SEEK: Salford Environment for Expertise and Knowledge
Beth Perry
Dr Beth Perry
postal addressCentre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6DW.
email addressb.perry@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 4018
website addresswww.surf.salford.ac.uk
Key Memberships
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Member of Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law & the Built Environment
From January 2000 to September 2010.
Member of School: School of the Built Environment
From January 2000 to present.
Profile Summary

1. Rethinking Scale and Multi-Level Governance

These interests relate to the changing relationship between scales of action at European, national, regional and local levels as a result of a series of drivers in the international politcal economy (particularly those of globalisation and neo-liberalism). In the context of debates around the 'hollowing out' of the state, I am interested in the roles of regions, cities and other spatial scales in a number of policy fields.

2. Politics, Policy and Place

I am interested in the dynamics of places and the political, economic, social and civic interests which shape them. This includes how coalitions for action are built and processes of policy-making at national and local scales of action that include or exclude these interests, as well as the discourses that are appropriated to justify and legitimate policy decisions - and the gap between rhetoric and implementation on the ground.

3. Science, Innovation and Universities

This final set of interests relates to how the dynamics of neo-liberalism, a post-fordist economy and globalisation affect the capacity and capability of different places for economic and social development. In particular, I am considering what the relationship is between science, innovation and economic development at the sub-national level and the subsequent implications for universities. This theme therefore brings together literatures on governance, economic development and science and technology studies.

Key Qualifications
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2010
PhD Rethinking and Rescaling Science? (from University of Salford ).
2000
MA European Integration (from University of Bradford ).
1999
BA (Hons) European Studies and French (from University of Manchester).
Key Projects
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2012
Jan
Cultural intermediation: connecting communities in the creative urban economy
AHRC, £457,377.00.
Principal Investigator: B Perry (80%). Co-Investigator: T May (20%).
2011
Mar
Connecting Communities in the City:the role of cultural intermediaries and cultural learning
AHRC, £3,033.00.
Investigator: B Perry (100%).
2010
Jul
Mistra Urban Futures
Chalmers University of Technology, £449,965.00.
Principal Investigator: T May (60%). Co-Investigators: B Perry (30%), M Hodson (10%).
2009
Jul
Northern Way Research Programme and Symposium
Newcastle University, £5,000.00.
Principal Investigator: B Perry (100%).
2009
Jul
Innovative Urban Environments
Manchester Enterprises Ltd, £69,500.00.
Principal Investigator: T May (50%). Co-Investigator: B Perry (50%).
2009
Jul
Multi-Level Governance of Science and Innovation Policy, OECD Regional Review of Innovation: Catalonia, Spain
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, £3,465.00.
Principal Investigator: B Perry (100%).
2008
Mar
Territorial Knowledge in States with Dominant Capital Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Cities and Regions in Shaping Transitions in Science and Technology
British Academy, £5,400.00.
Investigators: M Hodson (25%), B Perry (25%), T May (25%), S Marvin (25%).
2007
Mar
Mistra Pre-Research Project Sustainable Urban Development
MISTRA, £23,000.00.
Investigators: S Marvin (47%), M Hodson (3%), T May (47%), B Perry (3%).
2007
Jan
Business and Knowledge Based Region
ESRC, £41,270.00.
Investigators: T May (40%), B Perry (60%).
2004
Mar
Building science regions in the European Research Area: Governance in the Territorial Agora
ESRC, £152,548.00.
Investigators: B Perry (90%), T May (10%).
2002
Apr
Making Science History : The Regionalisation of Science Policy
ESRC, £41,467.00.
Investigators: S Marvin (50%), B Perry (50%).
Key Publications
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Authored Books
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011, Social Research and Reflexivity: Content, Consequences and Context, Sage, London, UK.
Refereed Journal Articles
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011, 'Contours and Conflicts in Scale: Science, Knowledge and Urban Development', Local Economy, 26(8), pp.715-720.
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011, 'Urban Research in the Knowledge Economy: Content, Context and Outlook', Built Environment, 37(3), pp.352-368.
2011
Jan
Perry, B 2011, 'Universities and Cities: Governance, Institutions and Mediation', Built Environment, 37(3), pp.245-260.
2010
Jan
Perry, B & May, T 2010, 'Urban Knowledge Exchange: Devilish Dichotomies and Active Intermediation', International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, 1(1-2), pp.6-24.
Book Sections
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011 'Comparative Research: Potentials and Problems', in: Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process, 4th edition, Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead, UK.
2011
Jan
Perry, B 2011 'Case studies', in: Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process, 4th edition, Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead, UK.
2010
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2010 'Translation, Insulation and Mediation: Universities in an Age of Ambivalence', in: Benneworth, P (ed.), Universities Engagement with Socially Excluded Communities. : , Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Other Publications
2009
Apr
Perry, B 2009, Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy. Has the Time Come for the UK - As Part of a Clear Economic Strategy -To Make Choices about the Balance of Investment in Science and Innovation to Favour Those Areas in which the UK has Clear Competitive Advantage , (13), Submission of Evidence to: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee - Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy, London, UK.
2008
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2008, Science Parks as Active Intermediaries, (The Quarterly Journal of the UK Science Parks Association), UKSPA, ., United Kingdom.
2007
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2007, An Entrepreneurial Approach to Regional Research? Regions, (267), RSA, ., UK.
2006
Jan
Perry, B & May, T 2006, Round pegs, round holes: the English Science Cities, Parliamentary Brief, (10: 11), Parliamentary Brief, London, United Kingdom.
2006
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2006, Regional and Local Science Policies : Towards Balanced Excellence and Growth?, (263), RSA, ., United Kingdom.
Reports for External Bodies
2009
Nov
Perry, B 2009, 'In Boom and Bust: Is (Not) Investing in Innovation Worth the Risk?', for: Briefing Paper for the Northern Way Research Programme: Turning Points, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK.
2009
Aug
Perry, B 2009, 'The Multi-Level Governance of Science and Innovation', for: Report to OECD Regional Reviews of Innovation Programme, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Paris, France .
Key Presence
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Conference Organisation
2006
Jun
From Information to Intelligence: University Engagement and Strategic Socio-Economic Development. (Manchester, United Kingdom, June 2006).

