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  2. Cambridge alumnus awarded Nobel economics prize | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-alumnus-awarded-nobel-economics-prize
    Thumbnail for Cambridge alumnus awarded Nobel economics prize | University of Cambridge 12 Oct 2015: Professor Deaton is Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics. ... Professor Sanjeev Goyal, Chair of the Faculty of Economics, commented: "My colleagues and I
  3. If you go down to the woods today… | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today
    Thumbnail for If you go down to the woods today… | University of Cambridge 10 Feb 2015: Each has been equipped with remote sensors. Their task is to image both the Harapan Rainforest – a 100,000 hectare area of formerly logged forest that is now managed for conservation ... VoxTox, which brings together cancer specialists, mathematicians,
  4. Conservationists gather to mark International Women's Day |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/conservationists-gather-to-mark-international-womens-day
    Thumbnail for Conservationists gather to mark International Women's Day | University of Cambridge 9 Mar 2018: She said; “A key role for the Museum is engaging with the public and raising awareness of work in biological and environmental sciences. ... A number of our visitors were GCSE and A-Level students, and it was a great opportunity for them to see the
  5. Bats to the rescue | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bats-to-the-rescue
    Thumbnail for Bats to the rescue | University of Cambridge 13 Dec 2018: Images, including our videos, are Copyright University of Cambridge and licensors/contributors as identified. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. 2024 University of Cambridge.
  6. Capital structure used to gauge firms’ foundations | University of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/capital-structure-used-to-gauge-firms-foundations
    Thumbnail for Capital structure used to gauge firms’ foundations | University of Cambridge 9 Feb 2015: Real estate companies are a good subject for a study of capital structure management because they own and operate large, long-term assets with changeable value, and need to be set ... The strength of these firms was measured using a standard rating
  7. Opinion: Four ways to understand Theresa May’s Hard Brexit Speech |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion-four-ways-to-understand-theresa-mays-hard-brexit-speech
    Thumbnail for Opinion: Four ways to understand Theresa May’s Hard Brexit Speech | University of Cambridge 17 Jan 2017: Such apparent inconsistencies require us to think about peoples fears and hopes for society, beyond either the frontiers of the market or the state. ... Perhaps we can’t infer much at all. Economics first, politics first, society first, or the art of
  8. Brave New World? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brave-new-world
    Thumbnail for Brave New World? | University of Cambridge 17 Sep 2009: The authors argue, for example, that the trade unions, widely believed to have been vanquished by the Conservative governments of the 1980s, were in fact damaged by a process of globalisation ... To some extent, they were institutions for a completely
  9. Facebook's precursor | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/facebooks-precursor
    Thumbnail for Facebook's precursor | University of Cambridge 14 Jul 2011: Commonplace books were a means for constructing a “profile” of what you liked. ... Her research on commonplace books is based largely on a collection belonging to renowned book historian Professor William St Clair, a Senior Research Fellow at the
  10. New centre for biodiversity conservation named after Sir David…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-centre-for-biodiversity-conservation-named-after-sir-david-attenborough
    Thumbnail for New centre for biodiversity conservation named after Sir David Attenborough | University of Cambridge 21 Apr 2015: The Museum’s collections include many significant specimens that have been instrumental in furthering scientific knowledge, such as Darwin’s finches, as well as a number of examples of extinct organisms ... for the Protection of Birds (RSPB),
  11. Culture under threat | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/culture-under-threat
    Thumbnail for Culture under threat | University of Cambridge 11 Dec 2008: There is an urgent need for a debate about the changing meaning of cultural heritage and the impact it is having on cultural sites and historical monuments. ... of the University of Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
  12. Power in the balance | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/power-in-the-balance
    Thumbnail for Power in the balance | University of Cambridge 11 May 2011: Uniquely, however, the Centre for Rising Powers will also look beyond the immediate cases of the 21. ... the potential to act as sources of renewal and change for the better.”.
  13. Cambridge hosts World Economic Forum meeting looking at role of

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-hosts-world-economic-forum-meeting-looking-at-role-of-nature-in-delivering-development
    Thumbnail for Cambridge hosts World Economic Forum meeting looking at role of nature in delivering development goals | University of Cambridge 22 Jan 2019: But in the 70 years since, much has changed. We have increased our understanding of and appreciation for how the natural world underpins life on Earth, the fragility of our ... It should form an integral part of the decision-making of a financial system
  14. Benefits by the barrel | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/benefits-by-the-barrel
    Thumbnail for Benefits by the barrel | University of Cambridge 9 Apr 2011: The study, Does oil abundance harm growth?, published in the journal Applied Economics Letters, argues that previous assumptions that oil abundance is a curse were based on methodologies which failed to ... The researchers from the University of Cambridge
  15. Open and transparent | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/open-and-transparent
    Thumbnail for Open and transparent | University of Cambridge 18 Oct 2011: The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF), a venture co-founded by a Cambridge economist and committed to the sharing of knowledge from “sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata”, is playing a pioneering ... He has worked extensively as a scholar and
  16. Blue Peter in Cambridge | University of Cambridge

