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  2. Building the future with BRICs | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/building-the-future-with-brics
    Thumbnail for Building the future with BRICs | University of Cambridge 17 Feb 2012: The event is also co-sponsored by Cambridge University Press. It begins on 24 February and will bring together figures from the worlds of public policy, economics and academia. ... Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for
  3. Gender equality in modern times | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gender-equality-in-modern-times
    Thumbnail for Gender equality in modern times | University of Cambridge 1 Apr 2009: For more information, please contact Professor Jackie Scott (The ESRC’s aim is to equip the UK with the knowledge and evidence needed to prosper in a demanding and unpredictable world: ... Issues of international collaboration, knowledge transfer and
  4. A scriptorium of commonplace books | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-scriptorium-of-commonplace-books
    Thumbnail for A scriptorium of commonplace books | University of Cambridge 1 May 2010: Each is a unique collection of knowledge: an intellectual scrapbook, the filofax of its time. ... Daleks’, made from an aluminium bolt and two sewing needles, provided one means of safely applying adjustable levels of pressure on manuscript leaves, to
  5. Campus radicalism fears too extreme? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/campus-radicalism-fears-too-extreme
    Thumbnail for Campus radicalism fears too extreme? | University of Cambridge 3 Dec 2008: Earlier this year, the Government issued guidelines for university staff on how to combat the threat of violent extremists targeting university campuses as potential breeding grounds for new recruits. ... The study was based on interviews with Muslim
  6. Rebels, rulers and rabbit skins | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rebels-rulers-and-rabbit-skins
    Thumbnail for Rebels, rulers and rabbit skins | University of Cambridge 29 Jun 2011: James and John Johnstone, also members of parliament for a short time, become opponents of slavery. ... Professor Emma Rothschild is Director of the Joint Centre for History and Economics, a Fellow of Magdalene College, and Honorary Professor of History
  7. Sleepwalking into the Euro nightmare | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sleepwalking-into-the-euro-nightmare
    Thumbnail for Sleepwalking into the Euro nightmare | University of Cambridge 9 Nov 2013: Jesper Jespersen. Professor Jesper Jespersen, an economics expert and visiting overseas fellow at Churchill College, will use his lecture ‘A European Nightmare: How could the economists be so wrong on the ... Instead of trusting mathematical models
  8. Mussel your way into new exhibition | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mussel-your-way-into-new-exhibition
    Thumbnail for Mussel your way into new exhibition | University of Cambridge 13 Apr 2011: Bivalves are also important parts of marine and freshwater ecosystems around the world. ... The new display and website show the different lifestyles of bivalve molluscs, but also presents information for a general audience on conservation issues.
  9. It's time to demystify economics | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/its-time-to-demystify-economics
    Thumbnail for It's time to demystify economics | University of Cambridge 15 May 2014: Moreover, even the boundary of the economy – and thus the scope of economics – is determined by ethical and political judgments; for example, child labour used to be a perfectly legitimate object ... And indeed, there are nine ‘schools’ of
  10. No such thing as a free lunch? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
    Thumbnail for No such thing as a free lunch? | University of Cambridge 10 May 2011: Money worries are thought to be partly responsible for a big increase in the prescription of antidepressants. ... Controversially, he will argue that contemporary economics is utopian, as it attempts to ignore or wipe away these inevitable moral aspects.
