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Professor Neil  Lee

Professor Neil Lee

Professor of Economic Geography

Department of Geography and Environment

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CKK 4.23
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Languages
English
Key Expertise
Economic Geography

About me

He joined the department in 2013, having previously run a research team in a think-tank. He convenes the Cities, Jobs and Economic Change theme in the International Inequalities Institute and is Director of BSc Geography with Economics

He holds a PhD in Economic Geography from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and has held visiting positions at Columbia University, the University of Oxford, Science Po Tolouse, and the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

His research considers economic development, innovation, public policy, and inequality. Recent studies have included work on institutions and economic development in  and , regional inequality and political polarisation in  and the , and . He is working on a major constructing new measures of regional inequality. His book on is published by University of California Press. 

He is Chair of the  and has worked with public and private sector organisations including the World Bank, the OECD, the European Commission, NESTA, the Kuwaiti Government and the UK government.  

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Expertise Details

Cities; Creative industries; Economic Geography; Enterprise; Inequality; Innovation; Labour markets; Regional and local economic development; Urban and regional policy

Sectors and industries

Creative Industries and Culture; Policy and Regulatory Bodies; Public Administration

Selected publications

Lee, N. & Rodríguez-Pose, A. 2020. . Environment and Planning A []

Lee, N. & Clark, S. 2019. . Research Policy

Lee, N., 2019. . Regional Studies

Lee, N. & Luca, D. 2018 . Journal of Economic Geography. []

Lee, Neil and Morris, Katy and Kemeny, Thomas (2018)  Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. ISSN 1752-1378

Lee, Neil (2016)  Economic Geography. 1-25. ISSN 0013-0095 

Lee, Neil and Sameen, Hiba and Cowling, Marc (2015)  Research Policy, 44 (2). 370-380. ISSN 0048-7333 

Countries and regions

Europe; UK; United States

My research

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