TY - JOUR AB - Purpose This study aims to scrutinise the prominence of place making as a strategy in the development of knowledge and innovation spaces with a specific focus on distinguishing the role of governance.Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a multidimensional conceptual framework of place making to investigate a knowledge and innovation space case through a qualitative analysis approach involving a range of key stakeholders.Findings The study finds that governance is critical in facilitating place making in knowledge and innovation spaces, and place-making practices in these locations benefit from adopting a multidimensional approach.Originality/value The study expands our knowledge on the role of governance in place making that helps achieve desired knowledge and innovation space outcomes. VL - 10 IS - 1 SN - 1753-8335 DO - 10.1108/JPMD-08-2016-0053 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-08-2016-0053 AU - Pancholi Surabhi AU - Yigitcanlar Tan AU - Guaralda Mirko PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/01/01 TI - Governance that matters: Identifying place-making challenges of Melbourne’s Monash Employment Cluster T2 - Journal of Place Management and Development PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 73 EP - 87 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -