Dr Clare Devaney is a Research Fellow with GSA Rural Lab. Rural Lab is a research-led centre for innovation, enterprise and knowledge exchange, based at the GSA Highlands & Islands campus. Its research portfolio is grounded in rural traditions, communities and contexts, and its work champions and advocates for rural knowledges, approaches and leadership. Clare's work has been published and disseminated globally, including through book publication (Panonomics, Springer, 2021), as an award-winning entry to The Global Indigo Prize for Economics (LetterOne/The World Bank/Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan, 2017), and through the TED platform (2017 and 2018). Clare's professional career combines significant industry, policy and academic experience. She has held strategic and innovation leadership roles with the UK Government/ NP11 as Strategic Lead for Place and Culture in the North of England and with the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City-Regions. Her academic career includes research roles in the UK with the University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University, and internationally with NorthEastern University, Sapienza University Rome, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, and the Agirre Centre, Basque Country. She is a member of the UKRI AHRC Peer Review College and UKRI AHRC moderation panels. PhD 'A Fourth Way: The role of cultural heritage in embedding place-driven innovation' University of Salford MA/BA English Literature St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge