Tasos Kitsos
@tasoskitsos.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Aston University
#resilience #entrepreneurship #innovation #urban #creative and #digital economies and others.
#resilience #entrepreneurship #innovation #urban #creative and #digital economies and others.
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Tasos Kitsos
@tasoskitsos.bsky.social
· Nov 15
My (draft) starter pack for my Topics in Regional and Urban Economics module (that one day will exist!)
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🚨📣 We have a new paper with Emmanouil Tranos & @levijohnwolf.bsky.social in the Journal of #Economic #Geography linking #internet speeds to #firm level #productivity benefits. There is a 2% productivity boost pulling slowest to fastest speeds across #UK LAs 👀👇
#geosky
#econsky 📈📉
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#geosky
#econsky 📈📉
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Fast and furious: the productivity effects of the geography of experienced internet speeds
Abstract. The link between digital technologies and productivity has long intrigued researchers. Key to unpacking this relationship is detailed data connec
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November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨📣 We have a new paper with Emmanouil Tranos & @levijohnwolf.bsky.social in the Journal of #Economic #Geography linking #internet speeds to #firm level #productivity benefits. There is a 2% productivity boost pulling slowest to fastest speeds across #UK LAs 👀👇
#geosky
#econsky 📈📉
shorturl.at/NJ4rE
#geosky
#econsky 📈📉
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Our annual online Early Career and Doctoral Research Colloquium will take place on January 21 and 22 2026. Call for abstracts is now open. Details here: www.rsai-bis.org/early-career... #EconSky #GeogSky #AcadSky #RegionalScience @spatialeconomic.bsky.social
Early Career Colloquium 2026
Our popular Online Early Career Colloquium is returning on the 21st and 22nd of January 2026 . This is a great opportunity for PhD researchers and early career researchers (within 3 years of their...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our annual online Early Career and Doctoral Research Colloquium will take place on January 21 and 22 2026. Call for abstracts is now open. Details here: www.rsai-bis.org/early-career... #EconSky #GeogSky #AcadSky #RegionalScience @spatialeconomic.bsky.social
📢 You’re invited: “Regional Inequalities in the UK: A Research Showcase”
Join us for an #Festival of #Social #Science showcase of #research and evidence on #regional #inequalities of opportunity and #wellbeing.
When: Friday 24/10, 2-4
Where: Library of Birmingham
Register 👉: tinyurl.com/bdx77a3u
Join us for an #Festival of #Social #Science showcase of #research and evidence on #regional #inequalities of opportunity and #wellbeing.
When: Friday 24/10, 2-4
Where: Library of Birmingham
Register 👉: tinyurl.com/bdx77a3u
Regional Inequalities in the UK: a Research Showcase
Join us for an afternoon of insight and discussion on regional inequalities with a special focus on the West Midlands.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📢 You’re invited: “Regional Inequalities in the UK: A Research Showcase”
Join us for an #Festival of #Social #Science showcase of #research and evidence on #regional #inequalities of opportunity and #wellbeing.
When: Friday 24/10, 2-4
Where: Library of Birmingham
Register 👉: tinyurl.com/bdx77a3u
Join us for an #Festival of #Social #Science showcase of #research and evidence on #regional #inequalities of opportunity and #wellbeing.
When: Friday 24/10, 2-4
Where: Library of Birmingham
Register 👉: tinyurl.com/bdx77a3u
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Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility"
authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray
is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray
is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility"
authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray
is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray
is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 I've got Google Notebook to make a briefing note of our recent #research paper with Korneliusz Pylak and @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social "KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ #business creation and closure: evidence from the #urban micro-space" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social
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KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ business creation and closure: evidence from the urban micro-space
Our study explores the factors influencing the creation and closure of firms in urban micro-spaces, highlighting the relationship between knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and non-KIBS s...
www.tandfonline.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣 I've got Google Notebook to make a briefing note of our recent #research paper with Korneliusz Pylak and @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social "KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ #business creation and closure: evidence from the #urban micro-space" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢📢 We have an #academic #job ( #lectureship) in #International #Business at @astonpress.bsky.social. Would particularly suit a quantitative oriented scholar that will benefit from and contribute to our great local environment.
