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Philip Cooke

Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff,

Philip Cooke is University Research Professor and founding Director (1993) of the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff. His research interests lie in studies of Economics of Biotechnology (partner in CESAGen Research Centre), Regional Innovation Systems, Knowledge Economies, and Policy Actions for Business Clusters and Networks. As a field leader in Knowledge & Innovation Sciences he has co-ordinated and participated in six FP projects since 1995. He co-edited a book entitled 'Regional Innovation Systems' in 1998, a fully revised 2nd edition of which is published in 2004. He co-authored a book on network governance, called 'The Associational Economy', also published in 1998, and is co-author of 'The Governance of Innovation in Europe' published in 2000. His recent book 'Knowledge Economies: Clusters, Learning and Cooperative Advantage' was published by Routledge in 2002. In 2004 he published 'Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories' (Edward Elgar). Prof. Cooke was adviser to Lord Sainsbury's Biotechnology Clusters mission in 1999 and subsequently UK government Cluster Policy, and Innovation Review adviser. He has been EU adviser on Regional Foresight, Universities & Regional Development, and in 2004-5 Chairs the EU committee on 'Constructing Regional Advantage'. He is OECD adviser on Knowledge Economies, and UNIDO adviser on Innovation Systems. In addition to the books, he is author of more than 100 research and scholarly articles in leading journals. He is also Editor of 'European Planning Studies' a bi-monthly journal devoted to European urban and regional governance, innovation and development issues. In 2003 he was elected Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS).