The Scientific committee includes local organisers, partners universities and leading experts in the sector. The Scientific committe includes:
- Dr Roberta Comunian, School of Geography, University of Southampton
Dr. Roberta Comunian is lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Southampton. She holds a European Doctorate title in Network Economy and Knowledge Management. She is interested in: relationship between public and private investments in the arts, art and cultural regeneration projects, cultural and creative industries, creativity and competitiveness. She has been visiting researcher at University of Newcastle investigating the relationship between creative industries, cultural policy and public supported art institutions. She has recently undertaken research on knowledge transfer and creative industries within an AHRC Impact Fellowship award at the University of Leeds. Further information
- Dr Alessandra Faggian, School of Geography, University of Southampton
Alessandra Faggian is Reader in Economic Geography at the University of Southampton, School of Geography. Prior to that, she was Lecturer in Economics at the University of Reading, Department of Economics. Dr Faggian’s research interests lie in the field of Regional and Urban Economics, Demography, Labour Economics and Economics of Education. Her publications cover a wide range of topics including interregional migration, human capital, creativity, regional multipliers and local innovation and growth. In 2008 she was awarded an ESRC Fellowship in conjunction with the Department of Education and Learning in Northern Ireland (DELNI) to investigate the impact of the introduction of tuition fees in higher education. She is currently Treasurer of the Regional Science Association International: Irish and British Section and member of the editorial board of Papers in Regional Science and of the management committee of the Spatial Economic Analysis journal. Further information
- Dr Bill Brooks, School of Humanities, University of Southampton
After leaving school, Bill Brooks began his career in French as a teacher in a high school in Algeria. He completed his first degree, MA and PhD at the University of Exeter. After two years working at the University of Paris X (Nanterre) he was appointed lecturer in French at Southampton in 1975. Promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1995 and to University Director of Education in 2004, he has been Head of the School of Modern Languages, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Head of the School of Humanities, and, from 2004 -2009, Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Law Arts and Social Sciences. He was Chair of the Council of University Deans of Arts and Humanities from 2006-2009. Further information
- Prof Rod Pilling, Dean of Faculty of Media, Arts and Society, Southampton Solent University
Professor Rod Pilling joined Southampton Solent University as Dean of the Faculty of Media, Arts and Society in September 2005. He began his working life in newspaper journalism before going into teaching. Rod developed the first media degree at Birmingham City University before founding its Department of Media and Communication. In collaboration with external bodies, Rod has considerable experience in developing knowledge transfer projects. He led several major developments in the West Midlands, which culminated in the successful Screen Media Lab development in one of Birmingham's creative quarters. He chairs the regional development agency's Digital Central initiative and is a founding director of Screen West Midlands, which was established by the UK Film Council in 2000. Further information
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Dr Loykie Lominé, Faculty of Arts, University of Winchester
Dr Loykie L. Lominé is a National Teaching Fellow based at the University of Winchester, where he is responsible for an MA in Cultural and Arts Management. His main areas of work include entrepreneurship in the creative industries, strategy for SMEs as well as the use of Web 2.0 for professional development for artists. At a European level he is involved in several projects and programmes with ELIA, the European League of Institute of the Arts. Further information
- Dr Charlotta Mellander, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Charlotta Mellander is the research director at the Prosperity Institute of Scandinavia and close collaborator with Professor Richard Florida and Dr Kevin Stolarick at the Prosperity Institute in Toronto. Charlotta earned a Ph.D. in economics at Jönköping International Business School. Her dissertation examines regional attractiveness, the urbanization process, the importance of cities, and the relationship between the service sector and the market. Further information
- Prof Peter McGregor, Department of Economics, Strathclyde Business School,
Professor Peter McGregor is currently Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI), Department of Economics, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde. He is a past Head of Department of Economics and Director of Research of the Fraser of Allander Institute. His research into regional economy-energy-environment modelling has been supported by many awards from funding agencies, including ESRC, EPSRC, defra and the Scottish Government. He is also involved in two ESRC projects, including joint Coordination of the ESRC’s and Higher Education Funding Bodies’ £3 million Initiative on The Regional Impact of HEIs. Further information
- Kate Oakley, Department of Cultural Policy and Management, City University
Kate Oakley is a writer and policy analyst, specialising in the cultural industries, cultural labour markets and regional development. She is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Cultural Policy and Management, City University and Course Director of the MA in Cultural Leadership. She is also a Visiting Professor in Innovation at the University of the Arts in London. Further information
- Dr Caroline Chapain, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
Dr. Caroline Chapain has been a Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the Birmingham Business School since 2005. She has expertise in local and regional development, creative industries, economic restructuring and plant closures and public policy. She has been working on these topics for a variety of local, regional and national organisations in the UK in the past four years. She is involved in ACRE, a FP6 European project looking at “Accommodating Creative Knowledge – Competitiveness of European Metropolitan Regions within the Enlarged Union” (http://acre.socsci.uva.nl/). She is also currently working on a NESTA project looking at creative clusters and regional innovation. Further information
- Dr Nick Clifton, Cardiff School of Management, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Nick Clifton is a Senior Lecturer in Regional Development at Cardiff School of Management, UWIC. Graduating from Cardiff Business School with a degree in Economics, Nick subsequently gained a PhD from the same institution. Nick’s main research interests lie in the fields of regional economics, small business and entrepreneurship, networks, business strategy, innovation and creativity. Nick has recently been involved in associated research and consultancy projects for the European Commission, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Scottish Executive, the National Assembly for Wales, and the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA). Further information
- Dr Peter Smith, School of Social Science, University of Southampton
Peter Smith is Professor of Social Statistics in the Social Statistics Division, School of Social Sciences, at the University of Southampton. He is also a member of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute. He has a BSc in Mathematics and an MSc and PhD in Statistics. His general research interests are in statistical modelling of social and medical data, including longitudinal data analysis. He has extensive experience in teaching. As present Associate Dean in the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences lead the delivery of the ‘Creative Campus Initiative’ within the University of Southampton Further information