2012 research
Our 2012 research programme will focus on helping UK cities and businesses to support private sector economic and jobs growth at a time of global economic uncertainty.
We will be working closely with cities across the 64 Primary Urban Areas we study, national Government and the private sector to ensure our research offers practical policy advice on what they can do to promote private sector economic and jobs growth in cities over the medium term.
Key themes for our 2012 research include:
Business Dynamics: How does the private sector vary across cities and what is the impact on job and wealth creation?
Change in private sector employment, 1998-2008
Source: Private Sector Cities
Business start-ups, closures and churn, 2010
Source: Cities Outlook 2012
City Transitions: How are models of economic growth likely to vary across cities over the next decade?
Patterns of city growth have varied throughout history
Source: Grand Designs
Funding & Finance: How will city governments finance economic growth in a new era of localism and an age of austerity?
Relative winners and losers in the move towards an incentive based system, 1999-2010
Source: Room for Improvement
Hollowing out: What are the recent spatial trends of urban growth? Are cities ‘hollowing out’ and does it matter?
Firm movements into and out of Sunderland, 1998 to 2008
Source:Hidden Potential
International trade: What is the role of cities in supporting businesses to expand global reach and access new markets?
The competitiveness of UK cities in the global economy is integral to the recovery
Source: UK cities in the Global Economy
Innovation: What drives variation in city innovation performance and what can be done about it?
Cities are the engines of innovation
Get involved:
To find out more about our 2012 research programme, and how your organisation could get involved, please contact:
Andrew Carter, Director of Policy and Research
020 7803 4318
