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Accommodating Creative
Knowledge
Competitiveness in European
metropolitan regions
Centre for Urban and Regional Studies
University of Birmingham
ACRE is…
• International European
research project
• Over 4 years
• Creative and knowledge
intensive industries
• 13 EU cities as cases and
comparisons
• Policy oriented
Involving, in each city…
Researchers
Policy Makers
Creative People
Questions…
• How do cities attract companies, investments, and
talents?
• Creating ‘business climate’, or ‘people climate’ (or both)?
• Can creative cities be created ‘out of thin air’?
• Have ‘soft’ factors really become more important than
‘hard’ factors?
• Are there differences within Europe?
What we are doing…
 Surveys
 Graduates
 Workers
 Trans-national migrants
 Interviews with managers
 Assessment of competitiveness strategies
 Policy recommendations
We need you!
• Why are you located in Birmingham?
ACRE
• Is Birmingham a good place to live?
• Is Birmingham a good place to base a
business?
• What about your neighbourhood?
•Do you think Birmingham is a creative
city?
Contact the ACRE project team
Julie Brown
0121 414 2237
[email protected]
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/acre