Read the latest piece for our #LivingStandards hub to find out how we might better enable local growth strategies and reduce regional inequality. Simon Collinson Charlotte Hoole City-REDI Uni of Birmingham Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) The Productivity Institute @UoMPolitics bit.ly/3oGJJpg

Building on our work about England's "devolution Catch-22", Charlotte Hoole, Simon Collinson and I have a new piece on Campaign for Social Science Academy of Social Sciences. The Devolution Catch-22: Weak Local Institutions, Uneven Growth and Inequality Across English Regions: acss.org.uk/the-devolution…

🚨We have a new paper online today🚨 🔓Open access in Regional Studies - @regionalstudies.bsky.social🔓 We analyse how England's dysfunctional governance system undermines attempts to tackle geographic inequalities. doi.org/10.1080/003434… Simon Collinson Nigel Driffield Nigel Gilbert Charlotte Hoole

Very grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) workshops @StaffsUni in partnership with City-REDI and University of Birmingham Anne E Green Charlotte Hoole

Looking ahead to the Labour Party conference, we have a 🚨 new piece in The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR 🚨 🆕Why ‘#levellingup’ in the UK has so far failed – and what a Labour government might do about it: theloop.ecpr.eu/why-levelling-… Nigel Driffield Simon Collinson Nigel Gilbert Charlotte Hoole

In this paper, Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) Simon Collinson Nigel Driffield Nigel Gilbert & Charlotte Hoole show how England’s political institutions (local and national) undermine attempts to tackle regional inequality. doi.org/10.1080/003434… @UoMPolitics Policy@Manchester UoM School of Social Sciences

Very pleased to have had our paper accepted in the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning Co-authored with Charlotte Hoole & Ananya Mukherjee: 'Constraints and Enablers of Regional Environmental Policy: Governance Challenges in England and Wales' Further details to follow.

🆕🚨New paper🚨🆕 Power asymmetries in the UK political system are constraining regional environmental policy. "holistic long-term environmental transitions [require] more fundamental reforms to the structure of political systems" bit.ly/3tvAn21 Charlotte Hoole Ananya Mukherjee

Published online Open Access: Constraints and enablers of regional environmental policy: governance challenges in England and Wales Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social), Ananya Mukherjee & Charlotte Hoole doi.org/10.1080/152390… #environmentalpolicy #governance #England #Wales

Very much looking forward to today's workshop for the cssjournal Special Issue on #levellingup University of Bath School of Management We're presenting our paper on the Catch-22 of English devolution Charlotte Hoole Simon Collinson: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Thanks to @PRT1969 Felicia Fai Prof David Bailey for organising!

LIPSIT continues to stimulate relevant insights. Thanks to the team - and particularly to Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) and Charlotte Hoole for continuing to mine it! bit.ly/49DLFkn for a fuller briefing.

Great summary of the challenges of spatial inequality and English devolution from Simon Collinson based on our LIPSIT research, and particularly our paper on England's Catch-22 Charlotte Hoole doi.org/10.1080/215820…

Delighted that our paper has won 🏆Best Paper Award 2024🏆 for Regional Studies - @regionalstudies.bsky.social Policy Debates. regionalstudies.org/news/2024-regi… 📄A place-based system? Regional policy levers and the UK’s productivity challenge ✏️Helen Tilley Charlotte Hoole Andrew Connell 🇺🇦 Ananya Mukherjee 🔗doi.org/10.1080/003434…

To coincide with receiving this award, we have written a 🆕 blog post for International Public Policy Observatory summarising the paper: theippo.co.uk/how-to-improve… Helen Tilley Charlotte Hoole Andrew Connell 🇺🇦 Ananya Mukherjee

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Regional Studies - @regionalstudies.bsky.social Policy Debates Best Paper is awarded to Helen Tilley Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) Charlotte Hoole Andrew Connell 🇺🇦 & Ananya Mukherjee for 'A place-based system? Regional policy levers & the UK’s productivity challenge.' More at bit.ly/4aucyru

How to improve regional productivity levers by Helen Tilley Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) Charlotte Hoole Andrew Connell 🇺🇦 & Ananya Mukherjee. The authors contribute to the discussion by considering whether UK regions have the policy levers to drive productivity and inclusivity. regions.regionalstudies.org/ezine/article/…

🎉Very happy to share that our project (joint with Dalila Ribaudo, Charlotte Hoole & Chloe Billing) "Building winners: the #policy levers for impactful #innovation" was selected for funding from the Innovation & Research Caucus. Tune in for more info 👇 Centre for Business Prosperity, Aston Business School, City-REDI, Bham Business School

Today's blog shares details of a new project called ‘Improving public funding allocations to reduce geographical inequalities’ Find out more: blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/impro…

"Building winners: the policy levers for impactful innovation" is a flex fund project led by Tasos Kitsos (@tasoskitsos.bsky.social), Charlotte Hoole, Dalila Ribaudo and Chloe Billing. The project aims to explore how policy can help innovation and growth. Learn more about their project 👉tinyurl.com/2txmbkhp

From the archive: in this blog✍️ Simon Collinson, @cjhoole & Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) use findings from an extensive study to outline some key obstacles to reducing inequalities and delivering local growth strategies. Read more➡️ acss.org.uk/the-devolution…