ABSTRACT
The notions of place and space are used here in the sense that actors, actor networks and institutional arrangements are located in particular places and have a particular geographical reach. Such a perspective is rooted in an understanding of space like time as an irreplaceable dimension. In the context of worldwide knowledge' however, a closer look is needed at how spatiality is socially constructed, and how space and place are discussed with regard to knowledge. There are diverse ascriptions and metaphors for characterising the spatiality of the globalised world. With regard to worldwide knowledge, global firms, local labour and the region, two kinds of spatiality seem particularly important: the interpretation of space as loci of knowledge production and the interpretation of space as dependency and interdependency in knowledge-production. In economic geography and regional sciences, the topic of knowledge in place has been debated since the 1980s with particular focus on innovation.
