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Placecast

City-REDI, University of Birmingham

Welcome to Placecast, a Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub production based at the University of Birmingham.

Placecast is essential listening for those keen to explore the ins and outs of knowledge mobilisation for influence in central and local government, based on the view that it is only through animating the power of place-based leadership that the wicked problems of 2026 can become more manageable.

Whether you're a researcher, citizen scientist, an activist, a professional working within the public sector, a civil servant, politician, analyst or entrepreneur we think that it is through our networks that most solutions can be assembled, tested, and the learning shared before we go again and that universities can act as the repositories and observatories of these efforts. We are based in City-REDI and rooted in the LPIP programme funded by the ESRC and Innovate UK.

This podcast aims to highlight knowledge and evidence-based ways of working

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Episodes

26 episodes

  1. Placecast Episode 26: Rewiring the State for Devolution and Growth 50:29
  2. Placecast Episode 25: Rebuilding Local Economies Through Textiles and Procurement 49:58
  3. Placecast Episode 24: Manchesterism, Devolution and the Future of Place-Based Leadership 43:43
  4. Placecast Episode 23: Water, Place and the Power of Connection 42:11
  5. Placecast Episode 22: Ecological Citizenship, Stewardship and Local Democracy 46:17
  6. Placecast Episode 21: Place, Pride and Poetry - Creative Ways to Understand Community 59:37
  7. Placecast Episode 20: How AI Could Transform Local Government 39:39
  8. Placecast Episode 19: Why UK Local Economic Policy Keeps Failing 39:04
  9. Placecast Episode 18: Community-Driven Economic Growth in Wales 42:08
  10. Placecast Episode 17: Trust and Place-Based Innovation 1:01:03
  11. Placecast Episode 16: Beyond Publications - Building Research Careers That Matter 38:27
  12. Placecast Episode 15: Data, Devolution and Delivery 46:58
  13. Placecast Episode 14 - Power, Trust, and Community Organising in Birmingham 1:08:24
  14. Placecast Eps 13 - Planting Trees You’ll Never Sit Under: Why Nature Recovery Is Central to Regional Development 47:47
  15. Placecast Eps 12: Long Games and Local Places: How Rural Policy Really Changes 46:11
  16. Placecast podcast - Episode Eleven - How Yorkshire Is Rewiring Civic–Academic Collaboration: A Conversation with Kersten England 1:02:23
  17. Placecast Podcast - Episode Ten - What the UK Can Learn from Japan: Local Governance, Finance, and Place Leadership 46:10
  18. Placecast Podcast - Episode Nine - Place is a Unifying Force 38:08
  19. Placecast Podcast - Episode Eight - Dream Before You Think: Unlocking Civic Imagination for Social Change 51:48
  20. Placecast podcast - Episode Seven - Rethinking Public Funding and Place-Based Governance in England 45:26
  21. Placecast Podcast – Episode Six - Connecting Knowledge to Impact in the North East 47:34
  22. Placecast - Bridging the Gap: Universities, Policy, and the Power of Place 28:49
  23. Placecast - Inclusive Innovation - Gerardo Javier Arriaga-Garcia in discussion with Nina Ruddle 42:29
  24. Placecast - Abigail Taylor talks to Chris Naylor and Jamie Ounan about place leadership 41:32
  25. Placecast - Kostas Kollydas talks to Andy Westwood about skills at the local level 40:08
  26. Placecast - Nicola Headlam with Rebecca Riley and Abigail Taylor 1:03:01