7), 1156-1175. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X16648332

Combining insights from research on systems innovation and sustainable transitions with multi-level governance perspectives, this paper examines the 'Arbed' domestic housing retrofit programmes in Wales. In so doing, the paper demonstrates the critic... Read More about Retrofitting the built environment 'to save' energy: Arbed, the emergence of a distinctive sustainability transition pathway in Wales.

Innovation and policy for bioenergy in the UK: A co-evolutionary perspective (2015)
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De Laurentis, C. (2015). Innovation and policy for bioenergy in the UK: A co-evolutionary perspective. Regional Studies, 49(7), 1111-1125. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.834320

This paper analyses the role of niche innovation and regime interaction in the field of renewable energy in the UK. Adopting a co-evolutionary approach and a dynamic multi-level perspective on system innovation, the paper investigates niches developm... Read More about Innovation and policy for bioenergy in the UK: A co-evolutionary perspective.

The importance of regional scenarios for low carbon transitions: The case of Wales (2015)
Journal Article
Georgakaki, A., De Laurentis, C., & Eames, M. (2015). The importance of regional scenarios for low carbon transitions: The case of Wales. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 11(2), 97-114. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCIS.2015.068611

This paper examines the complexities of modelling a regional energy system in the context of Wales, and in the process, examines the role of regions in low carbon transitions. Despite a wealth of studies at national level, it can be challenging to de... Read More about The importance of regional scenarios for low carbon transitions: The case of Wales.

Sustainable regeneration: A guiding vision towards low-carbon transition? (2014)
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Hunt, M., & De Laurentis, C. (2015). Sustainable regeneration: A guiding vision towards low-carbon transition?. Local Environment, 20(9), 1081-1102. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2014.894964

While the concept of sustainable development brings together concepts of economic, environmental and social sustainability, much has been said regarding inherent tensions between them. Conflicts between economic and environmental objectives, in parti... Read More about Sustainable regeneration: A guiding vision towards low-carbon transition?.

Renewable energy innovation and governance in Wales: A regional innovation system approach (2012)
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De Laurentis, C. (2012). Renewable energy innovation and governance in Wales: A regional innovation system approach. European Planning Studies, 20(12), 1975-1996. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.665041

This paper draws on research commissioned to investigate the regional innovation system of Wales on green innovation, focusing on the renewable energy sub-sectors of wind, solar and biomass. It shows how many innovative firms operate within regional... Read More about Renewable energy innovation and governance in Wales: A regional innovation system approach.

Digital knowledge exploitation: ICT, memory institutions and innovation from cultural assets (2006)
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De Laurentis, C. (2006). Digital knowledge exploitation: ICT, memory institutions and innovation from cultural assets. Journal of Technology Transfer, 31(1), 77-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-005-5014-6

There has been considerable recognition of the regional embeddedness of the knowledge-based economy and its uneven geographical incidence, with mainly urban or metropolitan areas being the crucibles of knowledge-intensive activities. Drawing from rec... Read More about Digital knowledge exploitation: ICT, memory institutions and innovation from cultural assets.

Regional innovation systems and the labour market: A comparison of five regions (2006)
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De Laurentis, C. (2006). Regional innovation systems and the labour market: A comparison of five regions. European Planning Studies, 14(8), 1059-1084. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310600852373

This paper reviews the concept of Regional Innovation Systems with particular attention on the labour market dimension. It argues that the labour force as a repository of skills and knowledge plays a key role in generating knowledge flows within Regi... Read More about Regional innovation systems and the labour market: A comparison of five regions.