Knowledge and Civil Society

Johannes Glückler is Professor of Economic and Social Geography and Fellow of the Marsilius Center for Advanced Studies at Heidelberg University, Germany. In his research he follows a relational perspective and builds on theories of social networks and institutions in the study of the geography of knowledge and regional development. He is a founding board member of the German Society for Social Network Research DGNet and co-founder of the M.Sc. Governance of Risks and Resources at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago de Chile.

Heinz Dieter Meyer is Professor of Education Governance and Policy (MA Sociology, Goettingen University, Germany; PhD Organization Theory, Cornell University, USA. Interests: Theory, Policy, Civil Society; Mindfulness in Education. Authorships: “The Design of the University: German, American, 'World Class'”; Meyer / Benavot: “PISA, Power, Policy” (w/ Benavot); Meyer / Rowan: "The New Institutionalism in Education". Meyer / Boyd: "Education between States, Markets, and Civil Society". Awards: National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH); Harman Fellow, Harvard University.

Laura Suarsana is research associate at the University of Bremen, Germany, where she works on regional innovation and regional network governance. Before, she was research associate at the Economic Geography Research Group at the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University and has been co-editor of several volumes of the Springer books series on Knowledge & Space. Her research focuses on the relation between civil society, innovation and regional development, as well as on the analysis of networks in civil society, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. She also has experience as a practitioner in regional development, having worked several years for a regional development agency.