#econsky
#geosky
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jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#econsky
#geosky
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Job Vacancy at Aston University: Lecturer
Aston Business School, located in the heart of Birmingham – England’s second largest city – seeks to appoint a highly motivated, ambitious and committed academic with a passion for making a positive c...
jobs.aston.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
📢📢 We have an #academic #job ( #lectureship) in #International #Business at @astonpress.bsky.social. Would particularly suit a quantitative oriented scholar that will benefit from and contribute to our great local environment.
#econsky
#geosky
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jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#econsky
#geosky
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jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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A major new report published for anyone interested in #innovation, #productivity, #industrialstrategy, #econsky. I'll now do a short thread that pulls out the main findings and recommendations...
The British Academy and @sciencecampaign.bsky.social commissioned Cambridge Econometrics to conduct a systems-based analysis of the strengths and weaknesses within the UK’s innovation system.
Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
The UK needs many industrial strategies.
Smarter growth begins with understanding value chains in innovation, say Daniel Rathbone and Eleanor Hopkins.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Smarter growth begins with understanding value chains in innovation, say Daniel Rathbone and Eleanor Hopkins.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
July 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A major new report published for anyone interested in #innovation, #productivity, #industrialstrategy, #econsky. I'll now do a short thread that pulls out the main findings and recommendations...
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🚨 Heads up! If you're working on skilled migration and innovation, submit your papers to our GeoInno 2026 sessions in Budapest, 28-30 January 👇
Closing date or papers or extended abstracts: 14 July 2025.
www.geoinno2026.com/session/s8-g...
##EconSky 📉📈 #geosky
Closing date or papers or extended abstracts: 14 July 2025.
www.geoinno2026.com/session/s8-g...
##EconSky 📉📈 #geosky
S8 – Geographies of Skilled Migration, Innovation and Knowledge diffusion – GeoInno2026
www.geoinno2026.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚨 Heads up! If you're working on skilled migration and innovation, submit your papers to our GeoInno 2026 sessions in Budapest, 28-30 January 👇
Closing date or papers or extended abstracts: 14 July 2025.
www.geoinno2026.com/session/s8-g...
##EconSky 📉📈 #geosky
Closing date or papers or extended abstracts: 14 July 2025.
www.geoinno2026.com/session/s8-g...
##EconSky 📉📈 #geosky
🚨 🚨 Interested in #regional #economic #inequalities in the #UK? Have a look at the video that came out of our project on the drivers of #wage disparities across English #cities.
#econsky📉📈
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
#econsky📉📈
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🚨 🚨 Interested in #regional #economic #inequalities in the #UK? Have a look at the video that came out of our project on the drivers of #wage disparities across English #cities.
#econsky📉📈
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
#econsky📉📈
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
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Our latest report by @emilyfry.bsky.social @tasoskitsos.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @dalilariba.bsky.social Richmond Egyei and Enrico Vanino looks at the impact of place in regional inequality.
June 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Our latest report by @emilyfry.bsky.social @tasoskitsos.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @dalilariba.bsky.social Richmond Egyei and Enrico Vanino looks at the impact of place in regional inequality.
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Calling economists, analysts & researchers!
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If you have experience in Excel spreadsheet creation or data analysis, these charities could use your help:
📈 Map data & make an impact with Hackney Foodbank
🔢 Help Leukaemia Care understand its reach
Find out more here 👇
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Volunteer opportunities | PBE
Current volunteer opportunities
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June 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Calling economists, analysts & researchers!
If you have experience in Excel spreadsheet creation or data analysis, these charities could use your help:
📈 Map data & make an impact with Hackney Foodbank
🔢 Help Leukaemia Care understand its reach
Find out more here 👇
pbe.co.uk/get-involved...
If you have experience in Excel spreadsheet creation or data analysis, these charities could use your help:
📈 Map data & make an impact with Hackney Foodbank
🔢 Help Leukaemia Care understand its reach
Find out more here 👇
pbe.co.uk/get-involved...
📣📣 Very happy to see our work on #regional #pay #disparities in the UK out.
