City- REDI presentation by Simon Collinson to the ERC _ Midlands Innovation event 13.02.2017

1. City-REDI
The City-Region Economic Development Institute
Simon Collinson
EC – Midlands Innovation Workshop
February 2017

2. Overview
The evolving policy and funding context
• National
• Regional
City-REDI
• Genesis and rationale
• Expertise and funding
• Academic themes
• DEIM model
• Stakeholder engagement

3. Mapping an integrated regional system

4. The City-REDI Team
Prof Simon
Collinson
Regional economic growth, and innovation; global innovation strategies, R&D and knowledge management in multinational firms; international
competitiveness of UK firms; regional systems of innovation incl. developing and emerging economies; high-technology entrepreneurship, small firm
innovation and regional development; foreign direct investment and economic change.
Prof John Bryson
Economic geographies of knowledge; the functioning geography of the W. Midlands; economic growth strategies and regional regeneration;
manufacturing; labour market and skills; service economy; business and professional services; design; competitiveness, financial services including
community development finance institutions (CDFIs); knowledge economy; small and medium sized firms
Prof Raquel Ortega
Regional innovation policy; entrepreneurship; labour markets; Health economics; museums and artistic institutions amongst other sectors) linked to smart
specialisation, R&D and regional productivity; Regional indicators and comparative metrics; what works evaluations of market interventions, linked to
industrial strategy and broader regional policy.
New Chair TBC
Dr Catherine Harris
Social and cultural geography; Migrants and migrant labour groups, influences and impacts, including in rel to BREXIT; Migrant family businesses,
financing, supply links and value chains.
Dr Deniz Sevinc
Economics and econometrics; international and regional comparisons of well-being and inequality; international interdependence, economic and social
vulnerability; skills and skills gaps; multiplier effects; econometric modelling.
Charlotte Hoole
Urban and regional policy, governance, place-based leadership, local economic development, socio-spatial inequality; Education and skills; GIS and data
mapping
Anastasios Kitsos
Economic resilience, regional economics, inequality and social exclusion, migration, distributive politics, human capital and skills, happiness and well-being;
industrial structure; econometric approaches.
Dr Max Nathan
40% What Works at LSE. 60% Bham Fellow. Impacts of government intervention on growth and employment; spatial co-location; innovation and place;
tech-based and high growth firms; financing and survival rates in SMEs; the creative workforce; methodological developments and data analysis
techniques incl big data
Dr Chloe Billing
Economic geography; firm-based competitiveness; firm-level and end-user innovation; polycentric governance; organisation of production; resilience;
satellite applications; and satellite and rocket manufacturing
Amir Qamar
Operations strategy; application of lean and efficiency; application of agile and flexibility; regional economic growth; productivity; business performance;
performance trade-offs; re-shoring; manufacturing; automotive; global and local supply chain management
Rebecca Riley
Policy and strategy development; Local Economic Development; Skills, education and employment; skills and innovation; leadership and management;
governance structures and performance; monitoring and evaluation; productivity and economic performance; impact of image, culture and arts on

5. Stakeholder engagement
• Advisory Board (Steve Hollis, Sarah Middleton, Martin Reeves)
• Focus on GBSLEP, WMCA and Midlands Engine with SEP input at all three regional levels
• Linked to Devo growth deals and increasingly innovation and place-based industrial strategies
• Skills analysis using Dynamic Economic Impact Model (DEIM) at WMCA level
• WMCA Productivity Commission
• Cabinet Office secondment on innovation and industrial strategies
• Select committee evidence on devolution/power houses, industrial strategy
• National Foresight paper – Future of cities: graduate mobility and productivity
• GBS Chambers of Commerce – Regional Economic Review reports
• AnalystFest and the refresh of West Midlands LARIA
• Urban Living Birmingham project (Bryson)
• Smart Specialisation Platform, European Commission, JRC, Innovation and Growth project
(Ortega Argiles)
• Work with Resolution Foundation, What Works Centres, Centre for Cities, KPMG and P.A.,
DCLG Cities and Local Government unit, APPG West Midlands