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Senior Researcher
Email: lcrowley@theworkfoundation.com
Telephone: 020 7976 3616
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Lizzie is leading The Work Foundation's work on innovation in cities for the cities 2020 programme. She will also be running one of the bottom ten million research strands, looking at the clustering of highly skilled workers in particular cities and regions and what this means for those with low skill levels.
Her research interests include welfare reform, labour market exclusion and economic growth.
Before joining The Work Foundation, Lizzie worked for Shared Intelligence, where she specialised in economic development, employment and skills. She has conducted academic research on welfare reform, labour market policy and the rise of Incapacity Benefit claimants.
Lizzie graduated in Sociology and has a master's degree in Social Science Research Methods, both from the University of Glasgow.
Back to Our People
International Lessons: Youth unemployment in the global context This report examines the UK’s youth unemployment problem in an international context, drawing lessons from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia.
Lizzie Crowley, Katy Jones, Nye Cominetti and Jenny Gulliford 29 January 2013
Short-term crisis - long-term problem? Addressing the youth employment challenge Over one million young people are out of work in the UK. This report illuminates the problem presented by the 264,000 young people in this country who have been unemployed for 12 months or more.
Neil Lee, Paul Sissons, Brhmie Balaram and Katy Jones 18 June 2012
Streets Ahead: What makes a city innovative? This Cities 2020 report looks at the geography of innovation, what makes a city successful, and how policy makers can improve the innovative performance of their cities.
Lizzie Crowley 07 December 2011
Budget offers minor measures to support growth of UK cities Today’s Budget rightly emphasises the importance of cities in delivering UK growth.
Lizzie Crowley 21 March 2012
City Skills Fund - A welcomed injection of cash, but is more local control over skills funding actually needed? Yesterday the government announced a £4.5 million City Skills Fund to help England’s largest cities and colleges work together to boost the provision of skills needed by employers.
Lizzie Crowley 10 February 2012
Streets Ahead: What makes a city innovative? Innovative cities can drive the economic recovery. Innovation – the successful commercialisation of new ideas – is the key driver of economic growth.
Cities and regeneration Lizzie Crowley, reseacher at The Work Foundation, discusses her work on the Cities 2020 programme.
Lizzie Crowley 06 March 2012
Any rebirth for regeneration? As the government comes under fire today for cuts in regeneration funding, it seems like a pertinent time to ask the question: ‘is there a future for area based regeneration’?
Lizzie Crowley 03 November 2011