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Professor Andy Pike

Sir Henry Daysh Chair of Reg Dev Studies

Background

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) (2012-2017)
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (2016)
  • Co-Director, i-BUILD research centre (Infrastructure BUsiness models, valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery)(2013-18)
  • Daxia (Great China) Guest Professor, East China Normal University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (2014-)
  • Special Researcher, Institute of Spatial Planning and Regional Economy (ISPRE), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China (2014-)
  • Advisory Board Member, ESRC, BIS and CLG What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth (2013-16)
  • Editor, Regional Studies (2005-2014)
  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow, History, International and Social Studies, Ålborg University, Denmark (2008-09)
  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland (2008-09)
  • External Examiner, MSc Urban and Regional Development, Cardiff University (2013-17)
  • External Examiner, MSc Local Economic Development, London School of Economics (2008-13)
  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2003-)
  • ESRC Virtual College Member
  • Founding Degree Programme Director MA Local and Regional Development (Research) and MA Regional Development and Spatial Planning (2002-2013, 2018-)

Qualifications

  • PhD Geography, University of Liverpool
  • BA (Hons) Geography, University of Liverpool 

Area of expertise

  • Local, regional and urban development, policy and governance

Previous positions

  • 2003-2009 Senior Lecturer, CURDS, Department of Geography, Newcastle University, UK
  • 1995-2003 Lecturer, CURDS, Department of Geography, Newcastle University, UK
  • 1993-95 Research Associate, CURDS, Department of Geography, Newcastle University, UK 

Memberships

  • Member and Fellow of the Regional Studies Association
  • IBG-RGS Economic Geography Research Group
  • Institute of Economic Development

Honours and Awards

  • Regional Studies Association Best Book Award 2012 (Handbook of Local and Regional Development edited with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (LSE) and John Tomaney (UCL), Routledge: London)
  • Regional Studies Association Best Book Award 2010 (Whither Regional Studies?, Routledge: London)
  • Conferment as Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences (2009-)
  • Best Published Paper Prize Nomination, Association of European Schools of Planning and US Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 2007 (“What kind of local and regional development and for whom?” with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney, Regional Studies)

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Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7651-2983

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andy_Pike2

Research

Research Interests


My central research interest is the geographical political economy of local, regional and urban development, governance and policy.


This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, this research is concerned with the concepts and theory of the meaning and governance of ‘development’ regionally and locally in an international context. This work seeks to question and broaden our understandings of ‘development’ beyond only the economic to encompass the social and ecological in more sustainable and progressive ways and to begin more meaningfully to connect ‘development’ locally and regionally in the global North and South.


Second, this research focuses upon the intersections between local, regional and urban development and the sub-discipline of Economic Geography. This theme has been explored recently in projects on: economic evolution, structural change and adaptation in British cities (ESRC); financialisation, the local state and infrastructure (EPSRC and ESRC); manufacturing renaissance in industrial regions and local industrial policy (ESRC); and, 'left behind places' and understanding demographic and socio-economic change in peripheral regions in France, Germany and the UK (ESRC ORA).


My research builds upon close policy and institutional engagement and has informed local, regional and urban development, governance and policy for international (e.g. European Commission, United Nations International-Labour Organisation (UN-ILO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), national (e.g. Government Departments – Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Housing Communities and Local Government, National Audit Office, devolved administrations, Joseph Rowntree Foundation), regional (e.g. Local Enterprise Partnerships, Regional Development Agencies, trade unions, voluntary organisations) and local (e.g. Local Authorities, Development Agencies) institutions.

 

Recent Work


My recent work focused on three areas of activity:

 

1.   Financialisation, the local state, and infrastructure

Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure (2019, Elgar) – written with Peter O’Brien, Tom Strickland, Graham Thrower, and John Tomaney – addressed the struggles of national and local states to fund, finance and govern urban infrastructure. It developed fresh thinking on financialisation and city statecraft to explain the socially and spatially uneven mixing of managerial, entrepreneurial and financialised city governance in austerity and limited decentralisation across England. The book was based upon work funded through the inter-disciplinary research centre i-BUILD (Infrastructure BUsiness models, valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery) led by Richard Dawson (Newcastle), involving the Universities of Birmingham and Leeds, and funded by EPSRC and ESRC – see http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/. Scrutinising accounts of risky and speculative activities, Financialisation and Local Statecraft (Oxford University Press, 2023) developed a new theory of local statecraft to explain the differentiated financialisation of local government and its implications for local financial sustainability and resilience. Focusing on England as a public sector reform laboratory amidst austerity since 2010, it examined how financialisation unevenly rewired and rescaled the objectives, incentives and accountabilities of local statecraft and relocated risks and uncertainties onto local government and the local state.

 

2.   Economic evolution, structural change and adaptation in British cities

Understanding city economies has become a topic of growing importance. In an ever more urbanised world, economists and geographers point to the way cities are driving the economies and wealth of their nations. This interest has led to more recognition from national governments as well as international bodies on the economic role that cities play. For policymakers, ensuring successful city economies is the key to ensuring economic prosperity at a national level. In the UK it is well known that not all cities have enjoyed economic success in recent years, and many have experienced dramatic decline after World War II. After a loss of jobs in manufacturing, replaced by low-paid service jobs, there has been a fundamental shift in the economies of many cities over the last several decades. This research project, funded by the ESRC, sought to understand and explain this economic shift, and establish how and why some cities have weathered the change better than others. The project was led by Ron Martin (Cambridge) and was funded by the ESRC Urban Transformations programme – see https://www.cityevolutions.org.uk/

 

3.   Manufacturing renaissance in industrial regions and the potential of advanced manufacturing for sectoral and spatial rebalancing

The deep recession from 2008, and the persistent sectoral and spatial imbalances in the recovery, provoked a political call for ‘rebalancing’ the economy in the UK. It is argued that rebuilding the country’s manufacturing base will not only help provide a more stable mode of economic growth, but promote a more even geographical distribution of growth. Strengthening manufacturing in the Midlands and North is integral to sectoral and spatial rebalancing. However, despite its centrality to aspirations for national and regional economic renewal and rebalancing, and the profound uncertainties surrounding manufacturing after the Brexit vote, there has been a lack of recent research into the evolution of manufacturing across Britain. Focusing on the advanced manufacturing industries seen as key to any industrial renewal, this project sought to explain the determinants and geographies of their differential economic performance. It examined whether and how ‘traditional’ industrial regions provide a conducive context for their growth, and whether there are significant local, regional and urban dimensions to the causes of advanced manufacturing development. The project was led by Peter Sunley (Southampton) and was funded by the ESRC – see http://www.manufacturing-regions.org.uk/

 

Current Research

 

1.   Beyond 'left behind places': understanding demographic and socio-economic change in peripheral regions in France, Germany and the UK

This project developed a new understanding of socio-economic and demographic change in peripheral regions, moving on from the problematic label of ‘left behind’ places to advance a more sophisticated cross-national understanding of the development pathways and prospects of peripheral regions. Adapting a process-oriented and context sensitive approach, the research aimed to give agency and voice to people in peripheral regions and support the development of locally-tailored policy responses. This project was led by Danny MacKinnon (Newcastle) and funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR; France), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Germany), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC; UK) as part of the Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences scheme. The project team included partners in the United Kingdom (Newcastle University and University College London), France (Universities of Strasbourg and Montpellier) and Germany (Leibniz institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig) – see https://research.ncl.ac.uk/beyondleftbehindplaces/

 

2.   Improving Public Funding Allocations for Reducing Geographical Inequalities

In recent years, the issue of widening geographical inequalities across the UK has gained significant attention. A highly centralised governance system, coupled with fragmented devolution, has led to policies ill-suited for diverse local and regional needs. In addition, short-term, small-scale initiatives and competitive funding practices have failed to provide sustained support for struggling areas. Austerity and fiscal crises affecting many local authorities in England have severely limited their capacity to drive sustainable local growth. This combination of structural problems and financial constraints has created a challenging environment for addressing local and regional disparities and promoting equitable development across the country. A crucial challenge concerns how effectively to allocate limited public resources in a strained economy to support the Labour government’s ambitious agenda. This project is addressing five questions: i) what funds and funding allocation approaches exist in the UK, and how do they interact at different institutional levels and geographical scales?; ii) how do funding approaches impact opportunities to utilise funding in places to best meet local needs?; iii) what are the implications of devolution for the allocation and use of funding in place?; iv) how can funding allocation better align with the priorities of people in place?; and, v) what are the options for policy reform to improve funding allocation in England? By addressing these questions, the research team aims to contribute to the UK Government's policy goal of reducing spatial inequalities by suggesting more effective ways of allocating funding between different areas in England. This project is led by Charlotte Hoole (Birmingham) and funded by the ESRC and UK Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government – see https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/research/research-projects/city-redi/improving-public-funding-allocations-to-reduce-geographical-inequalities


