Research

My research focuses on the impact of knowledge flows and local capabilities on innovation, technology adoption, and development. The theoretical framework from which I approach these phenomena considers the social interactions that characterise the economy as a complex system. From this perspective, it is understood that the system evolves partially conditioned by its past and the territory in which economic activities occur.

Journal articles

• Menéndez, M. de las M., Palomeque, S., Valverde-Carbonell, J., & Pietrobelli, C. (2026). Green window of opportunity in Latin America: local and global knowledge linkages. World Development, 203, 107390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107390

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2026). A dynamic view on the Latin American innovation system at continental, national, and local level. Science and Public Policy, 56(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaf085

• Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2025). Improving Locally While Competing Globally: Network Effects on Innovation Performance in Cities. Growth and Change, 53(1), 17–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70067

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P.,& Palomeque, S. (2023). Knowledge complexity and brokerage in inter-city networks. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48(5), 1773–1799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10025-x

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2023). The trade-offs of brokerage in inter-city innovation networks. Regional Studies, 57(2), 225–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1973664

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2023). Absorptive capacities and external openness in underdeveloped Innovation Systems: A patent network analysis for Latin American countries 1970-2017. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 47(6), 1139–1170. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bead034

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., Palomeque, S., Picasso, S., & Rodríguez Miranda, A. (2023). Innovación en Uruguay entre 1970 y 2018: una aproximación a través de los datos de patentes. Revista Española de Documentación Científica, 46(3), e364. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2023.3.1955

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2021). Patent Collaboration Networks in Latin America: Extra-regional Orientation and Core-Periphery Structure. Journal of Scientometric Research, 10(1s), s59–s70. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.10.1s.22

• Brida, J. G., & Palomeque, S. (2020). Innovation networks: an agent-based model. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 14(2/3/4), 198. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFIP.2020.111223

Book chapters

• Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2024). Connecting innovation poles with lagging territories: how do collaborations with Europe and Asia influence innovation in Latin American cities? In L. Lazzeretti, T. Ozeki, S. R. Sedita, & F. Capone (Eds.), Clusters in Times of Uncertainty. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035315765.00019

Working papers (selected)

• Palomeque, S. (2025). Knowledge proximity and technological diversification. The role of stability and the alternatives. Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography. No. 25.15. Utrecht. Link

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., Maio, S., & Palomeque, S. (2025). Collaboration strategies for digitalization in the Uruguayan forestry industry: a social network analysis. Serie Documentos de Trabajo. DT 19/2025. Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Link

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., Palomeque, S., Picasso, S., & Rodríguez, A. (2021). Invención y patentes en Uruguay: evidencia empírica entre 1970 y 2018. Serie Documentos de Trabajo. DT 25/2021. Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Link

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., Palomeque, S. (2020) “Invention and Collaboration Networks in Latin America: Evidence from Patent Data”. Serie Documentos de Trabajo, DT 04/2020. Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Link

Ongoing work

• Bianchi, C., Boschma, R., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. Cities’ knowledge base: internal absorptive capacities and external collaboration complementarity. Target journal: Regional Studies

• Hernández, E., Moscatelli, F., Palomeque, S., & Raffo, J. Understanding global diversification processes by unpacking the multiple dimensions of capability relatedness. Target journal: Research Policy

• Bianchi, C., Palomeque, S & Rapini, M. University patents in a peripheral system: from individual-led towards an organizational change in patenting activities. Target journal: Science and Public Policy

• Belmartino, A., & Palomeque, S. A Systematic Literature Review on the green window opportunities and hidden risks of Critical Raw Materials in Latin America. Target journal: Resources Policy