Eleanor Shearer
Former Researcher
All work
Diversity and inclusion in the think tank sector
Think tanks need to improve outreach, change perceptions of the sector and adapt their recruitment to improve their diversity.
Levelling up and innovation
A review on what innovation policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside of London and South East.
Levelling up and infrastructure policy
A review on what infrastructure policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside the South East.
Levelling up and skills policy
This insight reviews the evidence on what skills policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside of Lon
What levelling up policies will drive economic change?
Levelling up will not deliver the changes promised by Boris Johnson unless the next PM’s government is more ambitious in tackling regional inequality.
The new Levelling Up Bill lacks the ambition needed to deliver
The government needs to show more ambition than the new Levelling Up Bill
Will the levelling up missions help reduce regional inequality?
The government’s levelling up missions fall short of what is needed to level up.
Levelling up: the IfG view on the white paper
The white paper does not provide a clear-sighted diagnosis for tackling regional inequalities.
Local enterprise partnerships
Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) are non-statutory bodies responsible for local economic development in England.
HS2: lessons for future infrastructure projects
How government can ensure future infrastructure spending is money well spent – and where ministers can learn from the mistakes of the HS2 project.