Education: BA (Hons), Geography, University of Liverpool; PhD, Geography, University of Liverpool

Career: Andy Pike is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is also Degree Programme Director for the MA, Diploma and Certificate Regional Development and MA Regional Development (Research). His research interests are in the geographical political economy of local and regional development. He is currently working on projects about place-attached brands and local development, and de-mutualization in the brewing industry. He is a member of the Regional Studies Association, the IBG-RGS Economic Geography Research Group and the Institution of Economic Development. Andy Pike is co-editor of the journal Regional Studies (see url below).

Publications include: Local and Regional Development (co-author) 2006; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Fourth Floor, Claremont Bridge, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England; Tel: +44 (0)191 222-8011; Fax: +44 (0)191 232-9259; Email: andy.pike@ncl.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/geps/about/geography.htm ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00343404.asp/ .