Centre for Urban Development

and Environmental Management

Staff

Suzanne Hanson
Senior Lecturer
Tel: +44 (0)113 283 2600 ext. 7637
Email: s.hanson@leedsmet.ac.uk

Research Interests

Suzanne’s research interests are in the field of local economic development and regeneration, skills and lifelong learning and labour markets. Suzanne has been involved in a wide range of research and consultancy projects for UK government departments, regional development agencies and local authorities. Recent projects include: the Evaluation of the New Deal for Communities (Worklessness) specifically looking at skills for employability (ODPM): the Evaluation of the Working Neighbourhood Pilots (DWP); the Cluster skills strategy and the Skills Audit for the Learning and Skills Council South Yorkshire.

Current interests include:
• The geography of the knowledge based economy and its role in facilitating regional economic development
• The production of community strategies and spatial planning for cities and sub-regions.

Recent Publications include:

Hanson (2004) ‘The Evaluation of Job Brokerage Schemes’ Research Report. Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, ODPM Forthcoming

Hanson, S (2004) ‘Skills for Employability: Interim Findings’, Case Study Report. Research Report (41), Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, ODPM

Hanson, S (2003) ‘Skills for Employability: Early Findings’, Case Study Report. Research Report (6), Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, ODPM

Hanson, S. (2003) ‘The Knowledge Cluster: The case of the ceramics cluster in Sassuolo Italy’, Paper to the International Conference on ‘Knowledge-based Economy and Regional Economic Development, St Johns, NL, Canada, October

Hanson, S (2002) ‘Evaluating Cluster Policy’, Paper to the Regional Studies Association Cluster Seminar Series, University of Glasgow, January