  11. Tiger saved by Cambridge Vet School | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tiger-saved-by-cambridge-vet-school
    Thumbnail for Tiger saved by Cambridge Vet School | University of Cambridge 4 Nov 2010: about the future of this iconic individual, who has helped Shepreth Wildlife Park raise more than £20,000 for wild tiger conservation projects. ... Jackie Demetriou was the lead surgeon for this case. She says that operating on Amba was certainly a
  12. Wealthier, but not necessarily healthier | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wealthier-but-not-necessarily-healthier
    Thumbnail for Wealthier, but not necessarily healthier | University of Cambridge 7 Jul 2010: The "wealthier is healthier" theory has been a guiding formula for both individual health ministries and many of the global financial bodies that support international development for almost 15 years. ... The current economic crisis has led to great
  13. Professor Oliver Hart wins economics Nobel Prize | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/professor-oliver-hart-wins-economics-nobel-prize
    Thumbnail for Professor Oliver Hart wins economics Nobel Prize | University of Cambridge 10 Oct 2016: Professor Hart is currently the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard University. ... Image. Oliver Hart and the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge. Credit:Search research.
  14. The crisis of shareholder primacy | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-crisis-of-shareholder-primacy
    Thumbnail for The crisis of shareholder primacy | University of Cambridge 19 Mar 2012: In the 1980s, the City of London pushed for the deregulation of the financial system. ... This means, at the very least, that their managers must have a legal duty to consider the public interest, and have the knowledge and temperament to discharge it
  15. Post-Saddam Iraq: The first ten years | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/post-saddam-iraq-the-first-ten-years
    Thumbnail for Post-Saddam Iraq: The first ten years | University of Cambridge 17 Oct 2013: society:. According to the Iraqi government, September of this year accounted for 971 civilian deaths caused by insurgents – the highest for five years. ... by way of everything from history, economics, law and sociology to try and address these
  16. Digital bargain hunters: optimal online searching | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/digital-bargain-hunters-optimal-online-searching
    Thumbnail for Digital bargain hunters: optimal online searching | University of Cambridge 6 May 2015: In academic terms, search is a form of sequential decision making for which there is an optimal stopping point. ... Beyond this point, the further effort of hitting the ‘search’ button once again is not worth the potential for finding a better deal.
  17. Managed hunting can help maintain animal populations | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/managed-hunting-can-help-maintain-animal-populations
    Thumbnail for Managed hunting can help maintain animal populations | University of Cambridge 21 May 2018: Ulf Büntgen. The international team of researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), studied the hunt of Alpine ibex – ... We are happy that the knowledge gained in
  18. Tick, tick, tick: the demographic time bomb | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tick-tick-tick-the-demographic-time-bomb
    Thumbnail for Tick, tick, tick: the demographic time bomb | University of Cambridge 3 Nov 2012: The panel, chaired by Chris Giles, Economics Editor of the Financial Times, will include the University’s own Dr Gemma Burgess, Senior Research Associate in the Department of Land Economy. ... Brendan Burchell, from Cambridge University’s Department
  19. A portrait of a banking calamity | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/a-portrait-of-a-banking-calamity
    Thumbnail for A portrait of a banking calamity | University of Cambridge 14 Mar 2013: A universal bankruptcy was expected, and the stoppage of every banker looked for. ... not least the fact that it broke out in the midst of peace - a rare enough occurrence for 18th century Britain - and relative prosperity.
  20. London Tube strike produced net economic benefit | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/london-tube-strike-produced-net-economic-benefit
    Thumbnail for London Tube strike produced net economic benefit | University of Cambridge 14 Sep 2015: one,” said co-author Dr Ferninand Rauch from Oxford’s Department of Economics. ... In economics, this is known as the Porter hypothesis. “For the small fraction of commuters who found a better route, when multiplied over a longer period of time,
  21. Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lost-captain-scott-photos-dazzle-parliament
    Thumbnail for Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament | University of Cambridge 4 Jul 2012: The Institute is, in a very real way, a long-term legacy of the endeavours of Scott and his companions and a fitting home for his photographs.”. ... Thanks to a previous HLF award, the original 1,700 glass-plate negatives of Herbert Ponting's
  22. Mend the gap: solving the UK’s productivity puzzle | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mend-the-gap-solving-the-uks-productivity-puzzle
    Thumbnail for Mend the gap: solving the UK’s productivity puzzle | University of Cambridge 28 Jun 2018: She also argues for proper development strategies for all regions of the UK – as well as investment in education. ... Local councils have lost 40% of their funding from central government since 2010.”.
