Carolin Ioramashvili
@ioramashvili.bsky.social
Lecturer in Innovation Policy, SPRU, University of Sussex. British Academy innovation fellow with the Evaluation Task Force, UK Cabinet Office
Interested in regions, innovation and inequality
https://sites.google.com/view/carolin-ioramashvili
Interested in regions, innovation and inequality
https://sites.google.com/view/carolin-ioramashvili
Brighton has completed Trains, there are no trains left, and apparently I live here now 😑 London, it was nice knowing you
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brighton has completed Trains, there are no trains left, and apparently I live here now 😑 London, it was nice knowing you
🚨I’m organising a workshop on policy evaluation in local and regional government, bringing together academics, policymakers and others working in this area. 8 December, University of Sussex, travel funds available. Please see the call for papers for more details, and share widely 👇
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨I’m organising a workshop on policy evaluation in local and regional government, bringing together academics, policymakers and others working in this area. 8 December, University of Sussex, travel funds available. Please see the call for papers for more details, and share widely 👇
Please join us for the next Regional Studies Women’s Network workshop! Participation is free, and we have online and in person (including free lunch!) options. A great opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new faces ahead of the Winter Conference ☺️
On the 12th of November, the @regstud.bsky.social will host the RSA Women's Network Workshop. It will be a hybrid event, with topics covered including that of careers and CV's, academia in the #GlobalSouth, and grant application: For more and to register, see:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
RSA Women's Network Events - RSA Main
www.regionalstudies.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Please join us for the next Regional Studies Women’s Network workshop! Participation is free, and we have online and in person (including free lunch!) options. A great opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new faces ahead of the Winter Conference ☺️
We have fully-funded PhD studentships at SPRU, including for our PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies. I'd love to discuss proposals with potential applicants. Deadline 11 December and more details here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
and here www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/de...
and here www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/de...
SEDarc (ESRC) PhD scholarships for research in the Social Sciences : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We have fully-funded PhD studentships at SPRU, including for our PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies. I'd love to discuss proposals with potential applicants. Deadline 11 December and more details here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
and here www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/de...
and here www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/de...
If the Life in the UK test had an essay component it would be to write a strongly worded letter to your MP about the scam that is the official test prep app 🙄
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If the Life in the UK test had an essay component it would be to write a strongly worded letter to your MP about the scam that is the official test prep app 🙄
The next workshop of the @regstud.bsky.social Women’s Network is coming up ahead of the Winter Conference 🎉 We have options to attend in person and online. More details and registration link here:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
October 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The next workshop of the @regstud.bsky.social Women’s Network is coming up ahead of the Winter Conference 🎉 We have options to attend in person and online. More details and registration link here:
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa-w...
I'm reviewing the second paper today (🫠) that is consistently missing spaces before citation brackets. Is this a new ChatGPT thing? An attempt to reduce word count?? Anybody have an idea what this might be about?
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm reviewing the second paper today (🫠) that is consistently missing spaces before citation brackets. Is this a new ChatGPT thing? An attempt to reduce word count?? Anybody have an idea what this might be about?
The second visit in a Georgian museum funded with European money, this time Horizon, in which we are the only visitors. The exhibition is excellent but maybe there’s a science policy lesson here to give some money also to the marketing folks!
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The second visit in a Georgian museum funded with European money, this time Horizon, in which we are the only visitors. The exhibition is excellent but maybe there’s a science policy lesson here to give some money also to the marketing folks!
For business statistics at least, I think it’s also the changing make up of businesses that makes it harder. Micro business are under-sampled but still make up the bulk and they don’t have the fancy management accounting systems to respond to surveys.
The ONS got caught in a perfect storm. Post 2010 austerity. Moving to somewhere professional statisticians and economists have few outside options. The decline in survey response rates [hardly their fault]. The shift to weightless and online economy [a difficulty and an opportunity].
