Current Employment:

University Research Professor of Regional Development,

Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff;

Editor, European Planning Studies

General Information

Philip Cooke is University Research Professor in regional economic development, and founding director (1993) of the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff. In 2002 the UK Economic & Social Research Council awarded core-funded UK Research Centre status to CESAGen, a partnership initiative on the Social and Economic Analysis of Genomics in which Prof. Cooke’s Centre has ‘flagship project’ (Economics of Biotechnology Innovation) status. His research interests lie in studies of Biotechnology, Regional Innovation Systems, Knowledge Economies, Entrepreneurship, Clusters and Networks. He co-edited the first & second editions of ‘Regional Innovation Systems’ (UCL Press & Routledge) in 1998 & 2004; co-authored 'The Associational Economy' published in 1998, and 'The Governance of Innovation in Europe' in 2000. He is Special Theme editor and contributor for two issues of The Journal of Technology Transfer focused on ‘Regional Innovation Systems’, 2002 & 2004/5. In 2003 he was Special Theme editor for the issue of European Planning Studies on ‘Biotechnology Clusters & Beyond’ that explored regional biotechnology systems. In 2002 he released a fast-selling ‘clusters’ book – ‘Knowledge Economies’, published by Routledge. In 2004 Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories’ co-edited with Andrea Piccaluga is published by Edward Elgar Publishing Co. Prof. Cooke is a UK government advisor on innovation, and advises national & regional governments, the EU, OECD, World Bank and UNIDO on regional innovation systems. He is also Editor of 'European Planning Studies' a bi-monthly +4 journal devoted to European urban and regional governance, innovation and development issues. In 2003 he was elected Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. In 2004 he was made Distinguished Research Fellow (PRIME) of the University of Ottawa School of Management. He is board member of the Canadian ISRN and Swedish CIND and CIRCLE research centres. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary PhD by the University of Lund, Sweden. In 2007 he is Member of the European Research Area (ERA) Review Committee of the European Commission and the Royal Society Task Force on Nanotechnology.

Recent Publications

Books:
Growth Cultures: The Global Bioeconomy and its Bioregions (2007) Routledge
Creative Regions (2007) Routledge (co-editor)
Regional Knowledge Economies (2007) Edward Elgar (co-author)
Creative Cities (2007) (co-editor; in press)
Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy (2006) Routledge (co-editor)
Clusters & Regional Development (2006) Routledge (co-editor)
Regional Innovation Systems as Public Goods (2006) UNIDO Policy Papers, Vienna
The Creative Industries in Wales (2006) Cardiff, Institute of Welsh Affairs
Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories (2004) Edward Elgar (co-editor)
Regional Innovation Systems (2004) Routledge (2nd Edition) (co-editor)
Strategies for Regional Innovation Systems: Learning, Transfer and Applications (2003) UNIDO Policy Papers, Vienna, UNIDO
Knowledge Economies (2002) Routledge
The Governance of Innovation in Europe (2000) (co-author) Pinter
The Associational Economy: Firms, Regions and Innovation (1998) (co-author) Oxford University Press;
Regional Innovation Systems (1998) (co-editor) UCL Press;
The Rise of the Rustbelt (1995) (ed.) UCL Press;
Towards Global Localisation (1992) (co-author) UCL Press.