  23. Cambridge graduate Simon is Sir Alan's apprentice | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-graduate-simon-is-sir-alans-apprentice
    Thumbnail for Cambridge graduate Simon is Sir Alan's apprentice | University of Cambridge 14 Jun 2007: Simon, who has an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge, surprised viewers by beating confident Kristina Grimes, 36, after the two went head-to-head to design an ... I'm ecstatic, really.". Dr Nigel Knight, Director of Studies in Economics at
  24. First atlas of Inuit Arctic trails launched | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-atlas-of-inuit-arctic-trails-launched
    Thumbnail for First atlas of Inuit Arctic trails launched | University of Cambridge 10 Jun 2014: Michael Bravo. For centuries, indigenous peoples in the Arctic navigated the land, sea, and ice, using knowledge of trails that was passed down through the generations. ... public as an interactive atlas – bringing together hundreds of years of accrued
  25. Opinion: Autumn Statement 2016: experts respond | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-autumn-statement-2016-experts-respond
    Thumbnail for Opinion: Autumn Statement 2016: experts respond | University of Cambridge 24 Nov 2016: Geraint Johnes, Professor of Economics,Professor of Education, Jesus College,Professor of Industry,Honorary Professor of Transport Studies,Professor of Research Policy,Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance,Professor of ... Health Economics
  26. The boss of me: myths and truths of self-employment | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-boss-of-me-myths-and-truths-of-self-employment
    Thumbnail for The boss of me: myths and truths of self-employment | University of Cambridge 20 Jun 2018: Burchell found many examples of this during recent research trips to South Africa – particularly for self-employed women. ... For many of those lucky enough to have the choice, the insecurities of self-employment are the stuff of nightmares.
  27. Connection not conflict is the best way forward | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/connection-not-conflict-is-the-best-way-forward
    Thumbnail for Connection not conflict is the best way forward | University of Cambridge 20 Jun 2011: In particular, he makes reference to the arts as a means of exploring identity and meeting the human need for self-expression. ... readership. Widely credited for the development of a people-based approach to economics that took the discipline in a new
  28. Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cooperative-communities-emerge-in-transparent-social-networks
    Thumbnail for Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks | University of Cambridge 9 Mar 2015: On its own, common knowledge of social connections had little impact on overall levels of cooperation. ... They investigated four treatments that varied the amount of knowledge subjects have about the network and previous actions of others.
  29. Tracking inequality in India: the story of a pioneer | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/tracking-inequality-in-india-the-story-of-a-pioneer
    Thumbnail for Tracking inequality in India: the story of a pioneer | University of Cambridge 4 Jul 2017: A man of diverse scientific interests, Mahalanobis combined statistics with other emerging disciplines, including anthropology, physics and economics, to develop novel approaches for estimating population distribution, crop yields and household
  30. Women economists underrepresented ‘at every level’ in UK academia –…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-economists-underrepresented-at-every-level-in-uk-academia-report
    Thumbnail for Women economists underrepresented ‘at every level’ in UK academia – report | University of Cambridge 13 Jul 2021: Dr Victoria Bateman says that her research for the Royal Economics Society (RES) found signs of “stagnation and retreat” in the closing of gender gaps across the study of economics – with ... Bateman says she hopes the new report will serve as a
  31. The life of borders: where China and Russia meet | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-life-of-borders-where-china-and-russia-meet
    Thumbnail for The life of borders: where China and Russia meet | University of Cambridge 6 Nov 2012: It brought together anthropologists, sociologists, economists and stakeholders with specialist knowledge of the region into productive dialogue. ... Frontier Encounters: Knowledge and Practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian Border presents a wide
  32. 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/23-things-they-dont-tell-you-about-capitalism
    Thumbnail for 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism | University of Cambridge 21 Mar 2011: the Faculty of Economics encompasses trade and industrial policy issues, foreign investment and intellectual policy rights, corporate governance and the stock market. ... For more information, please contact Dr Ha-Joon Chang (hjc1001@cam.ac.uk) at the
  33. Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-bear-brunt-of-coronavirus-economic-shutdown-in-uk-and-us
    Thumbnail for Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US | University of Cambridge 21 Apr 2020: of employment,” said Dr Christopher Rauh, a report author from the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics. ... published as a working paper through the University of Cambridge Institute for New Economic Thinking:.
