Theory development on the geographies of innovation has been very successful in incorporating the changing patterns of knowledge dynamics due to globalization, lifting the gaze beyond processes of localized learning and increasingly acknowledging the multilevel, multiscalar governance of innovation. Arguably less attention has been directed to the changing qualities and impacts of innovation as a result of globalization, notably in view of social polarization and climate change. The aim of the article is to provide suggestions for how research on the geography of innovation can be improved by engaging with a more capacious understanding of innovation and territorial development. The authors explore how socio-ecological innovation can be introduced in contemporary discussions and practices of place-based smart specialization policy. They conclude by suggesting that future research should address and interrogate (1) the rise of the foundational economy as an expression of place-based innovation, which entails new forms of co-governance, and (2) the challenge of experimentalism in the public sector, a sector that looms large in lagging regions and the places that were deemed not to matter until they took their revenge on the mainstream political system.

关于创新地理学的理论发展已成功地整合了全球化带来的知识动态变化模式，将目光从本地化学习过程中解放出来，并日益认识到创新的多层次，多尺度管理。可以说，由于全球化，特别是鉴于社会两极分化和气候变化，人们对创新的质量和影响的关注减少了。本文的目的是就如何通过对创新和领土发展的更广泛的理解来改进对创新地理学的研究提出建议。作者探索了如何在基于位置的智能专业化政策的当代讨论和实践中引入社会生态创新。