Seminar aimed at mixed academic/policy audience organised as part of ESRC Network on the 'Embedded University'.

2005
Nov
Governing Science: Towards and Interdisciplinary Narrative of Change? (Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2005).

Funding (£8k) for two-day international academic seminar secured from ESRC Science in Society programme.

2003
May
Science and UK Regions (Manchester, United Kingdom, May 2003).

Policy Seminar organised as part of ESRC Project L144250004.

Conference Presentations
2012
Mar
Researching the Sustainable City: Local Interaction Platforms as Conceptual and Methodological Innovation? (British Sociological Association Climate Change Study Group Seminar, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, March 2012).
2011
Dec
Active Intermediaries for Knowledge Exchange (Bridging the Gap Knowledge Exchange Conference, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, December 2011).

May, T and Perry, B

2010
Dec
Re-thinking sustainable urbanism: what knowledge and how? (Regional Studies Association Winter Conference Regions and the Environment, London Voluntary Resource Centre, United Kingdom, December 2010).

Perry, B. and May, T. 

2007
Dec
The North West Science Strategy: Review of Challenges and Opportunites (Nuclear Sub-Group of NWSC, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, United Kingdom, December 2007).

Perry, B.

2007
Oct
Innovation Culture or Anti-Science Britain? Invited panellist (ESRC Science in Society Final Programme Event , Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom, October 2007 to October 2007).

Perry, B.

2007
Jul
The North West Science Strategy: Review of Challenges and Opportunities (North West Science Council, Manchester Incubator, United Kingdom, July 2007).

Perry, B. 

2007
Feb
Realising the Potential of Science Cities (Science Cities National Conference, United Kingdom, February 2007 to February 2007).

With Tim May.

2003
Nov
Regional Science and Industry Councils: Developing Successful Strategies for Regional Science (Chair and Presenter. HERDA-SW Annual Conference, Aim Higher, Imperial Hotel, Torquay, United Kingdom, November 2003 to November 2003).

Perry, B.

2003
Sep
Making Science History: The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (Paper to Regional Governance and Science Policy Session , BA Festival of Science, Salford, United Kingdom, September 2003 to September 2003).

Perry, B.

2002
Nov
Is UK Science and Innovation Policy Region-Blind? A View from the English Regions? (Breaking Boundaries, Building Bridges, the 4th Triple Helix Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2002 to November 2002).

Perry, B.

2002
Aug
Making Science History : The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (EASST Conference, University of York, United Kingdom, August 2002 to August 2002).

Perry, B.

2002
May
Universities, External Relations and the Knowledge Economy: In Search of Distinctiveness (Institute of Social Research Post-Graduate Conference, Salford, United Kingdom, May 2002 to May 2002).

Perry, B.

