Peter Tyler is Emeritus Professor in Urban and Regional Economics in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professorial Fellow and former President of St. Catharine's College. He has been Project Director for a very large number of major research projects for governments relating to urban and regional development, twenty-five of which have been of book length. Besides his work in the United Kingdom for HM Government he has also undertaken research for the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on urban, regional, industrial and evaluation policy. He has been an Expert Advisor to the OECD, European Commission and HM Government, including serving on the National Evaluation Panel for Sure Start (HM Government initiative for children under 5). He was a Programme Leader for the Cambridge MIT initiative and is a Policy Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy. During 2016 he was an Expert Advisor to UN Habitat III.

Peter was made a Master of the Royal Town Planning on the basis of his contribution to urban and regional spatial planning and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in the light of his considerable knowledge and experience in the spheres of land, property or construction. He is an Academician of the Learned Society for Social Sciences. In recent years he has been involved in research to value the benefits of urban regeneration and economic development (DCLG), the expert evaluation network delivering policy analysis on the performance of EU Cohesion Policy (DG Regio), Co-Investigator on Resilient Regions and Cities (ESRC), the British Urban Transformations project (ESRC) and the Long-Term Dynamics of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems (EPSRC). He has recently undertaken an assessment of the economic impact of the Babraham Research Campus Cambridge and just published with colleagues a book on Levelling-Up Left Behind Places; The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge (Rutledge, 2022).

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Professor Peter Tyler is Emeritus Professor in Urban and Regional economics in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and an Emeritus Professorial Fellow at St. Catharine's College. He has an extensive track record in undertaking research on the evaluation of public policy.  He has been a Project Director for over seventy major research projects for Government, many involving the evaluation of public policy. Besides his work in the United Kingdom for HM Government he has also undertaken research for the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on urban, regional, industrial and evaluation policy. He has been an Expert Advisor to the OECD, European Commission. HM Government and in 2016 Expert Advisor to UN Habitat III. Peter was made a Member of the Royal Town Planning on the basis of his contribution to urban and regional spatial planning and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in the light of his considerable knowledge and experience in the spheres of land, property or construction. He is an Academician of the Learned Society for Social Sciences. Recent research relates to an assessment of the economic impact of the Babraham Research Campus, an assessment of the economic impact of the Cambridge Bioscience Campus, a major ESRC research project on the Economic Performance of British Cities and the long term dynamics of interdependent infrastructure systems (EPSRC).

Research Interests: local labour and property markets, innovation and technology, evaluation of Government policies, economic restructuring and business performance; small and medium enterprises.

Tyler, P, with Martin, R, Pike, A, Sunley, P and Gardiner, B (2022). ‘Levelling Up’ the UK: Reinforcing the Policy Agenda’. Regional Studies, Regional Science. 9:1, 794-817, DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2022.2150562

Tyler, P with Roberts, J and Tubeuf, S (2023). Evaluating area-based policies using secondary data:  the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders. Housing Studies. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2146065

Tyler, P, with Batty, M, Clifton, J and Wan, L. (2022).The Post-Covid City. The Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.

Tyler, P, with Martin, R. Gardiner, B and Sunley, P (2021). Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge. Routledge, London.

Tyler, P, with A De Ruyter, R Martin (2021). Geographies of discontent: sources, manifestations and consequences, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 14, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 381–393, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsab025

Tyler, P with Evenhuis, E, Lee, N, Martin, R. (2021). Challenges of Productivity and Inclusion. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Society and Economy. Volume 14, Issue 1. (https://academic.oup.com/cjres/article/14/1/3/6163100).

Tyler, P with Caselli, G, Cosh, A and Tyler, P (2021). The Cambridge Phenomenon; An Innovation System Built on Public Private Partnership.  Innovation & Impact, 2021 URL: iai.digital/2021/the-cambridge-phenomenon-an-innovation-system-built-on-public-private-partnership.

Tyler, P with Chen, P, Brown, A, Gardiner, B, Sserwanja, I and Jia, Mo (2020). The Impact of Connectivity Infrastructure on Local Economic Growth in Britain. Department of Land Economy Discussion Paper.

Tyler, P with Chen, P, Oughton, E,  Zagdanski, J and Jia, M (2020). Crowdsourced data indicates broadband has a positive impact on local business creation. Department of Land Economy Discussion Paper. Now submitted to Journal: Telematics and Informatics.

Tyler, P with Ehwi RJ, Morrison N (2019). Gated communities and land administration challenges in Ghana: reappraising the reasons why people move into gated communities. Housing Studies. Jan.

Tyler, P with Hooton CA (2019). Do Enterprise Zones have a role to play in delivering a place-based industrial Strategy? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Society and Economy. Volume 12, Issue 3, November 2019, Pages 423–443, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsz015

Tyler, P with Bailey (D), Glasmeier, A, Tomlinson, P (2019). Industrial Policy: New Technologies and Transformative Innovation Policies? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Society and Economy. July.

Tyler, P with Martin, R, Storper, M, Evenhuis, E and Glasmeier, A. Globalization at a critical conjuncture? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 11, Issue 1, 10 March 2018, Pages 3–16, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsy002.

Tyler, P, with Martin, R, Sunley, S, Evenhuis, E and Gardiner, B. Structural change and productivity growth in cities. Journal of Economic Geography, March 2018.

Tyler, P with Martin, R, Sunley, S and Gardiner, B. 2017.Growing Apart? Structural Transformation and the Uneven Development of British Cities. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society.

Tyler, P with Martin R., Sunley P and Gardiner B. 2016.  How Regions React to Recessions: Resilience and the Role of Economic Structure. Regional Studies. Pgs 561-585.

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