Date: 10th April 2025 Place: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham We would like to invite abstracts for a seminar we are organising at the University of Birmingham in April 2025 on the theme of ‘Capability and capacity building in place leadership: identity, inclusion and change’. The deadline to submit abstracts is Friday 24th … Continue reading “Event: Capability and Capacity Building in Place Leadership: Identity, Inclusion and Change”
Beyond Economics: How Can We Better Capture the Value of Cultural Activity?
Dr James Davies explores how to move beyond economic metrics to more holistically measure the social, cultural, and community value of cultural activities and interventions. With the new Labour Government’s continued commitment to prioritising the Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries sectors as key drivers for the UK economy, there remains a need to consider the … Continue reading “Beyond Economics: How Can We Better Capture the Value of Cultural Activity?”
Call for Submissions: Culture, and Communities in Their Places
As part of the work of the Local Policy Innovation Partnership Programme’s (LPIP) Strategic Hub, City-REDI has organised a Special Session at the 2025 Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, which is scheduled to take place at the University of Porto, Portugal between the 6th – 9th May 2025, focusing on two interrelated key themes of … Continue reading “Call for Submissions: Culture, and Communities in Their Places”
Policy Innovate – 11 December 2024
Welcome to the first edition of Policy Innovate. Policy Innovate aims to gather and disseminate the work of the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) programme and wider relevant research to provide evidence on building confidence, capacity, and capability in an effective service-driven approach to place-based policy-making and public service delivery. The LPIP Hub seeks to … Continue reading “Policy Innovate – 11 December 2024”
National and Local Skills Policies in the UK
Dr Kostas Kollydas summarises the recently released Skills Evidence Review, which offers a timely exploration of how national and local skills policies in the UK are evolving to meet skills and workforce development challenges. View the Skills Evidence Review. Context This review identifies challenges and opportunities in designing local skills policies that align with economic … Continue reading “National and Local Skills Policies in the UK”
LPIP Network Event: Place Impact is Emerging From the Shadows of Academic Life
The Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) recently held a networking event. In this blog, Rebecca Riley reflects on her key takeaways from the event. Activities linked to the impact and engagement agenda, which once might have been seen as peripheral by universities and mainstream academics, are now moving to the forefront. This was seen at … Continue reading “LPIP Network Event: Place Impact is Emerging From the Shadows of Academic Life”
Advocating for PRISM Roles: Highlights from the 2024 National Conference
This week Liz Goodyear, Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub Programme Manager and lead for our professional standards for place-based research partnerships workstream, attended the second annual Professional Research Investment Strategy Manager (PRISM) conference. PRISM roles are vital to ensuring professional standards in partnership working, particularly in the context of place-based research collaborations. These roles … Continue reading “Advocating for PRISM Roles: Highlights from the 2024 National Conference”
5 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Anchor Networks (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Conrad Parke, Birmingham Anchor Network Co-ordinator shares his responses to the questions he is most frequently asked about anchor networks. This article originally appeared in the Municipal Journal. and then on the CLES website in September 2024. CLES are part of the Partnership Delivery Team for the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub. As the challenges facing the UK deepen and … Continue reading “5 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Anchor Networks (But Were Afraid to Ask)”
Inclusive and Sustainable Local Economic Performance
Alice Pugh summarises the key findings from her recently released Inclusive and Sustainable Local Economic Performance Evidence Review. Read the report Context and Methodology The review summarises key academic literature, government reports, and real-world case studies related to inclusive and sustainable local economic performance, focusing on strengthening economic development partnerships within place. It examines inclusive … Continue reading “Inclusive and Sustainable Local Economic Performance”
What Good Devolution Looks Like
Helen Power and Tom Lloyd Goodwin from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) discuss the need for the UK government to fundamentally rethink how English devolution works. This article originally appeared in the Local Government Chronicle and then on the CLES website in June 2024. CLES are part of the Partnership Delivery Team for the … Continue reading “What Good Devolution Looks Like”