City-REDI Round Up – January 2026

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This blog summarises the reports and blogs that  City-REDI have put out in January.

Catch up on all the latest reports and projects in one place.


Shaping Regional Futures 2035: The City-REDI 10-year Strategy

Discover how City-REDI is driving inclusive, sustainable growth for cities and regions across the UK and beyond. Our new strategy sets out an ambitious vision for 2035—combining cutting-edge research, evidence-based policy, and collaborative partnerships to tackle economic, social, and environmental challenges.

Trump plunges Britain’s carmakers back into crisis

Dr Matthew Lyons was quoted in the Telegraph for his research on tariffs.

Navigating Futures with Innovation: Resilient and Resurgent Regions

Join City-REDI and The LPIP hub for the 20th Regional Innovation Policies conference. This milestone edition focuses on future-oriented approaches to regional innovation policies examining how innovation ecosystems adapt to disruption, how to harness new technologies, and exploring forms of place-based leadership to unlock inclusive and sustainable growth.

Covid-19 sub-regional economic recovery partnerships: Soft spaces of governance in action

Charlotte Hoole, Abigail Taylor and Anne Green have wrote an article exploring how informal, flexible “soft spaces of governance” facilitated rapid, multi-agency economic recovery planning during the Covid-19 crisis in England, highlighting their effectiveness, adaptability, and reliance on individual agency in times of shock.

Labour market insights from online job postings in East Birmingham and North Solihull

Professor Anne Green and Kostas Kollydas’ new briefing uses online job postings data to explore labour demand in East Birmingham and North Solihull (EBNS) by sector and major occupation group.


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The views expressed in this analysis post are those of the authors and not necessarily those of City-REDI or the University of Birmingham.

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