3. Insights North East

Insights North East (INE) is a collaboration between Newcastle and Northumbria Universities, the NHS and local authorities. Insights North East harnesses the investment in research and regional knowledge assets for the long-term benefit of the North East by producing accessible and actionable insights for North East policymakers and developing capacity and capability of regional policymakers and academics so that policy evidence engagement becomes a sustainable, embedded, and systemic activity. This project is led by Louise Kempton (Newcastle) and funded by Research England – see https://insightsnortheast.co.uk/

 

4.   Failing local government?

This research is examining the financial situations that led to eight local authorities in England issuing Section 114 notices of their inability to balance their annual budgets and/or unlawful expenditure since 2018. Building upon and developing ideas of local statecraft, the work aims to explain the inter-relations between agency and structure involved in each case, the implications of the Section 114 notices, and the emergent recovery pathways. It is focused on the local authorities in Birmingham, Croydon, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottingham, Slough, Thurrock, and Woking. This project is a research and book writing collaboration with Mia Gray (Cambridge).  

 

Research Roles 


Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal


Editorial Advisory Board, Local Economy


Editorial Board, Finisterra - Portuguese Journal of Geography


International Editorial Advisory Board, Regional Studies


 

Postgraduate Supervision


Jaun Hwang (2023-, FT) ‘Co-evolutionary process between agencies and institutions toward regional path development’ (Self-funded, Joint supervision with Kean Fan Lim)

Yuhong Lei (2023-, FT) ‘Industrialization, institutionalization, and chinese state capitalism: regional path creations in china’s manufacturing’s trajectories’ (Self-funded, Joint supervision with Kean Fan Lim)

Jenni Boddy (2021-, FT) 'Brexit, COVID-19, and the rural British pub: assessing the adaptive resilience of the 'local' amidst contemporary crises' (ESRC NINE DTP studentship, Joint supervision with Alex Hughes and Mark Shucksmith)

Fatih Cure (2020-, FT) 'Decentralisation, populism and regional development' (Turkish Government studentship, Joint supervision with Danny MacKinnon)

Luke Green (2020-, FT) 'Financialisation, universities and urban development' (ESRC NINE DTP studentship, Joint supervision with Jane Pollard)

Jungsuk Woo (2020-, FT) 'The role of the state in industrialisation strategy: the influence of the state's involvement on industrial development in South Korea' (Self-funded studentship, Joint supervision with Kean Fan Lim)

Minjing Li (2019-, FT) 'Global production networks, the state and the media in China' (Self-funded, Joint supervision with Kean Fan Lim)

Ian Jones (2016-, FT) ‘Redundant spaces in cities and regions’ (iBUILD Studentship, Joint supervision with Richard Dawson (Civil Engineering) and Jane Gibbons (NUBS))

Laura Sariego (2015-29, FT) ‘Local institutions and local economic development in Latin America’ (Costa Rican Government Studentship, Joint supervision with Danny MacKinnon)(Now Lecturer, University of Costa Rica)

Graham Thrower (2014-18, FT) ‘Private investment and local infrastructure funding, financing and governance’ (iBUILD Studentship, Joint supervision with Jane Gibbons (NUBS) and Oliver Heidrich (Civil Engineering))(Now Head of Infrastructure and Investment, Urban Foresight)

Diana Morales (2014-18, FT) ‘Regional co-operation and development in Colombia and Germany’ (Colombian Government Studentship, joint supervision with Danny MacKinnon)(Now Research Associate, Karlstad University)

Liam Keenan (2013-17) ‘Financialisation and the decline of the local pub: An Anglo-German comparison’ (ESRC Collaborative Studentship, Joint supervision with Paul Langley (Durham), Neill Marshall, Jane Pollard and CAMRA)(Now Research Associate, Oxford University)

Fraser Bell (2012-15) ‘The reputation of place’ (ESRC Collaborative Studentship, Joint Supervision with Stuart Dawley, Ray Hudson (Durham) and Tina Snowball, NewcastleGateshead Initiative)(Now Research analyst, Arriva)

Matt Jenkins (2012-15) ‘The social construction of economic statistics’ (ESRC Collaborative Studentship, Joint supervision with Mike Coombes and Joe Painter (Durham))