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    6 Apr 2006: Liz grew up in the Cambridge area, and Konnie was a student at Robinson College where she read Economics. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. 2024 University of Cambridge.
  17. Science illuminating art | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/science-illuminating-art
    Thumbnail for Science illuminating art | University of Cambridge 12 Oct 2012: And, crucially for objects of such rarity and fragility, none of the techniques involves touching the manuscripts or removing samples. ... project will bridge the gap between science and art: “Artists had a fantastic knowledge of how to get the effect
  18. India in the Global Age | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/india-in-the-global-age
    Thumbnail for India in the Global Age | University of Cambridge 10 Sep 2012: The theme of the meeting will be 'India in the Global Age' and it will focus on issues of knowledge creation and transfer, bringing together Cambridge and Indian expertise in the ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places.
  19. Women in STEM: Fiona Llewellyn-Beard | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-in-stem-fiona-llewellyn-beard
    Thumbnail for Women in STEM: Fiona Llewellyn-Beard | University of Cambridge 28 Nov 2019: Cambridge Zero is not just about developing greener technologies. It will harness the full power of the University’s research and policy expertise, developing solutions that work for our lives, our ... Images, including our videos, are Copyright
  20. In pursuit of happiness | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/in-pursuit-of-happiness
    Thumbnail for In pursuit of happiness | University of Cambridge 1 Apr 2007: Answering these questions has been the aim of Dr Luisa Corrado and Aqib Aslam at the Faculty of Economics. ... For further information, please contact the author Dr Luisa Corrado (lc242@econ.cam.ac.uk) at the Faculty of Economics.
  21. The Idea of the University | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-idea-of-the-university
    Thumbnail for The Idea of the University | University of Cambridge 10 Oct 2011: Search. Search. The Idea of the University. Research. The Idea of the University.. ... Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011. Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz: The Idea of the University.
  22. Treasures of the genizah | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/treasures-of-the-genizah
    Thumbnail for Treasures of the genizah | University of Cambridge 1 Sep 2009: Undated and unsigned, this lowly medieval scrap was nevertheless safeguarded by the Jewish community of Old Cairo for nearly a thousand years. ... Some of the belligerents have perished outright, and are literally ground to dust in the terrible struggle
  23. Africa: the coming revolution | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/africa-the-coming-revolution
    Thumbnail for Africa: the coming revolution | University of Cambridge 21 May 2014: Professor Hart’s original research in Ghana in the 1970s is renowned for coining the notion of the informal economy. ... Professor Hart is currently the co-director of the Human Economy Programme in Pretoria University and Centennial Professor of
  24. A Greek tragedy in health? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-greek-tragedy-in-health
    Thumbnail for A Greek tragedy in health? | University of Cambridge 10 Oct 2011: They pose a warning for hard-hit European countries like Spain, Ireland and Portugal.”. ... Cases of HIV from injection drug use rose 10-fold during 2010 and account for half the rise in HIV.
  25. The State of the Unions | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-state-of-the-unions
    Thumbnail for The State of the Unions | University of Cambridge 11 Nov 2011: Similarly, unions have begun to draw on their knowledge and experience to educate employees in a way that helps employers as well. ... A key example has been the National Minimum Wage, which has provided unions with a basis for operation as a force that
  26. Illuminating Cambridge worldwide | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/illuminating-cambridge-worldwide
    Thumbnail for Illuminating Cambridge worldwide | University of Cambridge 7 Mar 2014: Fragile and sensitive to light, temperature and humidity, the manuscripts can only be displayed for short periods of time under special conditions to protect their delicate materials and pigments. ... Successful organisations use this money to improve
  27. World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/worlds-most-threatened-seabirds-visit-remote-plastic-pollution-hotspots-study-finds-0
    Thumbnail for World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution hotspots | University of Cambridge 4 Jul 2023: The study also found that the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea together account for over half of petrels’ global plastic exposure risk. ... Reference. Clark, B.L. et al.: ‘Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds.’
  28. Happy Danes are here again | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/happy-danes-are-here-again
    Thumbnail for Happy Danes are here again | University of Cambridge 17 Apr 2007: Researchers at the University's Faculty of Economics, who are unveiling the first stage of their findings on the subject, say the slump in public contentment could be due to flagging ... The averages leave Britain ranking 9th for happiness in the table
  29. Keynes comes home to Cambridge | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/keynes-comes-home-to-cambridge
    Thumbnail for Keynes comes home to Cambridge | University of Cambridge 8 Nov 2012: th. century. His work revolutionized the theory and practice of modern economics and it has had a profound impact on the way economics is taught and written, and on economic policy ... His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as
  30. “The richness of our world” | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-richness-of-our-world
    5 Jul 2006: These remarkable people in turn represent other worlds the human intellect often takes us to: through the disciplines of theology, economics, education, literature, mathematics, science, and engineering. ... Please read our email privacy notice for
  31. IMF lending undermined healthcare provision in Ebola-stricken West…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/imf-lending-undermined-healthcare-provision-in-ebola-stricken-west-africa
    Thumbnail for IMF lending undermined healthcare provision in Ebola-stricken West Africa | University of Cambridge 22 Dec 2014: difficult to mobilise coordinated responses to outbreaks of deadly diseases such as Ebola. ... The authors of the Lancet article point to that journal’s own Commission on Investing in Health, which calls for increases in public health spending and
  32. A policy of mass destruction | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-policy-of-mass-destruction
    Thumbnail for A policy of mass destruction | University of Cambridge 29 Mar 2012: This was the case even after the researchers adjusted for political reforms, other economic reforms, the presence of oil, and other initial transition conditions. ... Counting on a future burst of productivity from a restructured, private economy to
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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.
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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.
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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.
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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.
  51. 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,

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