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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 5d

📢 You’re invited: “Regional Inequalities in the UK: A Research Showcase”

Join us for an #Festival of #Social #Science showcase of #research and evidence on #regional #inequalities of opportunity and #wellbeing.

When: Friday 24/10, 2-4
Where: Library of Birmingham
Register 👉: tinyurl.com/bdx77a3u

Regional Inequalities in the UK: a Research Showcase

Join us for an afternoon of insight and discussion on regional inequalities with a special focus on the West Midlands.

www.eventbrite.com

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Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · May 21

Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility"

authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray

is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jul 23

3/3 and a podcast!!

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jul 23

2/3 Quite interesting results. a 6 minute grasp of the paper

tasos-kitsos.medium.com/kibs-and-non...

KIBS and Non-KIBS Business Dynamics in Urban Micro-Spaces

A Google Notebook Briefing Document of our research: KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ business creation and closure: evidence from the urban…

tasos-kitsos.medium.com

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jul 23

📣 I've got Google Notebook to make a briefing note of our recent #research paper with Korneliusz Pylak and @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social "KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ #business creation and closure: evidence from the #urban micro-space" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ business creation and closure: evidence from the urban micro-space

Our study explores the factors influencing the creation and closure of firms in urban micro-spaces, highlighting the relationship between knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and non-KIBS s...

www.tandfonline.com

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢📢 We have an #academic #job ( #lectureship) in #International #Business at @astonpress.bsky.social. Would particularly suit a quantitative oriented scholar that will benefit from and contribute to our great local environment.

#econsky
#geosky

👀👇
jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Vacancy at Aston University: Lecturer

Aston Business School, located in the heart of Birmingham – England’s second largest city – seeks to appoint a highly motivated, ambitious and committed academic with a passion for making a positive c...

jobs.aston.ac.uk

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Adam Brown @adamlbrown.bsky.social · Jul 2

A major new report published for anyone interested in #innovation, #productivity, #industrialstrategy, #econsky. I'll now do a short thread that pulls out the main findings and recommendations...

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 2

The British Academy and @sciencecampaign.bsky.social commissioned Cambridge Econometrics to conduct a systems-based analysis of the strengths and weaknesses within the UK’s innovation system.

Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Jul 2

The UK needs many industrial strategies.

Smarter growth begins with understanding value chains in innovation, say Daniel Rathbone and Eleanor Hopkins.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Heads up! If you're working on skilled migration and innovation, submit your papers to our GeoInno 2026 sessions in Budapest, 28-30 January 👇

Closing date or papers or extended abstracts: 14 July 2025.

www.geoinno2026.com/session/s8-g...

##EconSky 📉📈 #geosky

S8 – Geographies of Skilled Migration, Innovation and Knowledge diffusion – GeoInno2026

www.geoinno2026.com

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jun 25

toilet paper shortages soon

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jun 25

⭐ Star collaborators @emilyfry.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social, @dalilariba.bsky.social, Richmond Egyei and Enrico Vanino

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jun 25

🔗 Want to find out more? See the report launch (www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...) or read the report itself (www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...)

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨 🚨 Interested in #regional #economic #inequalities in the #UK? Have a look at the video that came out of our project on the drivers of #wage disparities across English #cities.

#econsky📉📈
#geosky

@astonpress.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our latest report by @emilyfry.bsky.social @tasoskitsos.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @dalilariba.bsky.social Richmond Egyei and Enrico Vanino looks at the impact of place in regional inequality.

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PBE @pbe.co.uk · Jun 20

Calling economists, analysts & researchers!

If you have experience in Excel spreadsheet creation or data analysis, these charities could use your help:

📈 Map data & make an impact with Hackney Foodbank

🔢 Help Leukaemia Care understand its reach

Find out more here 👇
pbe.co.uk/get-involved...

Volunteer opportunities | PBE

Current volunteer opportunities

pbe.co.uk

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jun 23

Special thanks to @ukri.org for the support and collaborators Richmond Egyei, @gthwaites.bsky.social, @emilyfry.bsky.social, @dalilariba.bsky.social & Enrico Vanino.

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Jun 23

‪📣📣 Very happy to see our work on #regional #pay #disparities in the UK out.

#econsky📈📉
#geosky

@astonpress.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social

Have a look at the event and the report and stay tuned for more!

👀👇

www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 23

Great insight from @xiaoweixu.bsky.social in her presentation of new ‪@theifs.bsky.social‬ research - why overall job mobility across the UK is declining, for young graduates geographic mobility is increasing.

Young people know where the high paying labour markets are...‪

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 23

Starting at 9.30am!

The pay postcode lottery: What is driving Britain’s place-based wage divides?

Watch our event with @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @henrimurison & Rachel Taylor, PWC here

www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...

The pay postcode lottery • Resolution Foundation

Britain is racked by pay divides – on gender, race, age and education status. But one of its starkest inequalities centres on geography, which is far more complex than Londoners earning more than ever...

www.resolutionfoundation.org

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RSAI-BIS @rsaibis.bsky.social · Jun 10

All ready and looking forward to welcome attendees to our annual #conference in #Cork next week! #RSAIBIS25

@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social

www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...

Cork 2025 Conference Information

51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Cork, Ireland 18 and 19 June 2025

www.rsai-bis.org

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is going to be so much craic the Grand Canyon gonna scuttle off to the gym and get on the 'roids to beef up.

RSAI-BIS @rsaibis.bsky.social · Jun 10

All ready and looking forward to welcome attendees to our annual #conference in #Cork next week! #RSAIBIS25

@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social

www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...

Cork 2025 Conference Information

51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Cork, Ireland 18 and 19 June 2025

www.rsai-bis.org

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Verónica Díaz @verodiaz.bsky.social · May 22

Happy to see my article published now in JEMS
@scmrjems.bsky.social !
Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you.

@warwick-smlc.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Emotion work and the children of the Chilean exile, 50 years on

Despite recent attempts to broaden the scope of migration research beyond its adult-centric focus, the experiences of forced displaced children remain underexplored. This article aims to address th...

doi.org

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Dalila Ribaudo @dalilariba.bsky.social · May 9

Great as always attending the #RSA25 conference @regstud.bsky.social in Porto (amazing city)!
Glad for the feedback I received on my work with @tasoskitsos.bsky.social S Grabner & Delis on #transformative #resilience through #innovation

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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · Apr 29

🚨🚨 We have a #PhD #studentship with @ibprofaston.bsky.social (Centre for Business Prosperity (CBP), Aston Business School) and Miroslav Palanský @taxjustice.net on the #impact of #Tax #Policy on #MNEs funded by @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social

#econsky📈📉

📅 Deadline: May 19!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW972/p...

PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership

At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises. Explore our diverse range of PhD opportunities today.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · Apr 16

The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here

👇👇👇

stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...

PhD Fellowship | Stone Center PSE

stone-center-pse.eu

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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · Apr 9

"At what point is cities changing just part of the general flux that makes places interesting to live in and when is it a problem?"

Holly Lewis of We Made That talks creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification in the latest episode of City Talks🎧

Listen now 👇
buff.ly/1DItntB

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