Economic Geography Research Group

Fostering research in Economic Geography

Postgraduate Prizes

New postgraduate working paper prize

The EGRG are pleased to announce the launch of the Postgraduate Working Paper Prize

The winners of the 2009 prize were:

Phd Prize: Karen Lai (University of Nottingham, now at University of British Columbia).
"Approaches to ‘Markets’: The Development of Shanghai as an International Financial Centre" [View abstract].

Masters: Lucie Edwards (Newcastle University).
"NewcastleGateshead Place Marketing and the Attraction of a Creative Class" [View abstract].

Working Paper Prize (new for 2009): Franz Huber (University of Cambridge).
"Social capital of economic clusters: towards a network-based conception of social resources"

The winners of the 2008 prize were:

Phd Prize: Simon Turner (University of Durham, now at Department of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine).
"Learning in doing: the social anthropology of innovation in a large UK organisation" [View abstract].

Masters: Sarah Marie Hall (University of Liverpool).
"Developing moral identities: articulating ethics in family consumption" [View abstract].

2008 Prizes sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell

The winners of the 2007 prize were:

Phd Prize: Andrew Currah (Cambridge now at Oxford).
"The Internet gift economy: a study of socio-technological change in the US film industry" [View abstract].

Masters: Pedro Marques (CURDS, Newcastle.
"Regional paths to the knowledge economy: can all regions be knowledge based?" [View abstract].

The winners of the 2006 prize were:

Phd Prize: James Faulconbridge (Loughborough, now Lancaster).
"Local-global geographies of tacit knowledge production in London and New York's advertising and law professional service firms"

Masters: Will Harvey (Cambridge).
"Highly-skilled migration: An analysis of immigrant networks in biotechnology"

The winners of the 2005 prize were:

Phd Prize: Jennifer Johns (Manchester).
"Tracing the connections: Manchester's film and television industry"

Best MA Dissertation: Riccardo Crescenzi, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Dipartimento Di Economia).
"Innovation and regional growth in the Enlarged Europe: the role of local innovative capabilities, peripherality and education".

The winners of the 2004 prize were:

Phd Prize: Alan James (Cambridge).
"Regional culture, corporate strategy, and high tech innovation: Salt Lake City"

MA Prize: Marion Traub-Werner,
"Free trade and the performance of neo-liberalism".

The winners of the 2003 prize were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: No award.

Best published paper in economic geography: No award.

Travel award: Jane Holgate, (QMW).

The winners of the 2002 prize were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: No award.

Best published paper in economic geography: No award.

Travel award: Martin Bickl, (Durham).

The winners of the 2001 prize were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: Anthony Vigor, (Manchester).

Best published paper in economic geography: Danny MacKinnon, (Aberdeen).

Travel award: No award

The winners of the 2000 prize were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: No award.

Best published paper in economic geography: No award.

Travel award: Steve Wood, (Southampton) to travel to AAG in Pittsburgh.

The winners of the 1999 prize were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: Paul Bennett, (Oxford).

Best published paper in economic geography: Martin Jones, (Aberystwyth).

Travel award: No award.

The winners of the 1998 prize were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: Karen Bakker, (Oxford).

Best published paper in economic geography: Henry Yeung, (N U Singapore).

Travel awards: Andrew Lincoln (Southampton), Adam Holden (Manchester) and Anna Davies (Manchester) All to attend the AAG in Boston.

The winners for 1997 were:

Best conference paper in economic geography: Christian Berndt, Cambridge and Shaun French, (Bristol).

Best published paper in economic geography: Neil Coe, (Durham).

Travel awards: Mike Raco, Royal Holloway (to visit the USA), Kevin Ward, (Manchester) to visit Ireland.