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11 Apr 2014: Search. Search. Does economics need less maths or more? Research. Does economics need less maths or more?. ... Michael Kitson. Mathematics is an indispensable tool for economists – but has it become too dominant in economics?

23 Jun 2014: We look forward to working with our partners to deliver housing and transport improvements that will help us to innovate and sustain economic growth. ... According to local business leaders one of the main barriers to economic success is lack of housing

11 Jul 2014: Search. Search. Study reveals economic impact of El Niño. Research. Study reveals economic impact of El Niño.. ... This is important for economic planning, particularly as such weather events are happening in cycles and their impact is sometimes very

23 May 2014: 6. half century. To the extent that these fundamental macro-economic trends were unforeseeable, historical.

13 Oct 2014: used in different regions, between genders, and across age groups and socio-economic status. ... By demonstrating the societal and economic benefits of green technologies, we hope to secure the necessary investment to transform innovation into successful

1 Jul 2014: Dr Sriya Iyer, Isaac Newton Trust Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of Economics: Sriya Iyer has been teaching development economics in the Faculty of Economics and St Catharine’s College since 2000. ... Her approach is to teach development economics

11 Sep 2014: A reduction or loss of these services can have severe economic, social and environmental impacts.

22 Sep 2014: in an age of omnipresent surveillance, whether economics education has contributed to our current predicament and what role literature can play in conserving the environment. ... History and Economics, and Hamid Sabourian, professor of economics.

17 Sep 2014: In years gone by, the UK had an “industrial policy” in which government played a key role in shaping national economic priorities. ... The rhetoric of the Scottish government, which advocates a “growth sectors approach” to economic development,

21 Aug 2014: China, South Africa, Australia and Spain, all delivered against a background of continued economic challenges in many markets.

30 Oct 2014: A third problem arises from the institutional and political processes linking economic benefits from ecosystems and human wellbeing. ... Sometimes economics will favour conservation and sometimes it won’t. But conservationists need to plan for both

1 Aug 2014: The Spanish Golden Age, early 16th to late 17th century, was a period of incredible artistic and economic output for Spain, seeing the nation rise to one of the greatest empires

17 Apr 2014: This is because wealthy cash crop farmers have the resources to weather difficult economic periods, says Kennedy, without falling into debt and ruin. ... A large proportion of these rural inhabitants have not benefited from the economic growth of the

18 Mar 2014: Faculty of Economics, Judge Business School, and the Cavendish Laboratory. ... An issue that concerns the PRC is the extent to which Chest-derived reserves, particularly in the Schools, continue to rise despite the challenging economic circumstances.

2 Jan 2014: Economic geographer Professor Ash Amin has been awarded a CBE for his services to Social Science.

10 Feb 2014: Michael Pollitt. Research from Cambridge Judge Business School’s Dr Michael Pollitt, Reader in Business Economics, and Dr Stephen Littlechild, Fellow in Privatisation, Regulation & Competition, has been instrumental in developing a ... Cambridge Judge

21 May 2014: It has been widely applied to account for economic activities that are not recorded by conventional measurements such as the gross domestic product. ... Professor Hart is currently the co-director of the Human Economy Programme in Pretoria University and

23 Jun 2014: This coordinated approach will drive economic growth, help rural communities to thrive, improve health and well-being, and make it easier for people to get online and access public services. ... to bring faster connectivity to boost economic growth and

13 Jan 2014: A method for estimating the economic impact of climate change, it’s been used by governments worldwide, the IMF and other international organisations, since its original inception in 2002. ... The impact of Hope’s work has been fundamental. The 2007

7 Feb 2014: and economic significance.

24 Feb 2014: It’s like having an indentured servant,”. said Miley. “Then, in times of economic crisis and high unemployment, people start pointing fingers. ... Public opinion polls of the time showed low levels of xenophobia, economic times were good and

17 Oct 2014: India-Pakistan: a common ground - What is the common ground for India and Pakistan in terms of development, economic growth and research.

10 Apr 2014: cells. He will talk about his pioneering work on cloning. Other speakers include Dr Ha-Joon Chang on economics, classicist Professor Paul Cartledge on after Thermopylae, Dame Barbara Stocking, former chief

14 Jun 2014: Professor Barry Rider is appointed OBE for services to the Prevention of Economic Crime. ... His teaching has always economic and social issues and public policy concerns as its principal focus.

