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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · 16d

Chaired by CURDS’ Andy Pike

Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · 16d

Second, we are discussing @samfr.bsky.social’s hugely popular book with Sam and a great panel: Martin Brookes (VONNE), Adrian Dougherty (NECA), @sarahlonglands.bsky.social (CLES), Sajda NawazBhatti (Newcastle City Council), Jo Fox ( @newcastleuni.bsky.social)

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Fixing Britain’s Failed State - Insights North East

Details Date: October 15 Time: 05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fixing-britains-failed-state-tickets-1674869984209 Organizer Insights North East Website: https://www...

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · 16d

Second, we are discussing @samfr.bsky.social’s hugely popular book with Sam and a great panel: Martin Brookes (VONNE), Adrian Dougherty (NECA), @sarahlonglands.bsky.social (CLES), Sajda NawazBhatti (Newcastle City Council), Jo Fox ( @newcastleuni.bsky.social)

insightsnortheast.co.uk/event/fixing...

Fixing Britain’s Failed State - Insights North East

Details Date: October 15 Time: 05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fixing-britains-failed-state-tickets-1674869984209 Organizer Insights North East Website: https://www...

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · 16d

Some great events in partnership with @insightsnortheast.bsky.social coming up in October. First, taking a deep dive into how urban innovation districts can be designed to improve outcomes for people in neighbouring communities who are often overlooked

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Inclusive Innovation in Cities - Insights North East

Details Date: October 7 Time: 05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inclusive-innovation-in-cities-tickets-1675641822799 Organizer Insights North East Website: https://ww...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Aug 14

Interesting big study looking at the geography of public R&D funding in 200 regions across 22 European countries. It supports the @tomforth.co.uk @richardaljones.bsky.social argument that R&D policy can often act as a form of anti-regional policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Does public R&D funding reinforce regional disparities? Exploring the changing geography of public and business R&D expenditure in Europe

The concentration of R&D investments in regions with strong local capabilities helps these regions pull further ahead in the innovation economy, drivi…

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Aug 14

Some CURDS input to this important @britishacademy.bsky.social publication along with many other eminent contributors

Research in arts, humanities and social sciences is vital to shaping current and future policy. And most STEM researchers will be the first to say so.

History and context matter

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 1

One of the things I like that we do at @britishacademy.bsky.social is take a historical view of policy. Here is our latest - a history looking at regional development policy. Turns out we've been trying to do 'levelling up' for a long time... 🧵
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

Lessons from the History of Regional Development Policy in the UK

This regional development policy history offers a socio-historic analysis of a number of key regional policy developments from the past century, with a view to harnessing insights and learnings from t...

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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · Jul 25

Social infrastructure is often seen as inherently 'good.' In this blog we consider, amongst other things, how populist groups in the UK, as well as in countries like Spain and Hungary, have used social infrastructure - practically and rhetorically - to further their causes.

Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Jul 23

From pubs to populism: what the decline of community space means for democracy

Rosa Marks explores how rebuilding social & cultural infrastructure can help reverse the UK’s slide into distrust, division & populist politics?

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
@britishacademy.bsky.social

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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · Jul 2

Growing hope for the North East: Insights North East Annual Conference 2025

Insights North East conference at Redhills spotlighted local hope, heritage, and inclusive paths to regional renewal

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Growing hope for the North East: Insights North East Annual Conference 2025

Insights North East conference at Redhills spotlighted local hope, heritage, and inclusive paths to regional renewal

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · May 18

Fantastic piece of analysis here. Spot on regarding the “sector wide” crisis and what needs to be done about it (and almost certainly won’t).

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · May 18

New post just out:

"On the Brink"

Why so many universities are in serious financial trouble.

Why it's about to get worse.

What the government could do about it.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

On the Brink

Universities are in serious financial trouble - what can be done about it?

open.substack.com

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · May 15

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · May 14

Conference on Regional Economic Inequality, Berlin 3-4th September, co organised by our @cep-lse.bsky.social / ESRC LNRI project

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Conference on Regional Economic Inequalities | Various speakers | Wednesday 03 September 2025 - Thursday 04 September 2025 | CEP Event

An event from the CEP Public Events series organised by the CEP

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Apr 16

This new @city-redi.bsky.social report is co-authored by CURDS’ Andy Pike

City-REDI @city-redi.bsky.social · Apr 16

A new report from the ESRC-funded project on reducing geographical inequalities in public funding.

