Productivity Research Conference  4th – 5th September 2025 Find out more

A diverse community of leading experts, policymakers and practitioners

The Institute’s key research themes are led by ten academic partners spread across the UK.

Working closely with policymakers

We’re a UK-wide research organisation exploring what productivity means for business

Businesses are crucial to solving the UK’s productivity problems.

Productivity Research Conference 2025

4–5 September 2025 | University Place, The University of Manchester

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Innovation Breakthrough Projects 2025 Funding Call

TPI | July 2025
  • News

“Digital Stoke”: a new opportunity for a second-order post-industrial city

Geoff Pugh, Yao Li, Mark Gregory, Jon Fairburn | July 2025
  • Report

Place-Based Industrial Policy: Six Lessons for the UK

Joe Peck, Huw Spencer, Samuel Thorpe, Andy Westwood | July 2025
  • Policy Commentary

AI Innovation and the Labour Share: Navigating the Productivity Puzzle in European Regions

Francesco Venturini, Antonio Minniti, Klaus Prettner | July 2025
  • Journal Article

Joining Up Pro-Productivity Policies in the UK

Bart van Ark, Stephen Millard, Adrian Pabst, Andy Westwood et al. | July 2025
  • Report

Rewire state to unlock productivity across the country

TPI | July 2025
  • Blog

Highlights from the Lab

The Productivity Laboratory is our data science centre of excellence, the “engine room” for collecting, disseminating, and producing productivity data.

Productivity Forums

Our 8 Productivity Forums represent the English regions and devolved nations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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