28 Feb 2014: Although cities and towns offered unparalleled economic opportunities for migrants, wealth could not compensate for the higher health risks exacted by urban living. ... The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Economic and Social Research

3 Feb 2014: Having arrived in Natal at a time when the Church was only just beginning to establish itself, amid ethnic tensions and widespread economic hardship, Colenso saw it as essential for missionaries

16 Jul 2014: Professor Christian List, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, London School of Economics. ... Professor Charles Manski, Board of Trustees Professor in Economics, and Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.

16 Dec 2014: next 25 years, taking into account other factors including population, economic prosperity, oil prices and speed of adoption of the new technology.

3 Oct 2014: BBSRC is paving the way for an explosion in new economic sectors and bioscience that will change the way we live our lives in the twenty-first century.

14 Oct 2014: Whether or not banks and their staff deserve this reputation, in the post-crash economic winter there are few, if any, professions and institutions as universally reviled.

10 Feb 2014: James considered whether population growth was the principal cause of economic change in early modern Europe.

7 Mar 2014: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge has been granted £87,582 by Arts Council England to allow greater permanent access to its collections of illuminated

9 Jul 2014: The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science recipient, Amartya Sen, received an honorary doctorate in 2009.

8 Jul 2014: Highlights of the Festival of Ideas include the following:. Leading economist Ha-Joon Chang discusses the idea that economics is a science and addresses the failures in economics thinking that he

23 May 2014: Clearly, emotional assets have an obvious appeal beyond being simply a refuge from equities, bonds and gilts during difficult economic times – you can hang them on a wall and play, drink

16 Dec 2014: External risk relates to those economic, political and environmental shocks which may be difficult to predict but should, with the right mitigation capabilities in place, be possible to withstand. ... External economic slowdown, for example, can trigger

22 Oct 2014: When Eyjafjallajӧkull erupted in 2010 in Iceland, the ash cloud it emitted stranded around half of the world’s air traffic, with an estimated global economic cost of US $5 billion.

3 Feb 2014: back to their homes in developing countries in the form of remittances, subsidising new educational institutions, healthcare and economic enterprise. ... There are many contemporary questions we want to answer:. How do economic globalisation and

30 Jan 2014: Synthetic biology has the potential to drive economic growth but still remains relatively untapped and these new centres will ensure that the UK is at the forefront when it comes to ... Social scientists on the OpenPlant project will help map feasible

14 Oct 2014: Arif has been working on issues relating to education and development for several years since finishing an undergraduate and masters programme in economics. ... However, after some time working in development, he soon felt that the problems the poor

22 Aug 2014: These young people are coming of age in a time of great economic and social change, causing upheaval to traditional family expectations. ... This would allow Hindu property developers and businesses to move in: it might aid economic development, but it

5 Feb 2014: Their mental health is also at risk. Forced migrations are often the result of violent events or economic hardship, which can have profound psychological consequences. ... In terms of economic forced migration, we find that both labour-receiving

9 Mar 2014: Today Anqing is a conurbation of 5.3 million people – a place where there is comparatively little evidence of either its turbulent history or modern China’s economic boom.

3 Oct 2014: The team included controls for the average disaster fatality risk and non-disaster geographic characteristics, such as economic conditions, crime rates and the quality of education.

20 Aug 2014: The research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, used data drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Survey of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a study of 13,998 births in the

10 Feb 2014: For others, a moral and political principle of freedom of movement accompanied this more expedient economic rationale.

26 Feb 2014: Data extrapolated from BHPS (1991–2008) and its successor survey, Understanding Society, which is run from the University of Essex’s Institute for Social and Economic Research and funded primarily by ... the Economic and Social Research Council, can

21 Feb 2014: The authors of the paper acknowledge that Greece’s healthcare system was in need of reorganisation well before its economic plight came to the world’s attention.

10 Oct 2014: Therefore, OCD is not just a personal issue; it is also an economic problem for society.

4 Dec 2014: Founded by Ludlow-Palafox, with Chase as R&D Director, Enval is using the plant to demonstrate the capabilities and economics of the process to investors and waste handlers. ... By demonstrating the societal and economic benefits of green technologies,