University News Last updated 07 October 2010
Birmingham City University will welcome Professor David Bailey of Coventry Business School to present a lecture on 'Global Trends and Prospects in the Auto Industry' later this month.
The lecture – taking place on October 21st - is the second in the Design Built-In visiting lecture series, held jointly in association with Aston University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and supported by the Birmingham Post.
Professor Bailey will review key global trends in the auto industry including the impact of sustainability and low carbon. He will assess the renaissance in premium auto brands based in the Midlands and the vital contribution made by good design teaching.
Having graduated in Economics from the University of Birmingham, followed by a Masters in Russian and East European Studies with Economics, and later a PhD at the Birmingham Business School; Professor Bailey has written extensively on industrial and regional policy and globalisation, especially in relation to the auto industry, and appears frequently in the local, national and international media. He was recently principal investigator on an ESRC funded project looking at the impact of the MG Rover closure workers, families and communities, and the subsequent policy response.
Prof Bailey took up his first post at the Birmingham Business School as a Research Associate and was appointed a Professor in 2006 and Director of the Birmingham Business School in 2008. He moved to Coventry University in 2009. Prof Bailey is also Chair of the Regional Studies Association, an active blogger at The Birmingham Post and a Non-Executive Director at the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Te lecture will begin at 4.15pm at the Emma Jessie Phipps Lecture Theatre, BIAD, Gosta Green, Birmingham City University and will be followed by refreshments. Attendance is free. To book a place please email beverley.nielsen@bcu.ac.uk