| BHPS | British Household Panel Survey |
| CPE | Cultural political economy |
| CSO | Civil society organization |
| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council |
| EU | European Union |
| EZ | Enterprise Zone |
| FBO | Faith-based organization |
| GSP | Global social policy |
| HE | Higher education |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IWA | International Workingmen’s Association |
| LEP | Local Enterprise Partnership |
| LSP | London Science Park |
| MLG | Multilevel governance |
| MSMG | Multispatial metagovernance |
| NCRM | National Centre for Research Methods |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| OECD | Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OMC | Open method of coordination |
| Q | Quaderno (Notebook) |
| QUALITi | Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Innovation, Integration and Impact (2005–08), a research unit at Cardiff University focused on qualitative research methods, especially the social contexts in which research methods and methodologies are situated |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SRA | Strategic-relational approach |
| STF | Spatio-temporal fix |
| TPSN | Territory, place, scale, network |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WISER | Wales Institute of Economic and Social Research |
| WISERD | Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods |
