How do sparsely populated regions innovate in green policies? What enables or limits such innovation? The policy literature often focuses on core regions, while territorial innovation models have long ignored regional state innovation. In this article we examine the drivers of public sector policies peripheral considered unequipped. data come from case study Finnish Lapland's Smart Specialisati...

This paper discusses the integration processes of immigrants and minorities with a recent immigrant background, and the policies related to the process of settlement of these newcomers in European societies. It thus excludes what are often called ‘regional minorities’, such as Frisians in the Netherlands, or Basques in Spain and France. As an initial premise, I would like to suggest that the ex...