#econsky📈📉
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
Have a look at the event and the report and stay tuned for more!
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www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
#econsky📈📉
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
Have a look at the event and the report and stay tuned for more!
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www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
June 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📣📣 Very happy to see our work on #regional #pay #disparities in the UK out.
#econsky📈📉
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
Have a look at the event and the report and stay tuned for more!
👀👇
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
#econsky📈📉
#geosky
@astonpress.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
Have a look at the event and the report and stay tuned for more!
👀👇
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Great insight from @xiaoweixu.bsky.social in her presentation of new @theifs.bsky.social research - why overall job mobility across the UK is declining, for young graduates geographic mobility is increasing.
Young people know where the high paying labour markets are...
Young people know where the high paying labour markets are...
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Great insight from @xiaoweixu.bsky.social in her presentation of new @theifs.bsky.social research - why overall job mobility across the UK is declining, for young graduates geographic mobility is increasing.
Young people know where the high paying labour markets are...
Young people know where the high paying labour markets are...
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Starting at 9.30am!
The pay postcode lottery: What is driving Britain’s place-based wage divides?
Watch our event with @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @henrimurison & Rachel Taylor, PWC here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...
The pay postcode lottery: What is driving Britain’s place-based wage divides?
Watch our event with @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @henrimurison & Rachel Taylor, PWC here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...
The pay postcode lottery • Resolution Foundation
Britain is racked by pay divides – on gender, race, age and education status. But one of its starkest inequalities centres on geography, which is far more complex than Londoners earning more than ever...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Starting at 9.30am!
The pay postcode lottery: What is driving Britain’s place-based wage divides?
Watch our event with @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @henrimurison & Rachel Taylor, PWC here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...
The pay postcode lottery: What is driving Britain’s place-based wage divides?
Watch our event with @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @henrimurison & Rachel Taylor, PWC here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...
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All ready and looking forward to welcome attendees to our annual #conference in #Cork next week! #RSAIBIS25
@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social
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@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social
www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
Cork 2025 Conference Information
51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Cork, Ireland 18 and 19 June 2025
www.rsai-bis.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All ready and looking forward to welcome attendees to our annual #conference in #Cork next week! #RSAIBIS25
@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social
www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social
www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
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This is going to be so much craic the Grand Canyon gonna scuttle off to the gym and get on the 'roids to beef up.
All ready and looking forward to welcome attendees to our annual #conference in #Cork next week! #RSAIBIS25
@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social
www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
@decjordan.bsky.social
@calvjones.bsky.social
www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
Cork 2025 Conference Information
51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Cork, Ireland 18 and 19 June 2025
www.rsai-bis.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is going to be so much craic the Grand Canyon gonna scuttle off to the gym and get on the 'roids to beef up.
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Happy to see my article published now in JEMS
@scmrjems.bsky.social !
Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you.
@warwick-smlc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
@scmrjems.bsky.social !
Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you.
@warwick-smlc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Emotion work and the children of the Chilean exile, 50 years on
Despite recent attempts to broaden the scope of migration research beyond its adult-centric focus, the experiences of forced displaced children remain underexplored. This article aims to address th...
doi.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Happy to see my article published now in JEMS
@scmrjems.bsky.social !
Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you.
@warwick-smlc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
@scmrjems.bsky.social !
Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you.
@warwick-smlc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Great as always attending the #RSA25 conference @regstud.bsky.social in Porto (amazing city)!
Glad for the feedback I received on my work with @tasoskitsos.bsky.social S Grabner & Delis on #transformative #resilience through #innovation
Glad for the feedback I received on my work with @tasoskitsos.bsky.social S Grabner & Delis on #transformative #resilience through #innovation
May 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great as always attending the #RSA25 conference @regstud.bsky.social in Porto (amazing city)!
Glad for the feedback I received on my work with @tasoskitsos.bsky.social S Grabner & Delis on #transformative #resilience through #innovation
Glad for the feedback I received on my work with @tasoskitsos.bsky.social S Grabner & Delis on #transformative #resilience through #innovation
🚨🚨 We have a #PhD #studentship with @ibprofaston.bsky.social (Centre for Business Prosperity (CBP), Aston Business School) and Miroslav Palanský @taxjustice.net on the #impact of #Tax #Policy on #MNEs funded by @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social
#econsky📈📉
📅 Deadline: May 19!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW972/p...
