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Felicia Fai

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Associate Professor & Co-Director of the Centre for Governance, Regulation & Industrial Strategy (CGRIS) at the School of Management, University of Bath,UK. Researching regional economic innovation & growth, industrial strategy.

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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Sep 15

I find the growth and potential implications of coworking spaces fascinating what about you? Looking for a PhD student with a genuine passion and curiosity about issues in this space. See my call for applicants.

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Coworking spaces: implications for Business start-ups, Innovation and Regional Growth at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Coworking spaces: implications for Business start-ups, Innovation and Regional Growth at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Phil Tomlinson @prt1969.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

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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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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Mar 19

PhD opportunity at #UniversityofBath, #CGRIS in UK industrial strategy in relation to defence. Further details here
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#phd #industrialstrategy #findaphd #cgris #defencesectors… | Phil Tomlinson

Are you interested in doing a #PhD and in #industrialstrategy? #findaphd In #CGRIS based at University of Bath School of Management, Felicia Fai and I are…

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Centre for Governance, Regulation & Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS) @cgrisbath.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our Co-Directors @fmfai.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social have secured funding from the #IRC to explore whether/how #coworkingspaces can improve the uptake of #BusinessInnovationSupportServices in #Englishregions @uniofbathnews.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social

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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Feb 26

Water companies in England and Wales have been under close scrutiny of late with pollution of river issues and prices. Should they be renationalised? See the views of my CGRIS & University of Bath colleague @Rob Branston here. www.linkedin.com/posts/j-robe...

J Robert Branston on LinkedIn: Alexis Conran | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times

I was very fortunate to feature on Times Radio on Sunday as part of the Alexis Conran show, where together with Baroness Jones, we debated the future of the…

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Centre for Governance, Regulation & Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS) @cgrisbath.bsky.social · Feb 18

Our fantastic PhD student @laurasmyth.bsky.social is exploring #regionalskills #skillsnarratives with a specific focus on #digitalskills in #leftbehindplaces. #MadeSmarter

Check out Laura's profile below 👇
@regstud.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social
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PhD profile: Laura Smyth

How do the stories we tell ourselves about an area influence the skills we develop? Laura Smyth, a second-year PhD student in our Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&…

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Phil Tomlinson @prt1969.bsky.social · Feb 14

Join us at @cgrisbath.bsky.social next Thursday for Ian Jackson (@wlvuni.bsky.social) #hybridseminar on #environmentalinnovation

Zoom registration: shorturl.at/pbTY9

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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Feb 8

The challenge of balancing both more equitable and even growth across subnational regions & using leading regions for international competitiveness is a huge quandary for regional policy, UK. apple.news/AjjuPNe1VTAK...

How Labour can unshackle Britain’s most innovative region — The Economist

It will have to confront the charge of elitism

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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Feb 5

Phil Tomlinson & I have just launched our Centre for Governance, Regulation & Industrial Strategy-CGRIS account on Bluesky ! Come follow us! @cgrisbath.bsky.social

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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Jan 29

Call for papers on “Collaborative Spaces in Third Places” for a SI of Contemporary Social Science.
Coedited with @IlariaMariotti. We invite papers from across the social sciences on work occurring in coworking-, maker-, hacker-spaces open labs etc.

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Collaborative spaces in Third Places: evolution, typologies, impacts and policies

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Felicia Fai @fmfai.bsky.social · Jan 29

New blog from my PhD Student @Sophia Zihan WANG , member of the Centre for Governance, Regulation & Industrial Strategy (CGRIS) about her thesis on regional skills development and the role of coworkingspaces.
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#CGRIS #coworkingspaces #industrialstrategy

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Phil Tomlinson @prt1969.bsky.social · Jan 20

Latest @cssjournal.bsky.social SI Editorial on Beyond Levelling Up with @fmfai.bsky.social and @dgbailey.bsky.social 👇🏼

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Beyond levelling up: where next to revive lagging regions?

Published in Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences (Vol. 19, No. 4, 2024)

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