The Northern Evidence Academic Forum will meet again on Wednesday 18 May, at the usual time of 12:00-14:00. The theme of this upcoming session is regional economic development, and will see academics and Northern policymakers discuss issues around the Government’s Levelling Up commitment.

We welcome the following presentations:

• An Overview of TfN’s economic development work to date - Brian Sloan, Research Manager at Transport for the North

• Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Nature and Scale of the Economic and Policy Challenge – Professor Ron Martin, University of Cambridge and Dr Ben Gardiner, Cambridge Econometrics

• Identifying Industrial Renewal Paths of Places for Levelling Up – Dr Enrico Vanino, University of Sheffield

This session is free to attend, and you can sign up here.