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Global Production Networks: debates and challenges
This workshop was being held as part of the ongoing activities in the Geographical Political Economy Research Group at the University of Manchester. It brought together scholars from economic geography and cognate disciplines to discuss state of the art research into global value chains and production networks (GPN). The aim was to identify the common ground in the various approaches used to analyse the way in which global industries are organised and how this affects regional development, but also to highlight areas of research we feel are still underdeveloped. The structure of the workshop programme was laid out to reflect this need for debate in particular areas of research.
Workshop Report (pdf, 44KB)
Participants
- Kean Birch (CPPR, University of Glasgow )
- Sarah Bracking (IDPM, University of Manchester )
- Michael Bradshaw (Geography, University of Leicester )
- Gavin Bridge (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Noel Castree (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Keith Chapman (Geography, University of Aberdeen )
- Neil Coe (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Ian Cook (Geography, University of Birmingham )
- Andrew Cumbers (Geography, University of Glasgow )
- Stuart Dawley (CURDS, University of Newcastle )
- Peter Dicken (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- James Faulconbridge (Geography, University of Lancaster )
- Sarah Hall (Geography, University of Loughborough )
- Martin Hess (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Ray Hudson (Geography, Durham )
- Alex Hughes (Geography, University of Newcastle )
- Jennifer Johns (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Ross Jones (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Khalid Nadvi (IDPM, University of Manchester )
- Piotr Niewiadomski (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Marina Prietto-Carron (Geography, University of Bristol )
- Suzanne Reimer (Geography, University of Southampton )
- Adrian Smith (Geography, QMUL)
- Tim Sturgeon ( MIT Industrial Performance Center )
- Adam Swain (Geography, University of Nottingham )
- Erik Swyngedouw (GPERG, University of Manchester)
- Kevin Ward (GPERG, University of Manchester )
- Richard Whitley ( Manchester Business School )
- Neil Wrigley (Geography, University of Southampton )
Thursday 25 th January 2007
Session 1
2.00-2.30pm
Welcome and introduction (pdf, 98KB)
Neil Coe and Martin Hess (GPERG, SED, University of Manchester )
2.30-3.30pm
GPNs and multi-level institutional frameworks (pdf, 22KB)
Richard Whitley ( Manchester Business School )
Session 2
4.00-5.00pm
GPNs and non-linearity (pdf, 170KB)
Alex Hughes (Geography, University of Newcastle )
5.00-6.00pm
GPNs and complex governance (pdf, 170KB)
Tim Sturgeon ( MIT Industrial Performance Center )
Friday 26 th January 2007
Session 3
9.00-10.00am
GPNs and multi-scalar standards (pdf, 22KB)
Khalid Nadvi (IDPM, SED, University of Manchester )
10.00-11.00am
GPNs and labour (pdf, 70KB)
Andrew Cumbers (Geography, University of Glasgow )
Session 4
11.30am-12.30pm
GPNs and consumption (pdf, 450KB)
Suzanne Reimer (Geography, University of Southampton )
12.30-1.00pm
Discussants comments
Peter Dicken (GPERG, SED, University of Manchester )