Phil Tomlinson
@prt1969.bsky.social
Professor of Industrial Strategy, BathSoM, Editor (Policy Debates) Regional Studies, Deputy Director CGR&IS, Stoke City fan, RT not necessarily endorsements.
It was the Summer of 1976, there was heatwave, Jaws was on at the flicks, and the Sex Pistols were advocating anarchy. Meanwhile, Chancellor Healey was grappling with a sterling crisis. An insightful reflection by David Smith for @cssjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The economic frontier does not belong solely to urban hubs. In EURS, @zihanwang96.bsky.social, Barzotto, @fmfai.bsky.social & @prt1969.bsky.social demonstrate how lagging regions leverage #digital adaptation as a profound catalyst to birth entirely new #manufacturing sectors. doi.org/10.1177/0969...
Bleakly ironic that the "Blairite" proposals i set out here - more "liberal", open, market-friendly policies on EU, migration and tax - are rejected by 2026 Blair. www.ft.com/content/7235...
Three ways a new Labour leader could change the politics of growth
The UK needs to confront the policies that have made us poorer
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The 2026 Policy Debates Best Paper goes to Rama Krishna Reddy Kummitha for 'Smart city governance: assessing modes of active citizen engagement.' Read it at doi.org/10.1080/0034... Watch @prt1969.bsky.social present the award at www.regionalstudies.org/news/2026-policy-debates-best-paper/
We mistake #coworking for a real estate play when it is actually a subtle engine of human capital. Writing in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, @zihanwang.bsky.social, Fai, @prt1969.bsky.social, Barzotto & Ehrhardt argue that these spaces provide the vital scaffolding for skills. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Is the UK’s industrial strategy really place based? New @rsablog.bsky.social blog on our recent @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper. Blog here: regions.regionalstudies.org/ezine/articl... paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @regstud.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social
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Call for Abstracts Open: 20th Regional Innovation Policies Conference, 17-18 Sept, 2026 Birmingham, UK #RegInnoPol26 @regstud.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social @lisadepropris.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @regionalwhispers.bsky.social ow.ly/8C6O50XSVAL
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Our new paper in @regionalstudies.bsky.social critically evaluating the UK #ModernIndustrialStrategy has a 📹 abstract. @dgbailey.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @uniofbathsom.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social #openaccess Paper: tinyurl.com/42b3892k
Our new paper in @regionalstudies.bsky.social critically evaluating the UK #ModernIndustrialStrategy has a 📹 abstract. @dgbailey.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @uniofbathsom.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social #openaccess Paper: tinyurl.com/42b3892k
New @regionalstudies.bsky.social: A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy + @lisadepropris.bsky.social Chris Dimos, Felicia Fai, @sallyhardy.bsky.social & @prt1969.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy
The paper explores the implications for regional development contained within the UK’s recently launched Modern Industrial Strategy White Paper (2025). We critically examine the industrial strategy...
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Beyond the agglomeration orthodoxy: rethinking industrial strategy. With Paul Hildreth. Part of a blockbuster new @cssjournal.bsky.social special issue on the return of industrial strategy. @prt1969.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social
What will the budget mean for economic growth? Experts give their view, with Professor Phil Tomlinson (@prt1969.bsky.social) discussing investment in infrastructure and industry. Read the blog post here: buff.ly/DphY8nO
What will the budget mean for economic growth? Experts give their view
Did Rachel Reeves’ second budget provide any glimmers of hope?
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Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto www.linkedin.com/posts/region...
Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto W...
Check out our video abstract for the recent paper entitled, 'Coworking spaces and regional development: a role for policy' by Felicia M. Fai, Philip R. Tomlinson & Mariachiara Barzotto We explore ho...
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What might be the implications of a pay-per-mile tax on electric vehicles? In a new blog post, @dgbailey.bsky.social & @prt1969.bsky.social discuss the policy and how careful implementation will be essential for fairness and maintaining support for the green transition. buff.ly/N1IVYdD
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UK plans for pay-per-mile electric vehicle tax could make the system fairer – or provoke a fierce backlash. New @uk.theconversation.com piece + @prt1969.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social theconversation.com/uk-plans-for...
