Experience

City-REDI, University of Birmingham

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professor of Regional Economic Development

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  I am researching regional and urban economic development issues and their interactions - including inclusive growth, community wealth building, skills strategies, employment change, productivity, worklessness, migration, governance structures, funding flows, area regeneration and associated policy and evaluation issues at City-REDI (City Regional Economic Development Institute) at the University of Birmingham, UK. I am researching regional and urban economic development issues and their interactions - including inclusive growth, community wealth building, skills strategies, employment change, productivity, worklessness, migration, governance structures, funding flows, area regeneration and associated policy and evaluation issues at City-REDI (City Regional Economic Development Institute) at the University of Birmingham, UK.



University of Warwick, Institute for Employment Research

• Senior Research Fellow/ Prinipal Research Fellow/ Professorial Fellow (Research)

  • Jan 1991 - May 2017

  Conducting and managing research for a variety of sponsors on local and regional labour markets; spatial aspects of economic, social and demographic change; trends in employment and non-unemployment; policies to address worklessness; demand for and supply of skills; labour market information and other local indicators; migration and commuting; urban, rural and regional development; evaluation studies - welfare-to-work and area regeneration initiatives. Engaging with a range of different government departments and agencies across the UK, along with the OECD and the European Commission.



Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Cardiff

• Research Manager, Wales and South West Regional Research Laboratory

  • Jan 1989 - Dec 1990

  Researcher and manager on a variety of projects focusing on socio-economic and spatial issues in Wales and the South West. Researcher and manager on a variety of projects focusing on socio-economic and spatial issues in Wales and the South West.



University of Warwick, Institute for Employment Research

• Research Associate/Fellow

  • Jan 1987 - Dec 1988

  Research on a range of projects addressing employment and labour market issues, especially those with a regional and local focus. Research on a range of projects addressing employment and labour market issues, especially those with a regional and local focus.



University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS)

• Research Associate

  • Oct 1983 - Dec 1986

  Researcher on projects concerned with spatial dimensions of economic, social and demographic change; the North-South divide; commuting; migration; population change and local and regional labour markets. Researcher on projects concerned with spatial dimensions of economic, social and demographic change; the North-South divide; commuting; migration; population change and local and regional labour markets.