Transferring current research findings concerning the economic development of China to the Geography classroom

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Janis Fögele; Professor Dr. Ingo Liefner; Professor Dr. Rainer Mehren
• Subject Area: Human Geography
• Term: from 2019 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 418015093

• Final Report Year: 2023

Final Report Abstract

As a joint project between economic geography, geography didactics, the Teachers' Academy of Hessen and the teacher trainers of Hessen, the research project "Knowledge Transfer of Current Research Findings on China's Economic Development into Geography Teaching" set itself the goal of processing new findings on China's economic development for practical applicability in geography classes within the framework of a training series and disseminating them throughout Hessen. Within the framework of the scientific project support, the focus was placed on the teacher trainers as central actors of the transfer, especially on the implicit guiding orientations in transfer contexts. At the same time, the dominant knowledge and conceptual distances between school application and university research perspectives in the context of China's economy should be researched with the help of perception maps. Despite aggravating corona conditions, the training series including all surveys could be carried out in the period between September 2020 and March 2022. In a joint exchange, innovative ways of dealing with China in geography lessons as well as scaling up strategies were developed and reflected upon. At the same time, a variety of support materials were developed and made available for multiplication. In this context, among other things, a thematic Journal on the contents of the training was published in the journal Praxis Geographie. Within the framework of the scientific monitoring of the project, group discussions were conducted with a total of 24 subject leaders at five points in time during the training series. Based on the documentary evaluation of these group discussions, a total of three types could be reconstructed, which differ from each other especially in dealing with the challenge of transferring innovations into teaching contexts. Over the course of the training, only minor transformations of the transfer habitus of the teacher trainers could be reconstructed, so that overall, it can be assumed that the orientation patterns are resistant to change. In the context of knowledge and conception distances, a heterogeneous picture emerged since the understanding of China among the expert leaders often diverged widely. Overall, the results show a high degree of uncertainty among the subject leaders in dealing with China. On this basis, the goals of the application could be largely achieved despite corona-related problems. These findings are particularly significant for the transfer of knowledge, as they emphasize the necessity of symbiotic and adaptive transfer processes on the one hand and enable the effective design of these processes with recourse to the perspective and orientation of the practitioners on the other. Most of the results have been published in journals suitable for the target group, e.g., Zeitschrift für Geographiedidaktik, RISTAL and regional science. Some results are still in the publication process.

Publications

• Environmental Innovation and Regional Lead Markets. AK Industriegeographie, Naurod-Niedernhausen, 08.11.2019.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Regional Lead Markets for Environmental Innovation. 11th IST Conference, Vienna/online, 18.-21.08.2020.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Regional Lead Markets for Environmental Innovation. 5th Geography of Innovation Conference, Stavanger, 30.01.2020.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Regional lead markets for environmental innovation. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 37, 120-139.
  Losacker, Sebastian & Liefner, Ingo
  
• Regional Lead Markets for Environmental Innovation. IIDEOS Colloquium, Hannover, 24.01.2020.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Regional Lead Markets for Environmental Innovation: What can we learn from Patent Licensing Data?. 5th NEST Conference, Zurich/online, 08.05.2020.
  Losacker, S.
  
• The geography of green technology licensing in China. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 7(1), 387-389.
  Losacker, Sebastian
  
• Diffusion of environmental innovation in China: the geography of green technology licensing. AK Ostasien. Online, 25.06.2021.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Does geography matter for the speed of green technology adoption? Insights from Chinese patent licensing data. 12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference. Karlsruhe/online, 07.10.21.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Geography and the speed of green technology diffusion: Empirical insights from Chinese patent licensing data. 6th NEST Conference. Sofia (online) 09.04.2021.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Geography and the time-to-adoption of green technologies: Insights from Chinese patent licensing data. RSAI-GSSI Workshop on “Regions in-between the green transition and the digital transformation”. Online, 04.06.2021.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Innovationstransfer im Fokus. Zeitschrift für Geographiedidaktik, 49(2), 32–49.
  Jakobs, L.
  
• The speed of green technology diffusion in Chinese regions: how does geography matter? Regions in Recovery, RSA Global e-Festival. Online, 07.06.2021.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Using patent licensing data to measure the diffusion of environmental innovations: Methodological considerations and exploratory data analysis (poster presentation). 12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference. Online, 07.10.21.
  Losacker, S.
  
• E-Commerce als Chance für Binnenentwicklung? Eine interaktive StoryMap zu den Taobao-Dörfern Chinas. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 30-35.
  Chatel, T. & Hohwieler S.
  
• Erkenntnistransfer aktueller Forschungserkenntnisse zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Chinas in den Geographieunterricht. DACH-Nachwuchsakademie 2022. Innsbruck, Österreich.
  Jakobs, L.
  
