Chris Webber
Senior Analyst
+44 (0)20 7803 4314
c.webber@centreforcities.org
Areas of expertise
Business growth, innovation, transport, infrastructure financing
Chris joined the Centre for Cities in 2006. He leads the Centre's work on innovation and skills and has recently produced a report on graduate retention and high skilled workers in Liverpool and the Core Cities. He also leads the Centre's work for the All Party Urban Development Group and has authored a number of reports on urban regeneration and infrastructure financing.
Prior to joining the Centre for Cities, he worked on the City Growth project for Park Royal, Wembley and White City in North West London where he researched and produced an economic development strategy for the local area.
Chris was educated at the University of Liverpool and the London School of Economics.
Recent publications
- Next steps: a regeneration agenda for the next government APUDG report (2010)
- Growing by degrees? High skilled workers in Liverpool Centre for Cities (2009)
- Regeneration and the recession: unlocking the money APUDG report (2009)
- Brighton & Hove: Sustaining City Growth Centre for Cities (2009)
- Innovation, science and the city Centre for Cities (2008)
- Smarter, stronger cities: UK Urban Policy Innovations and Lessons for the US Brookings Institution (2008)