Articles/Chapters:
158 From seekers to squatters: the rise of knowledge entrepreneurship (2007), CES-ifo Forum, 8, 21-28
157 Social capital, embeddedness and regional innovation (2007), in M. Landabaso, A. Kuklinski & C. Román (Eds.) Europe – Reflections on Social capital, Innovation & Regional Development, Novy Sacz, WSB-NLU
156 Schumpeter and varieties of innovation: lessons from the rise of regional innovation systems research (2007), in Hanusch, H. & Pyka, A. (eds.) Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (co-author)
155 Regional innovation systems, asymmetric knowledge and the legacies of learning (2007) in R. Rutten & F. Boekema (eds.) The Learning Region: Foundations, State of the Art, Future, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
154 Regional innovation, entrepreneurship and talent systems (2007) International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 7, 5-27
153 Social capital, embeddedness & market interactions (2007) Review of Social Economy 65, 79-106
152 How benchmarking can lever cluster competitiveness (2007) International Journal of Technology Management, 38, 292-320
151 To construct regional advantage from innovation systems first build policy platforms (2007) European Planning Studies, 15, 124-146
150 Asymmetric knowledge, digital knowledge flows platforms and regional innovation systems (2006) in D. Assimakopoulos & E, Carayannis (eds.) Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Use in Innovation Networks and Clusters, London, Macmillan
149 Biotechnology clusters as regional, sectoral innovation systems, in Z. Acs (ed.) (2006) The Growth of Cities, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
148 Regional innovation systems: general findings and some new evidence from biotechnology (2006) in McKelvey, M. & Orsenigo, L. (eds.) The Economics of Biotechnology, Edward Elgar
147 Innovation and Wirtschaftpolitik in Wales, (2006) Geographische Rundschau, 58, 22-29
64. Global bioregions: knowledge domains, capabilities and innovation system networks (2006) Industry & Innovation, 13, 437-458
146 Global bioregional networks: a new economic geography of bioscientific knowledge (2006) European Planning Studies, 14, 1265-1285
145 Introduction: Regional asymmetries, knowledge categories and innovation intermediation, in P. Cooke & A. Piccaluga (eds.) (2006) Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy, London, Routledge
144 Digital knowledge flow platforms for regional innovation systems, in A. Anttiroiko & M. Mälkiä (eds.) (2006) Encyclopaedia of Digital Government, London, Idea Group Reference
143 The Welsh Assembly & economic governance in Wales, in M. Tewdwr-Jones & P. Allmendinger (eds.) (2006) Territory, Identity & Spatial Planning, London, Routledge
142 The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy, in B. Asheim, P. Cooke & R. Martin (eds.) (2006) Clusters & Regional Development, London, Routledge
141 New media and new economy cluster dynamics, in L. Lievrouw & S. Livingstone (eds.) (2006) The Handbook of New Media: Updated Student Edition, London, Sage
140 Co-publishing and innovation: bioscience defies a ‘one-size-fits-all’ definition, in J. Sundbo et al. (eds.) (2006) Contemporary Management of Innovation, London, Palgrave Macmillan
139 Regional development in the knowledge-based economy: the construction of advantage (2006) Journal of Technology Transfer, 31, 5-15 (Special issue: co-editor)
138 The biosciences knowledge value chain and comparative incubation models (2006) Journal of Technology Transfer, 31, 115-129 (co-author)
137 Culture, clusters, districts and quarters: some reflections on the scale question (2005) Sviluppo Locale, 11, 7-30
136 Regional knowledge capabilities and open innovation: regional innovation systems and clusters in the asymmetric knowledge economy, in S. Breschi & F. Malerba (eds.) (2005) Clusters, Networks & Innovation, Oxford University Press
135. Social capital, firm embeddedness and regional development (2005) Regional Studies, 39, 1065-1078 (co-author)
134 Regionally asymmetric knowledge capabilities and open innovation: exploring ‘Globalisation 2’ – a new model of industry organisation (2005), Research Policy, 34, 1128-1149
133 Rational drug design, the knowledge value chain and bioscience megacentres (2005), Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29, 325-341
132 Visionary, precautionary and constrained ‘varieties of devolution’ in the economic governance of the devolved UK territories (2005), Regional Studies, 39, 437-451 (with N. Clifton)
131 Devolution and innovation: the financing of economic development (2005) Scottish Affairs, 50, 39-50
130 Knowledge, innovation and the competitiveness of cities (2005), in N. Buck, et al. (eds.) Changing Cities, London, Palgrave (with J. Simmie)
129 The substitution of in-house bioscience R&D by knowledge value chain capabilities, in Johansson, I (ed.) (2005) Uddevalla Symposium 2004 Proceedings, Uddevalla, University of Trollhättan
128 Regional transformation and regional disequilibrium: new knowledge economies and their discontents (2005) in G. Fuchs & P. Shapira (eds.) Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change, Berlin, Springer
127 Bioregional innovation systems: global co-publishing among regional knowledge domains (2005) Discussion Paper WS.EUF/1, Fiesole, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Research Projects

