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Consortium Partners
Meet our Research Consortium Partners. They are based at Sussex University, Sheffield University, Work Advance, as well as our host institution, Newcastle University. Each research team leads on one of four themes within our State of the Nations series.

The University of Sheffield team, led by Mark Taylor, produce research reports in the Arts, Culture & Heritage theme.
Ruoxi Wang
Research Associate at the Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield
Mark Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield
Dave O’Brien
Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries at The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The U…

The Work Advance team of Heather and Lesley produce the research reports for the Creative Education, Skills & Talent theme.
Heather Carey
Director of Work Advance
Lesley Giles
Director of Work Advance

The Newcastle University team produces research reports on the Internationalisation theme.
Daniel Simandjuntak
Research Associate for Creative PEC
Jonathan Jones
Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School
Sara Maioli
Reader in Economics at Newcastle University Business School
Jonathan Sapsed
Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Newcastle University Business School

Josh Siepel from the University of Sussex leads on the the R&D, Innovation & Clusters theme.
Josh Siepel
Associate Professor in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School