SWD-Schlagwörter: Governance, Nachhaltigkeit. - Freie Schlagwörter (Deutsch): Governance System, Kollaborative Initiativen, Erfolg, systematische Literatur-Review . - Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): Sustainability governnace, governance system, collaborative initiatives, mixed methods, case survey

This thesis studies policy learning in the field of innovation policy. In particular, I look at the sources of policy learning, with a focus on evaluations and informal networks. I provide a comparative perspective across European Union (EU) member states on how they use these sources for policy...

This cumulative dissertation contains four self-contained articles which are related to EU regional policy and its structural funds as the overall research topic. In particular, the thesis addresses the question if EU regional policy interventions can at all be scientifically justified and...