City Region Economic and Development Institute (City REDI) We use our academic understanding of city regions to develop policy which informs and influences regional and national economic growth policies.
Posted 16 June 2020 Facebook awards funding to academic partnership led by City-REDI to research impact of the digital economy on regional inequalities Facebook has awarded funding to City-REDI and others to undertake data-driven research focusing on how the ongoing digital revolution affects regional economic growth and the industrial landscape.
Posted 26 March 2020 Part 3: The Sectoral Effects of a Lockdown Dr Andre Carrascal Incera identifies ways in which COVID-19 could impact the economy of the West Midlands. In the third blog, he looks at the economic impacts lockdown might have on the different sectors of the economy.
Posted 26 March 2020 Contagion: The Economic and Social Impacts of Covid-19 on our Region In the case of almost all kinds of economic, social, political or health-related systemic shocks the West Midlands will be impacted as well.