A place-based approach will support regions to realise their aspirations of no longer being left behind. But what is that and how should they do it?
Danny Mackinnon
Danny Mackinnon is Professor of Regional Development & Governance and Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University. He is a leading economic geographer with a long-standing interest in the institutions and politics of urban and regional development. He is a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association, the Royal Geographical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. His recent work has focused on the creation of new regional growth paths and the development of spatial policies to address regional inequalities. He is currently leading an international research project on patterns of demographic and socio-economic change in ‘left behind places’ in the UK, Germany and France.