Who shapes the #BasqueCountry’s future?
Care, #housing and cooperatives offer alternatives. New ideas alone don't guarantee change without accurate public policies
Our #OpenAccess #CJRES article doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
#Impact #BasqueCountry #FoundationalEconomy
Care, #housing and cooperatives offer alternatives. New ideas alone don't guarantee change without accurate public policies
Our #OpenAccess #CJRES article doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
#Impact #BasqueCountry #FoundationalEconomy
October 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Who shapes the #BasqueCountry’s future?
Care, #housing and cooperatives offer alternatives. New ideas alone don't guarantee change without accurate public policies
Our #OpenAccess #CJRES article doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
#Impact #BasqueCountry #FoundationalEconomy
Care, #housing and cooperatives offer alternatives. New ideas alone don't guarantee change without accurate public policies
Our #OpenAccess #CJRES article doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
#Impact #BasqueCountry #FoundationalEconomy
The November issue of CJRES: Cities and the Climate Crisis is now published online.
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Edited by Meric Gertler, @mia-gray.bsky.social, Amy Glasmerier and Siqi Zheng
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Edited by Meric Gertler, @mia-gray.bsky.social, Amy Glasmerier and Siqi Zheng
October 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The November issue of CJRES: Cities and the Climate Crisis is now published online.
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Edited by Meric Gertler, @mia-gray.bsky.social, Amy Glasmerier and Siqi Zheng
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Edited by Meric Gertler, @mia-gray.bsky.social, Amy Glasmerier and Siqi Zheng
New special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
The climate crisis: in what sense an urban problem?
Looks a good collection of papers.
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The climate crisis: in what sense an urban problem?
Looks a good collection of papers.
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October 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
New special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
The climate crisis: in what sense an urban problem?
Looks a good collection of papers.
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The climate crisis: in what sense an urban problem?
Looks a good collection of papers.
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I'm not so sure: this is more of a debate than the authors credit, with studies finding evidence both consistent with and against the idea (plus Goodhart's theory too woolly to really test)
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Individual residential mobility, immobility, and political attitudes: The case of Brexit voting intentions in the 2016 UK EU Referendum
One explanation of the results of the UK EU Referendum and the US Presidential Election in 2016 has been as a triumph of citizens of ‘somewhere’—localised and rooted—over the cosmopolitan and spatial...
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October 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I'm not so sure: this is more of a debate than the authors credit, with studies finding evidence both consistent with and against the idea (plus Goodhart's theory too woolly to really test)
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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September 22, 2026 at 11:31 AM
All of the content for the next issue of CJRES: Cities and the Climate Crisis is now online
This edition has been curated by Betsy Donald, Meric Gertler, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng
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This edition has been curated by Betsy Donald, Meric Gertler, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng
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September 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
All of the content for the next issue of CJRES: Cities and the Climate Crisis is now online
This edition has been curated by Betsy Donald, Meric Gertler, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng
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This edition has been curated by Betsy Donald, Meric Gertler, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng
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🔥Our upcoming issue is Cities and the Climate Crisis - edited by Meric Gertler, Betsy Donald, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng.
The Editorial Introduction is open access online: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
The Editorial Introduction is open access online: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
The climate crisis: in what sense an urban problem?
In February 2026, the Trump Administration made global headlines when it reversed a scientific ruling by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) known
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September 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
🔥Our upcoming issue is Cities and the Climate Crisis - edited by Meric Gertler, Betsy Donald, Amy Glasmeier and Siqi Zheng.
The Editorial Introduction is open access online: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
The Editorial Introduction is open access online: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Please see a new call for papers for a special issue on "Artificial Intelligence: Power, Place, and Uneven Development" in the journal CJRES
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Artificial Intelligence: Power, Place, and Uneven Development
Editors: Judith Clifton, Mia Gray, Michael Kitson & Pete Tyler
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September 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Please see a new call for papers for a special issue on "Artificial Intelligence: Power, Place, and Uneven Development" in the journal CJRES
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A call for papers for a special issue in CJRES on the changing economic geographies of the defence industry.
The defence industry has a complex relationship to industrial and regional policy.
What are the spatial & regional implications of the new arms race?
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The defence industry has a complex relationship to industrial and regional policy.
What are the spatial & regional implications of the new arms race?
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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...
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August 21, 2026 at 10:13 AM
A call for papers for a special issue in CJRES on the changing economic geographies of the defence industry.
The defence industry has a complex relationship to industrial and regional policy.
What are the spatial & regional implications of the new arms race?
academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...
The defence industry has a complex relationship to industrial and regional policy.
What are the spatial & regional implications of the new arms race?
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As local regions and cities globally take essential services back into public control, now is the time to assess remunicipalisation (nationalisation at a local level).
Free full article @cjres.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
Free full article @cjres.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
Now is the time to assess remunicipalisation (nationalisation at a local level) as local regions/cities take essential services back into public control.
Article free to access.
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Article free to access.
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How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services
The provision of essential public services — water, energy, health, housing, education, transport, social care and infrastructure — is a crucial determinan
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August 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
As local regions and cities globally take essential services back into public control, now is the time to assess remunicipalisation (nationalisation at a local level).
Free full article @cjres.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
Free full article @cjres.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
So pleased to win the best paper award this year 🎉 at CJRES @cjres.bsky.social for 'Who gets left behind by left behind places'. ICYMI, paper is here doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
July 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
So pleased to win the best paper award this year 🎉 at CJRES @cjres.bsky.social for 'Who gets left behind by left behind places'. ICYMI, paper is here doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Not sure how often this link works for free, but here is my latest article, 'The Right Kind of Growth for Everyone': academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
The right kind of growth for everyone: policy challenges during the digital and green transformations
Abstract. The UK, like other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) economies, has experienced a dismal decade and a half since the
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February 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Not sure how often this link works for free, but here is my latest article, 'The Right Kind of Growth for Everyone': academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
Loved this table. Examples of topics discussed at the Shenzhen DYI Community makerspace academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
September 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Loved this table. Examples of topics discussed at the Shenzhen DYI Community makerspace academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
How and in what ways have makerspaces become an integral mission of the innovation policies in China, particularly in Shenzhen? academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China
Abstract. This paper explores the under-researched actors in Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP) research, specifically the transformative roles of m
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September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
How and in what ways have makerspaces become an integral mission of the innovation policies in China, particularly in Shenzhen? academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
"Prevailing political economy accounts often under-conceptualise the extensive federal and state governmental roles in fostering innovation" academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari
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August 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"Prevailing political economy accounts often under-conceptualise the extensive federal and state governmental roles in fostering innovation" academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Just read a prescient 2014 paper mapping the vulnerability of English HEIs and the employment conditions of the cities they're in.
(Southern) Pre-92s fare better (obvs) but what's subtler is how some areas are heavily dependent on their HEI for jobs; if they fail...
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(Southern) Pre-92s fare better (obvs) but what's subtler is how some areas are heavily dependent on their HEI for jobs; if they fail...
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Universities as anchor institutions in cities in a turbulent funding environment: vulnerable institutions and vulnerable places in England
The paper examines universities as anchor institutions in the context of a major upheaval in the funding of English higher education. The various component
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February 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just read a prescient 2014 paper mapping the vulnerability of English HEIs and the employment conditions of the cities they're in.
(Southern) Pre-92s fare better (obvs) but what's subtler is how some areas are heavily dependent on their HEI for jobs; if they fail...
academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
(Southern) Pre-92s fare better (obvs) but what's subtler is how some areas are heavily dependent on their HEI for jobs; if they fail...
academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
New paper out with @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social & @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Contested visions of regional futures in Inland Norway: data storage, TikTok and the symbolic value of megaprojects
Abstract. Herein, we analyse the social and economic processes that led to the construction of a large data storage centre in Inland Norway. Starting from
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February 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
New paper out with @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social & @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
(And quite a bit of lit review on this here: academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...)
