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New Call for Papers: 'Digital platforms and regional development', edited by Robert Hassink Han Chu 楚晗, & Martin Kenney (UC Davis). The call is open to a range topics & themes linking digital platforms to regional economies through lens of Economic Geography think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

I'm looking forward to delivering the NOIR (RSA Network on Infrastructural Regionalism) keynote at the RSA Conference next week. Thanks to Jean-Paul Addie, Jen Nelles, @Glass_PittUrban for the invite I'll be speaking about Corridor Urbanisation and looking forward engaging in the other sessions

When developing climate resilient communities, strengthening the relationship between the transportation and water sectors is essential. Register today for this event: reservoircenter.org/event/integrat… Co-Sponsors: IEDC, National League of Cities, @ASCE, United For Infrastructure, Urban Land Institute

Really delighted to have the Innovation & Research Caucus announced today on UKRI with a comment from Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser about its 'vital role in providing powerful insights into what works' funded by Economic and Social Research Council and Innovate UK ukri.org/news/new-netwo…

Check out the new hotness! The Innovation Caucus is now the Innovation and Research Caucus Innovation & Research Caucus, which brings together the original team at Oxford Brookes Business School with scholars from universities around the country. Bigger, better, brainier 🔥 . Watch this space 👇🏻

We are all systems go! From today you can follow our new profile Innovation & Research Caucus for more information - full detail of the UK Research and Innovation announcement here: ow.ly/iHyt50OMCGo

**NEW RELEASES** Hierarchy of UK Statistical Geographies (June 2023) Guide to Presenting Statistics for Administrative Geographies (May 2023) Available from the Open Geography portal geoportal.statistics.gov.uk

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Another Regional Studies Association conference wrapped for NOIR (RSA Network on Infrastructural Regionalism). Thanks to Jean-Paul Addie & @Glass_PittUrban - the real brains behind NOIR - our speakers, & Jon Silver for a sweet keynote on corridors. Lots more NOIR shenanigans to come!

#Clusters, almost-clusters, funky places doing innovative things, we've got it all! Behind this tiny blog are two massive reports that should scratch all of your place-based #innovation itches.

The Innovation Caucus worked with Innovate UK to explore the dynamics of place-based #innovation and apply a framework to identify and assess the growth potential of places and #clusters through nine new case studies 📍 See innovationcaucus.co.uk/2023/06/27/unl…

This is just one of nine recent case studies and it was a blast to work on. More thoughts on Agritech clustering and knowledge exchange networks are in the works - inspired by this interesting case!

Sending #CanadaDay2023 love to all my peeps out there - especially to all of the expats who are far from how and have to source their own rye and patio lanterns 😉 X

Great to see so many of my The Productivity Institute colleagues' research cited in this report from Ewart Keep for CIPD . Work from Nigel Driffield stephen roper @AndrewGHenley Richard Jones Jen Nelles Tony Venables, Philip McCann, @AndyWWestwood Marianne Sensier Diane Coyle Prof. Janet Godsell....

CfP for Regional Studies, Regional Science (RSRS) Article Collection: 'The Growth Prospects of Mid-Sized/Second-Tier Cities' Deadline: 17 November 2023 Guest editor @LauraCrommo More info: bit.ly/RSRSSCIII

Community colleges are uniquely equipped to meet multiple long-standing, intersecting challenges of economic and human capital and social inequality, write Bob Schwartz and Rachel Lipson for Barron's. marketwatch.com/articles/commu… Barron's MarketWatch Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)

Great opportunity to work on fascinating projects with a great team! Applications closing soon.

Looking for some listening during #CollegesWeek?🎧 Here's a clip of "Skills, Innovation, and Productivity", which features Jen Nelles, Ben Verinder and Bart van Ark talking about Further Education colleges. Full EP: productivity.ac.uk/podcast/skills… The research: productivity.ac.uk/research/skill…

NYC colleagues: There are still tickets available for tonight’s event. Come for the shamelessly 90s set lists but stay for the great cause and even better times. Robby and Private Key will be bringing the 🤘🏻 Buy tix at the link below or message me! altso.org/rocktoberfestn…