Tamara Besednjak Valič is a senior scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and associate professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Victor Cepoi is an assistant professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Erika Džajić Uršič is a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo -Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and assistant professor of social science informatics at the Faculty of Information Studies and School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia).Urška Fric is an assistant professor of information studies at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto and a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto (Slovenia).Cristian Gangaliuc is an assistant with a doctorate in sociology and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto (Slovenia).Alenka Pandiloska Jurak is a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and an assistant professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto and at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Borut Rončević is a senior research fellow at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). He is Jean Monnet Chair, a fellow of the Regional Studies Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association.

• Cultural Political Economy, Retention, Variation, Selection, Political-economic discourses, Structural, Discoursive, technological agential selectivities, Regional Policy, European Union, Cohesion Policy, Strategy development, Innovation Policy, Agenda 2030, Circular Economy, European Green Deal, Industrial Symbiosis, Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation

Tamara Besednjak Valič is a senior scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and associate professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Victor Cepoi is an assistant professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Erika Džajić Uršič is a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo -Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and assistant professor of social science informatics at the Faculty of Information Studies and School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia).Urška Fric is an assistant professor of information studies at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto and a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto (Slovenia).Cristian Gangaliuc is an assistant with a doctorate in sociology and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto (Slovenia).Alenka Pandiloska Jurak is a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and an assistant professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto and at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Borut Rončević is a senior research fellow at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). He is Jean Monnet Chair, a fellow of the Regional Studies Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association.

• Cultural Political Economy, Retention, Variation, Selection, Political-economic discourses, Structural, Discoursive, technological agential selectivities, Regional Policy, European Union, Cohesion Policy, Strategy development, Innovation Policy, Agenda 2030, Circular Economy, European Green Deal, Industrial Symbiosis, Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation

Tamara Besednjak Valič is a senior scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and associate professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Victor Cepoi is an assistant professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Erika Džajić Uršič is a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo -Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and assistant professor of social science informatics at the Faculty of Information Studies and School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia).Urška Fric is an assistant professor of information studies at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto and a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto (Slovenia).Cristian Gangaliuc is an assistant with a doctorate in sociology and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto (Slovenia).Alenka Pandiloska Jurak is a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and an assistant professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto and at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). Borut Rončević is a senior research fellow at the Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and professor of sociology at the Faculty of Information Studies and the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia). He is Jean Monnet Chair, a fellow of the Regional Studies Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association.

• Cultural Political Economy, Retention, Variation, Selection, Political-economic discourses, Structural, Discoursive, technological agential selectivities, Regional Policy, European Union, Cohesion Policy, Strategy development, Innovation Policy, Agenda 2030, Circular Economy, European Green Deal, Industrial Symbiosis, Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation