Why do creative clusters emerge within some specific urban morphologies and not others? This paper is based on a series of in-depth interviews with cultural producers in a range of fields including included design, new media, visual and performing arts, working in key creative clusters in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

This Report addresses the Terms of Reference of the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into the Australian Innovation System. The Report recommends that Government should take action, in collaboration with research organisations and business, to lift innovation performance in five Strategic Action Areas: leadership and policy direction; building enterprise capability; lifting investment in science and...

This inquiry looks at the challenges to Australian industries and jobs posed by increasing global competition in innovation, science, engineering, research and education. Innovation has consistently been acknowledged as a fundamental driver of productivity and economic growth which can deliver positive social and environmental outcomes by peak international bodies, key industry stakeholders, government and academia...

This paper discusses the scope for an Innovation Corridor in Western Sydney, a means of gathering, activating, and promoting the diverse set of new opportunities within the region. As a key regional actor, Western Sydney University will play a major role in driving a set of initiatives in partnership with government, private sector, and social...

Using the Tonsley Redevelopment Project as a new case study, this paper seeks to contribute to the current discussion on urban renewal and the making of competitive cities through a critical examination of the role of ‘innovation clusters’ and the intersection of place and productive processes as the basis to renewal strategy.