Newcastle University

Qualifications

M.A. Macroeconomics, University of Liverpool, UK.

Previous Positions

I was formerly a researcher at Queens University, Belfast and Durham University where I was involved in a number of projects which explored the nature and extent of problems in the Small Business Sector.

Research Interests

My research interests focus on a number of overlapping themes concerned with (i) economic development; (ii) labour market analysis; (iii) science and innovation policy; (iv) gender and work. These activities have come together in a range of research projects since my arrival at Newcastle which are academically rigorous and policy relevant.

I have been involved in a number of projects which have investigated the implications of economic restructuring on the nature of work, skills and labour markets within local and regional economies. Such research projects have covered a wide variety of sectors, ranging from financial services and knowledge intensive business services to the cultural sector.

My research is also concerned with issues surrounding gender and work; most recently through the completion of an FP6 project which examined the opportunities and challenges for participation and career advancement of women at the interface between science and the economy wist.ncl.ac.uk/

Other Expertise

Previous work has investigated the changing role of cities in their national and regional contexts and to the understanding of territorial learning processes, knowledge dissemination and transfer in different urban environments. I continue to develop my research interests on the role of universities in territorial development through research on the regional role of universities and the graduate labour market.

Projects

• Women in Science and Technology (WIST)
  Project Leader(s): Miss Cheryl Conway

• Benneworth P, Charles D, Conway CD, Younger PL. Characterising modes of university engagement with wider society, a literature review and survey of best practice. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement), Newcastle University, 2009.
• Etzkowitz H, Ranga LM, Conway CD, Dixon E, Ylijoki O-H, Vehviläinen M, Vuolanto P, Fuchs S, Kleinert C, Achatz J, Rossmann S, Banciu D, Dumitrache N. Gender Patterns in Technology Transfer: Social innovation in the making?. Research Global 2008, 4-5.
• Etzkowitz H, Conway CD, Fuchs S, Ranga LM, Ylijoki O-H. Women in technology transfer, incubation and entrepreneurship: Is the gender revolution already happening?. AUTM, 2008. Conference Poster.
• Charles DR, Conway CD, Hodgson CM. Building science policies at the regional scale. In: Regional Studies Association 'Regions in Focus'. 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Stenning AC, Champion AG, Conway CD, Coombes MG, Dawley SJ, Dixon E, Raybould SR, Richardson RGW. Assessing the local and regional impacts of international migration. London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2006.
• Coombes MG, Conway CD, Humphrey L. Mapping Ethnicity in the North East Labour Market. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2006.
• Henry N, Pike AJ, Tomaney J, O'Brien PE, Coombes MG, Conway C, Dawley SJ, Champion T. What works in regional economic development: learning from international best practice. Newcastle upon Tyne:One North East,2006.
• Conway CD, Dawley S, Charles DR. An investigation of the learning dynamics involved within the creative industries sector in the Newcastle City Region. In: Regional Studies Association Annual Conference; Gateway 3a Enabling Knowledge Strategies: CRITICAL Theme, Regional Growth Agendas. 2005, Aalborg, Denmark: Regional Studies Association.
• Henry N, Dawley S, Conway CD. Skills-led economic development? Regional futures, a demand-led system and the North East of England. In: Regional Growth Agendas, Regional Studies Association Annual Conference. 2005, Aalborg, Denmark.
• Charles DR, Conway CD, Pickering HE, Tennant J, Chaudhuri S. Supporting the contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Regional Development: North East Regional Case Study. France: The OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE)., 2005.
• Dawley S, Conway CD, Charles DR. The dynamics of learning and knowledge within community-led urban regeneration: the Lower Ouseburn Valley as a ‘community of practice’?. In: Regional Studies Association Annual Conference; Gateway 3a Enabling Knowledge Strategies, CRITICAL Theme, Regional Growth Agendas. 2005, Aalborg, Denmark.
• Conway CD, Tebbit G. Labour Market Brakes and Drivers, Strategic Futures Project, One NorthEast. Newcastle: One NorthEast, 2004.
• Conway CD, Dawley S, Henry N. Regional Skills Foresight Research (Phase II). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Skills Intelligence North East, 2004.
• Richardson R, Belt V, Conway CC, Robson L. The Call Centre Assessment Study. Newcastle: CURDS, 2004.
• Belt V, Conway CD. A Sporting Chance for Women. A study of the career opportunities for women in the sports sector in the North East of England. Report prepared for the Women's Sports Foundation UK and Sport England, 2003.
• Allinson G, Charles DR, Conway CD, Quinn P, Stone I. Evaluation of Graduate Retention Programmes in the North East. Newcastle upon Tyne: One NorthEast, 2003.
• Boucher G, Conway CD, Van der Meer E. Tiers of engagement by universities in their region's development. Regional Studies 2003, 37(9), 887-897.
• Conway CD, Coombes MG, Raybould S. Participation in further and higher education across the North East region: a bench-mark analysis of recent patterns. Sunderland: Universities for the North East, 2002.
• Conway CD, Coombes MG, Raybould SR. Participation in Post Compulsory Education in North East England. In: British Education Research Association Conference. 2002, Exeter: British Education Research Association.
• Charles DR, Dawley S, Benneworth P, Conway CD. The contribution of Universities to Northern Ireland. Department of Education Northern Ireland, 2002.
• Charles DR, Conway CD. Higher Education Business Interaction Survey. Bristol: HEFCE, 2001. 01/68.
• Belt V, Hentley J, Charles DR, Jones I, Audas RP, Conway CD. North East Graduate Labour Markets 1999-2000. 2000. Newcastle upon Tyne, CURDS.
• Conway CD, Johnson P, Kattuman P. Small business growth in the short run. Small Business Economics 1999, 12(2), 103-112.
• Ashworth J, Johnson P, Conway CD. How good are small firms at predicting employment?. Small Business Economics 1998.
• Conway CD. Networking for Sustainability and Inclusiveness.. The Competitiveness Project 1998.
• Conway CD, Johnson P. How good are the UK VAT Registration Data at measuring firm births?. Small Business Economics 1997, 9(5), 403-409.
• Ashworth J, Johnson P, Conway CD. How small firms forecast short term employment: Some survey evidence. Applied Economic Letters 1996, 3(8), 521-524.
• Hitchens DMWN, O'Farrell PN, Conway CD. Manufacturing use of business services in the two parts of Ireland. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 1996, 87(2), 124-135.
• Hitchens DMWN, O'Farrell PN, Conway CD. The comparative performance of business services in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Urban Studies 1996, 33(7), 1093-1110.
• Hitchens DMWN, O'Farrell PN, Conway CD. The competitiveness of business services in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and south east England. Environment and Planning A 1996, 28(7), 1299-1313.