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Frank Crowley PhD, MA, BA

Economic Lecturer (University College Cork)

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    Cork traffic woes: 'Even minor accidents are clogging up the whole city at this point'

    Cork traffic woes: 'Even minor accidents are clogging up the whole city at this point'

    Why Ireland needs real decentralisation

    Why Ireland needs real decentralisation

    The plan for decentralisation AGAIN

    The plan for decentralisation AGAIN

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    Dublin needs to set Cork free, if Cork is to reach its full potential.

    Dublin needs to set Cork free, if Cork is to reach its full potential.

    My piece from the excellent special edition on #Corkontherise in the Irish Examiner. Building sprawling , congested mini-Dublin's is the wrong direction our provincial cities should be taking. A lack of autonomy is constraining their potential to be more liveable, innovative and distinct. Full link available here:
    Credit Union Development

    Credit Union Development

    Looking forward to presenting at the Credit union Summer School this June on 'Local embeddeness and Innovation: Relevance for Credit Union Development' For more info visit web page here here
    Future Forms: our city in 200 years

    Future Forms: our city in 200 years

    The recent Future Forms project by the Glucksman at UCC, in collaboration with Cork Chamber, asked over 1,000 young people from across the wider community to imagine what Cork would look like in 200 years time and to think of ways we can shape our urban environment. This is what they come up and my economics third year class (The role of place for innovation) and I were happy to give our input to this project. Check out the video here
    The trade-off between absorptive capacity and appropriability of the returns to innovation effort

    The trade-off between absorptive capacity and appropriability of the returns to innovation effort

    New Spatial and Regional Economics research Working paper by @frankgcrowley and @decjordan on 'The trade-off between absorptive capacity and appropriability of the returns to #innovation effort ' can be read here . Abstract Below:

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    'A good city is like a good party. People don't want to leave early.'

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    'First Life, then spaces, then buildings, the other way around never works' 

     

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