Policy@Manchester Articles

Expert insight, analysis and comment on key public policy issues

  • All Posts
  • UK Politics
  • Energy and Environment
  • Growth and Inclusion
  • Health and Social Care
  • Urban
  • Science and Engineering
Policy@Manchester Articles: Archives
Tag Archives for: "place-based policy"
You are here: Home / Archives for place-based policy

Levelling up regional resilience

Elvira Uyarra By Marianne Sensier and Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: May 12, 2020

Dr Marianne Sensier and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience, community wellbeing, sustainability and governance of Greater Manchester and Preston in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. The financial crisis provided a window of opportunity for some places to develop new arrangements to adapt and diversify regional economies. In this blog, […]

Tagged With: AMBS, COVID-19, devolution, financial crisis, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, Levelling Up, local government, MIOIR, Pandemic, place-based policy, productivity, Social Justice, Treasury

How modelling can become a debate-support tool, not just a decision-support tool

Iain White By Graham Haughton, Nuno Pinto and Iain White Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures Posted: April 21, 2020

As many politicians around the world inform the public of their responses to the coronavirus outbreak, they frequently refer to the science on which their decisions are based. In this blog, Professor Graham Haughton, Dr Nuno Pinto and Professor Iain White explore the changing nature of how modelling tools are forming political and public debate. […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, data, innovation, Local, Pandemic, place-based policy, public health, science, spatial variation, technology

Immigration in its place: how policy needs to recognise geography

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted: November 14, 2018

Ken Clark, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, examines the Migration Advisory Committee’s recent report and discusses the need for place-based migration policy. The Migration Advisory Committee has persistently rejected calls for regional variation in the framework that regulates migration in the UK. It is clear that patterns of migration, and thus its […]

Tagged With: Brexit, economy, immigration, labour market, MAC, place-based policy, productivity, regional policy, skills, SoSS, UK immigration, Wages

Our RSS feed

Receive our latest content and timely updates by subscribing to our RSS feed.

 Subscribe in your reader

Become a contributor

Would you like to write for us on a public policy issue? Get in touch with a member of the team, ask for our editorial guidelines, or access our online training toolkit (UoM login required).

Disclaimer

Articles give the views of the author, and are not necessarily those of The University of Manchester.

Policy@Manchester

Manchester Policy Articles is an initiative from Policy@Manchester. Visit our web site to find out more

Contact Us

policy@manchester.ac.uk
t: +44 (0) 161 275 3038
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Copyright © 2025 · Policy Blog 2 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in