Research Reports
Research Reports
We have written a series of research reports for different organisations that have provided a greater understanding of the factors affecting urban and regional development.
People and Place
- Leeds City Region Housing Market Areas (PDF: 1.4MB)
- Uneven growth: tackling city decline (report on Joseph Rowntree Foundation website)
- Travel to work area analysis in Great Britain: 2016 (PDF: 1.2MB)
- Travel to Work Areas (PDF: 451KB)
- Updating the definition of Primary Urban Areas (PDF: 920KB)
- Newcastle City Futures 2065 : Anchoring Universities in Urban Regions through City Foresight
- Creating Music and Community: an Exploration of the Silver Programme at Sage, Gateshead (PDF: 494KB)
- Assessing the Importance and value of buildings and space to primary aged pupils (PDF: 1.06MB)
- The New Tyne Crossing: An Economic Impact Assessment (PDF: 506KB)
- The extent of crime and anti-social behaviour facing designated heritage assets (PDF: 1MB)
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- Mapping County Durham's Functional Economic Market Areas (PDF: 2.3MB)
- Local authority child poverty innovation pilot evaluation: final synthesis report (PDF: 4.9MB)
- Alternatives for the definition of housing market areas (PDF: 882KB)
- Study on comparable Labour Market Areas (PDF: 8.3MB)
- How many extra people should London be planning for? (PDF: 398KB)
Innovation and Technology
- SmartSpec Tampere Dissemination Report
- SmartSpec Northern Ireland Dissemination Report
- Lessons Learned from the Lüneburg Innovation Incubator (PDF: 523KB)
- Enterprise to Business (PDF: 740KB)
- The Role of Social Intermediaries in Digital Inclusion: The Case of Social Housing (PDF: 424KB)
- North East Local Economic Partnership - Smart Specialisation Report (PDF: 880KB)
- Internet Safety & Young People(PDF: 3.5MB)
- How does manufacturing contribute to UK resilience? (PDF: 6.7MB)
- Thinking Smart Project: Entrepreneurial Discovery in HEIs - The case of Newcastle University and North East England (PDF: 924KB)
- Thinking Smart Project: Entrepreneurial Discovery in HEIs - Summary of Findings from Five European Universities and Regions (PDF: 982KB)
Institutions and Governance
- The Local Nexus Network for Redistributed Manufacturing Feasibility Project: Policies and Society (PDF: 2.2MB)
- The NE1 Model and Comparative Approaches to City Centre Management (PDF: 1.9MB)
- Decentralisation: Issues, Principles and Practice (PDF: 932KB)
- The Civic University: Universities in leadership and management of place (PDF: 827KB)
- Civic Leadership and Higher Education (PDF: 207KB)
- Universities and Smart Specialisation (PDF: 484KB)
- Connecting Universities to Regional Growth (PDF: 887KB)
- Researching and Scoping a Higher Education and Civic Leadership Development Programme (PDF: 1.08MB)
- How to Create Great Jobs: Towards a Regional Industrial Strategy for Tees Valley (PDF: 208KB)
- The Future for LEPs - Issues and Options (PDF: 207KB)