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Carlo Corradini

Professor of Regional Economics

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Specialisms

  • Regional Economics, 
  • Regional Innovation Policy, 
  • Spatial Industrial Dynamics, 
  • Spatial Econometrics, 
  • Big Data Methods

Location

HBS 126, Whiteknights Campus

Carlo Corradini is Professor of Regional Economics at Henley Business School (University of Reading). Before joining Henley Business School, Carlo worked as Associate Professor in Regional Economics at Birmingham Business School. He holds a PhD from Nottingham University Business School and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Carlo is actively engaged in the scholarly debate on topics ranging from regional economics, technological change and industry dynamics, as well as regional industrial and innovation policy, with publications in top-ranked journals including Journal of Economic Geography, Regional Studies, Research Policy, Environment and Planning A, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics and Industrial and Corporate Change.

He also serves as Associate Editor for the journal Regional Studies.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Nottingham University Business School, Industrial Economics Group, UK
  • MSc in Evaluation of public policy and regional development, University of Modena, Italy
  • BSc in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Modena, Italy

PhD Supervision Interests

  • Regional innovation
  • Regional and urban entrepreneurship
  • Regional and urban economic development
  • Spatial dynamics of technological change
  • Clusters and innovation
  • Regional and urban development policy

Reference: Corradini, C. , Morris, D. and Vanino, E. (2025) Marshallian agglomeration, labour pooling and skills matching. Cambridge Journal of Economics. ISSN 1464-3545 (In Press)
Henley faculty authors:
Carlo Corradini
Reference: Barzotto, M., Corradini, C. and Labory, S. (2025) Shuffling the deck? Multiple transitions and the new spatiality of places and workspaces in the polycrisis post-COVID economy. Regional Studies. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2451308
Henley faculty authors:
Carlo Corradini
Reference: Corradini, C. , Matheson, J. and Vanino, E. (2024) Neighbourhood labour structure, lockdown policies, and the uneven spread of COVID-19: within-city evidence from England. Economica, 91 (363). pp. 944-979. ISSN 1468-0335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12522
Henley faculty authors:
Carlo Corradini
Reference: Corradini, C. , Vecciolini, C. and Santini, E. (2023) Place promotion, place branding and social media communication around entrepreneurial ecosystems: a Twitter analysis. Regional Studies. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2239275
Henley faculty authors:
Carlo Corradini
Reference: Corradini, C. and Vanino, E. (2022) Path dependency, regional variety and the dynamics of new firm creation in rooted and pioneering industries. Journal of Economic Geography, 22 (3). pp. 631-651. ISSN 1468-2702 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbab021
Henley faculty authors:
Carlo Corradini
Reference: Corradini, C. , Morris, D. and Vanino, E. (2022) Towards a regional approach for skills policy. Regional Studies. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2031950
Henley faculty authors:
Carlo Corradini

Real Estate and Urban Economics

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Module code: RE2ECON

Real Estate and Urban Economics

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Module code: REMF68

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2022 – ESRC IAA, Towards the implementation of a regional skills policy framework. With the University of Nottingham and the University of Sheffield.

2020-2021 – RSA Small Grants, The Role of Industrial Density in the Health and Economic consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis.

2020-2021 – Leverhulme Research Fellowship, Exploring the geography of the intangible dimension of innovation.

2017-2019 - Regional Studies Association Policy Expo, Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0: Upgrading Regional Capabilities for a Balanced Industrial Development and Growth through Networks.

2017-2018 – British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, Capturing 'Buzz' for innovation and entrepreneurship: an exploration of regional social structures as reflected by social media.