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Knowledge for just urban sustainability (2016)
Journal Article
May, T., & Perry, B. (2017). Knowledge for just urban sustainability. Local Environment, 22(sup1), 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2016.1233527

The article examines the conditions required for producing knowledge for just urban sustainability. It highlights a need to review the current social organisation of knowledge within cities and the implications for academic practice – in other words,... Read More about Knowledge for just urban sustainability.

Developing and testing the urban sustainable development goal’s targets and indicators – a five-city study (2016)
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Simons, D., Arfvidsson, H., Anand, G., Bazaz, A., Fenna,, F., Foster, K., …Wright, C. (2016). Developing and testing the urban sustainable development goal’s targets and indicators – a five-city study. Environment and Urbanization, 28(1), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247815619865

The campaign for the inclusion of a specifically urban goal within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was challenging. Numerous divergent interests were involved, while urban areas worldwide are also extremely heterogeneous. It... Read More about Developing and testing the urban sustainable development goal’s targets and indicators – a five-city study.

Putting food banks out of business : final report (2015)
Journal Article
Perry, B., Walsh, V., & Silver, D. (2015). Putting food banks out of business : final report. Working papers of the Communities and Culture Network+, 6,

This project was funded by the EPSRC Digital Economy Communities and Culture Plus Network and Mistra Urban Futures and involved collaboration between the University of Salford, the Biospheric Foundation and the Social Action and Research Foundation b... Read More about Putting food banks out of business : final report.

Revealing and re-valuing cultural intermediaries in the 'real' creative city : insights from a diary-keeping exercise (2015)
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Perry, B., Smith, K., & Warren, S. (2015). Revealing and re-valuing cultural intermediaries in the 'real' creative city : insights from a diary-keeping exercise. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 18(6), 724-740. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549415572324

From critics and cultural commentators to professionals who mediate between production and consumption for economic gain, the term ‘cultural intermediaries’ has been variously interpreted over recent decades. Often framed as self-interested entrepren... Read More about Revealing and re-valuing cultural intermediaries in the 'real' creative city : insights from a diary-keeping exercise.

Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice (2013)
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May, T., & Perry, B. (2013). Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice. Policy Futures in Education, 11(5), 505-514. https://doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2013.11.5.505

There are profound changes affecting universities. Under pressure from the forward march of neo-liberalism, there is a process of forgetting about the origins of the university and its distinctive place in society. Whilst responses by university mana... Read More about Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice.

L’avenir douloureux de l’université brittanique (The sorrowful future of British University) (2011)
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(The sorrowful future of British University). Place publique, 47-53

In the United Kingdom, where no in-depth debate has ever taken place on the missions of higher education, for thirty years we have witnessed a more or less accentuated rapprochement between universities and their territories. But decentralization cou... Read More about L’avenir douloureux de l’université brittanique (The sorrowful future of British University).

Urban research in the knowledge economy: Content, context and outlook (2011)
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May, T., & Perry, B. (2011). Urban research in the knowledge economy: Content, context and outlook. Built Environment, 37(3), 352-368

As discourses of knowledge-based growth and their spatial implications have taken hold, the presuppositions about the relationship between urban research and practice require systematic re-evaluation. Universities have become implicated in local g... Read More about Urban research in the knowledge economy: Content, context and outlook.

Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development (2011)
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May, T., & Perry, B. (2011). Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development. Local Economy, 26(8), 715-720. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211422192

Increasing attention is being focused upon the roles of cities in knowledge-based development in the context of debates around the relationships between science, technology and innovation and economic growth. The article argues that underlying assump... Read More about Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development.

Universities and cities: Governance, institutions and mediation (2011)
Journal Article
Perry, B. (2011). Universities and cities: Governance, institutions and mediation. Built Environment, 37(3), 245-259

This article highlights the various ways in which the relationship between universities and cities has been understood in different contexts and the tensions which emerge. A framework for understanding is then presented via a broader discussion of... Read More about Universities and cities: Governance, institutions and mediation.

Taking urban knowledge exchange seriously: devilish dichotomies and active intermediation (2010)
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Perry, B., & May, T. (2010). Taking urban knowledge exchange seriously: devilish dichotomies and active intermediation. International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, 1(1-2), 6-24

Knowledge exchange and innovation have a strong local dimension and require face-to-face relationships and collaborations between universities, industries and governments. Cities are turning to the knowledge base to enhance their own socio-economic d... Read More about Taking urban knowledge exchange seriously: devilish dichotomies and active intermediation.

Excelência, relevância e a universidade o missing middle do envolvimento socio econonómico (Excellence, relevance and the university: the missing middle in socio-economic engagement) (2008)
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Perry, B., & May, T. (2008). Excelência, relevância e a universidade o missing middle do envolvimento socio econonómico (Excellence, relevance and the university: the missing middle in socio-economic engagement). Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 56, 105-128

A economia política internacional do ensino superior é caracterizada por uma crescente globalização e regionalização de actividades. Neste âmbito, é notória a ênfase colocada no papel das universidades como motores de desenvolvimento económico e soci... Read More about Excelência, relevância e a universidade o missing middle do envolvimento socio econonómico (Excellence, relevance and the university: the missing middle in socio-economic engagement).

The multi-level governance of science policy in England (2007)
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Perry, B. (2007). The multi-level governance of science policy in England. Regional Studies, 41(8), 1051-1067. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701530881

This article outlines contemporary changes in the governance of science policy in England and assesses the recent emergence of regional science policies. The early 2000s have been marked by substantial sub-national mobilization, representation and in... Read More about The multi-level governance of science policy in England.