Abstract The patterns of scientific cooperation between the 28 European Union (EU) member countries, Switzerland and Norway, from 1993 and 2017, are evaluated in this article. We consider co-authorship patterns to be proxies for international transfers of tacit knowledge. The theoretical part of the paper contains propositions by researchers in evolutionary economic geography on path-dependence, selection and variation, and the role of networks in knowledge transfer. The principal argument is that the geographical configurations of knowledge transfers over distance are shaped via a set of connectivities – specific communication channels for the exchange of people, goods and knowledge between two or more countries. Some connectivities are more conducive for the transfer of explicit knowledge (e.g. merchandise trade, trade in patents), while human exchange flows (students, migrants, travellers) favour the transfer of tacit knowledge. The research project found that a considerable increase in human exchanges has helped to increase the total number of co-authored papers, but did not amend the geography of the European co-authorship network over last two decades. Rather, the layout of the network stems from a relatively stable set of historical, cultural and political legacies in Europe.

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隐性知识转移的地理位置：来自欧洲共同作者网络的证据

摘要本文对1993年至2017年间28个欧盟成员国瑞士和挪威之间的科学合作模式进行了评估。我们认为共同作者模式是隐性知识国际转移的代理。本文的理论部分包含研究者在演化经济地理学中关于路径依赖，选择和变异以及网络在知识转移中的作用的命题。主要论点是，远距离知识转移的地理结构是通过一系列连通性形成的，连通性是在两个或多个国家之间交换人员，货物和知识的特定沟通渠道。某些连通性更有利于显式知识的转移（例如商品贸易，专利贸易），人际交流（学生，移民，旅行者）则支持隐性知识的转移。该研究项目发现，人际交流的显着增加帮助增加了合著论文的总数，但在过去的二十年中并未改变欧洲合著网络的地理位置。相反，网络的布局源于欧洲相对稳定的历史，文化和政治遗产。