Place leadership in the geography of opportunities: survival of small industrial localities when industrial giants fall. Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2479108

Leading Change in Communities Experiencing Economic Transition: Place Leadership, Expectations, and Industry Closure. Journal of Change Management (with A. Beer and D. Bailey - 2023)

Handbook on City and Regional Leadership (with A. Beer - 2021)

Place leadership and the challenge of transformation: policy platforms and innovation ecosystems in promotion of green growth. European Planning Studies (with Suvinen, N. - 2019)

Place leadership and regional economic development: a framework for cross-regional analysis. Regional Studies (with A. Beer, S. Ayres, T. Clower, F. Faller, A. Sancino - 2019)

Smart specialization and place leadership: dreaming about shared visions, falling into policy traps? Regional Studies, Regional Science (2018)

Governance, agency and place leadership: lessons from a cross national analysis. Regional Studies (with A. Beer - 2017)

Making sense of leadership in urban and regional development (with A. Beer and J. Gibney - 2017)

Leadership and the city: power, strategy and networks in the making of knowledge cities (2016)

Leadership and change in sustainable regional development (with L. Horlings and J. Liddle - 2012)