City-REDI is a leading evidence-based and policy-focused academic research institute, focusing on finding solutions to people and place-based inclusive economic, social and environmental development.
Based at the University of Birmingham, our mission is to work in partnership with people and places to facilitate local, regional and responsible growth for the benefit of all.
Our work focuses on the following research areas:
- Ideas – the generation of new ideas and innovation as essential for creative, successful, and resilient regions.
- People – creating successful places through successful people.
- Infrastructure – including green and blue, digital, energy, transport and housing as essential components of place-based growth and prosperity.
- Business – businesses as the drivers of employment and skills to drive wealth locally.
- Places – focused on places, institutions and how key policies come together and interact in positive ways.
We run two major research council funded projects:
WMREDI
WMREDI is the sister institute of City-REDI and is based in the University of Birmingham’s Exchange building, in the heart of Birmingham. It aims to support inclusive economic growth in the West Midlands and the UK.
WMREDI is a collaborative partnership funded by Research England, University of Birmingham and other key regional stakeholders in the West Midlands.
The Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub
The Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub seeks to address nationwide issues through local partnership and place.
By working with local LPIPs, the Hub aims understand and solve local challenges around the UK through innovative and effective service-driven approach to place-based policy making and public service delivery. The LPIP Hub is designed to lead to a step-change in the quality and impact of the evidence created by universities and their local place partners.
The Hub has received £3.6 million in funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Innovate UK. It is a national consortium, led by the University of Birmingham, convening stakeholders across the research and policy ecosystem.