Honours and Awards
2000
Jan
NatWest Dissertation Prize for best MA in European Integration (University of Bradford,, United Kingdom, January 2000).
1999
Jan
Charles Robinson Scholarship for Modern Languages (University of Manchester , United Kingdom, January 1999).
1999
Jan
Philip and Zilla Wadsworth Award for Outstanding Performance in French (University of Manchester, United Kingdom, January 1999).
Internal University Support Received
2002
Jan
Conference attendance 'Breaking Boundaries, Building Bridges' 2002 in Copenhagen, with assistance from International Travel Fund (January 2002).
Invited Papers and Lectures
2012
Jan
Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Knowledge and Expertise for Low Carbon Sustainable Cities (Invited expert at UK Trade and Investment/Department for Energy and Climate Change panel session , Chennai, India, January 2012).

Perry, B

2010
Jun
Developing Knowledge-Intensive Low Carbon Futures: Contexts, Consequences and Challenges (European Commission Cities of Tomorrow Initiative, Brussels, Belgium, June 2010).

Marvin, S. and Perry, B.

2010
Mar
Innovation in the North of England: Drivers, Progress and Prospects (Symposium on Economic Development, Northern Way, Lowry, Salford, United Kingdom, March 2010).

Perry, B.

2010
Feb
Implementing the Innovation Fund: Comparing Expectations and Practices (Presentation to the Gateway Review Group, Commission for the New Economy. Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2010).

Perry, B. and May, T.

2010
Jan
Questions, Challenges and Lessons in City-Regional Innovation ( Leeds Innovation Capital Executive, Bradford, United Kingdom, January 2010).

May, T. and Perry, B.

2009
Jun
Universities, Knowledge Exchange and Active Intermediaries: Context, Cultures and Consequences (The Economic and Social Research Council North West Knowledge Transfer Higher Education Institutions Network, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, June 2009).

With Tim May

2009
May
Designing and Operationalising the Fund: Joint Presentation of Work Packages 1 and 2 of Innovative Urban Environments (Presentation to the Gateway Review Group, Commission for the New Economy. Manchester, United Kingdom, May 2009).
With Tim May
2008
Feb
Science Parks as Active Intermediaries. Context, Challenges and Opportunities (Organised under ESRC Impact Grant, Workshop at UK Science Parks Association January Members Meeting. Sheffield, United Kingdom, February 2008).

With Tim May.

2008
Feb
Business and the Knowledge Based Region. (Keynote speaker at Workshop with the British Chambers of Commerce at Regional Business Summit, London, United Kingdom, February 2008).

With Tim May.

2007
Jul
Science Cities: Context, Contributions and Implications (Science Cities, Local Authority Research Council Initiative , Manchester Museum for Science and Industry, United Kingdom, July 2007).
With Tim May
2007
Feb
Knowledge Transfer Between University and Health Sectors. Production, Transmission, Reception (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Warwick University, United Kingdom, February 2007).
With Tim May
2006
Jul
From Information to Intelligence (Seminar on University Engagement and Strategic Socio-Economic Development, ESRC Network , Manchester, United Kingdom, July 2006).
Tim May and Beth Perry
2006
Jun
The Embedded University in the Science-Economy: Capacities, Contexts and Expectations (University of Glamorgan Business School, United Kingdom, June 2006).

Perry, B.

2005
Nov
Science Frictions and Fictions: English Science Policy Post-DIAMOND (Paper discussed at Governing Science Event, SURF Centre. Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2005).

Perry, B.

2005
Jan
Science, Governance and Economic Development (Department of Geography Seminar Series, University of Hull, United Kingdom, January 2005).

Perry, B.

2004
Oct
Building Science Regions in the European Research Area (North West Science Alliance, Manchester, United Kingdom, October 2004).

Perry, B.

2004
Sep
Rethinking or Hollowing Out the University? External Engagements and Internal Transformations in the Knowledge Economy (OECD Institutional Management in Higher Education Programme, Choices and Responsibilities: Higher Education in the Knowledge Society, Paris, France, September 2004).

Michael Harloe and Beth Perry.

2004
Aug
Science, Governance and Economic Development ( Public Proofs: Science, Technology and Democracy, 4S and EASST, Ecoles des Mines, Paris, France, August 2004).

Perry, B.

2004
May
Context and Challenges for the HESP (Presentation to Thinking Allowed: The Trent HESP Summit, , Breadsall Priory Hotel, United Kingdom, May 2004).
With Tim May
2004
May
Context and Challenges for the HESP (Thinking Allowed: The Trent HESP Summit, Breadsall Priory Hotel, United Kingdom, May 2004).

