Frederick Harry Pitts
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Frederick Harry Pitts
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Associate Professor in Political Economy & the Future of Work/Head of Department for Humanities & Social Sciences at University of Exeter in 〓〓. Co-Investigator for the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures & UKRI Critical Minerals Challenge Centre.
The new Critical Minerals Strategy speaks to ongoing work with @progbrit.bsky.social & @feps-europe.eu on industrial policy against a backdrop of geopolitical competition for power & control over resources like critical minerals, with Cornwall a case study: www.progressivebritain.org/the-chancell...
The Chancellor sees Critical Minerals are a case study in Securonomics  - Progressive Britain
With the Chancellor visiting the soon to be re-opened South Crofty Tin mine, can Critical Minerals bring security & growth to the South West?
www.progressivebritain.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I recently published a policy briefing looking towards the new Critical Minerals Strategy as the government's 'securonomics' agenda in action - a testbed of reindustrialisation in pursuit of both national security & environmental sustainability: criticalmineralschallengecentre.co.uk/publications...
Publications & Policy Briefs - Critical Minerals Challenge Centre
Browse our latest publications and policy briefs to explore the evidence, insights, and recommendations shaping the future of critical minerals. These downloadable resources highlight our research imp...
criticalmineralschallengecentre.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
You can read more about how the new Critical Minerals Strategy chimes with the research & policy work of our Critical Minerals Challenge Centre, bringing together Camborne School of Mines with @hass-cornwall.bsky.social & more, via @uniofexeternews.bsky.social here: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Experts hail Cornwall as the ‘Engine Room’ of PM’s new Critical Minerals Strategy
The UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy must make domestic extraction, refining, and recycling pillars of sovereign capability, experts have urged. The plan should define critical minerals as key to a...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
July 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Excited to continue exploring these themes through the new Critical Minerals Challenge Centre at @exeter.ac.uk

We explore how Cornwall's tin, lithium & tungsten reserves contribute to security and sustainability, as well as good jobs and local growth: criticalmineralschallengecentre.co.uk
Critical Minerals Challenge Centre
The Critical Minerals Challenge Centre is a University of Exeter initiative focused on advancing the responsible production of critical minerals.
criticalmineralschallengecentre.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I later wrote about lithium and the themes of Reeves's 2024 Mais Lecture: renewal.org.uk/blog/securon...

The pieces draw upon ongoing work with @progbrit.bsky.social and @feps-europe.eu on securonomics and the politics of place-based industrial policy: www.progressivebritain.org/putting-indu...
Putting Industrial Policy in its Place - Progressive Britain
How are the UK and European governments using industrial policy to tackle regional inequalities, and how can they do more?
www.progressivebritain.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM