Local Economy
The Journal of the Local Economy Policy UnitEconomics & Development Studies | Urban Planning | Urban, Rural & Regional Economics
Founded in 1986, Local Economy is a peer-reviewed journal bringing together policy analysts, researchers, and practitioners concerned with place-based policies for economic development, regeneration, and human development. Although Local Economy is a peer-reviewed journal, it aims to make academic research accessible to all working in the broad fields of local economic development and regeneration.
Local Economy operates as an international interdisciplinary forum that seeks not only to publish analysis and critique but also to disseminate innovative practice. For over thirty years, Local Economy has maintained a commitment to local grassroots activism, social justice, and economic empowerment considered within the context of wider social, political, and economic change.
Local Economy covers a very broad range of issues and accommodates a diversity of perspectives. The editors intend to continue enlarging both the range of issues covered and the journal's international scope.
Local Economy welcomes robust empirical analysis, which can include papers based on quantitative or econometric methods. However, such submissions will be judged on clarity and accessibility of writing, Local Economy is not primarily an econometrics journal. Papers relying on advanced econometric methods, over-reliant on algebra or mathematical notation in their presentation, and which do not define specialist terms for non-specialists will be rejected.
"Local Economy provides a unique insight into the shifting landscape of local economic development. The journal continues to evolve, both in international coverage, and the range of issues it engages with." Nigel Berkeley, Director, SURGE (The Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Development), Coventry University
"Alone among academic journals, Local Economy combines robust academic research and analysis with insights and opinion from practitioners working on the latest developments in the field" John Shutt, Director of the European Regional Business & Economic Development Unit (ERBEDU), Leeds Metropolitan University
"In addition to its core focus on local economic development, Local Economy has covered many other aspects of place shaping for the past twenty-six years, and as such is an invaluable support for professional development." Dr Ross Brown, Scottish Enterprise
Sam Aaronovitch Memorial Prizewinner
The Sam Aaronovitch Memorial Prize is awarded each year to any article in Local Economy which by both its quality and content best promotes the progressive values of LEPU’s founder Sam Aaronovitch. View the prize winning papers.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
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Founded in 1986, Local Economy is a peer-reviewed journal bringing together policy analysts, researchers, and practitioners concerned with place-based policies for economic development, regeneration, and human development. Although Local Economy is a peer-reviewed journal, it aims to make academic research accessible to all working in the broad fields of local economic development and regeneration.
Local Economy operates as an international interdisciplinary forum that seeks not only to publish analysis and critique but also to disseminate innovative practice. For over thirty years, Local Economy has maintained a commitment to local grassroots activism, social justice, and economic empowerment considered within the context of wider social, political, and economic change.
Local Economy covers a very broad range of issues and accommodates a diversity of perspectives. The editors intend to continue enlarging both the range of issues covered and the journal's international scope.
Local Economy welcomes robust empirical analysis, which can include papers based on quantitative or econometric methods. However, such submissions will be judged on clarity and accessibility of writing, Local Economy is not primarily an econometrics journal. Papers relying on advanced econometric methods, over-reliant on algebra or mathematical notation in their presentation, and which do not define specialist terms for non-specialists will be rejected.
| Andrew Jones | Local Economy Policy Unit, UK |
| Tony Jackson | University of Dundee, UK |
| Andrew Jones | Local Economy Policy Unit, UK |
| Joyce Liddle | Northumbria University, UK |
| Nicholas Wise | Arizona State University, USA |
| Oto Potluka | University of Basel, Switzerland |
| Koen Salemink | University of Groningen, the Netherlands |
| Sabine Weck | ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development gGmbH, Germany |
| Onkgopotse Madumo | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Kedibone Phago | North West University, South Africa |
| Etienne Nel | University of Otago, New Zealand |
| L. Carlos Freire | Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Sören Scholvin | Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta |
| Stephen Barber | Regent’s University, London, UK |
| Andrew Jones | Local Economy Policy Unit, UK |
| Nichola Lowe | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Greg Schrock | Portland State University, USA |
| Jason Spicer | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Tara Vinodrai | University of Waterloo, Canada |
| Stephen Barber | Regent’s University, London, UK |
| Gill Bentley | University of Birmingham, UK |
| Danny Dorling | University of Oxford, UK |
| Stefania Fiorentino | University College London, UK |
| Francesca Froy | University College London, UK |
| Deian Hopkin | Former Vice Chancellor London South Bank University, UK |
| Tony Jackson | University of Dundee, UK |
| Martin Jones | Staffordshire University, UK |
| Neil McInroy | Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), UK |
| Munir Morad | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, UK |
| Raj Patel | University of Essex, UK |
| John Shutt | Northumbria University, UK |
| Leanne Townsend | The Hutton Institute, UK |
| Duncan Tyler | London South Bank University, UK |
| David Walburn | London South Bank University, UK |
| Alan Waters | Norwich City Council, UK |
| David Webster | University of Glasgow, UK |
| Georgia Wrighton | Kingston University, UK |
| Yves Chappoz | University Lyon 3 - IAE, France |
| Renato Galliano | Milano Metropoli, Italy |
| Johannes Kananen | Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Debra Mountford | OECD, France |
| Erik Pages | EntreWorks Consulting, USA |
| Christian Saublens | EURADA, Belgium |
| Ivan Turok | Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa |
| Glenn Athey | Athey Consulting, UK |
| Tim Blackman | Durham University, UK |
| Andrew Carter | Centre for Cities, UK |
| Andrew Church | University of Brighton, UK |
| Greg Clark | London South Bank University, UK |
| Mike Danson | Heriot-Watt University, UK |
| Timothy Dixon | Oxford Brookes University, UK |
| Julian Dobson | Urban Pollinators Ltd, UK |
| Ray Hudson | University of Durham, UK |
| Robert Imrie | King's College London, UK |
| Alexandra Jones | Centre for Cities, UK |
| Paul Miller | Gavurin, UK |
| Gerry Mooney | The Open University, UK |
| Andy Pike | University of Newcastle, UK |
| Stephen Syrett | Middlesex University, UK |
| Tony Travers | London School of Economics, UK |
| David C Valler | Oxford Brookes University, UK |
| Judith Watson | University of Brighton, UK |
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