With Tim May.

2004
Apr
Universities in an Age of Transformation in a Europe of Knowledge: Reflections on 'Manchester-Knowledge Capital (The Mellon-Sawyer Seminar. Towards and Transnational and Transcultural Europe, Cornell University, Institute of European Studies., United States, April 2004).
With Tim May
2004
Apr
Regional Science Policy and ERAs. The Governance of Science Policy (Business and Devolution Conference, Durham Business School, United Kingdom, April 2004).

Perry, B with Charles, D.

2004
Feb
Science Friction, Fiction and Fact. English Regional Science Policy Post-DIAMOND (Presentation to White Rose Consortium and Yorkshire and Humberside, Leeds University, United Kingdom, February 2004).

Perry, B.

2004
Feb
Science Fiction, Fiction and Fact. English Regional Science Policy Post-DIAMOND (White Rose Consortium and Yorkshire and Humberside, Leeds University, United Kingdom, February 2004).

Perry, B.

2004
Feb
North West Regional Science Policy ( North West Science Council, United Kingdom, February 2004).

Perry, B.

2003
Dec
Making Science History : The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (Presentation to ESRC Science in Society Programme, London, United Kingdom, December 2003).

Perry, B.

2003
Nov
On the Mode 2 Change? Reflections on Manchester-Knowledge Capital (Tensions and Continuities in Self, Occupational and Organisational Identities: The Case of Knowledge Workers, as part of ESRC Seminar on Individual and Collective Identities in Organisations Experiencing Rapid Change, SURF Centre, United Kingdom, November 2003).

Perry, B.

2003
Nov
Chair and Presenter - Regional Science and Industry Councils (Chair of HERDA-SW Annual Conference, Aim Higher, Imperial Hotel, Torquay, United Kingdom, November 2003).

Perry, B.

2003
Nov
Rhetorics and Realities: Regional Science Policy in the Knowledge Economy (Institute for Innovation Research Seminar Series, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2003).

Perry, B.

2003
May
Making Science History: The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (Presentation at Regions and Science Policy, London, United Kingdom, May 2003).
Simon Marvin with Beth Perry
2003
May
Making Science History: The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (Science and the UK Regions: Towards the Regionalisation of Science Policy?, URBIS, Manchester, United Kingdom, May 2003).
Simon Marvin and Beth Perry
2003
Apr
Making Science History : The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (Knowledge and Economic and Social Change: New Challenges to Innovation Studies, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 2003).

Perry, B.

2002
Dec
Universities, Localities And Regional Development: The Emergence Of The 'Mode 2' University? (Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge Economy, Innsbruck, Austria, December 2002).

With Michael Harloe.

2002
Jul
Regions and University Knowledge: Rhetoric and Reality? (The Networked University, CHEPS Summer School , Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona,, Spain, July 2002).

Perry, B.

Other
2011
Nov
Integrated Visions for Knowledge Cities (United Kingdom, November 2011).

 Presentation to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Other Evidence of External Esteem
2007
Dec
University in the City Conference (United Kingdom, December 2007).

Dec 07-Jul 09. Executive Theme Leader 'City Futures and Urban Knowledge Arenas' for International Conference organised by Salford University in July 2009.

2007
Jun
Participation in NESTA's CRUCIBLE Think Lab programme (United Kingdom, June 2007).
2005
May
Member of the Triple Helix Scientific Committee for the 5th Triple Helix conference 'The Capitalisation of Knowledge: Cognitive, Economic, Social and Cultural Aspects' (Italy, May 2005).
2004
May
Code of Recruitment Course (United Kingdom, May 2004).

University of Salford, Staff Development Course.

2004
Feb
Interviewing Skills (United Kingdom, February 2004).

University of Salford, Staff Development Course.

2003
Jan
Member of the 'Transatlantic Forum on the Future of Universities' Network (January 2003).

Funded by the Ford Foundation.

2001
Mar
First Aid at Work Certificate (United Kingdom, March 2001).

University of Salford, Staff Development Course.

2001
Mar
Intermediate Web Authoring (United Kingdom, March 2001).

University of Salford, Staff Development Course.

Other Research Activity
2008
Jan
Innovative Urban Environments: Evaluation, Learning and Representation (United Kingdom, January 2008).

Jan 08-Dec 10. With Tim May. Manchester: Knowledge Capital. With Manchester Institute of Research Innovation as Partners. £360K.

2007
Dec
Business, Innovation and Place (United Kingdom, December 2007).

Dec 07-Apr 08. British Chambers of Business. £24.5k. Principal Investigator. With Tim May.