• Erkenntnistransfer in der Geographie. Rekonstruktion typischer Transferorientierungen von Geographiefachleitungen am Beispiel einer geographischen Fortbildungsreihe. GFD-ÖGFD- Tagung: Fachdidaktik im Zentrum von Forschungstransfer und Transferforschung. Wien, Österreich.
  Jakobs, L. & Fögele J.
  
• Erkenntnistransfer in der Geographie. Rekonstruktion typischer Transferorientierungen von Geographiefachleitungen am Beispiel einer geographischen Fortbildungsreihe. HGD-Symposium: Komplexität und Systemisches Denken im Geographieunterricht. Luzern, Schweiz.
  Jakobs, L. & Fögele J.
  
• Framing China. Negative Raumkonstruktionen in Medien. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 48-51.
  Scholten, N.; Bienert, N. & Mehren, R.
  
• Geography and the speed of green technology diffusion. Industry and Innovation, 30(5), 531-555.
  Losacker, Sebastian; Horbach, Jens & Liefner, Ingo
  
• Innovatives China. Entwicklung und Anwendung neuer Technologien im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 4-9.
  Liefner, I. & Losacker, S.
  
• Knowledge Transfer in Geography -Reconstructing implicit orientations of Teacher Trainers in exchange processes with researchers using the example of the subject Geography. Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning (RISTAL), 5(1), 125-143.
  Jakobs, Lasse; Mehren, Rainer; Fögele, Janis; Liefner, Ingo & Losacker, Sebastian
  
• Mit Bäumen gegen die Wüste. Chinas Aufforstungsprojekt der „Grünen Mauer“. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 15-21.
  Althoff, J. & Breit, L.
  
• Mit Eco Cities zur nachhaltigen Stadt? Analyse von Stadtentwicklungsprojekten mit geographischen Basiskonzepten. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 36-41.
  Sesemann, O.; Westphal, N. & Fögele, J.
  
• Rekonstruktion typischer Orientierungen in Bezug auf den Erkenntnistransfer von Fachleitungen am Beispiel einer geographischen Fortbildungsreihe zur innovationsgetriebenen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Chinas. Mosaik-Tagung Erfolgreiches weiterführen – erfolgreiches Weiterführen. Koblenz-Landau, Deutschland.
  Jakobs, L. & Fögele, J.
  
• Rekonstruktion typischer Transferorientierungen von Geographiefachleitungen. HGD- Nachwuchstagung. Hildesheim, Deutschland.
  Jakobs, L.
  
• Seltene Erden aus China. Eine kritische Untersuchung der Monopolstellung des Weltmarktführers. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 22-29.
  Fischer, F. & Link, P.
  
• The Diffusion of Green Technologies in Chinese Regions. RSA City and Regional Sustainability Transitions Webinar Series (CReST). Online, 30.06.22.
  Losacker, S.
  
• The regional dimension of green technology diffusion in China. REENEA Workshop “Breaking down the energy transition”. Oldenburg, 22.09.22.
  Losacker, S.
  
• The Role of Peripheral Regions for the Diffusion of Green Technologies: Insights From Chinese Patent Licensing Data. 6th Global Conference on Economic Geography. Dublin, 09.06.22.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Von aufholenden zu führenden Unternehmen. Das LLL-Modell zur veränderten Rolle chinesischer Firmen überprüfen. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 42-47.
  Jakobs, L. & Fögele, J.
  
• Von Klimaschuld und Klimaguthaben. Chinas Beitrag zum Klimawandel im zeitlichen und räumlichen Vergleich. Praxis Geographie, 52 (4), S. 10-14.
  Luber, L. & Thume, S.
  
• Which green technologies diffuse across regions? Insights from patent licensing data. 6th Geography of Innovation Conference. Milan, 04.07.22.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Which green technologies diffuse across regions? Insights from patentlicensing data. YSI Workshop on the Geography of Innovation. Milan, 07.07.22.
  Losacker, S.
  
• Wirtschaftsgeographische Perspektiven auf Umweltinnovationen und Nachhaltigkeitstransitionen. Jena Talks in Economic Geography. Jena, 03.11.2022.
  Losacker, S.
  
• ‘License to green’: Regional patent licensing networks and green technology diffusion in China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 175, 121336.
  Losacker, Sebastian
  
• A spatial perspective on green technology adoption in China: insights from patent licensing data. Innovation and Development, 15(1), 41-61.
  Losacker, Sebastian; Horbach, Jens & Liefner, Ingo
  
• The geography of environmental innovation: acritical review and agenda for future research. Review of Regional Research, 43(2), 291-316.
  Losacker, Sebastian; Hansmeier, Hendrik; Horbach, Jens & Liefner, Ingo