  34. Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/elephants-and-humans-a-love-affair-over-1300-years
    Thumbnail for Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of Cambridge 1 Jul 2015: Here, E is for Elephant: an animal that takes pride of place in the Parker Library's manuscripts, is frequently in conflict with people in Thailand and parts of Africa, and ... However, knowledge about its dietary needs was sadly lacking. It was fed meat
  35. Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/saving-half-earth-for-nature-would-affect-over-a-billion-people
    Thumbnail for Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people | University of Cambridge 18 Nov 2019: Among the most prominent is sparing 50% of the Earth’s surface for nature. ... The idea of a ‘Half-Earth’ for nature was popularised by famed biologist E.O.
  36. Greece: austerity takes a heavy toll on public health | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/greece-austerity-takes-a-heavy-toll-on-public-health
    Thumbnail for Greece: austerity takes a heavy toll on public health | University of Cambridge 21 Feb 2014: However, they take the government to task for its denial that the health of the population has been affected as a result of the slashing of budgets. ... For more information about this story contact Alexandra Buxton, Office of Communications, University
  37. Fitzwilliam toasts success of Japanese year abroad scheme |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fitzwilliam-toasts-success-of-japanese-year-abroad-scheme
    9 Jan 2007: Every year Fitzwilliam sends a small group of students to the Daiichi University of Economics in Fukuoka, on Japan's southernmost main island, where they spend a year studying the ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places.
  38. Listen: Cambridge experts talk post-Brexit options for the UK |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/listen-cambridge-experts-talk-post-brexit-options-for-the-uk
    Thumbnail for Listen: Cambridge experts talk post-Brexit options for the UK | University of Cambridge 4 Apr 2017: Graham Gudgin is currently Research Associate at Cambridge's Centre For Business Research and part-time Senior Economic Advisor with Oxford Economics. ... He served as the Member of Parliament for Cambridge between 2005 and 2010.
  39. Opinion: There’s no such thing as a natural-born gambler | University …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-natural-born-gambler
    Thumbnail for Opinion: There’s no such thing as a natural-born gambler | University of Cambridge 22 Apr 2016: Where I did my fieldwork, gambling arrived with the return of the first migrant labourers, young men who, along with a knowledge of gambling, brought back what seemed like huge wealth, ... It is certainly profitable for the gambling industry that we
  40. Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/using-experts-inexpertly-leads-to-policy-failure-warn-researchers
    Thumbnail for Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers | University of Cambridge 14 Oct 2015: Structured question formats that extract upper and lower boundaries, degrees of confidence and force consideration of alternative theories are important for shoring against slides into group-think, or individuals getting ascribed ... When seeking expert
  41. Younger workers hit harder by coronavirus economic shock in UK and US …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/younger-workers-hit-harder-by-coronavirus-economic-shock-in-uk-and-us
    Thumbnail for Younger workers hit harder by coronavirus economic shock in UK and US | University of Cambridge 3 Apr 2020: workers and those at the bottom of the income distribution hit hardest,” said Dr Christopher Rauh from the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics, who led the research. ... Listen to Dr Chris Rauh and Dr Meredith Crowley from the Faculty of
  42. Poet, activist, bird watcher: exploring John Clare as nature writer | …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/poet-activist-bird-watcher-exploring-john-clare-as-nature-writer
    Thumbnail for Poet, activist, bird watcher: exploring John Clare as nature writer | University of Cambridge 29 Aug 2017: He possesses a depth of knowledge only achievable by painstaking observation of birds’ behaviour as it changes with the seasons. ... His patient observation is rewarded with an intimate knowledge which is exhibited throughout his prose and poetry.