It weighs concentrated vs. spread investment, stressing local capacity, accountability & tailored approaches.

Learn more from this expert-led study.

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GSSI Social Sciences @gssisocialsci.bsky.social · Mar 13

📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/yhaahejz

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Apr 9

Day 3 of the @newcastleuni.bsky.social geography Berlin fieldtrip started with a fascinating visit to @siemans.bsky.social to learn about Siemensstadt, it’s past, present and future

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Apr 8

@newcastleuni.bsky.social geography field trip day 2 off to a great start with a lively presentation from Norbert Herrmann from @regberlin.bsky.social about the startup ecosystem in Berlin

Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Apr 7

Great start to our 2nd year Geography @newcastleuni.bsky.social field trip to Berlin with an urban transect tour delivered by Prof Stuart Dawley

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Health Equity North @healthequitynorth.bsky.social · Mar 26

Following the announcement of the #SpringStatement by Chancellor of the Exchequer, our Academic Co-Directors @profkepickett.bsky.social @profbambra.bsky.social @lukemunford.bsky.social & Prof David Taylor-Robinson have issued a joint statement in response www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/health-equit...

Health Equity North directors respond to Spring Statement - Health Equity North

Following the announcement of today’s (March 26, 2025) Spring Statement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP, Health Equity North’s four Academic Co-Directors have issued a joint statement ...

www.healthequitynorth.co.uk

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · Mar 26

The ERSA Prize goes to Michael Storper—a scholar who has made #cities legible, #regions intelligible, and #theory usable.
Few have married rigour and relevance with such grace. Fewer still are as admired in print as they are in person. A richly earned honour.
ersa.org/2025/03/25/e...

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Mar 23

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Mar 18

If you are in Newcastle on April 3rd check out this free event launching Kevin Morgan’s latest book.
If you haven’t had the pleasure of hearing Kevin speak you are in for a treat. Plus there’s a stellar panel of local experts.

@northumbriauni.bsky.social

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'Serving the public' Newcastle Book Launch

Join Kevin Morgan for a Newcastle launch of his new book: “Serving the public: The good food revolution in schools, hospitals and prisons"

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Feb 27

3 months to come up with a credible plan for the North, otherwise @teamlabouruk.bsky.social risk losing the next election warns @andyburnham.bsky.social in this piece in today’s @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Westminster be warned – Britain’s future will be decided in the north. Get on the right side of that | Andy Burnham

As political and business leaders meet for the Convention of the North, our position is clear: we need a genuine new deal, and soon, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester

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Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social · Feb 13

The pressures facing #localgov are real and complex- different forms of leadership are required to not just survive, but thrive in this context.

Our new report Radical Leadership: Power, Possibility and Public Service sets out the shifts we are seeing…

New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social · Feb 13

What does it take to lead in local gov today?

What skills, mindsets & qualities are needed to navigate the choppy waters surrounding public services? And what old ways no longer serve us?

After a year of exploring with our council network, here’s what we found⬇️

www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...

Radical Leadership: Power, Possibility and Public Service - New Local

What does it take to lead in local government today? We’ve explored these questions alongside trusted friends in our council network. Together, we’ve identified a new model of Radical Leadership.

www.newlocal.org.uk

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Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social · Feb 12

Today’s leader in @theguardian.com

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Feb 12

This CURDS event with @insightsnortheast.bsky.social and the Japan Local Government Centre will explore what lessons the North East can learn from the Japanese experience of regional strategy development.

In person

Registration essential

www.eventbrite.com/e/policy-les...

(Policy) Lessons from Japan: How to develop effective regional strategies?

Eventbrite - Insights North East presents (Policy) Lessons from Japan: How to develop effective regional strategies? - Monday, March 3, 2025 at The Sir Terry Farrell Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyn...

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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social · Feb 9

Fantastic opportunity for a fully funded PhD at @manchesterup.bsky.social to work on a really important topic

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Understanding the impact of inclusive ‘innovation District’ Initiatives at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Understanding the impact of inclusive ‘innovation District’ Initiatives at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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