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St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar - ‘Financialisation and local statecraft: local government in England in austerity and centralisation, 2010’ = Professor Andy Pike
Tue 14 May
St Catharine's College
The next St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar will be held on Tuesday 14 May 2024. Professor Andy Pike will give a talk on “Financialisation and local statecraft: local government in England in austerity and centralisation, 2010”. The seminar will beheld in the Ramsden Room at St Catharine’s College from 6.00-7.30 pm. All are welcome. The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
Speaker Overview:
Professor Andy Pike is the Henry Daysh Professor of Regional Development Studies in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University. His research interests, publications, and research projects are focused on the geographical political economy of local, regional, and urban development, governance, and policy. He has undertaken research projects for the OECD, UN-ILO, European Commission, UK government, and national, regional, and local institutions. He is a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association and an Academician of the UK's national Academy of Social Sciences
Cost: free