Dr Juliane Schwarz discusses her new policy briefing, exploring how the UK Catapult Network is supporting the transition to Net Zero, highlighting effective business support practices that help organisations reduce carbon emissions while driving innovation, growth, and system-wide change. The Net Zero Challenge In their Special Report on Global Warming (2018), the Intergovernmental Panel on … Continue reading “Spotlight Good Practice in Net Zero Business Support”
Month: September 2026
How Regional Models can Inform Policy Decisions- Notes from the Regional Economic Modelling Group Meeting
On 3 September, we brought together researchers from Universities of Birmingham, Curtin, Strathclyde and the OECD at the University of Birmingham for a meeting of the Regional Economic Modelling Group. Regional economics remains highly relevant to policy, and regional models have an important role in informing evidence-based policy decisions. The workshop was an opportunity to … Continue reading “How Regional Models can Inform Policy Decisions- Notes from the Regional Economic Modelling Group Meeting”
The London Problem Has Morphed
In a new series of blogs following a Senior Leaders roundtable, we hear from Hilary Smyth-Allen, CEO of SuperTech, the West Midlands’ cluster body for financial and professional services technology and partner of City-REDI, co-producing the evidence base for the region’s Next Generation Services cluster sector. In 2019, we worried about talent leaving the West … Continue reading “The London Problem Has Morphed”
Innovation is not a London-or-the-regions choice
Professor Rebecca Riley expands on arguments she recently made in a letter published in the Financial Times in response to an article by Michael Spence, President and Provost of UCL, on London’s role in the UK’s innovation economy. The issues it raises about innovation, regional growth and institutional capacity deserve a lengthier discussion than a newspaper letter can … Continue reading “Innovation is not a London-or-the-regions choice”
Meet City-REDI Associate – Ian Taylor
In a new series of Blogs, we hear from new City-REDI Associate Ian Taylor. Ian Taylor is a consultant and academic who is interested in collaboration and addressing some of the UK’s major challenges. As an academic and consultant, I have held Fellowships at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, the University of … Continue reading “Meet City-REDI Associate – Ian Taylor”
Meet Eleanor Keeble, Economist, Statistician and City-REDI Associate
In a new series of blogs, we introduce our new associates. In this blog, we meet Eleanor Keeble. What happens when economic immobility hardens into a permanent geography of winners and losers? That’s at the core of my focus on what happens when workers can’t easily relocate, when people can’t easily change occupations or cross … Continue reading “Meet Eleanor Keeble, Economist, Statistician and City-REDI Associate”
Local Labour Market Buoyancy Holds the key to Solving the UK’s NEET ‘Crisis’
Donald Houston summarises his recent report examining the geographic inequalities in young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) across the UK. The issue The dominant policy response for decades to tackle youth employment has been chiefly supply-side in nature, tackling ‘deficiencies’ in young people themselves. New analysis just published in a … Continue reading “Local Labour Market Buoyancy Holds the key to Solving the UK’s NEET ‘Crisis’”
Meet New City-REDI Associate – Paul Anderson
In a new series of Blogs, we hear from new City-REDI Associate Paul Anderson. I am Senior Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool John Moores University. My research largely lies in the field of territorial politics, with specific interests and expertise on devolved governance across the UK and intergovernmental relations. More recently, my research has focused … Continue reading “Meet New City-REDI Associate – Paul Anderson”