Emile Boustani (2012-18, PT) ‘Variegated financialisation of global production networks in post-socialist contexts: the automobile supplier industry in Hungary and eastern Germany’ (Self-funding, joint supervision with Jane Pollard)(Now Financier, Soc Gen)

Emil Evenhuis (2011-14) 'The political economy of adaptation in old industrial regions' (ESRC Studentship, Joint supervision with Stuart Dawley and John Tomaney (UCL))(Now Researcher, PBA Netherlands)

Anja McCarthy (2011-17) 'The local state and economic development and regeneration' (ESRC Collaborative Studentship, Joint supervision with John Tomaney (UCL) and Newcastle City Council)(Now Research lead, National Centre for Innovation and Ageing)

Tom Strickland (2011-14) 'Financialising urban development? A UK-US comparison' (ESRC Collaborative Studentship, Joint supervision with Jane Pollard and Newcastle City Council)(Now Partner, Cameron Barney)

Rebecca Richardson (2010-14) 'Place branding for urban development?' (ESRC Collaborative Studentship, Joint Supervision with Anoop Nayak and Tina Snowball, NewcastleGateshead Initiative)(Now at Durham University)

Sophie Yarker (2010-14) 'Urban regeneration and the transformation of local identities' (ESRC Studentship, Joint Supervision with Robin Humphrey and John Tomaney (UCL)) (Now Research Fellow, Manchester University)

Ben Fisher (2009-2012) 'New industry path creation and evolution' (Joint Supervision with Stuart Dawley) (Now Business Development Manager, Northumbria University)

Cecilia Pasquinelli (2008-12) ‘Place Branding’ (Joint Supervision with Professor Nicola Bellini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)(PhD awarded 2012)(Now Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden)

Xue Feng Wang (2008-09) ‘Cities and the Knowledge Economy in China’ (Chinese Government, Joint Supervision with John Tomaney) (PhD Awarded 2009) (Now Research Associate, CURDS)

Rosibel Víquez-Abarca (2008-11) ‘Universities and Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy’ (Costa Rican Government, Joint Supervision with Andy Gillespie and José Esteban Castro) (PhD awarded 2011) (Now Researcher, UNED, Costa Rica)

John Edwards (2007-11) ‘Social Capital and Territorial Development Institutions and Policy’ (ESRC Studentship, Joint Supervisor with John Tomaney) (PhD awarded 2011) (Now Post-doctoral Researcher, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain)

Michail Biniakos (2006-11) ‘Transition and New Regionalism in the Balkans’ (Greece National Government Studentship, Joint Supervisor with Alison Stenning and John Tomaney) (PhD awarded 2011) (Now Local Government Official, Greece)

Pedro Marques (2006-10) ‘Power and Territorial Innovation Systems’ (Portuguese National Government Studentship, Joint Supervisor with Andy Gillespie)(PhD awarded 2010)(Now Research Associate, Cardiff University)

Liz Dixon (2000-2004) ‘The Role of the Private Sector in Regional Development and Governance’ (ESRC CASE Studentship with EEF Northern Association; Jointly supervised with John Tomaney)(PhD awarded 2004)(Formerly Research Associate, CURDS)

Chris Potter (2000-2005) ‘Host Economies and Transnational Corporations’ (ESRC Competition Studentship)(PhD awarded 2005).

Peter O'Brien (1999-2004) ‘The Role of Trade Unions in Regional Development and Governance’ (ESRC CASE Studentship with Northern TUC; Jointly supervised with John Tomaney)(PhD awarded 2004)(Formerly Chief Executive, North East Local Enterprise Partnership and now Research Associate, CURDS)

Stuart Dawley (1998-2002) ‘High-tech Investment Cycles and Peripheral Region Development’ (ESRC CASE Studentship with North of England Microelectronics Institute; Jointly Supervised with David Charles)(PhD awarded 2002)(Now Senior Lecturer, CURDS)

 

Research Funding


2024-25 ESRC ‘Improving Public Funding Allocations for Reducing Geographical Inequalities’ (£478k, Co-I with PI Charlotte Hoole (Birmingham))

2023-26 Insights North East – Inclusive Growth work package, (£5m, Co-I with PI Louise Kempton (Newcastle))

2021-24 ESRC ORA Beyond ‘Left Behind’ Places: Understanding Demographic and Socio-economic Change in Peripheral Regions in France, Germany and the UK (£451,000, Co-I with PI Danny MacKinnon (Newcastle))

2017-19 ESRC, ‘Manufacturing renaissance in industrial regions? Investigating the potential of advanced manufacturing for sectoral and spatial rebalancing’, (£500k, with PI Peter Sunley (Southampton))

2015-18 ESRC ‘Structural transformation, adaptability and city economic evolutions’, (£670k, with Ron Martin PI (Cambridge University))

2017 TUC, ‘Tees Valley economy review’ (£20k, with Peter O’Brien, Stuart Dawley and Lewis Evans)

2017 OECD, ‘SME and entrepreneurship policy review: Indonesia’, (£10k, PI)

2017 EU ESPON, ‘Territories and low carbon economy’, (£5k, with Simin Davoudi PI)

2017 Joseph Rowntree Foundation ‘Job creation for inclusive growth in cities’ (£40k, with Louise Kempton, Danny MacKinnon (CURDS) and Neil Lee and Yohan Iddewala (LSE))

2017-18 ESRC IAA, ‘Metro Mayors and decentralised governance in England’ (£10k, with Louise Kempton, Peter O’Brien and John Tomaney (UCL)

2015-17 EPSRC/ESRC Re-distributed Manufacturing Network ‘Building sustainable local nexuses of food, energy and water: from smart engineering to shared prosperity’, Co-I (£500k, with Aidong Yang, Oxford University)

2015-17 Newcastle University-Xiamen University Joint Research Initiative, ‘Adaptive Capacity, Resilience and Change: A Comparative Study of Local and Regional Development in Northern England and Fujian Province’, Co-I (£150k, with David Bradley, Stuart Dawley, Danny MacKinnon, Peter O’Brien and Xuefeng Wang)

2014-15 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ‘Tacking Declining Cities in the UK’, PI (£90k, with David Bradley, Tony Champion, Mike Coombes, Danny MacKinnon and Liz Robson)

2013-16 What Works in Local Economic Growth Centre, ESRC Co-I (£3m)

2013-2017 i-BUILD (Infrastructure BUsiness models, valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery), EPSRC and ESRC, Co-I (£3.5m)

2012-13 Local Economic Recovery and Development Planning in Iraq, United Nations – International Labour Organisation, PI ($20k)

2012 SME and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies at the National and Local Levels in Russia, OECD, PI (€5k)

2012 The Contribution of Manufacturing to UK Resilience, BIS and Government Office for Science PI (£10k)

2011-13 Spatial Economics Research Centre II, ESRC/BIS/WAG, PI and Co-I (£20k)

2012-13 BIS/NIESR, Regional Economic Analysis, Co-I (£48k)

2010 OECD, SME and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies at the National and Local Levels in Mexico, PI (€5k)

2011 European Spatial Observatories Network (ESPON), Knowledge Support System Expert Sounding Board Member (5.5k€) 

2010 Henan Development and Reform Commission, China, 'Spatial and Industrial Development', (Co-I with Professor John Tomaney and Dr Xuefeng Wang) (£150k) 

2010 Communities and Local Government 'Decentralisation and public service provision' (Co-I with Professors Tomaney and Rodríguez-Pose and Drs Torrisi and Tselios) (£70k)

2009 OECD ‘Non-State Actors in Local Development Governance’ (PI with Professor John Tomaney and Drs Gianpiero Torrisi and Vassilis Tselios) (1.5k€)

2009-11 ESRC ‘Devolution and Economic Performance’ (Spatial Economics Research Centre Project 5b) (PI with Professors Ian Gordon, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney) (£80k)

2008-09 British Academy ‘A ‘British’ Brand? The Case of Burberry’ (Principal Investigator) (£6.7k)

2008-2011 ESRC, Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Communities and Local Government and Welsh Assembly Government Spatial Economics Research Centre (Co-I with LSE, Glasgow, Oxford and Swansea) (£2.4m)

2008-2011 ONE North East ‘Integrated Regional Strategy Peer Assist’ (Co-I with Professor John Tomaney and Dr Nick Henry, GHK) (£190k)

2008-2010 The Northern Way ‘Research Programme Peer Assist’ (Co-I with Professor John Tomaney and Ranald Richardson) (£181k)

2008-09 ONE North East ‘Evaluation of the Impact and Policy Response to Restructuring at Northern Rock’ (Co-I with Professors Neill Marshall and John Tomaney, Drs Stuart Dawley and Jane Pollard and Regeneris Consulting) (£148k)

2008 South West Regional Development Agency ‘Assessment of Regional and Local Development over the Last 20 Years’ (Co-I with Professor John Tomaney and Dr Nick Henry, GHK) (£20k)

