Completed Research Projects
Our completed research projects include:
- 'Strong' sustainable development : Moving towards 'strong' sustainable development in an old industrial region?
Project Leader(s): Paul Chatterton - A 'British' brand? The case of Burberry
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - A Comparative Analysis of Spatial Welfare Conditions and Disparties in China and Europe
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - A Sporting Chance for Women : A Sporting Chance for Women
Project Leader(s): Vicki Belt - Advice and guidance for the preparation of the Tynedale Crime Audit 2001
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Advice and guidance on the establishment of an Opportunities Centre and successful preparation of EP Communities fund, RDC, National Lottery and ERDF applications
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - AMASE : AMASE: Advanced Multi Agency Service Environment
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Amsterdam : Benchmarking study of Telematics Development and Deployment Structures and Process
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - An assessment of the demand for offices Zone C Teesdale Development Area
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - An Evaluation of the Low Simonside Employment Initiative
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - An Evaluation of the needs of and support given to 'jobseekers' in Tyneside
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - An Evaluation of the Tyneside Compact Initiative
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Analyses Contributing to the Boundary Committee's Evidence Base
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - ARTURI : ARTURI: Advanced Research Training in University Regional Interaction
Project Leader(s): David Charles - ASPECT : ASPECT: Analysis of Spatial Planning and Emerging Communications Technologies
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Assessing the Importance and Value of Historic Buildings to Young People
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Assessing the Local Impacts on International Migration
Project Leader(s): Alison Stenning - Assessment of approaches to the marketing of the Business Coaching Course, Newcastle College, Distance Learning Unit
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Assessment of the accommodation needs of SMEs (with ERS)
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Assessment of the impact of the Business strategy 1990-94 on the Cleveland Economy
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Assessment of UK Regional and Local Economic Development Over the Last 20 Years
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Barnard Castle Vision Evaluation
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Barriers to Community and Employment Re-engagement
Project Leader(s): Lynne Humphrey - Baseline estimates, performance Monitoring and preparation and Maintenance of a Performance Indicators Database
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Beacon Fellowship
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Benchmarking and Fostering Transformative Use of ICT in EU Regions (Transform)
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Benneworth Fellowship : Innovation and modernisation in a peripheral industrial region: the case of the North East of England.
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - Berwick Business Accommodation Project - identification of demand for business accommodation and of potential regeneration sites
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Best Practice in Cluster Policy : Identifying Best Practice in Cluster Policy Development
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Budget Holding Lead Professionals National Pilot
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Building Science Regions in the European Research Area: Governance in the Territorial Agora
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Business and Communication : Business and Communications: Regional Perspective
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Calibration of Regional Incentives to the quality of mobile investment
Project Leader(s): Ash Amin - Call Centre Skills in the Financial Sector : Analysis of Existing and Emerging Skills, Training and Qualification Requirements in Call Centres in the Financial Services Sector
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Careers Service LMI Baseline Evaluation
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Centre for Spatial Economics
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Changes in Society : How Changes in Society May Alter the Geography of Communications
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Changing role of HEIs in regional development
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - City 2008 : The Social and Economic Benefits of Regional Cultural Activity
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - City Flight Migration Patterns in the East Midlands
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Community economic development strategy for the North East of England SPD Priority 4 wards of Northumberland (with ECOTEC)
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Competitiveness : Raising Regional Competitiveness
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Connect : Connect University-Berwick Knowledge Link
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Constitutional Change : Nations and Regions: Understanding the Dynamics of Constitutional Change
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Corporate Responsibility and Shareholder Activism
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - CRITICAL : City Regions as Intelligent Territories: Inclusion, Competitiveness and Learning (CRITICAL)
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Culture Cluster : Culture Cluster Mapping and Analysis Study
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Decentralisation and Public Service Provisions: The Impact of Efficiency Outcomes
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Definition of housing market areas in County Durham
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Demographic change and urban labour markets
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - DETR/Ove Arup : Changes in Working Practices in the Service Sector
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Developing TEC Evaluation strategies - Advice service to all five TECs in the North East on appropriate monitoring and evaluation techniques and procedures
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Development of the Information Society in EU Rural Development and Regional Policies
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Divorces : Information Meetings and Associated Provision within the Family Law Act 1996
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Doing Regional Research in a Devolving State: Methodological Development and Research Strategy in the Post-Devolution United Kingdom
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - DTI Motorsport Cluster : A Study in to the UK Motorsport and Performance Engineering Cluster
Project Leader(s): Nick Henry - Durham Strategic Sites 2000-2003 : Independent Validation of East Durham and South West Durham Strategic Sites
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - E-business : Benchmarking the Development of E-business in the North East
