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Stine Haakonsson

Associate Professor

Emner
Organisation Strategi Innovation Værdikæder Grøn omstilling Geopolitik Globalisering

Primary research areas

Towards a New Geography of Innovation & (Re-)organizing Global Innovation

The organization of innovation and knowledge collaboration is increasingly global. I study these changes over time and across geography. This involves in-depth studies of knowledge networks, corporate global innovation networks, and of how science is organized globally, e.g. to respond to grand challenges.

Global Value Chains and Global Production Networks – Europe and China

Global industries are facing major geopolitical shifts. These lead to new strategies, new forms of organizing, and new governance structures in global corporations – all driven by strategic coupling and de-coupling, centrifugal and centripetal dynamics, and a shift away from hyper-globalization towards de-risking and resilience.

The rise of criticality. Catch-up and upgrading in emerging market industries for sustainability transition

New actors are taking the lead in transformative technologies for the energy transition. China has a very unique ecosystem of innovation facilitating this. Consequently, industrial policy has a comeback, involving directionality, orchestration, capacity building, alliances, and partnerships.

Global science collaboration - academic freedom, securitization, networks

Breakthroughs in science and innovation rely on global networks among individual scientists, academic institutions and companies, and nationally anchored science diplomacy. I study the underlying dynamics, functioning and resilience of science and innovation networks.

The global re-organization of innovation and industries

My research concerns the international re-organization of industries and their value chains during geopolitical shifts. At the organizational level, my research aims to unfold new forms of industrial organization, innovation networks, and governance across time and geography. 

Conceptually I contribute to the current conceptualizations in International Business and Economic Geography on strategic coupling and de-coupling, criticality, industrial policy, sustainability transition, and resilience.  

Empirically, I focus on the role of emerging economy actors in driving international re-organization and the shift away from hyper-globalization towards new industrial policies (directionality, orchestration, networks, alliances, and partnerships). 

I have substantive research-based networks across Denmark, the Nordics, and globally through ongoing projects with world leading universities in China, India, and USA. 

Outside activities

Principal Coordinator for Social Sciences in Sino-Danish Center for Research and Education (SDC) , 2015–present

As Principal Coordinator for Social Sciences in SDC, I lead the field of collaboration between Danish and Chinese universities. This involves two double degree master programmes and about 20 PhDs.
SDC University