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Personal profile
Academic Biography
Nick's research expertise includes regional governance and place-based development (particularly UK regional economic inequality), labour markets, and social security policy. Alongside this, he is a key contributor to PACE, Teesside University’s policy observatory, which works to further the university's policy engagement and influence with national, regional and local institutions.
Prior to working in higher education, Nick was as policy advisor in Local Government, covering multiple policy areas including economic analysis, devolution and regional governance, welfare reform, migration and asylum, and social inclusion. In this role, Nick’s successful projects included, A living wage for Newcastle, The Newcastle Fairness Commission, and the Newcastle Future Needs Assessment – a collaborative and evidence-based approach to bringing partners together to determine priorities for the city.
Professional associations
- Fellow of the Regional Studies Association and former North East England regional chair
Journal papers
- Gray, N and Broadhurst, K (2023) Post Brexit regional policy in England: exploring “levelling up” in practice. Regional Studies. (in press)
- Broadhurst, K; Steane, E; Mykhneko, V and Gray, N (2022) Intergovernmental dynamics in responding to COVID-19 in English and Australian cities, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society.
- Broadhurst, K. and Gray, N. (2022) Understanding resilient places: Multi-level governance in times of crisis, Local Economy.
- Moore, H., Lake, A., O’Malley, C., Bradford, C., Gray, N., Chang, M., Mathews, C., & Townshend, T. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on the hot food takeaway planning regulatory environment: perspectives of local authority professionals in the North East of England. Perspectives in Public Health
- Pugalis, L and Gray, N (2016) - New regional development paradigms: an exposition of place-based modalities - The Australasian Journal of Regional Studies.
- Pugalis, L; Townsend, A; Gray, N and Ankowska, A (2017) New approaches to growth planning at larger-than-local scales: Journal of Urban Regeneration & Renewal
Book chapters
- Gray, N; Pugalis, L; Dickinson, D (2018) The Northern Powerhouse meets the Cities and Local Growth agenda: Local economic policymaking and agglomeration in practice, in: Berry, C & Giovannini, A, eds. Developing England’s North: The political economy of the northern powerhouse, London, Palgrave Macmillan
- Gray, N. & Pugalis, L. (2016): Place-based subnational development: Unpacking some of the key conceptual strands and normative dispositions, in: Schoburgh, E. D. & Ryan, R., eds. The Handbook of Research on Subnational Governance and Development, Hershey, Pennsylvania, IGI Global.
- Pugalis, L; Gray, N and Townsend, A (2016) – The resilience of growth strategies in, Williams, N & Vorley, T Creating economic resilience; entrepreneurship, growth and development in uncertain times, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing
Other publications
- Gray, N and Morris, M (2022) The Shared Prosperity Fund: What can we learn from government’s plan to replace EU funds? IPPR North
- Tyfield, D, Yuille, A Cotton, M and Gray, N (2021) Written Evidence to the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee: Inquiry on carbon border adjustment mechanism
- Gray, N (2021) Elections 2021: Can the Conservatives deliver real change in Tees Valley? PACE Policy Paper, Teesside University
- Gray, N and Lee, D (2020) Post-Covid recovery – what now for regional growth? PACE policy paper, Teesside University
- Pugalis, L; Townsend, A; Gray, N; and Ankowska, A (2015) - Planning for Growth: The Role of Local Enterprise Partnerships in England – Royal Town Planning Institute
- Pugalis, L; Townsend, A; Ankowska, A and Gray, N (2015) - A renaissance of strategic economic planning - Terrier Vol.20, Issue 3, Autumn 2015, pp. 14-7
- Pugalis, L; Townsend, A; Gray, N; and Ankowska, A (2015) - The role of Strategic Economic Plans in filling the strategic void? - Town & Country Planning Vol.84, No.9, pp. 384-391
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The Political Economy of Place-Based Development , Northumbria University
1 Sep 2014 → 1 Sep 2018
Award Date: 31 Jan 2019
Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Exploration of school food contracts
Redcar & Eston Sports Partnership CIC
1/02/22 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
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CarbonFreePorts: Opportunities, not threats for place-based decarbonisation
Cotton, M., Gray, N., Tyfield, D. & Yuille, A., 7 Jun 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Professor David Tyfield, with colleagues (Dr Alex Gough, Prof Duncan McLaren, Dr Andy Yuille) and partners (Prof Matthew Cotton, Dr Nick Gray, Dr Stephen Birch) Response to Call for evidence on Net Zero review
Tyfield, D., Yuille, A., Gough, A., McLaren, D., Cotton, M., Gray, N. & Birch, S., 26 Oct 2022Research output: Other contribution
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The impact of Covid 19 on the hot food takeaway planning regulatory environment: perspectives of Local Authority professionals in the North East of England
Moore, H., Lake, A., O'Malley, C., Bradford, C., Gray, N., Chang, M., Mathews, C. & Townshend, T., 5 Aug 2022, In: Perspectives in Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CarbonFreePorts: Freeports as opportunities not threats for place based decarbonisation of transport
Cotton, M., Tyfield, D., Yuille, A. & Gray, N., 16 Sept 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Written evidence submitted by Professor David Tyfield and Dr Andy Yuille (Lancaster University) and Professor Matthew Cotton and Dr Nicholas Gray (Teesside University), all in personal capacity, to the Environmental Audit Committee: Inquiry on carbon border adjustment mechanism
Yuille, A., Tyfield, D., Cotton, M. & Gray, N., 19 Oct 2021, 6 p.Research output: Other contribution
Open AccessFile13 Downloads (Pure)
Press/Media
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SHARED PROSPERITY FUND SHORTFALL LEAVES A GAPING HOLE AT THE HEART OF LEVELLING UP
22/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
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Levelling up means letting regions take the lead
2/11/21
1 Media contribution
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Another Brexit nightmare: Regions facing a 30% cut from ‘prosperity’ fund
24/06/22
1 Media contribution
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University evaluating impact of local adult support projects
Hannah Poulter & Nicholas Gray
26/08/21
1 item of Media coverage
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