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - E-nabling the Rural Economy : E-nabling the Rural Economy
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - East Gateshead Regeneration : Independent Review of East Gateshead Regeneration Scheme
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Economic Capacity Building
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - Economic Development in the Anglo-Scottish Borders
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - Economic Performance - Portugal : The Economic Performance and Growth of Sub-contracting Small Firms and Supply Chain Management in the UK and Portugal
Project Leader(s): Pooran Wynarczyk - Economic Potential from High Speed Links between Scotland's Cities
Project Leader(s): Nick Henry - Edinburgh Commercialisation : Economic Impact of the University of Edinburgh’s Commercialisation Strategy
Project Leader(s): David Charles - EIB : Regional Development in the Digital Economy
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - Electronic in the North East : Electronics in the North East
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Electronics Sector Investigation
Project Leader(s): David Charles - ELG : Understanding the Process of Implementing Electronic Local Government in England
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Engagement of Stakeholders 2 : Engagement of Stakeholders in a Directly Elected Regional Assembly Phase 2
Project Leader(s): Lynne Humphrey - Equal Opportunities Appraisal of RES : Equal Opportunities Appraisal of Regional Economic Strategy
Project Leader(s): Ian Jones - ESPON : Telecommunication Services and Networks: Territorial Trends and Basic Supply of Infrastructure
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - EUNIT : European Network on Industry, Innovation and Territory
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - Evaluating Race Equality in Tyne & Wear: Recommendations for Current and Future Practice
Project Leader(s): Anoop Nayak - Evaluation of Modern Apprenticeships - Employer study (with ERS)
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Evaluation of the Impact and Policy Response to Restructing at Northern Rock
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Evaluation of the Management of Offenders Project
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Evaluation of the Merseyside Special Investment Fund
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Evaluation of the University of Turku : Evaluation of the University of Turku
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - Evaluation of Youth Inclusion Support Panels and Family Group Conferences
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Evidence on the Distinctive Governance Requirements for Economic Development Policy
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Ex-post evaluation Wansbeck SRB4
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - FAINS : Family Advice & Information Networks (FAINs) Pilot Research
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Fear of Crime : Interim Evaluation of Northumbria Community Safety: Tackling the Fear of Crime
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Feasibility of extending the range of sports, arts and cultural facilities, Coquet High School, Amble
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - FLEXCOT : Flexible Work Practices and Communications Technologies
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Food Deserts : Do 'Food Deserts' exist? A multilevel geographical analysis of the relationship between retail food access, socio-economic position and dietary intake.
Project Leader(s): Simon Raybould - Forecasts of development and employment by development area until 2000
Project Leader(s): Neil Alderman - Foresight Land Use Futures
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - Formative and ex-post evaluations of the North East of England Workforce Development (Bargaining for Skills) project
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Forrestry : Skill Needs Analysis for the North East of England Forestry Sector with an emphasis on Timber Processing
Project Leader(s): Liz Robson - Future of offices in Tyneside - Employment implications for resident of North Tyneside
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Future of Universities Symposium : International Symposium on the Future of Universities
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - GEAA : Graduate Enterprise Activity Audit
Project Leader(s): Ian Jones - GLAM : Graduate Labour Markets
Project Leader(s): David Charles - GLaM II : Graduate Labour Markets II
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Graduate Retention Programmes in the North East of England : Graduate Retention Programmes in the North East of England
Project Leader(s): Cheryl Conway - GRANE : Graduates for the North East (GRANE)
Project Leader(s): David Charles - HE & the Learning City : Higher Education and the Learning City
Project Leader(s): David Charles - HE Response to Regional Need : The Response of Higher Education Institutions to Regional Needs
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - HEBIS : Higher Education Business Interaction Survey
Project Leader(s): David Charles - HEBIS-NI : The contribution of Universities to Northern Ireland
Project Leader(s): David Charles - HEBIS-Scotland : Higher Education Business Interaction: Scotland Report
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Higher level skills in SMEs - a study of graduate retention and higher level skills education and training provision in North East England
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Housing Market Areas across the North East region
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Housing Market, Strategic Futures
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - HYLIFE : Hybrid Libraries of the Future (HyLiFe)
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Identification of the Skills Needs of the North East renewable Energies Sector
Project Leader(s): Nick Henry - Identifying and Assessing Sectoral Strengths in the North East
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - Industrial land allocation strategy for the West Midlands Region
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Interim Evaluation of Durham and Cleveland IDOP
Project Leader(s): Neil Alderman - Interim Evaluation of STRIDE, PRISMA and Telematique
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Interim Evaluation of the community safety strategy for the Racecourse Estate, Sunderland
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Interim Evaluation of the Northumbria 'Fear of Crime' SRB 2
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Interim Evaluations of East Gateshead SRB 2
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - IRISI Evaluation : Monitoring and Evaluation of the Commission's Support for the Inter-Regional Information Society Initative
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - Job Creation in Innovative Relational Services
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Katarsis - Growing Inequality and Social Innovation
Project Leader(s): Professor Frank Moulaert - Leadership in Civic Engagement
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - Leading-edge sustainability workshops: How Shall we live...and where shall we live?
