West Midlands Futures
West Midlands Futures is exploring a long-term vision for the region and our place in the national and global economy.
Working with local, regional and national partners, we are developing a deeper understanding of the grand challenges and opportunities facing the West Midlands now and over the years ahead.
This understanding will help partners to generate and test ideas for how we can collectively bring about inclusive regional economic transformation, for the benefit of people, businesses and communities.
Updates and further work about West Midlands Futures will be posted on this webpage, and you can contact the team by emailing research@wmca.org.uk.
West Midlands Futures: Grand Challenges - What You Told Us
The report is part of the first phase the West Midlands Futures project – the clarify phase – and seeks to identify the big questions and opportunities.
West Midlands Futures: Grand Challenges - Lessons Learned From Elsewhere
The report is part of the first phase the West Midlands Futures project. It identifies common lessons in successfully addressing Grand Challenges.
West Midlands Futures: Economic Geographies of the West Midlands
This study maps economic geographies of the West Midlands and predicts changes driven by megatrends.
International Comparators for the West Midlands
West Midlands Combined Authority report on identifying and learning from city-regions most similar to the West Midlands
The Everyday Economy in the WMCA area
Achieving broad-based, inclusive economic development and improvements in living standards
Demographic dividend, diversity and dilemmas
Population change in the WMCA area