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SUMMARY:Tagliaferri Lecture - Geography\, Globalisation and Governance: Th
 e UK Regional (and National) Economic Problem  - Professor Philip McCann
DTSTART:20160504T160000Z
DTEND:20160504T173000Z
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CONTACT:Clare Eaves
DESCRIPTION:The interregional economic unequalities within the UK are now 
 the highest in the industrialised world on many different indicators. UK i
 nterregional inequalities are longstanding\, but the recent surge in these
  is largely unprecedented during the last century The lecture will discuss
  the evolution of UK interregional inequalities over many decades\, but wi
 th a particular focus on the last three decades of modern globalisation.\n
 \nThese changes have been wrought by largely external factors - related to
  modern globalisation. These changes are so large and so fundamental\, but
  in the UK they are also little understood\, instead being dominated by po
 litical and media-led narratives. In particular the role of London as an e
 ngine of UK economic growth is somewhat overplayed\, while the\nimportance
  of Europe across the UK regions is underplayed.\n\nAt the same time\, in 
 terms of regional issues\, on many levels the UK has not responded to mode
 rn globalisation as well as many of our competitor\ncountries\, and there 
 are various reasons for this.\n\nThe lecture will argue that a significant
  part of the reason for this is that the existing UK governance systems - 
 including both formal and informal systems - have been very ill-suited to 
 responding to the challenges at hand. At the same time\, an examination of
  empirics demonstrates that many UK policy narratives are shown to have be
 en based on very weak\nacademic arguments. Statistical significance and si
 gnificance are quite different things\, and these weak arguments have poor
 ly-shaped many policy responses.\n\nRecent UK developments in spatial poli
 cy and policy-thinking regarding governance devolution and connectivity ar
 e examined in the light of the\ninternational arguments and evidence. The 
 strengths and weakness of the current national-regional and city-region de
 veolution policy trajectories are examined and suggestions for future opti
 ons are also discussed.\n\n \n\nBiography:\n\nPhilip McCann holds the Univ
 ersity of Groningen Endowed Chair of Economic Geography. He is one of the 
 world's most highly cited urban and regional economists\, and also acts as
  an advisor to the European Commission\, OECD\, and the European Investmen
 t Bank\, along with government departments and research institutes in vari
 ous countries.\n\n \n\nThe Department of Land Economy is very grateful to 
 Mark Tagliaferri\, whose generosity has funded the lecture and the visitin
 g fellowship.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 2
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