Gathering round Big Tech: How the market for acquisitions concentrates the digital sector
Abstract. Small businesses within the digital sector are spread across the USA. However, a significant number of promising small businesses concentrate in
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November 25, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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“Fight where the enemy isn’t”: cities as sites for energy transition policy moves against the grain of prevailing politics academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
“Fight where the enemy isn’t”: cities as sites for energy transition policy moves against the grain of prevailing politics
Abstract. Different spaces in multilevel governance systems, especially cities, present opportunities for energy transition initiatives even while climate
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April 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“Fight where the enemy isn’t”: cities as sites for energy transition policy moves against the grain of prevailing politics academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
Worth reading!
Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development, by Harry Garretsen, Michael Kitson, and Chun Yang.
"crises and megatrends not only present challenges but they also lead to opportunities for regions."
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Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development, by Harry Garretsen, Michael Kitson, and Chun Yang.
"crises and megatrends not only present challenges but they also lead to opportunities for regions."
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January 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Worth reading!
Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development, by Harry Garretsen, Michael Kitson, and Chun Yang.
"crises and megatrends not only present challenges but they also lead to opportunities for regions."
academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development, by Harry Garretsen, Michael Kitson, and Chun Yang.
"crises and megatrends not only present challenges but they also lead to opportunities for regions."
academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Shared in PW Sources—Mia Gray and Anna Barford find that local austerity cuts were almost twice as deep in England than in the rest of the UK.
Read here: https://academic.oup.com/cjres/article/11/3/541/5123936
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Read here: https://academic.oup.com/cjres/article/11/3/541/5123936
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November 26, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Shared in PW Sources—Mia Gray and Anna Barford find that local austerity cuts were almost twice as deep in England than in the rest of the UK.
Read here: https://academic.oup.com/cjres/article/11/3/541/5123936
Sign up: https://phenomenalworld.org/sources/
Read here: https://academic.oup.com/cjres/article/11/3/541/5123936
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How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine
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The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari
academic.oup.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine
academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
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This is a great post and for more on the political economy of megaprojects see the recent @cjres.bsky.social SI!
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My latest, a deep dive into the Stewart report into HS2.
HS2 and the slow decay of Britain
“I have tried to ascertain where design decisions get made... I have struggled to get to a definite answer.”
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June 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is a great post and for more on the political economy of megaprojects see the recent @cjres.bsky.social SI!
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The call for papers is now open for the CJRES conference on "Cities and the Climate Crisis", held at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge in July: cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...
This theme will also be the focus of a special issue of @cjres.bsky.social, so get your submissions in!
This theme will also be the focus of a special issue of @cjres.bsky.social, so get your submissions in!
The 2025 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Conference – ‘The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient’
The annual Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference will be held on 17-18 July 2025, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. The 2025 CJRES conference theme is ‘Th…
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January 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The call for papers is now open for the CJRES conference on "Cities and the Climate Crisis", held at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge in July: cpes.org.uk/events/cjres...
This theme will also be the focus of a special issue of @cjres.bsky.social, so get your submissions in!
This theme will also be the focus of a special issue of @cjres.bsky.social, so get your submissions in!
One year after the arson attack on Teslas #Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, debates about local resistance and embeddedness of the #megaproject continue. Our research explores these complex dynamics and unpacks their symbolic value.
🔍 Discover our open access article: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
🔍 Discover our open access article: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
Symbolic value and embeddedness of an industrial megaproject: Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Abstract. Large-scale industrial settlements, such as the establishment of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries, are megaprojects that face addition
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March 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
One year after the arson attack on Teslas #Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, debates about local resistance and embeddedness of the #megaproject continue. Our research explores these complex dynamics and unpacks their symbolic value.
🔍 Discover our open access article: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...
🔍 Discover our open access article: academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...