The Regional Innovation and Regeneration Centre delivers interventions, programmes and research projects that enhance the innovation, productivity, wellbeing and community wealth of the region, enabling practitioners to implement policies based on robust academically underpinned research. RIRC contributes to the place-based development agenda, and the impact thereof via executive education programmes such as Circular Economy Innovation Communities. RIRC’s research has an applied focus on the individual, firm and meso levels. Research has recently been commissioned by the Welsh Government, Wales Innovation Network (WIN), Innovation Caucus (Innovate UK), the Welsh European Funding Office and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. We also conduct collaborative research with Swansea University, Aberystwyth University, Bangor University and the University of Central Lancashire.