Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography John Bryson
Colleges, School and Institutes
External positions
, Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands
2019 → …Design Council, Expert Advisory Group
2016 → 2018European Commission, Services and Internationalisation, Special Policy Committee
2013 → 2014Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP, Core Executive Group, Greater Birmingham Project
2013, Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP, Core Executive group, Strategic Economic Plan (SEP)
2013 → 2016Higher Level Group on Business Services, European Commission
2013 → 2014Inclusive Economic Growth lead for the Bishop of Birmingham's Social Inclusion Task Process
2012 → 2014Independent Chair of the Worcestershire Climate Change Task Group
2007 → 2017Member of European Commissions's European Forum on Services in the Internal Market
2006 → 2007European Association for Research on Services (RESER)
15 Sep 2004 → 15 Sep 2010Elmhurst Ballet School in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet
1 Mar 2003 → …Sebright Educational Foundation
1 Mar 2002 → …ASTON REINVESTMENT TRUST
1 Jan 2000 → 30 Sep 2015Research interests
John R. Bryson (BA (Hons) TCD, PhD Leic., FAcSS, FRGS, FHEA, FeRSA) has held research and teaching posts at the Universities of St Andrews, Cambridge, Wales and most recently at the University of Birmingham where he is Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography. He was Director of the Service and Enterprise Research Unit (SERU) and founder of City-REDI.
An economic geographer whose research focusses on understanding people and organisations in place and space and the ways in which place-based adaptation occurs including understanding barriers and enablers to adaptation. He has made significant contributions to understanding and explaining the complex ways in which production is organized through space and in place and via a variety of forms of enterprise.
Much of his research has focussed on developing an integrated approach to understanding city-regions. This includes research on property development and investment, financialization, infrastructure, knowledge-intensive services, manufacturing adaptation and innovation, alternative forms of innovation including end-user innovation, urban sustainability and resilience, air quality and environmental pollution, productivity, internationalisation, service offshoring and manufacturing reshoring, and innovation systems. One of his cross-cutting research interests including understanding rapid adaptation during times of disruptive and radical change. This includes citizen-led end-user innovation and the development of alternative solutions in response to private and public sector failure. This includes research on responsible citizenship and the role that responsible citizens can play in overcoming local infrastructure failure. It also includes a focus on resilience and the management of resilience.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Social Science, University of Leicester
Office Development and the Regional City: Process Interest and Organisation
Bachelor of Social Science, Trinity College
Two Subject Moderatorship, Geography and Sociology
Professional Qualifications
Fellow of the Regional Studies Association , FeRSA
2018 -Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences , FAcSS
15 Mar 2009 -Fellow of the Higher Education Academy , FHEA
2001 -Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society , FRGS
1998 -
Willingness to take PhD students
Yes
PhD projects
I am interested in working with PhD students working on topics that engage with understanding the complex interrelationships between business, or organisations, in place and across space. This includes organisational and individual behaviour.
Keywords
- G Geography (General) - Economic Geography
- HB Economic Theory - Global Production Networks
- HD28 Management. Industrial Management
- HE Transportation and Communications