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Research Interests
Community finance, social investment, social enterprise; Entrepreneurship, enterprise, sectors, clusters, value chains
; Geographies of the economy, regional and local economic development
Biography
Professor Nick Henry returned to academe with Coventry University in 2013 and was subsequently promoted to Co-Director, Centre for Business in Society. This followed ten years as a public policy and evaluation consultant culminating in his position as Consulting Director, Economic Development and Economic Policy at ICF GHK. Nick is a trained economic geographer who began his career in the Geography Department of the Open University before lectureships at Southampton and Birmingham universities and a Readership in Urban and Regional Studies at CURDS, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. From 2003-2007, he combined his Readership with consultancy before moving to full time policy consultancy and a Visiting Professorship at Newcastle. Nick has long run, substantial and wide-ranging experience of directing and managing research and consultancy projects on economic and social development for a range of mainly public clients from local to European levels. This interest is reflected further in his supervision of a number of CBiS postgraduate students: Victoria Barker, Ryan Bushell, Jonathan Gunson and Cristiana Pace.
Other positions:
- Visiting Fellow, School of Management, Cranfield University
- Visiting Fellow, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Director, Creative United Community Investment Company
- Editor-in-Chief, European Urban and Regional Studies
Vision Statement
As an economic geographer, I am interested in how local and regional economies are ‘made’ by the diversity of economic processes and activities and the subsequent impacts on people, communities and places. Through my public policy work, I engage with how policy is created and applied to both shape and ameliorate economic and social impacts. My current work on economic development includes: entrepreneurship, enterprise, sectors, clusters and value chains (especially advanced manufacturing, motorsport and creative industries) and community finance (CDFIs), social investment and social enterprise.
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Projects
Creative Freelancer Business Models and Place Based Growth
Henry, N., Sissons, P., Angus, T., Broughton, K. & Barker, V.
1/04/20 → 30/10/20
Project: Research
Evaluation of Coventry City of Culture/Arts Council England 'Transforming Leadership' programme
Henry, N., Barker, V. & Broughton, K.
2/03/20 → 29/07/22
Project: Research
The ‘PROSPER’ Programme ‐ Researching Business Support for Cultural and Creative Organisations
Henry, N., Broughton, K. & Jarvis, D.
1/01/17 → 31/03/18
Project: Research
Rural Touring Arts and Local Community Development
Dunhan, P., Henry, N., Warwick, F., Webster, M., Tornari, M., Merendino, A., Bos, E., Challis, S. & Broughton, K.
1/12/16 → 31/05/19
Project: Other
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iVMS: Intelligent Variable Messaging System
Haas, O., Perraki, G., Fofana, A., Esugo, M., Kanarachos, S., Christopoulos, S., Henry, N. & Jones, A.
1/06/16 → 30/03/18
Project: Research
Research Output
Banking on lending: Data disclosure and geographies of UK personal lending markets
Henry, N., Pollard, J., Sissons, P., Ferreira, J. & Coombes, M., 1 Sep 2017, In : Environment and Planning A. 49, 9, p. 2046-2064Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Evaluation of, and Learning from, Prosper Business Support Project: Final Report
Henry, N., Broughton, K. & Jarvis, D., 12 Sep 2018, Creative United & Coventry University. 69 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Scaling Affordable Lending: Case Studies
Henry, N., Velthuis, S. & Morris, J., 25 Jun 2018, London: Responsible Finance. 47 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Scaling Up Affordable Lending: Inclusive Credit Scoring
Henry, N. & Morris, J., Feb 2018, Responsible Finance. 25 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
An Assessment of Social Incubator Fund Outcomes
Jugnauth, A., Dubois, M., Henry, N. & Leather, J., 23 Sep 2016, London: Cabinet Office, UK. 44 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Activities
Big Society Capital (External organisation)
Nick Henry (Member)1 Mar 2018 → 11 Nov 2019
Activity: Membership › Membership of working group
European Urban and Regional Studies (Journal)
Nick Henry (Editor-in-chief)1 Jan 2017
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
European Urban and Regional Studies (Journal)
Nick Henry (Editor)1 Oct 2016
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
European Urban and Regional Studies (Journal)
Nick Henry (Editor)1 Jul 2015
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Prizes
FBL Excellence Awards 2018 - Research Team
Lindsey Appleyard (Recipient), Sally Dibb (Recipient) & Nick Henry (Recipient), 12 Sep 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Thesis
Understanding varieties of arts philanthropy and Europe: a new framework
Author: Gunson, J., Mar 2019Supervisor: Henry, N. (Supervisor), Ferreira, J. (Supervisor) & Winters, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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