August 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For business statistics at least, I think it’s also the changing make up of businesses that makes it harder. Micro business are under-sampled but still make up the bulk and they don’t have the fancy management accounting systems to respond to surveys.
For a summary of the paper, the @e-r-c.bsky.social very kindly featured our research on SME digitalisation and business survival on their blog: www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/did-digital-...
August 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
For a summary of the paper, the @e-r-c.bsky.social very kindly featured our research on SME digitalisation and business survival on their blog: www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/did-digital-...
I wish I could show this to the elderly couple who got cross with my 2-year-old for climbing on the Paddington Bear statue because they wanted to take selfies with it 🙄
“I promised myself that if I ever got to the other side of it, if it ever got easier, I would view small moments of personal inconvenience in service of our shared humanity and inclusion as a sacrifice I am grateful to make.”
Children's Spaces With No Children
Have we lost our very minds?
open.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I wish I could show this to the elderly couple who got cross with my 2-year-old for climbing on the Paddington Bear statue because they wanted to take selfies with it 🙄
OMG I copy-pasted the tweet below into LinkedIn and it translated 🤷♀️ into the male version with a female sign 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Incidentally, the same thread got 17 likes in the same time on LinkedIn as opposed to 1 here! Please don’t make me use that awful site 😫
Incidentally, the same thread got 17 likes in the same time on LinkedIn as opposed to 1 here! Please don’t make me use that awful site 😫
August 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
OMG I copy-pasted the tweet below into LinkedIn and it translated 🤷♀️ into the male version with a female sign 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Incidentally, the same thread got 17 likes in the same time on LinkedIn as opposed to 1 here! Please don’t make me use that awful site 😫
Incidentally, the same thread got 17 likes in the same time on LinkedIn as opposed to 1 here! Please don’t make me use that awful site 😫
Digital technologies were crucial to keep the world running during pandemic lockdowns. But did prior experience with these tools actually help businesses survive during the pandemic 🤔 Sabine D'Costa and I look at this in a new working paper for @productivity.bsky.social 👇
Can digitalisation help firms survive economic shocks?
New research from The Productivity Institute by Sabine D'Costa and @ioramashvili.bsky.social explores how digital tools affect firm resilience and how their impact varies between urban & rural.
Read more: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/doe...
New research from The Productivity Institute by Sabine D'Costa and @ioramashvili.bsky.social explores how digital tools affect firm resilience and how their impact varies between urban & rural.
Read more: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/doe...
Does digitalisation increase firm survival? Evidence from British SMEs during the Covid-19 crisis - The Productivity Institute
A Working Paper investigating whether pre-pandemic adoption of digital technologies helped SMEs survive during the pandemic, and whether this effect differs between urban and rural areas.
www.productivity.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Digital technologies were crucial to keep the world running during pandemic lockdowns. But did prior experience with these tools actually help businesses survive during the pandemic 🤔 Sabine D'Costa and I look at this in a new working paper for @productivity.bsky.social 👇
I didn’t realise Penguin was in fact run by penguins, but that explains a lot
July 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I didn’t realise Penguin was in fact run by penguins, but that explains a lot
Winning at working parenting today as I accurately predicted the timing of a long nap, identified the right café to plonk myself in and had the foresight to pack my laptop. 500 words on the page 💪
July 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Winning at working parenting today as I accurately predicted the timing of a long nap, identified the right café to plonk myself in and had the foresight to pack my laptop. 500 words on the page 💪
A day of ‘you need to close the blinds, actually’ discourse on Bluesky and this is what the neighbours came up with 🤔
June 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A day of ‘you need to close the blinds, actually’ discourse on Bluesky and this is what the neighbours came up with 🤔
And a lovely mention of our Women’s Network workshop, which I didn’t know the history to!
🧭 Exploring Regions, Sustainability & Inclusivity
The 2025 RSA Annual Conference in Porto brought together nearly 900 scholars—a record event!