2008 ONE North East ‘Economic Capacity Building’ (PI with Professors Richard Harris (Glasgow), Ian Stone (Durham), Colin Wren (Newcastle) and Dr Henry Overman (LSE)) (£20k)

2007 OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme and Welsh Assembly Government ‘Västra Götaland Regional Growth Agreement, Sweden’ (PI) (£1k)

2007 OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme and USAID ‘Strengthening Entrepreneurship Innovation and Economic Development at Local Level in Croatia: Institutional arrangements for the design and delivery of entrepreneurship policies’ (PI) (£3k)

2007 The Northern Way ‘Economic Linkages in the Northern City-Regions’ (Co-I with Professors Alan Harding and Bryan Robson) (£80k)

2007 North Tyneside Council ‘Economic and Social Change in North Tyneside’ (PI with David Bradley) (£3.5k)

2007-2009 ESRC Seminar Series ‘Changing Cultures of Competitiveness’ (Co-I with Ngai-Ling Sum and Bob Jessop (Lancaster University) - see http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/changingcultures/ (£15k)

2006-2009 European Commission ‘Social Innovation and Inclusion in the Knowledge Economy – KATARSIS’ (Co-I with Professor Frank Moulaert (Leuven)) (£606k)

2006 ONE North East ‘What Works in Regional Economic Development: Learning from International Best Practice’ (Co-I with Professors John Tomaney and Mike Coombes and Drs Nick Henry and Stuart Dawley, GHK) (£47.5k)

2005 OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme and German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs ‘Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Eastern Germany’ (PI) (£3.5k)

2005-2007 ESRC Seminar Series ‘The New Public Management and Regional Policy’ (Co-I with Les Budd (Open University), Josie Kelly (Aston) and Joyce Liddle (Durham) (£14.1k)

2005 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ‘The Economic Viability and Self-Containment of Geographical Economies’ (PI with Mike Coombes, Tony Champion, Lynne Humphrey and John Tomaney) (£32k)

2005-08 Regional Studies Association ‘Regional Studies Editorship’ (Editor-in-Chief with 9 other Editors) (£116k)

2005 ESRC Advanced Training and Development Award ‘Researching Civic Engagement and Devolved Governance in Europe’ (PI with the Regional Studies Association) (£10.2k)

2004 University of Newcastle Vacation Scholarship ‘Microbreweries in North East England’ (Co-I with Matthew Needham) (£1.5k)

2004 ESRC Advanced Training and Development Award ‘Research Strategy and Methodology for Regional Development and Governance in an Enlarged Europe’ (PI with the Regional Studies Association) (£9.4k)

2003-04 European Commission ‘Regional Economic Sustainability and University Learning and Teaching Strategies - RESULTS’ (Co-Investigator with Dr Hans-Peter Baumeister (Reutlingen University)) (£118k)

2003 University of Newcastle, Arts and Humanities Research Fund ‘Recasting Steel Geographies’ (Co-I with Alison Stenning, and Stuart Dawley) (£2.5k)

2003 North East Assembly ‘Regional Governance Capacity Building Course’ (PI with Professor John Tomaney) (£30k)

2003 University of Newcastle Vacation Scholarship ‘Directly Elected Mayors and Local Economic Development’ (Co-I with Graham Turner) (£1.5k)

2002 ESRC Advanced Training and Development Award ‘Doing Regional Research in a Devolving State: Research Strategy and Methodology in Post-Devolution UK’ (PI with the Regional Studies Association) (£6.8k)

2002 Government Office North East ‘Regional Governance’ (Co-I with Professor John Tomaney) (£7.5k)

2001 University of Newcastle Vacation Scholarship ‘Pension Fund Capitalism and Regional Development’ (Co-I with Felicity Wray) (£1.5k)

2000 UNISON ‘The Economic and Social Implications of Best Value’ (PI with Peter O’Brien) (£2.5k)

2000 University of Newcastle Small Grant ‘Task Forces and the Governance of Economic Development’ (PI with Stuart Dawley) (£1.5k)

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

GEO2099 Economic Geographies

GEO2111 Doing Geographical Research

GEO2124 Berlin field course

GEO3114 Local and Regional Development

GEO3099 Dissertation module

Stages 1, 2 and 3 Tutorials

 

Postgraduate Teaching

GEO8017 Human Geography: Concepts in Action

GEO8030 Geographical inequalities and policy

GEO8089 Research Dissertation

 

Publications