Professor Jeremy Phillipson

• Professor of Rural Development Centre for Rural Economy
• Email: jeremy.phillipson@ncl.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8940

Jeremy Phillipson is Professor of Rural Development and Director of Research in the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Newcastle University. He leads on rural enterprise reserch within the Centre for Rural Economy, coordinating the Rural Enterprise UK initiative. He is a co-ordinator of the ESRC et al Centre for Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus and leads Landbridge (a knowledge exchange network for rural professionals). Jeremy is a member of the Defra Social Science Expert Group. He was previously a member of the Defra/DECC Social Science Expert Panel, a Board member of the Scottish Government RESAS Strategic Research Board, and between 2003 and 2013 Assistant Director of the UK Research Councils' £27 million Rural Economy and Land Use Programme.