2007
Sep
City-Regions, County Regions and Sub-National Governance. Cheshire County Council (United Kingdom, September 2007).

Sep 07-Oct 07. £10k. Principal Investigator. With Mike Hodson, Tim May and Simon Marvin.

2007
Aug
The Manchester Innovation Eco-System Audit (United Kingdom, August 2007).

 Provision of Independent Expert Advice to Manchester Enterprises. £3k.

2007
Feb
Submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review on Behalf of the Science Cities Consortium (United Kingdom, February 2007).

Science Cities Consortium. £9k. Co-Investigator. With Tim May.

2006
Oct
Realising the Potential of Science Cities: Evidence, Practice and Transferable Lessons. Phase 1 (United Kingdom, October 2006).

Oct 06-Jan 07. Science Cities Consortium. £50k. Co-investigator with Tim May.

2006
Sep
The Greater Manchester Urban Knowledge Arena (United Kingdom, September 2006).

The CONTACT Partnership. £40k. With Tim May (SURF), Jeremy Howells (PREST), Ossie Jones (MMU).

2006
Feb
The Embedded University in the Science-Economy: Capacities, Contexts and Expectations Network (United Kingdom, February 2006).

Feb 06-Aug 06.  ESRC. £20k. Co-investigator. With Tim May. Partners: PREST (University of Manchester) and IIP/CURDS (University of Newcastle). RES-171-25-007

2005
Dec
The Embedded University: Contect, Opportunities and Ways Forward (United Kingdom, December 2005).

Dec 05-Apr 05.  London Southbank University. £50k. With Tim May.

2004
Nov
Regional Knowledge Transfer: The Research-Practice Relationship Between Universities and the Health Sector (United Kingdom, November 2004).

Nov 04-May 06. Trent Strategic Health Authority. £96k. Co-investigator. With Tim May and Vicky Simpson.

2004
Aug
Long-Term Evaluation of the Operation and Effectiveness of Elected Regional Assemblies (United Kingdom, August 2004).

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. £1m. Consortium led by Alan Harding, SURF.

2004
Jun
Lead on SURF Research Forum (United Kingdom, June 2004).

To Dec 2006.

2004
Jan
Taking the Trent HESP Forward: From Consultation to Constitution (United Kingdom, January 2004).

Jan 04-Mar 04. Trent Workforce Development Confederation. £45k. Co-investigator. With Tim May.

2003
Jan
Knowledge Capital (United Kingdom, January 2003).

Jan 03-May 03. CONTACT Partnership. £40k. Co-investigator. With Tim May.

2002
Nov
Rethinking the University II (United Kingdom, November 2002).

University of Salford (internal contract). £6k.

2002
Jul
Identifying Strategic Priorities for the Trent Health and Education Strategic Partnership (United Kingdom, July 2002).

Jul 02-Sep 03. Trent Workforce Development Confederation. £12k. Co-investigator. With Tim May.

2002
Jun
Understanding Innovation Drivers-Building in Sensitivity (United Kingdom, June 2002).

Jun 02-Sep 02.  North West Innovation and Technology Advisory Baord, NWDA. £6K. Co-investigator. With Tim May.

2002
May
Rethinking the University (United Kingdom, May 2002).

University of Salford (internal contract). £6k.

2002
Mar
Evaluating Urban Futures. DTLR New Horizons Programme (United Kingdom, March 2002).

Mar 02- Apr 03. . £40k. With Simon Marvin, Tim May and Marika Puglisi.

2001
Dec
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Commonwealth Games (United Kingdom, December 2001).

Manchester City Council. £3k. With Alan Harding.

2001
Nov
Hulme - 5 Years on from City Challenge (United Kingdom, November 2001).

Nov 01-May 02. Manchester City Council. £40k. With Alan Harding, Marika Puglisi and Emma Kyng.

2001
Jan
Feasibility Study for Urban Regional Foresight Laboratory (United Kingdom, January 2001).

 With Simon Marvin, Ian Cooper and Marika Puglisi.

2001
Jan
The Liverpool-Manchester Vision Study (United Kingdom, January 2001).

Jan 01-Oct 01. European Commission,NWDA. Manchester City Council and Liverpool City Council. £150k. With Alan Harding and Stuary Wilks-Heeg.

Other University Research Roles
2003
Jan
Web editor SURF website and SURF E-news (United Kingdom, January 2003).

 To date

2002
Jan
Contract Research Staff Representative on University Research Committee (United Kingdom, January 2002 to December 2003).