CJRES 2017 Globalisation in Crisis? Conference: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
A celebratory conference to mark the 10th Anniversary of Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society was held on 13-14 July 2017. The topic was Globalisation in Crisis? The Urban and Regional Challenges of the Great Instability.
Chair: Pete Tyler Pierre-Alexandre Balland, David Rigby and Ron Boschma – ‘Relatedness, Knowledge Complexity and Technological Opportunities of Regions. A Framework for Smart Specialization’ Dieter F. Kogler, Peter Kedron, Greg Spencer (University of Toronto)– ‘Anchors Away! The Evolution of an ICT Cluster During and After the Sinking of its Flagship Company’ Gianni Betti, Federico Crescenzi and Francesca Gagliardi – ‘What was the Effect of the Economic Crisis on Fuzzy Measures of Poverty at the Regional Level?’ Raffaele Lagravinese and Riccardo Crescenzi – ‘Regional Recovery and the EU Structural Funds’
Round up Discussion
Chair: Peter Sunley Andy Pike, Emil Evenhuis, David Bailey and Peter Sunley – ‘Institutions and Policies in City Economic Evolution: Evidence from British Cities’ Graham Brownlow – ‘Practice Running Ahead of Theory? Political Economy and the Economic Lessons of UK Devolution’ Nick Clifton, Robert Huggins, David Pickernell and David Waite – ‘Integrating Spatial and Sectoral Policy: Evolutionary Conceptualisations in the Context of South-East Wales’ Round up Discussion
Chair: Jonathan Potter Max-Peter Menzel – ‘The Production of Links: Value Creation in Contemporary Capitalism’ Andrew Cumbers, Stuart Dawley, Danny MacKinnon, Robert McMaster and Andy Pike – ‘Recovering the Social in Regional Development: Alternative Pathways in Evolutionary Economic Geography’ Robert Hassink and Huiwen Gong – ‘The Integrative Paradigm of Economic Geography as an Answer to Current Regional Challenges’ Round up Discussion
Chair: Robert Hassink James Simmie and Camilla M. Chlebna – ‘New Technological Path Creation and the Role of Institutions In Different Geo-Political Spaces’ Michaela Trippl and Alexandra Frangenheim – ‘Regions in Transition: New Path Development and Old Path Disruption as Core Policy Challenges’ Round up Discussion
Chair: Judith Clifton Peter Tyler, Emil Evenhuis, Ron Martin, Peter Sunley, Ben Gardiner – ‘Growing Apart? Structural Transformation and the Uneven Development of British Cities’ Ron Martin, Peter Sunley, Ben Gardiner, Emil Evenhuis and Peter Tyler – ‘The City Dimension of the Great Productivity Slowdown’ Paul Swinney – ‘Why Don’t We See Growth Up and Down the Country?’ Phil Tomlinson, David Bailey and Christos Pitelis – 'Reviving Industrial Eco-systems in Mature Economies : A Place Based Approach’
Chair: Mia Gray Andrés Rodríguez-Pose – ‘The Revenge of the Places that Don’t Matter (and What to Do About It)’ Jürgen Essletzbichler – ‘The Victims of Neoliberal Globalization and the Rise of the Populist Vote: A Comparative Analysis of Three Recent Electoral Decisions’ Ian Gordon – ‘In What Sense Left behind by Globalisation? Looking for a Less Reductionist Geography of the Populist Surge in Europe / UK and its Relation to Uneven Development’ Panel discussion on ‘The Populist Backlash’ and ways forward for urban and regional development
Chair: Betsy Donald Neil Lee – ‘Taking Back control? Non-Migrants, Local Economic Change and the Brexit Vote’ Harry Garretsen, Janka I. Stoker, Dimitrios Soudis, Ron Martin and Jason Rentfrow – ‘Brexit and the Relevance of Regional Personality Traits: More Psychological Openness Could Have Swung the Vote Jason S. Spicer – ‘Regional Unevenness, National Electoral Systems, and The "Surprising" Anti-Globalist Successes of Anglo-American Populism’ Round up Discussion
Chair: Pete Tyler Panel discussion on “Identifying Policy Levers for New Sector Growth Paths in Local Economies”, in cooperation with OECD With: Jonathan Potter (OECD), Ron Boschma (Lund University), Erik Stam (Utrecht University), Rosa Fernandez (Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; United Kingdom)
Round up Discussion
Session 1: Globalisation in Crisis? Chair: Ron Martin Michael Storper – ‘Separate Worlds? The challenge of regional economic divergence and populism to regional economics and economic geography’ Jonathan Perraton - ‘Globalisation after the Financial Crisis: Structural Change and the Reconfiguration of Geography’ Round up Discussion