It aimed to bring together, for the purposes of research, academics and others interested in furthering understanding of urban and regional development problems.

Since then, among other achievements, CURDS has gone on to:

• generate about £30m in research income from a wide range of national and international sources
• engage more than 160 staff, many who now occupy leading policy and academic positions
• award more than 50 PhDs for research, with 100 graduating from our Master's programmes
• be ranked one of the most influential places globally for study of economic geography
• receive the 2011 Regional Studies Association’s inaugural Institutional Award

In addition to John Goddard, there are now 27 people associated with CURDS who have gone on to be awarded professorial positions, with six still at CURDS.

Testimonials

A number of video testimonials have been produced, with views from top world academics who have worked with CURDS over the years.

Past achievements

In addition, CURDS have produced a brief history of CURDS (PDF: 2.36MB) booklet, providing a year-by-year summary of our research projects, publications and researchers.