Levelling up? Implications and impacts of changing geopolitical landscapes for the UK's economic geography

该奖学金旨在为英国经济地理性质的变化提供独立分析，因为它应对了一系列重大的地缘政治变化，包括-英国退欧后新的英国-欧盟贸易关系以及英国与欧盟以外其他国家不断演变的贸易战略-全球供应链的变化，部分与英国退欧有关，但也受到持续的后Covid经济复苏的影响-与乌克兰战争相关的能源价格冲击-到2050年实现净零经济的政治承诺。并非所有这些事态发展都是英国独有的。然而，英国经济的特殊性意味着，它的反应在重要方面与其他国际参照国不同。特别是，该研究考察了这些地缘政治变化是如何以地区不平衡的方式影响英国经济的。这一点很重要，因为英国国家统计局最近的数据显示，2022年1月至3月，伦敦的经济增长了1.2%，但与此同时，除北爱尔兰以外的所有其他地区尚未恢复到疫情前的水平。这表明，随着长期存在的地区经济不平等可能变得更加根深蒂固，英国政府在后Covid时代“升级”英国的雄心可能难以实现。作为回应，该奖学金旨在提供独立而严格的地缘政治变化对英国经济地理影响的地区分析。该奖学金将结合对二级报告、政策文件、社会科学研究和官方数据的分析，实时跟踪英国各地的经济表现，并在英国各地的五个不同地点(贝尔法斯特、伦敦、米尔顿·凯恩斯、蒂赛德和曼斯菲尔德)进行深入的定性研究。通过采用比较的方法，该奖学金将能够评估可以从不同的区域发展政策中吸取哪些教训，并建议如何最好地制定政策干预措施，以解决英国未来不平衡的经济地理。该奖学金的目标是：1.综合了解英国不断变化的地缘政治格局对其经济的影响2。实时绘制英国经济区域发展的持续变化图表3.向英国国内和国际上的一系列利益相关者传输和传播知识、分析和理解，包括政治家、记者、公务员、当地政策制定者、企业、公民社会和英国公众，从而提高英国社会科学的形象4。加强UKICE中心的工作，并将其扩展到伦敦以外的地区，与主任、UKICE办公室和其他研究员密切合作该奖学金将涉及在不断变化的欧洲研究网络中与国家和地方一级的一系列利益攸关方以及英国成员密切合作。这包括内阁办公室、财政部、升级事务部、住房和社区事务部、伦敦金融城公司、伦敦议会、中部地区引擎、地方经济伙伴关系和北爱尔兰经济部。成果将通过以下方式与政策制定者、从业者、记者、公务员和更广泛的公众分享和讨论：关于英国当代经济地理的最新报告，定期的博客和社交媒体报道，英国各地的研讨会和学校材料。研究结果还将通过一系列同行评议的学术论文与经济地理学、社会学、国际政治经济学和英国政治学的跨学科学术受众分享。

This Fellowship aims to provide independent analysis of the changing nature of the UK's economic geography as it responds to a number of significant geopolitical changes including - the new post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship and the UK's evolving trade strategy with other countries outside the EU- changes in global supply chains, partly related to Brexit but also shaped by the ongoing post-Covid economic recovery- energy price shocks related to the war in Ukraine- political commitments to deliver a net zero economy by 2050. Not all of these developments are unique to the UK. However, the particularities of the UK economy means that its response differs in important ways to other international comparators. In particular, the Fellowship examines how these geopolitical changes are impacting the UK economy in regionally uneven ways. This is important because recent figures from the Office for National Statistics show that between January and March 2022 London's economy grew by 1.2% but at the same time, all other regions apart from Northern Ireland are yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. This suggests that the Government's ambitions to 'level up' the UK post Covid could be difficult to achieve with longstanding regional economic inequalities potentially become further entrenched.In response, this Fellowship aims to provide independent and rigorous analysis of the regional implications of geopolitical changes on the UK's economic geography. The Fellowship will combine analysis of secondary reports, policy documents, social scientific research and official data with real time tracking of economic performance across the UK and in-depth qualitative research in five contrasting locations across the UK (Belfast, London, Milton Keynes, Teesside and Mansfield). By adopting a comparative approach, the Fellowship will be able to evaluate what lessons can be learnt from different regional development policies and suggest ways in which policy interventions can be best developed to address the UK's uneven economic geography in the future.The Fellowship aims to 1. Synthesise understandings of the impacts of the UK's changing geopolitical landscape for its economic economy2. Chart the ongoing changes in the regional development of the UK economy in real time 3. Transfer and disseminate knowledge, analysis and understanding to a range of stakeholders within the UK and internationally including politicians, journalists, civil servants, local policy makers, businesses, civil society and the UK public thereby raising the profile of UK social science4. Enhance and extend the work of the UKICE hub beyond London to the regions, working closely with the Director, UKICE's office and other fellowsThe Fellowship will involve working closely with a range of stakeholders at the national and local level as well as members of the UK in a Changing Europe research network. This includes the Cabinet Office, the Treasury, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the City of London Corporation, the London Assembly, The Midlands Engine, Local Economic Partnerships and the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland.Outcomes will be shared and discussed with policymakers, practitioners, journalists, civil servants and the wider public through: a state of the art report on the UK's contemporary economic geography, regular blog and social media reports, seminars across the UK and materials for Schools. Findings will also be shared with interdisciplinary academic audiences in economic geography, sociology, international political economy and British politics through a series of peer reviewed academic papers.