University Campus North Lincolnshire, SCUNTHORPE
We’re really excited to be partnering with Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government and University Campus North Lincolnshire to host our next PlaceLAB event on
Friday 20 June 2025, 5pm-6.30pm followed by drinks at the University Campus North Lincolnshire, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1BU
PLACELAB
HOW DO WE CREATE MORE, GOOD-QUALITY JOBS LOCALLY?
The ambition for the evening is to bring an independent perspective from the Blavatnik School, together with key voices from across North Lincolnshire, to accelerate thinking and relationship building around a vital priority – how do we create more, good-quality jobs locally?
While there has been welcome positive news around British Steel – and the government has rightly recognised the Scunthorpe site as of national importance – we want this to be a springboard to attract even more good-quality, well-paid jobs to our area.
As part of the event, renowned economist Sir Paul Collier will be discussing his latest book 'Left Behind', drawing on his long experience working in countries around the world as well as his personal experience growing up in Sheffield, and reflections for Scunthorpe.
Sir Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. He is also the Oxford Academic Director of the International Growth Centre, a collaboration between the LSE and Oxford Universities.
Paul is also a member of the Natural Resource Governance Institute Board and his work on the management of natural resources includes the book The Plundered Planet: How to reconcile prosperity with nature; he also co-edited a companion book, Plundered Nations?
In The Future of Capitalism: facing the new anxieties, (2017), and Greed is Dead, (2020), co-authored with Professor Sir John Kay, he attacked the misdirection of public policy and private business that has caused avoidable polarisation and the decline of poor regions like Southern Italy.
He advises local and national governments on practical ways of regional renewal. His book, Left Behind, (published in Britain, the USA and Germany), draws on global examples of success.
