My research has been supported by a wide range of sponsors, including the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council), the British Academy European Commission OECD the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/World Food Programme Joseph Rowntree Foundation Plunkett Foundation, and by governments and development agencies in and beyond the UK.īetween 2013-2016 I was the Principal Investigator of a consortium of ten EU universities and two regional networks that won the FP7 award for Smart Specialisation, the EU's regional innovation policy for the 2014-2020 programming period. It's why I'm interested in how different places - cities, regions, localities - govern themselves how and why they develop in such different ways and how the costs and benefits of development are distributed. What makes places tick? That's one of the common threads running through my research interests. Foundational Economy / Community Enterprise / Wellbeing Agenda.Devolution / Governance/ Territorial Politics.Food / Sustainability/ Public Procurement.My research interests revolve around four core themes: I am Professor of Governance and Development in the School.

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