Professor James Simmie
Professor of Innovation Studies
Department of Planning - Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
Research activities
Details of my research
Innovation, evolutionary economics and the competitiveness of city regions in Europe, North America and the Far East
Recent projects include, innovation in a selection of Europe's most innovative cities; ESRC Cities Programme; land use change in inner London since the Second World War. City Corporation of London; competitive European cities compared with the Core Cities in England. ODPM; the economic potential of London and the Core Cities. Manchester and the GLA; the competitiveness of English cities. State of the Cities Report, ODPM.
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Recent publications
- Simmie, J and Carpenter, J . ( 2008 ). Towards an evolutionary and endogenous growth theory explanation of why regional and urban economies in England are diverging . Planning practice and research. (1) View more details »
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