Maria Abreu, University of Cambridge, UK *** Luc Anselin, The University of Chicago, USA *** Simona Iammarino, The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), UK *** Olav Sorenson, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA *** Michael Storper, LSE, UK & University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA *** Michaela Trippl, University of Vienna, AT *** Frank van Oort, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL