Authors: Susanne Frick, Paula Prenzel
Organisations: The Government Outcomes Lab, Institut für Geographie und Geologie, Universität Greifswald
The international comparators project was a major study of 8 cities around the world that have turned themselves around from decline to success story. Each has been resilient in the face of waning industry, utilising policy instruments and collaborative initiative to bounce back. Authors Susanne Frick, Ian Taylor and Paula Prenzel worked with Professors Paul Collier, Philip McCann, Colin Mayer and Vincent Goodstadt to produce 3 case study reports covering 8 cities in 6 countries these case studies offer examples of policy innovation for regional development that are instructive to the UK in its efforts to correct spatial inequality and for other countries looking to weather post-industrial decline.
The German cities of Duisburg, Dortmund and Leipzig are examined in detail by Dr Susanne Frick, based at the University of Oxford, and Dr Paula Prenzel, based at the University of Greifswald. Germany is renowned as an example of successful economic strategy across devolved levels of government.