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Outside of the University, Professor David Bailey is Chair of the Regional Studies Association, a major international learned society, and a Non-executive Director of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

He has also held visiting posts in the United States, Japan, Italy and the Czech Republic, and was elected an Academician of the Social Sciences in 2008.

His latest book ‘Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU’ (edited with Lisa De Propris) was published in July 2009.

Professor David Bailey took up his role at Coventry University on 1^st May 2009. Before this he was a Professor at the Birmingham Business School and until 2009, its Director. He has written extensively on globalisation, economic restructuring and policy responses, the auto industry, European integration and enlargement, and the Japanese economy.

He has been involved in several major research projects and is currently leading an Economic and Social Research Council project on the economic and social impact of the MG Rover closure.

This project received widespread publicity last year when its initial findings showed that three years on from the closure, 90% of workers who lost their jobs have found new employment, but that most have taken significant pay cuts. Two thirds of those surveyed had suffered wage falls, with the average change being a fall of £5,640 per year in real terms.

David has undertaken hundreds of media interviews in recent years and is keen both to disseminate research findings and to contribute to on-going debates.

His blog at The Birmingham Post newspaper is widely read, with several blogs going on to form front page ‘splashes’ at the newspaper, most notably his recent blog on the case for government support for Jaguar Land Rover.

Industrial policy, economic development policy, policy towards transnational corporations and FDI, transition in Central and Eastern Europe, European integration and enlargement particularly with reference to EU Structural Funding and Regional Policy, structural change in the Japanese economy, economic freedom, the automotive industry.

PHD Supervision

• Globalisation and the car/auto industry.
• Issues in Regional Economic Development.
• European integration and enlargement particularly with reference to EU Structural Funding and Regional Policy.
• Economic development policy towards transnational corporations and FDI.
• Transition in Central and Eastern Europe.
• Structural change in the Japanese economy.

SOME RECENT MEDIA INTERVIEWS

• Interview with BBC 10 o'clock News on Jaguar Land Rover
• Recent webcast at the Birmingham Business School
• Recent interview on CNBC on the Auto industry
• Life After Longbridge: Three Years On (with Caroline Chapain, Michelle Mahdon and Rebecca Fauth)
• Interview with US Public Media's MarketPlace programme on a bail-out for the Big 3 automakers in the US
• Interview with US Public Media's MarketPlace programme on possible financial assistance for Jaguar Land Rover, December 2008

Journal Articles 

(with Helena Lenihan and Ajit Singh) Industrial Policy Lessons from Ireland and East Asia for Small African Economies, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. Forthcoming, 2009.

(with Stewart MacNeill) The Rover Task Force: A Case Study in Proactive and Reactive Policy Intervention? Regional Science Policy and Practice. Vol.1, Iss.1, 2008, 1-16.

(with Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas) A Tale of Two Regions: Comparative versus Competitive Approaches to Economic Restructuring, Policy Studies, Vol.29, Iss.3, 2008, 357-370.

(with Kathy Armstrong, Alex de Ruyter, Michelle Mahdon and Holli Thomas) The Impact of Plant Closures on Workers: a Comparison of MG Rover in the UK and Mitsubishi in Australia. Policy Studies, Vol.29, Iss.3, 2008. 343-355.

(with Seiji Kobayashi and Stewart MacNeill) Rover and Out? Globalisation, the West Midlands Auto Cluster, and the end of MG Rover. Policy Studies, Vol.29, Iss.3, 2008, 267-279.

(with Lisa De Propris) Editorial: Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging Europe. Policy Studies, 2007, Vol.28, No.4, 291-294.

(with Alex de Ruyter) Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making: A Role for Industrial Policy? Policy Studies, 2007, Vol.28, No.4, 383-398.

(with Nigel Driffield) Industrial Policy, FDI and Employment: Still ‘Missing a Strategy’, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2007, Vol.7, Iss.2, 189-211.

Globalisation and Restructuring in the Auto Industry: The Impact on the West Midlands Auto Cluster, Strategic Change, Vol.16, 2007, 137-144.

(with Alex de Ruyter and Noel Kavanagh) Lisbon, Sapir and Industrial Policy: Evaluating the Irish Experience, International Review of Applied Economics, Vo.21, Iss.3, 2007, 453-467.

(with Keith Cowling) Industrial Policy and Vulnerable Capitalism, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol.20, Iss.5, 2006, 537-553.

(with Lisa De Propris, Roger Sugden and Lisa De Propris) Industrial Policy under Globalisation, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol.20, Iss.5, 2006, 557-572.

(with Lisa De Propris)  A Bridge Too Phare?  EU Pre-Accession Aid and Capacity Building in the Candidate Countries, Journal of Common Market Studies, 2004, Vol.42, Iss.1.

US Policy Toward Inward FDI: CFIUS and Extension of the Definition of ‘National Security’, The Journal of World Investment, 2003, Vol.4, Iss.5.

Explaining Japan’s Kûdôka (Hollowing Out): A Case of Government and Strategic Failure? Asia Pacific Business Review, 2003, Vol.10, No.1.

Globalisation, Regions and Cluster Policies: The Case of the Rover Task Force, Policy Studies, 2003, Vol.24, No.2/3.

FDI in Japan: An ‘Open Door’ or a Legacy of ‘Non-Institutional’ Barriers? The Journal of World Investment, 2003, Vol 4, Iss 2.

(with Lisa De Propris) EU Structural Funds, Regional Capabilities and Enlargement: Towards Multi-Level Governance? Journal of European Integration, 2002, Vol.24, Iss.4.

(with Nigel Driffield) Hymer and Uneven Development Revisited: FDI and Regional Inequalities, Contributions to Political Economy, 2002, Vol.21, No.4.

(with Lisa De Propris) The 1988 Reform of the Structural Funds: Entitlement or Empowerment?  Journal of European Public Policy, 2002, Vol.9, No.3.

Books (authored and edited)

(with Lisa De Propris), ed.s, Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU. London: Routledge. 2009.

(with Dan Coffey and Phil Tomlinson), ed.s, Crisis or Recovery in Japan? State and Industrial Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2007.

(with George Harte and Roger Sugden) Making Transnationals Accountable. A Significant Step for Britain. 1994. London: Routledge.

(with George Harte and Roger Sugden) Transnationals and Governments. Recent Government Policies in Japan, France, The United States, Germany and Britain. 1994.  London: Routledge.

Contributions to Edited Volumes

(with Helena Lenihan and Ajit Singh) Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright? Industrial Policy Lessons from Ireland and East Asia for Small African Economies, in Joseph Stiglitz, (Ed.) Africa Task Force Initiative for Public Dialogue Volume I. Oxford: OUP. Forthcoming 2009.

(with Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas) A Tale of Two Regions: Comparative versus Competitive Approaches to Economic Restructuring, in A. Beer and H.Thomas, ed.s, The Impacts of Automotive Plant Closure: A Tale of Two Cities. London: Routledge. Forthcoming 2009.

(with Kathy Armstrong, Alex de Ruyter, Michelle Mahdon and Holli Thomas) The Impact of Plant Closures on Workers: a Comparison of MG Rover in the UK and Mitsubishi in Australia, in A. Beer and H.Thomas, ed.s, The Impacts of Automotive Plant Closure: A Tale of Two Cities. London: Routledge. Forthcoming 2009.

(with Seiji Kobayashi and Stewart MacNeill) Rover and Out? Globalisation, the West Midlands Auto Cluster, and the end of MG Rover, in A. Beer and H.Thomas, ed.s, The Impacts of Automotive Plant Closure: A Tale of Two Cities. London: Routledge. Forthcoming 2009.

(with A de Ruyter). Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making: A Role for Public Policy?, in F.Columbus, (Ed.), Globalization: Understanding, Management and Effects. New York: Nova. Forthcoming 2009.

 (with Alex de Ruyter and Michelle Mahdon). Changing Lanes or Stuck in the Slow Lane? Employment Precariousness and labour market status of MG Rover workers 3 years after closure. In Carole Thornley, Steve Jefferys and Beatrice Appay, ed.s, Globalisation and Precarious Forms of Production and Employment: Challenges for Workers and Unions. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Forthcoming 2009.

(with Lisa De Propris) Introduction: Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging Europe. In David Bailey and Lisa De Propris, ed.s, Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU. London: Routledge. 2009.

(with Alex de Ruyter) Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making: A Role for Industrial Policy? In David Bailey and Lisa De Propris, ed.s, Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU. London: Routledge. 2009.

(with Seiji Kobayashi). Life After Longbridge? Crisis and Restructuring in the West Midlands Auto Cluster, in M.Farschi, O.Janne and P.McCann (ed.s), Industrial Regeneration and Regional Policy Options in a Global Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Forthcoming 2008.

(with Lisa De Propris, Roger Sugden and James R. Wilson) International Networking in Research and Learning: Reflections on the Impacts of Different Governance Processes, in M J Aranguren, C Iturrioz, and J R Wilson, (ed.s), Networks, Governance and Economic Development: Bridging Disciplinary Frontiers. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2008.

(with Lisa De Propris) Enlargement, Structural Funds and Governance: Issues in the Next Reform of the Structural Funds, in H M Hoen and T J Selck, (ed.s), Europa: Charming Zeus… and Numerous Others! International Political Economy of EU Accession.  Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishers. (Groningen Studies in Cultural Change). 2007.

(with Dan Coffey and Phil Tomlinson). Introduction: the Attributes of the Crisis. In D.Bailey, D.Coffey and P.Tomlinson, (ed.s), Crisis or Recovery in Japan? State and Industrial Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2007.

(with Roger Sugden). Kûdôka, Restructuring and Possibilities for Industrial Policy in Japan. In D.Bailey, D.Coffey and P.Tomlinson, (ed.s), Crisis or Recovery in Japan? State and Industrial Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2007.