#econsky📈📉
📅 Deadline: May 19!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW972/p...
PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises. Explore our diverse range of PhD opportunities today.
www.jobs.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨🚨 We have a #PhD #studentship with @ibprofaston.bsky.social (Centre for Business Prosperity (CBP), Aston Business School) and Miroslav Palanský @taxjustice.net on the #impact of #Tax #Policy on #MNEs funded by @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social
#econsky📈📉
📅 Deadline: May 19!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW972/p...
#econsky📈📉
📅 Deadline: May 19!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW972/p...
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The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here
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PhD Fellowship | Stone Center PSE
stone-center-pse.eu
April 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here
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stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...
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stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...
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"At what point is cities changing just part of the general flux that makes places interesting to live in and when is it a problem?"
Holly Lewis of We Made That talks creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification in the latest episode of City Talks🎧
Listen now 👇
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Holly Lewis of We Made That talks creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification in the latest episode of City Talks🎧
Listen now 👇
buff.ly/1DItntB
April 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"At what point is cities changing just part of the general flux that makes places interesting to live in and when is it a problem?"
Holly Lewis of We Made That talks creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification in the latest episode of City Talks🎧
Listen now 👇
buff.ly/1DItntB
Holly Lewis of We Made That talks creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification in the latest episode of City Talks🎧
Listen now 👇
buff.ly/1DItntB
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📣📣 Do you work at the intersection of #digital transitions and #space? Do consider submitting to our (@tasoskitsos.bsky.social & I) special issue in REGION 👀👇
"#DIGITAL #DISRUPTIONS OF SPACE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR #REGIONS AND #CITIES"
#econsky
#geosky
#geoinno
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"#DIGITAL #DISRUPTIONS OF SPACE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR #REGIONS AND #CITIES"
#econsky
#geosky
#geoinno
tinyurl.com/3msaceys
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April 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
📣📣 Do you work at the intersection of #digital transitions and #space? Do consider submitting to our (@tasoskitsos.bsky.social & I) special issue in REGION 👀👇
"#DIGITAL #DISRUPTIONS OF SPACE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR #REGIONS AND #CITIES"
#econsky
#geosky
#geoinno
tinyurl.com/3msaceys
"#DIGITAL #DISRUPTIONS OF SPACE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR #REGIONS AND #CITIES"
#econsky
#geosky
#geoinno
tinyurl.com/3msaceys
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"We are tackling the link between creatives and gentrification."
@tasoskitsos.bsky.social of Aston Business School talks his latest paper on creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧
Listen now 👇
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@tasoskitsos.bsky.social of Aston Business School talks his latest paper on creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧
Listen now 👇
buff.ly/yAT0yKA
April 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"We are tackling the link between creatives and gentrification."
@tasoskitsos.bsky.social of Aston Business School talks his latest paper on creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧
Listen now 👇
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@tasoskitsos.bsky.social of Aston Business School talks his latest paper on creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧
Listen now 👇
buff.ly/yAT0yKA
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👂📚 Great to hear Tasos talking on our paper with Holly and Andrew!
PODCAST | Creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧
@andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by @tasoskitsos.bsky.social, Aston Business School and Holly Lewis, We Made That to discuss creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🖼️
Listen now👇
@andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by @tasoskitsos.bsky.social, Aston Business School and Holly Lewis, We Made That to discuss creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🖼️
Listen now👇
City Talks: Creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification - Centre for Cities
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dr Tasos Kitsos, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and International Business and member of the
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March 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
👂📚 Great to hear Tasos talking on our paper with Holly and Andrew!
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Here’s the full paper - it’s open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Don’t Shoot the Pianist: Creative Firms, Workers, and Neighborhood Gentrification
We examine links between creative activity and gentrification at the neighborhood level. These dynamics are both complex and important to understand. Artists may help upgrade inexpensive neighborho...
www.tandfonline.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Here’s the full paper - it’s open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....