Masterclass: Place and Economic Development - 13 Sept 2023

Masterclass – Introduction to Place and Economic Development

Led by Professor Steve Millington

Wednesday 13^th September 2023 | 11am – 2.30pm | + available on demand
IPM members only

Join Professor Steve Millington and MSc Place Management students for an introductory masterclass exploring contemporary challenges in place development.

Delivered by the IPM teaching team, this 3 hour session will set out key theories and approaches to local and regional development in a global context. The session includes discussion of economic models, the production of place and site-specific place making.

As an introduction, the masterclass can prompt further reading and exploration of development themes relevant to your personal place practice, as well as giving an insight into study on IPM’s postgraduate programmes including the MSc Place Management.

Timing	Description	Speaker
10:00 – 11:00	Introduction to the unit	Prof. Steve Millington
11:00 – 11:10	Welcome & Introduction	Rachel Nickeas
11:10 - 12:30	Place and Economic Development ‘Rethinking local economic development’	Prof. Steve Millington
12:30 – 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 - 13:30	Placemaking with Private Developers – Finding the sweet spot	Emma James (Places Made)
13:30 – 14:00	The Manifesto for Walking Mums	Dr. Louise Platt (Senior Lecturer in Festivals and Events
14:00 – 14:30	An introduction to Community Wealth Building’	Sean Benstead Senior Researcher CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies)
*14:30 – 15:00	Post-graduate courses at MMU with the IPM *	Prof. Steve Millington

The full postgraduate studied unit includes:

Critical evaluation of key theory in place development
Research of contemporary place management practices
Places in a global context
Local economic development
Spatial innovation systems
Alternative economic models
The production of place
Crisis of public space
Tactical urbanism

Free to IPM Members

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