This webinar brought together a panel of experts and practitioners to explore the challenge of a just transition across local economies in the UK.

Speakers and chair

Linda Clarke is Professor of European Industrial Relations in the Westminster Business School. Linda is also co-director of the Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment. Linda has expertise in the history of labour relations, vocational education and training, and in labour and climate transitions, in particular as it relates to the construction sector.

Andy Gouldson is Professor of Environmental Policy at the University of Leeds. His impact-oriented research focuses on promoting low-carbon and climate resilient development at the local and regional sclaes. Andy has built numerous bridges between disciplines and between academia and policy-making. For example, he is one of the founders and leads of the ESRC Place-based Climate Action Network and is one of the founders and Chair of the Leeds Climate Commission.

Charlotte Hartley is member of the Scottish Just Transition Commission, Trustee of the 2050 Climate Group and Engagement Strategist at Pale Blue Dot, which develops hydrogen and carbon capture projects in the UK.

Andy Pike is the Sir Henry Daysh Chair of Reg Dev Studies at Newcastle University. Andy’s research focuses on how regions and localities can govern their economic development in an international context while aiming for social and ecological progress. For example, his work has shed light on structural change and adaptation in British cities, the impact of financialization on local infrastructure, and the manufacturing renaissance in industrial regions and local industrial policy.

The panel will be chaired by Marion Dumas, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Marion’s current research combines economics and political economy to study the drivers of clean innovation, industrial policy and just transition policies.

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