A<sc>ndres</sc> L. and C<sc>hapain</sc> C. The integration of cultural and creative industries into local and regional development strategies in Birmingham and Marseille: towards an inclusive and collaborative governance?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper explores the nature of the integration mechanisms of cultural...

This paper examines how the loss of 6300 jobs from the closure of MG Rover (MGR) in the city of Birmingham (UK) in April 2005 affected the employment trajectories of ex-workers, in the context of wider structural change and efforts at urban renewal. The paper presents an analysis of a...

F<sc>aggian</sc> A., C<sc>omunian</sc> R., J<sc>ewell</sc> S. and K<sc>elly</sc> U. Bohemian graduates in the UK: disciplines and location determinants of creative careers, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The human capital and regional economic development literature has become increasingly interested in the role of the ‘Bohemian...

The Triple-Helix model of knowledge - industry - government relationships is one of the most comprehensive attempts to explain the changing institutional frameworks for innovation and growth, especially in the regional and urban contexts. Since the 1970s policies have been developed across...

The recent change in funding structure in the UK higher education system has fuelled an animated debate about the role that arts and humanities (A<i>&</i>H) subjects play not only within higher education but more broadly in the society and the economy. The debate has engaged with a variety of arguments...

With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the ‘creative city’ became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...