Putting Universities in Their Place: An Evidence-Based Approach to Understanding the Contribution of Higher Education to Local and Regional Developmen

Louise Kempton is Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies

(CURDS), Newcastle University, UK.

Maria Conceição Rego is Professor in the Department of Economics and a researcher in the Centre for

Advanced Studies in Management and Economics (CEFAGE), University of Évora, Portugal.

Lucir Reinaldo Alves is Professor in the Department of Economics and a researcher in the Centre for

Regional Development (NDR), Western Paraná State University, Brazil and a researcher in the Centre of

Geographical Studies (CEG) at the University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Paul Vallance is a Research Associate in the Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise

Development (CREED), Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, UK.

Maurício Aguiar Serra is Professor of Economic Development in the Institute of Economics, University

of Campinas, Brazil.

Mark Tewdwr-Jones is UCL Bartlett Professor of Cities and Regions, The Bartlett Centre for Advanced

Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London, UK.