Helen Lawton Smith shares reflections on the big debates shaping regional research.
📖 Read: bit.ly/43FLpQg
@regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social
The 2025 RSA Annual Conference in Porto brought together nearly 900 scholars—a record event!
Helen Lawton Smith shares reflections on the big debates shaping regional research.
📖 Read: bit.ly/43FLpQg
@regstud.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social
Exploring regions, sustainability and inclusivity: Insights from Porto - RSA Main
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) Annual Conference 2025, held in Porto from May 6 to 9, brought together nearly 900 scholars, marking the largest gathering in RSA history. The event showcased di...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
And a lovely mention of our Women’s Network workshop, which I didn’t know the history to!
What about the guy who tuned his guitar at the back of the bus yesterday? Found it quite soothing, actually. There should be an exemption for him.
Libdems to legislate on things I find irritating. Children leaving a tiny bit of milk in the bottle so they don’t have to wash it and put in recycling. The way you look forward to a deadline passing only for another one to appear. Celery in tuna mayo
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England
Under the plan, those who flout the prohibition could face a maximum fine of £1,000
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What about the guy who tuned his guitar at the back of the bus yesterday? Found it quite soothing, actually. There should be an exemption for him.
Reposted by Carolin Ioramashvili
✍️Learning from what works: using the Government’s new evaluation registry
Recently, the Evaluation Task Force within the Cabinet Office launched the evaluation registry with info on over 1400 evaluations conducted across UK government.
Find out more👇
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Recently, the Evaluation Task Force within the Cabinet Office launched the evaluation registry with info on over 1400 evaluations conducted across UK government.
Find out more👇
buff.ly/YtyBd29
April 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
✍️Learning from what works: using the Government’s new evaluation registry
Recently, the Evaluation Task Force within the Cabinet Office launched the evaluation registry with info on over 1400 evaluations conducted across UK government.
Find out more👇
buff.ly/YtyBd29
Recently, the Evaluation Task Force within the Cabinet Office launched the evaluation registry with info on over 1400 evaluations conducted across UK government.
Find out more👇
buff.ly/YtyBd29
Thanks, I’m acutely aware
April 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thanks, I’m acutely aware
The Evaluation Task Force has launched its evaluation registry, with now over 1,500 evaluations from across government searchable and findable. A really useful resource - and would be cool to do research on too 👀
civilservice.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/31/p...
civilservice.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/31/p...
Public Launch of the Evaluation Registry
Today, the Evaluation Task Force – a joint Cabinet Office and HM Treasury team – has launched the Evaluation Registry, a new website on GOV.UK. The Registry brings together all planned, ongoing, and c...
civilservice.blog.gov.uk
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Evaluation Task Force has launched its evaluation registry, with now over 1,500 evaluations from across government searchable and findable. A really useful resource - and would be cool to do research on too 👀
civilservice.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/31/p...
civilservice.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/31/p...
This! I was at a UKRI data sandpit and found this approach really grating and unproductive (I didn’t get any money out of it so it’s very possible I’m just bitter)
In the UK, many big datasets employ people to 'do research in their data'. And encourage people to 'think of ways to use our data'.
I don't think this is how we should do science.
I think we always start with formulating a research question, & then identify the best data to answer that question.
I don't think this is how we should do science.
I think we always start with formulating a research question, & then identify the best data to answer that question.
April 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This! I was at a UKRI data sandpit and found this approach really grating and unproductive (I didn’t get any money out of it so it’s very possible I’m just bitter)
Feels like 'property needs updating' is a bit of an understatement when you're running two Popes behind 😅
March 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Feels like 'property needs updating' is a bit of an understatement when you're running two Popes behind 😅
Reposted by Carolin Ioramashvili
📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
🧑🎓👩🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
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🧑🎓👩🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/yhaahejz
March 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
🧑🎓👩🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/yhaahejz
🧑🎓👩🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/yhaahejz