UK plans for pay-per-mile electric vehicle tax could make the system fairer – or provoke a fierce backlash
New fees could stall the transition to more environmentally friendly vehicles.
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Neat framing, but incorrect. Moving the focus of taxation from income to wealth (increasing fuel duties/ introducing road pricing) would be politically difficult but economically sensible. Removing cliff edges would be politically easy and economically sensible. Details matter but principles clear.
The unravelling of Reform's xenophobic and half-baked proposals on ILR would be ideal time for Govt to say its own proposals, which I described as "not just unfair and vindictive, but economically irrational" will *not* apply retrospectively to migrants already here. ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
Immigration is down, should the government be happy? - UK in a changing Europe
Jonathan Portes analyses the latest ONS immigration statistics. He argues that net migration has dropped significantly, but that this will expose the...
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This makes a lot of sense.
Invest In Britain@investinbritain.bsky.social · 11mo agoSome of the UK’s most distinguished economists have written to the Chancellor warning that fiscal sustainability will not be achieved “without a significant further increase in public investment” to drive economic growth: www.thetimes.com/article/5acc...
Interested in. #Phd in #industrialstrategy #regionaldevelopment. Join @fmfai.bsky.social Chris Dimos at @uniofbath.bsky.social. Details below 👇🏼 @regstud.bsky.social @uresg76.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Place-Based Industrial Strategy and Regional Development at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Place-Based Industrial Strategy and Regional Development at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
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A perfect illustration of the trade offs involved in government. Do ministers want to keep down drug prices to help the NHS budget or to raise them to attract and retain Big Pharma which plays a central role in the industrial strategy? on.ft.com/4gkaC8P
UK health officials seek to reopen drug-pricing talks amid fallout from Merck exit
Health officials and Treasury blame each other for loss of £1bn London centre
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New @uk.theconversation.com piece with @opsprof.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social on #datacentres @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👇🏼 theconversation.com/the-economic...
The economic pros and cons of building more and more data centres in the UK
They suck up energy and water and don’t employ many people, but the UK economy really needs more data centres.
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Initially the benefits of the IT revolution were reasonably widely dispersed, but as the 2000s progressed, competition decreased and they began to be increasingly captured by a handful of huge tech firms, exactly as economic theory would predict. And those tech firms were all based in the US
Enjoyable evening celebrating @zihanwang96.bsky.social ‘s #PhD success at #TheIvy in #Bath with @fmfai.bsky.social 👏👏 👇🏼
Latest @uk.theconversation.com + @prt1969.bsky.social & Paddy Bradley on the new industrial strategy, supply chains and securonomics. @ukandeu.bsky.social theconversation.com/new-industri...
New industrial strategy brings Rachel Reeves’ securonomics to life – but will it protect Britain from more supply chain shocks?
COVID and Brexit showed how fragile import networks can be.
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Latest with @dgbailey.bsky.social and Paddy Bradley on #supplychains #securonomics and the new #industrialstrategy @uniofbath.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @uresg76.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👇🏼 theconversation.com/new-industri...
New industrial strategy brings Rachel Reeves’ securonomics to life – but will it protect Britain from more supply chain shocks?
COVID and Brexit showed how fragile import networks can be.
theconversation.com
British decline in one story. Any state which finds itself incapable of managing a project as basic as rolling out a 20th century tech between its biggest cities needs to ask itself some profound questions about what hope it has of managing the technologies of the 21st.
Look it’s me, feeling inspired from heaps of fascinating & high quality presentations at #GCEG2025. My thanks & congratulations to the organizers! For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉 ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social
Phil Tomlinson@prt1969.bsky.social · last yr.Engaging special session on #industrialstrategy co-hosted with @gretegans.bsky.social at #GCEG25 at Clark University. The call for our special issue of @cssjournal.bsky.social (co-edited with Lisa De Propris & @dgbailey.bsky.social) is still open at think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