2006 2008 EU FP6 STRP: ‘CURE: Corporate Culture & Regional Embeddedness’ (£K144)
2006 German Ministry of Science (BMBF): A Comparison of German & British Biotechnology Clusters, Berlin, BMBF
2006 OECD: Envisioning Regional Growth Futures, Paris, OECD
2005-2006 EU DG Research: Constructing Regional Advantage, Brussels, EU
2005 UNIDO: Regional Innovation Systems as Public Goods, Vienna, UNIDO
2005-2008 EU FP6 ‘AFIBIO’ : Access to Finance in the Biotechnology Sector’ (€K 92,910)
2005-2010 EU FP6 ‘EURODITE: Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy: A Dynamic Model’ (K€ 332)
2005-2008 ESRC ‘Technology, Talent & Tolerance in European Cities’ (£K138)
2004-2006 EU FP6 Platform Foresight ‘LOGOTECH: Perspectives on National and Regional Research and Innovation Systems’ (£K 90)
2004-2009 EU FP6 STRP ‘IKINET: International Knowledge & Innovation Transfer’ (€K105)
2004-2014 EU FP6 Network of Excellence ‘DIME: Drivers of Innovation, Management and Enterprise’ (€K 905)
2004 Swedish Innovation Systems Development Agency (VINNOVA) Global BioRegions: A Comparison, Stockholm, VINNOVA
2003-2005 ESRC Collective Learning in Knowledge Economies (£K120)
2003-2004 EU ERDF Management Support for SME Innovation (£K330 with W. Battle Ltd.)
2003-2005 EU 5th Framework (BioIncubators) A Bio-Link Learning Network for Bio-incubation Companies (£K120)
2002-2007 ESRC Research Centre for the Study of the Economic & Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen) Genomics, Economics & Innovation theme (with Univ. of Wales College of Medicine, £K 1,702,)
2002-2005 ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change programme; New Models of Development Funding in Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales (£K140)
2002-2005 EU 5th Framework (IST) Regional Information Societies and Social Inclusion (£K120)
2001-2003 EU 5th Framework (IST) Technology and Digital Economy in the Periphery (£K800)
2001-02 Business Connect A Website Directory for Wales (£K65)
2000-02-ESRC Social Capital and SME Performance (k£103)
1999-02 Welsh Development Agency & Education & Learning Wales (ELWa) Graduate Destinations from Universities in Wales (£K165)
1997-99-ESRC Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion programme; Urban Networks as Innovative Environments project (k£120)
1996-98-ACE-Phare Baltic Cities: Economic Transformation through New Industries (k£80)
1996-98-EU-TSER Academic Entrepreneurship (k£73)
1996-98-EU-TSER Regional Innovation Systems: Designing for the Future (k£560) (Co-ordinator)
1995-97-ESRC Learning Society: Training for Multi-skilling in Britain and Germany project (k£114)
1994-96-ODA Inward Investment and Regional Economic Development in Poland (k£42)
1991-93-ESRC Research Project, Regional Innovation in Europe: Networking, Training and Technology Transfer in Wales and Baden-Württemberg (k£47)
1988-90-ESRC Franco-British High Technology and Regional Development in Britain and France project (k£41)

Membership and External Activity

2007 Member EU European Research Area Review Committee
2007 Member IRI ‘Collegio Docenti’ Advisory Board, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
2007 Adviser to UNIDO on Restructuring of the Serbian Economy
2006 Adviser, OECD, Envisioning Regional Growth Futures
2006 Awarded Honorary Doctorate (DPhil) by University of Lund, Sweden
2006 Adviser to UNIDO on Economic Diversification in Saudi Arabia
2006-2012 Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, School of Planning
2006 Adviser, Nordic Council of Ministers
2006-External Fellow, Centre for Innovation, Knowledge and Development, Open University
2006 Evaluator, Innovation in the Öresund Region Programme, ?forsk, Denmark
2006 Evaluator, Vinväxt Programme, VINNOVA, Sweden
2005-6 Adviser to Scottish Executive: Scotland’s Regional Innovation System
2005 UNIDO Advisor & Report Contributor: Global Public Goods for Economic Development
2005 EU DG Regio, Expert Adviser: New Strategic Delivery of Structural Funds
2005 EU DG Research, President, Expert Committee: Constructing Regional Advantage
2004 EU DG Research, Adviser & Rapporteur: Universities & Regional Development
2003 DTI/OST/Treasury Innovation Review Academic Panel Member
2003 HM Treasury Lambert Review of Innovation in the UK Correspondent
2002 OECD Global Knowledge Flows, Mission Team Member
2002 EU Expert Panel Member, Regional Foresight, DG Research
2002- Economic Adviser (Clusters) to Welsh Development Agency
2001-United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Industry Policy & Research
2001- Adviser to VINNOVA (Swedish Innovation Systems Agency)
2001- 2003 British Telecom Wales Advisory Board
2001- Agenda TV On-line Broadcasting Adviser
2000-2001 Northern Ireland Economic Council, ‘Regional Innovation Strategy’
2000-2001 Adviser to Welsh Assembly Economic Development Secretary ‘Future Studies’ Group
2000 Special Adviser, Select Committee on Welsh Affairs, Structural Funds Inquiry
1999-2000 Member, DTI Cluster Policy Steering Group, chaired by Lord Sainsbury
1999 Member, OST/DTI Biotechnology Clusters Task Force led by Lord Sainsbury
1998-99 Member, Technology Foresight Integrated Supply Chains Panel
1996-1999 Member, Advisory Panel, Enterprise Development: 2000, Government of Norway.
1995-1997 Adviser to the National Economic and Social Council, Republic of Ireland, Networking for Competitive Advantage