Running Stream Professor of Employment & Regional Development
Tel: 0113 81 ext 23221
Fax:+44 (0) 113 812 3224
j.shutt@leedsmet.ac.uk

John Shutt is Professor of employment & Regional Development, and Director of the European Regional Business & Economic Development Unit (ERBEDU), at Leeds Business School.

John was previously Deputy Director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, Manchester, the local government economic think tank, and has worked for Sheffield and Birmingham City Councils and Central Lancashire Development Corporation in the economic development, housing and planning fields.

John has extensive United Kingdom and European experience in urban and regional economic development policy and has undertaken research assignments in China, South Africa and the United States. He has undertaken research for the European Commission, British Council, local authorities, Training and Enterprise Councils and the not-for-profit and private sectors. He has undertaken a wide variety of urban regeneration research. He is currently researching the new Regionalism, regional and local economic development strategies, regional economic development agencies and city futures and European Union regional policy.

He teaches at Leeds Business School on the Leeds MBA, the Masters in Policy Studies, the Masters in Economic Regeneration and the MSc in Management Consultancy.

His main interests are in European and regional economic development, local economic development, private sector change management, strategic consultancy work, public-private partnerships, regional governance, urban policy, and strategic spatial planning.

Professional Memberships:
Member of the Editorial Board of Local Economy Journal
Member of the Institute for Small Business Enterpreneurship (ISBE)
Member of the Regional Studies Association (RSA)
Member of the Institute of Economic Development (IED)
Member of the Urban Affairs Association, USA

Recent Selected Publications:

2001-Present | Publications 1994-2000 | Publications 1976-1993 |

Reports
SHUTT, J., EVANSs, N., KOUTSOUKOSs, S., WISHARDT, M., LITTLEWOOD, S. (2007) The Possibilities for Success of the Sustainable Communities Approach and its Implementation, Vols 1 & 2. Commissioned by the European Parliament Regi Committee. European Commission, May 2007.

HENDERSON, R. and SHUTT, J. ed. et.al. (2006) Essays on the Yorkshire and Humber Region. Leeds Metropolitan Research Report, September 2006.

SHUTT, J. and KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2005) Changing Funding Programmes: Impact on the Voluntary and Community Sector and Consequences for the Yorkshire and Humber RegionOctober 2005.

KUMI-AMPOFO, F., BRAUNHOLTZ, T., and SHUTT, J. (2005) Engaging social enterprise in North Yorkshire: end of project evaluation. Report for the North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations (NYFVO), October 2005.

SHUTT, J. and KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2005) Economic Impact Analysis of Job Losses in the Wakefield District. A report for Yorkshire Forward, June 2005.

SHUTT, J., KOUTSOUKOS, S. (2005) Czech Structural Funds Programme 2004 2006. Implications of the N+2 rule. Report for the Czech Ministry of Regional Development, Prague, May 2005.

KOUTSOUKOS, S., SHUTT, J. (2004)emerging Lessons from the Mid-Term Evaluation 2003 of EU Structural Funds. STEER Special Policy Briefing for Local Government Information Unit, March 2004.

HENDERSON, R., KUMI-AMPOFO, F., SHUTT, J. Eds. et.al. (2004) The Social and Economic Regeneration of the Ryedale District Sing Regeneration Budget Round 5 Evaluation. Report for Ryedale District Council., May 2004

HART, T., KOUTSOUKOS, S., SHUTT, J. (2003) Yorkshire and Humber Objective 2 Mid-term evaluation. Report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, October 2003.

SHUTT. J., MALLIK, B. (2003) Community Education Network Essential Skills Project (CENESP) Single Regeneration Budget Final evaluation. Report for Leeds City Council, 2003.

HAUGHTON, G., SHUTT, J., KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2003) Supporting Social Enterprise in the Humber: The Next Steps. Report for Business Link Humber.

SHUTT, J., KOUTSOUKOS, S. (2003) Regenerating the Wakefield District 2003-2006. Report for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and Yorkshire Forward, 2003.

SHUTT, J., KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2003)The Economic Impact of the Leeds Supertram Metro. Report for Leeds City Council, and DfT.

SHUTT, J., HENDERSON, R., KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2002) The Selby Coalfield Impact Study. Report for Yorkshire Forward, published by Leeds Metropolitan University, July 2002.

SHUTT, J., HAUGHTON, G., KUMI-AMPOFO, F (2001) Advancing Community Partnerships: The Social Economy in Yorkshire and the Humber. Report for Yorkshire Forward, November 2001.

SHUTT, J., CLARKE, T., SUTHERLAND, J., KOUTOSUKOS, S. (2001) Alive With Opportunities: Evaluating Young Business Start-up Success, 1994-1999. National Report. The Prince's Trust

Shutt, J., Sutherland, J. & Koutsoukos, S. (2001) Alive With Opportunities: evaluating young business start-up success, 1994-1999. Executive Summary.The Prince's Trust.

Refereed Articles
KOUTSOUKOS, S., PELUCHA, M., SHUTT, J. (2008) The Czech Republic's Structural Funds Implementation and Delivery in the Programming Period 2007 2013: critical issues. Urban Regeneration Management: International Perspectives. (Forthcoming 2008)

KOUTSOUKOS, S., PELUCHA, M., SHUTT, J. (2008) The Czech Republic's Structural Funds Implementation and Delivery in the Programming Period 2007 2013: critical issues. Local Government Journal (Forthcoming 2008)

SHUTT, J., KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2006) In the Balance. Voluntary funding threat. In European Information Bulletin (LDIB, Issue 266, January 2006.

SHUTT, J., HENDERSON, R. (2005) The Future for Local Economic Development Under New Labour? A New Sub-Regional Development Agency 'Wakefield first.In Local Economy Journal, Volume 20, No.2, pp. 244-251. May 2005.

KOUTSOUKOS, S., SHUTT, J., SUTHERLAND, J. (2005) Evaluating the Prince's Trust young people's start-up programme1994-1999. Reflections and Policy Implications. In Journal for Industry and Higher Education, Volume 19, No1, February 2005.

HENDERSON, R., SHUTT, J. (2004).Responding to the coalfield closure: old issues fir a new Regional Development Agency? In Local Economy Journal, issue 19 (1), pp25-37. February 2004.

HENDERSON, R., SHUTT, J. (2003) The Selby Coalfield Task Force: an evaluation. In Journal of Local Economic Policy, Volume 19, no.1, February 2004.

SHUTT, J., SUTHERLAND, J. (2003)Encouraging the transition into self-employment. In Regional Studies Journal, Vol. 37, no.1, pp. 97-103, 2003. ISSN: 0034-3404 print / 1360-0591 online.

SHUTT, J., KOUTSOUKOS, S., COLWELL, A. (2002) Signed and Sealed: but can we deliver? In European Planning Studies, Volume 10, no.1, 2002.

Non Refereed Articles
SHUTT, J. (2005) City Regions. In New Start Magazine, pp. 1, April 2005.

SHUTT, J., HENDERSON, R., KUMI-AMPOFO, F., THURSFIELD, D. (2002) The Selby Coal Mines: Regional Effects of Closure. In Yorkshire and Humber Regional Review, Vol. 12, No. 3, Winter 2002.

SHUTT, J., HAUGHTON, G., KUMI-AMPOFO, F. (2002) Advancing community partnerships: The Social Economy in Yorkshire and the Humber. In Yorkshire and Humber Regional Review, Vol. 12, no.1, May 2002.