Behavioural theory and regional development: nurturing cultures of possibility

Huggins, R and Thompson, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1961-7441, 2025. Behavioural theory and regional development: nurturing cultures of possibility. Spatial Economic Analysis. ISSN 1742-1772

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This paper explores how regions can catalyse behavioural change and nurture cultures of possibility. ‘Possibility’ refers to emergent patterns of human behaviour resulting in alternative and improved outcomes for citizens and their regions. Drawing on concepts from behavioural economics, complexity economics and behavioural economic geography, the paper provides a comprehensive understanding of the behavioural factors underpinning regional development. Utilising these concepts, it develops a behavioural theoretical framework to explain the important role played by possibility for regional development. In particular, it is proposed that the nature of the decision-making capabilities of citizens, and the choice architectures shaping these decisions, are crucial to regional development. It is concluded that policies focused on improving decision-making and choice architectures will promote innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship within and across regions.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Spatial Economic Analysis
Creators:	Huggins, R. and Thompson, P.
Publisher:	Informa UK Limited
Date:	18 March 2025
ISSN:	1742-1772
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/17421772.2025.2474769 DOI 2411569 Other
Rights:	© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	21 Mar 2025 09:34
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2025 09:34
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53275

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