Project Leader(s): Stuart Dawley and John Tomaney - Learning North East Evaluation : Internal evaluation of the Learning North East ADAPT project
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Leeds Project : The Economic Links between Leeds and the Yorkshire and the Humber Region
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Liverpool/Manchester : Liverpool Manchester Visions
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Local Authority Child Poverty Pilots
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Local Authority funding of Voluntary Bodies : Local Authority funding of Voluntary Bodies
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Location options and implications for the new NHS Management Executive Body formed from the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authorities
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Long-term Evaluation of the Impact and Effectiveness of Elected Regional Assemblies
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Lotteries : Mapping Funding Initiatives
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Managed workspace feasibility study
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Mapping Ethnicity in the North East Labour Market
Project Leader(s): Lynne Humphrey - Mapping Grants to Deprived Areas : Mapping Grants to Deprived Areas in England (Phase 3)
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Mapping the Catchment Areas of Anchor Retirement Housing
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Maps and intelligence to support the targeting of Aimhigher programme activities in the North East
Project Leader(s): Professor Mike Coombes - Middlesbrough Dock Regeneration - assistance with the preparation of ERDF application for grant assistance
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Migration and the socio-economic complexion of communities
Project Leader(s): Tony Champion - Mobile creative professionals - lifestyles, locational preferences and communication needs
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - Monitoring Devolution : Monitoring Devolution
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Monitoring of outputs for ERDF funded projects - former Plymouth and Teesside Development Areas
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Motorsport Northamptonshire : Motorsport Northamptonshire
Project Leader(s): Nick Henry - Moving Forward: The Northern Way
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson
CURDS leads work on Northern Futures - MUSCIPOLI Audit : Managing uncertainty in science policy: an audit of the MUSCIPOLI thematic network outputs
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - NE Labour Market : North East of England Labour Market Study
Project Leader(s): Ian Jones - Negotiating Spaces : Negotiating Spaces: Media and Cultural Practices in the Turkish Diaspora in Britain, France and Germany
Project Leader(s): Kevin Robins - New Media : New Media and Urban and Regional Development Opportunities in the United Kingdom
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - New Public Management in Norway
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Newcastle Core City
Project Leader(s): David Charles - North East Call Centre Assessment Study
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - North East of England Economic Assessment
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - North East of England European Strategic Alliances Opportunity Study
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - OECD Cluster focus group : OECD Cluster Focus Group
Project Leader(s): David Charles - On Track Evaluation : On Track Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - P Rudolph Case Award : Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management in the Capital Goods Industry in the North of England
Project Leader(s): Alfred Thwaites - Planning for Clusters : Planning for Clusters
Project Leader(s): David Charles - PM FISHE : Project Management for Information Systems in Higher Education
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Polycentrism and City Regions
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Postcolonial Economic Geographies, an ESRC funded Seminar Series
Project Leader(s): Jane Pollard - Potential economic impacts should the closure of RAF Boulmer occur
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Preparation of a 'Kielder Business Plan'
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Public Sector Relocation : Public Sector Relocation - response to the Lyons Review on behalf of the English Development Agencies
Project Leader(s): Neill Marshall - Recasting Steel Geographies: Mapping Corporations, Connecting Communities
Project Leader(s): Alison Stenning - Regional Contribution of Higher Education : The Regional Contribution of Higher Education
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Regional Economic Sustainability and University Learning and Teaching Strategies (RESULTS)
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike and Lynne Humphrey - Regional Governance in the North East : Regional Governance in the North East
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Regional Insights
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Regional Policy for Higher Education
Project Leader(s): David Charles - RITTS Evaluation : Evaluation of the RITTS programme
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Role of Core Cities : The Role of the Core Cities
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Rolling Evaluation of Northumberland SP Strategic Investment Plan
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Rolling Evaluation of NSP single programme strategic investment plan
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - RSA Journal Year 2
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - Scrutinising Strategy for Success : Consultancy Support for the Scrutiny of the Strategy for Success
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - Sense of Place, Social Capital and the Historic Environment
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Shaping the Intergrated Regional Strategy for North East England
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Situating small business regulation: A longitudinal study of how small firms receive, understand and respond to regulation (REBEL)
Project Leader(s): Prof Simon Down & Prof Jane Pollard - Skills needs of the renewable energy sector
Project Leader(s): Nick Henry - Skills Observatory Pilot : Research Network and Infrastructure for North East Skills Observatory
