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From Urbanite to Astronaut: The Territorial Economics of Space

Dates
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 18:00 to 19:00
Location
Berril Lecture Theatre,Walton Hall, Open University, MK6 7AA and Online

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Leslie Budd will explore the recent increase in public interest in space exploration and the future of using urban and regional economics for assessing its impact.

The recent increase in public interest in space exploration has both supported and questioned the value of this important branch of scientific discovery and its societal applications. Examples include the NASA Mars Preservation Rover landing and in the last 20 years the European Space Agency (ESA) has contributed significant funding to the International Space Station (ISS), leveraging advances in space science whose multi-disciplinary impacts have led to the identification, evaluation and potential measurement of a wide range of socioeconomic benefits. Until recently, the contribution of these benefits to economy and society has tended to be overlooked.

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This event will take place on campus and is livestreamed via our webpages and via YouTube.

Professor Leslie Budd

Leslie Budd is Professor of Regional Economy in the Department of Public Leadership and Social Enterprise (PuLSE) at The Open University Business School. He is an economist who is internationally known for his work on regional and urban economics in the context of global issues, the digital economy, the socioeconomic impacts of BREXIT and evaluating the socioeconomic benefits of space exploration. He is currently Director of the Space Exploration and Analysis Research (SPEAR) cluster in the Faculty of Business and Law and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Brexit Studies, Birmingham City University.