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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-suggests15 Apr 2020: Study co-author Professor Sevi Rodriguez Mora, of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics, said: “Over the coming weeks governments will grapple with how to relax social distancing measures, ... Álvaro Ortiz, Head of Big Data at BBVA -
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-writer29 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. -
Nan Shepherd celebrated: the Scottish writer who knew mountains |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/nan-shepherd-celebrated-the-scottish-writer-who-knew-mountains4 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. -
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-centuries18 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 -
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-study29 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. -
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-stereotyping8 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 -
Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-why-the-sanctions-must-be-lifted24 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. -
Global economic institute creates partnership with Cambridge…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-economic-institute-creates-partnership-with-cambridge-economists15 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 -
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-today12 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 -
‘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-study4 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 -
Opinion: Economics has a serious gender problem – it needs more women …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-economics-has-a-serious-gender-problem-it-needs-more-women28 Oct 2016: If economics is to change for the better and not for the worse, economists need to draw on new ideas and new voices. ... In the UK, the proportion of girls studying for an economics degree has been on a downward as opposed to upward trend. -
Opinion: What do our spending habits reveal about our romantic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-what-do-our-spending-habits-reveal-about-our-romantic-intentions16 Feb 2016: nests of bowerbirds, serve a vital function in signalling one’s desirable traits. ... One study investigated this question by showing half of the participants pictures of attractive people of the opposite sex or having them reading a scenario about -
Lessons from history: how Europe did (and didn’t) grow rich |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/lessons-from-history-how-europe-did-and-didnt-grow-rich24 Mar 2013: However, for the greatest part of human history, the standard of living was low and subject to little improvement. ... Dr Victoria Bateman is Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. -
Reporting from Zimbabwe: a visit to Harare’s biggest township |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-visit-to-harares-biggest-township17 Aug 2013: By late 2008, the so-called ‘informal economy’ was the dominant means of exchange for most people, and Mbare has flourished ever since. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places. 2024 University of Cambridge. -
Opinion: Why Ethiopia is on track to become Africa’s industrial…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-why-ethiopia-is-on-track-to-become-africas-industrial-powerhouse23 Jun 2016: Ethiopia seems to be attracting the attention of economists interested in Africa, and for good reason. ... In 2012 they accounted for 63% of all firms operating in the sector. -
Military spending did not 'crowd out' welfare in Middle East…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/military-spending-did-not-crowd-out-welfare-in-middle-east-prior-to-arab-spring24 Jul 2018: Policy analysts should not single out military spending as a main culprit for the lack of investment in public goods. ... They say the study’s findings, published today in the journal Defence and Peace Economics, provide a “cautionary note” against -
Reporting from Zimbabwe: a family in Bulawayo talks about politics |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-family-in-bulawayo-talks-about-politics10 Aug 2013: Sarah holds Mugabe responsible for this massacre, as do most Ndebele who still feel deprived of any form of apology. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. Places. 2024 University of Cambridge. -
Study finds little change in the IMF’s policy advice, despite…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-little-change-in-the-imfs-policy-advice-despite-rhetoric-of-reform24 May 2016: For image use please see separate credits above. Share. Published. 24 May 2016. ... Image. Russian President Medvedev meets with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund. -
Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/going-underground-cambridge-digs-into-the-history-of-geology-with-landmark-exhibition24 Nov 2017: The objects we’re putting on display show the many different applications of geological knowledge,” added Ksiazkiewicz. ... Maps of the period did not just show new knowledge but represented visible arguments about how that knowledge should be -
Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/paying-farmers-to-create-woodland-and-wetland-is-the-most-cost-effective-way-to-hit-uk-environment20 Dec 2022: of new woods, wetland and scrub habitats on some of the land currently used for farming. ... are encouraged to spare portions of land entirely for creating semi-natural habitats.
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