  43. Nan Shepherd celebrated: the Scottish writer who knew mountains |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/nan-shepherd-celebrated-the-scottish-writer-who-knew-mountains
    Thumbnail for Nan Shepherd celebrated: the Scottish writer who knew mountains | University of Cambridge 4 May 2016: There is no way like that for savouring the extent of a water surface,” she writes. ... Macfarlane suggests that Shepherd’s focus on a particular place, one not far from her doorstep, led to a deepening rather than a restriction of knowledge.
  44. Economic activity has halved during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown,…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/economic-activity-has-halved-during-spains-coronavirus-lockdown-study-suggests
    Thumbnail for Economic activity has halved during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown, study suggests | University of Cambridge 15 Apr 2020: As such, a 'back-of-the-envelope calculation' for consumption movement during the pandemic suggests growth of just over 4% prior to lockdown dropped sharply to a -13% decline in average ... Study co-author Professor Sevi Rodriguez Mora, of the University
  45. How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-yaks-and-humans-have-lived-in-partnership-for-centuries
    Thumbnail for How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries | University of Cambridge 18 Nov 2015: They are a much prized and beloved livestock, and yak-rearing knowledge is something people are proud of. ... Yak herders know their environment intimately, and this knowledge is culturally encoded, as seminal studies by Bhutanese scholars, such as Dasho
  46. Loving beggars: how to avoid the trap of stereotyping | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/loving-beggars-how-to-avoid-the-trap-of-stereotyping
    Thumbnail for Loving beggars: how to avoid the trap of stereotyping | University of Cambridge 8 Aug 2013: As a student of economics, first in Germany and then in the UK, I took part in countless seminars in which poverty was reduced to numbers, statistics, abstract trends. ... The financial crisis confronted me with the impotence of economics and, living in
  47. Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/economic-damage-could-be-worse-without-lockdown-and-social-distancing-study
    Thumbnail for Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing – study | University of Cambridge 29 Apr 2020: Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics. ... Sickness rates for core workers would be the same as the rest of the population, the high levels of social distancing elsewhere act as a shield.
  48. Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-why-the-sanctions-must-be-lifted
    Thumbnail for Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted | University of Cambridge 24 Aug 2013: The finger of blame for economic crisis is, therefore, pointed firmly at the West. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places. 2024 University of Cambridge.
  49. Global economic institute creates partnership with Cambridge…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-economic-institute-creates-partnership-with-cambridge-economists
    Thumbnail for Global economic institute creates partnership with Cambridge economists | University of Cambridge 15 Feb 2013: Applied Economics, Mohammed El Erian, the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, The Isaac Newton Trust  and the Faculty of Economics. ... It will help us to consolidate further the status of the Faculty as a leading centre for fundamental
  50. What is it really like to work in scientific research today? |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/what-is-it-really-like-to-work-in-scientific-research-today
    Thumbnail for What is it really like to work in scientific research today? | University of Cambridge 12 Dec 2013: Course leader for the ‘Cambridge Science: behind the scenes’ programme is Dr Erica Bithell, whose research in crystallography contributes to understanding how the properties of functional materials are related to their ... The course is a rare chance
  51. ‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/carbon-bubble-coming-that-could-wipe-trillions-from-the-global-economy-study
    Thumbnail for ‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global economy – study | University of Cambridge 4 Jun 2018: For too long, global climate policy has been seen as a prisoner’s dilemma game, where some nations can do nothing and get a ‘free ride’ on the efforts of others. ... Our results show this is no longer the case.”. However, one of the most alarming

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