Economic Geography Research Group

Chair & Web Officer

Neil Coe

My interests are in the areas of global production networks and local economic development; the geographies of local and transnational labour markets; the geographies of innovation; and relational and network approaches to economic development. I explore these concerns through empirical research into the globalization of service sector activity, including for example, computer services in the UK and Asia Pacific, temporary staffing in Europe and Asia, and retailing in the UK, East Asia and Eastern Europe.

For more, see my website at the University of Manchester .

Secretary

Mia Gray

I have two broad areas of research that I have pursued in my work. My first interest is in labour markets and the social and organisational dynamics of work. This research has been quite varied and I have looked at the workers in high tech industries as well as in low-paid service sector industries in the opposite end of the labour market. As part of this, I have looked at issues of social capital in the workplace; unionisation; social inclusion in high tech industries; knowledge flows; gender, ethnicity and the links to innovation; and globalisation and the organisation of cross-site project teams.

My second area of interest is in regional economies. My work has challenged some of the literature on industrial districts formation and tried to characterise different types of regional growth. I have also explored the links between globalisation and vibrant regional economies. More recently, I have been exploring globalisation of R&D; firms and their institutional efforts to promote knowledge diffusion within the firm.

For more, see my website at the University of Cambridge .

Treasurer

Andrew Jones

The Economic Geography Research Group is funded by an annual stipend from the Royal Geographical Society, partly as a standing grant and partly in relation to subscriptions to the Researh Group. Our funding is therefore modest, and we aim to supplement the activities of the Group with income from sponsorship and publication royalties. In recent years, the annual prizes for PhD and Master's dissertation - aimed at promoting the work of young economic geographers - have been supported by sponsorship from academic publishers. Furthermore, a number of seminar events have been supported by additional financial support from host universities.

We would welcome proposals from any interested institution who would like to offer sponsorship for our annual prizes, events, annual conference meeting or other activities undertaken by the group. Please contact Dr Andrew Jones, Treasurer, EGRG at the following email address: .

For more, see my website at Birkbeck, University of London .

Working Paper and Book Review Editor

James Faulconbridge

My research interests lie broadly within the field of economic geography with a focus on three areas:

• Globalization and the role of professional service firms (PSFs)
• Geographies of the 'knowledge economy'
• Relational economic geography

As the Working Paper Series and Book Review Editor along with John Harrison I am keen to encourage everyone out there who considers themselves an economic geography to make the group's website a dynamic resource that charts the latest developments in the sub-discipline. For those of us who have been around a bit longer and have settled into being an Economic Geographers the Book Review and Working Paper Series can be used to promote our latest work long before any journal can provide advance access proofs. More importantly, for postgraduates the Working Paper Series can be used as a forum to air your work for the first time and ask for gentle and supportive feedback.

Please get in touch with any ideas for how the two series can be improved and evolved. Also please do send in your reviews and papers so that we can make a visit to the website worthwhile for everyone!

For more, see my website at the University of Lancaster .

Working Paper and Book Review Editor

John Harrison

My research interests lie within the broad scope of economic geography, with a specific focus on regions, regionalism and regionalisation; the political-economy of regional policy; the new city regionalism; and state rescaling. To date, these themes have been explored primarily through empirical research into the shifting geographies of cities and regions in the political-economic governance of England.

For more, see my website at Loughborough University .