Dr Clare Devaney is a Reader in Strategic and Systems Innovation. She is a Senior Researcher and Innovation Lead for 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 and indigenous traditions, knowledge, communities and contexts. Clare's work has been published and disseminated internationally, including through book publication (Panonomics, Springer, 2021), as an award-winning entry to The Global Indigo Prize for Economics (2017). Clare 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. She is a member of UKRI AHRC's Peer Review College & 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