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - Social Exclusion, Spaces of Household Economic Practice and Post-Socialism
Project Leader(s): Alison Stenning - Social Inclusion Scoping Study : Social Inclusion Scoping Study
Project Leader(s): Ian Jones - Stakeholder Engagement in a future elected Assembly : The Engagement of Economic and Social Partners in a directly elected Regional Assembly for the North East
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - STELLA : Sustainable Transport in Europe And Links And Liaisons With America (STELLA)
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - STOA : Technology-induced Atypical Forms of Work
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Strategic Futures - 'Brakes' and 'Drivers' Analysis (of the North East Economy)
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - Strategic Procurement : The Role of Strategic Procurement in the Management of Long Term Engineering Projects
Project Leader(s): Neil Alderman - Student as User : The Student as User: A Research Agenda for the Role Of ICTs in The Changing University/Student Relation
Project Leader(s): Neil Pollock - Supporting the contribution of HEIs to regional development
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - Talent Retention
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Task Forces and Economic Development : Task Forces and Economic Development in the North East of England
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - Telecities or EDC : EDC Bi-annual Survey on Urban Telematics
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Telecommunications and the development of rural areas
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Teleregions : Framework IV - Telematics Applications Programme - Teleregions
Project Leader(s): Andy Gillespie - The Crisis in Residential Care Services : The Crisis in Residential Care Services
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - The Economic and Social Implications of Best Value : The Economic and Social Implications of Best Value in the North East Region
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - The Economic Viability and Self-Containment of Geographical Economies: A Framework for Analysis
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - The feasibility of a proposed Youth Arts and Enterprise Centre in Wallsend
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - The Geography of Housing Market Areas in England
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - The Impact of Community Policies on Cohesion
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - The implications for the North East of the Private Finance Initiative
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - The implications for the North East of the wind-up of UDCs
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - The North Can Make It : The North Can Make It: A Strategy for Modern Manufacturing in the North
Project Leader(s): Andy Pike - The preparation of a business plan for the £60 million development of Hylton Riverside, Tyne and Wear
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - The Production of Trust: Making Islamic Banking in the United States and the United Kingdom
Project Leader(s): Jane Pollard - The Review of Urbanisation and Regional Development in Henan Province for Henan Development and Reform Commission
Project Leader(s): Xuefeng Wang - The University and the City
Project Leader(s): Professor John Goddard - TISSME : Targeted Innovation Support for SMEs
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - Town and City Indicators : Town and City Indicators Database
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Training for Call Centre Work : Industrial Decline, Skill and the Service Economy: Training for Call Centre Work
Project Leader(s): Vicki Belt - Transport and the Economy
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Travel to Work Areas and Analysis
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - TTWA2001 : Travel to Work Areas and the 2001 Census
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - UNIREG : Universities in Regional Development
Project Leader(s): David Charles - United Nations WTF : Programming for People
Project Leader(s): Kevin Robins - Universities and Communities
Project Leader(s): David Charles - Universities and Economic Development : Universities and Economic Development
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - Universities in the Innovation Economy
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - University Spin Offs : University Spin Offs, SMEs and the Science Base: the Effective Use of Intellectual Property
Project Leader(s): David Charles - University Spin Outs in the Periphery : Bringing Cambridge to Consett? University Spin Outs in the Periphery
Project Leader(s): Paul Benneworth - Value for money assessment and interim evaluation of Black Country Development Corporation (BCDC) assisted projects
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Valuing our Environment : Valuing our Environment: An Economic Evaluation of the Environment in the North East
Project Leader(s): Paul Chatterton - Virtual Incubators - Develpoment : Virtual Incubators for High Growth SMEs - Development Project
Project Leader(s): Pooran Wynarczyk - Virtual Incubators - Main Project : Virtual Incubators for High Growth SMEs - Main Project
Project Leader(s): Pooran Wynarczyk - Virtual University : Space, Place and the Virtual University
Project Leader(s): James Cornford - Walker Riverside study - an examination of the Maritime Cluster
Project Leader(s): David Bradley - Warwick Regional Role : The Regional Role of Warwick University. The Development of a Strategic Partnership
Project Leader(s): John Goddard - What works in regional economic development? Learning from international best practice
Project Leader(s): John Tomaney - Widening Participation : Widening Participation in the North East of England
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Wolverhampton Economic Assessment
Project Leader(s): Mike Coombes - Women in Innovation, Science and Technology
Project Leader(s): Cheryl Conway - Women's Participation : Women's Participation in Public Life - Towards a Regional Network
Project Leader(s): Lynne Humphrey - Working Class Lives: Geographies and Sociologies
Project Leader(s): Alison Stenning - WOWIS : Work Opportunities for Women in the Information Society
Project Leader(s): Ranald Richardson - Youth cultures : Youth cultures, identities and the consumption of night-life city spaces
Project Leader(s): Paul Chatterton
