Recent research/consultancy:
- (2016-2020) The Role of Universities in Regional Innovation (RUNIN) a Marie Curie Innovative Training Network.
- (2013-14)The Role of Cities in Cohesion Policy, with METIS consultants for the European Parliament
- (2013) Assessment of multilevel governance in Cohesion Policy 2007-2013, North East England case study, with METIS consultants for the European Parliament
- (2011-2013)Evaluation of the main achievements of Cohesion Policy programmes and projects over the longer term in 15 selected regions, for DG Regio
- (2012) Review of higher education in city and regional development: the Basque Country, for OECD (2011-2012) Open innovation in Scottish firms, University of Strathclyde New Professors’ Fund (2009-2010) Practical benefits of innovation-related policy instruments’ for OECD
- (2009-2010) The regional role of HE in Victoria, for OECD
- (2007) The role of collective leadership in regional innovation strategies, for the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts
- (2007-8) Science cities in the UK, for NESTA
- (2009) Contribution of policies at the regional level to the realisation of the European Research Area’, for ERAWATCH network on behalf of the European Commission
- (2007-09) Universities and community engagement: learning with excluded communities, ESRC programme on the Regional Impact of Higher Education,
- (2008-9) Exploiting the potential of the subsea energy cluster in the North East of England: promoting collaborative working to address the skills and recruitment gap, ESRC business engagement scheme
- (2004-2006) Building Science Regions in the European Research Area: Governance in the Territorial Agora’ ESRC Science in Society programme
- (2005) Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development: lead evaluator on Sunshine/Fraser Coast review’ for OECD
- (2005) Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development: North East England background report’, Universities for the North East, OECD and HEFCE
- (2003-2006) City regions as Intelligent Territories: Inclusion, Competitiveness and Learning (CRITICAL) ’ FP5 project funded by the European Commission
(2001)The Culture and Creative Industries Cluster’ for One NorthEast Regional Development Agency
(2001) ‘Higher Education Business Interaction Survey’ for the UK HE Funding Councils and the Office of Science and Technology
(2000) ‘The Regional Contribution of Higher Education’ for the Higher Education Funding Council for England
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- BA and PhD in Economic Geography, Newcastle University
- Fellow of the Academy of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences
- Fellow of the Regional Studies Association