On Friday 4th March we had the pleasure to listen to Professor Geoffrey J D Hewings from University of Illinois giving a research seminar on “Exploring the structure of regional economies: adding the occupational dimension".

Dr. Hewings major research interests lie in the field of urban and regional economic analysis with a focus on the design, implementation, and application of regional economic models. He has devoted considerable time to the way in which these models might become useful in policy formation and evaluation. In addition to the continuing development of regional econometric-input-output models for a number of US states and metropolitan areas, Hewings is working on several modeling projects in Brazil, Colombia, Japan, Korea, and Indonesia.