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The widening and deepening of the curriculum and the understanding and possible adoption of alternative viewpoints are wholly admirable. ... What we are lacking is the economic and political structures to drive the radical changes in expectations and

So a process began to reframe conservation concerns in the context of human concerns, using concepts such as natural capital, corporate partnerships and market-based instruments to give conservation economic value. ... It’s this awareness that is

levels. Between 2017 and 2019, she co-led a £1m Economic and Social Research Council project, together with Professor Peter Wade from the University of Manchester, investigating anti-racist practices and ... Then came calls from students to decolonise

resources, genetic research and environmental economics.” And she has tackled social issues head on. ... Just a few years later, I was proud to host a discussion around decolonising the curriculum, with academics including Professor Mónica Moreno

However, in the past few years, this quest has become more searching, as academics and students endeavour to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. ... Drug dealers, mafia bosses and con artists are often considered economic success stories, but this doesn’t

Striking the right balance between delivering a knowledge-based curriculum and giving youngsters the chance to be heard remains a challenge, but one worth rising to. ... What is needed is the economic, political and social environment that will drive

Such a faculty could transform education and economic activity from stagnating to thriving and generating a socially beneficial people’s world order. ... I yearn for a time when curiosity and critical thinking take centre stage in order that a paradigm

Economics. Britpop, Ross and Rachel, cyber cafés, Cool Britannia, Tamagotchis and doing the Macarena. ... The Dasgupta Review is clear: to remain useful, the tools of economics must be reshaped with the natural world at their heart.

A central challenge is the invisibility of nature in the way global economic systems assign value. ... The second recommendation counsels that existing economic measures of success, such as GDP, must be fundamentally rethought.

Features. Regulars. Archive. From Cambridge to Kyiv: the economics of war and recovery. ... Many times, I’ve observed our president asking the relevant economic questions without the help of an economics professor.

And it would be funny, except that decolonising the curriculum is important, exciting and invigorating. ... That’s not necessarily demoting the individuals who are already in the canon or on the curriculum.

Indeed, for Martin Daunton, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, taxation goes to the heart of fundamental questions. ... It causes fewer economic distortions and raises more money with less damage to the economy.

Coyle has long advocated replacing or supplementing GDP, currently our main measure of economic success. ... Diane Coyle’s latest book, Markets, State and People – Economics for Public Policy, examines how societies reach decisions about the use and

Toggle navigation. Information. Features. Regulars. Archive. Issue Archive. The University's alumni magazine. Reinvigorating the art of the spirited essay, CAM brings together the best of Cambridge thought and debate. Published three times a year,

In a world where many feel that the economic and political odds are stacked against them, a new groundbreaking institute has been launched in Cambridge with the aim of finding solutions ... We live in an age of unprecedented disruption. More and more

Fast forward 35 years and Vira’s work reaches across disciplinary boundaries: economics, geography, public policy, conservation and international development. ... The question in my mind was whether the discipline I was specialising in, economics,

During the 1980s, with economic upset in developing countries, the World Bank brought in structural adjustment, moving housing policy towards a neoliberal, capitalist system based on market price and competition. ... We need to align planning, economic

Dasgupta Review. A new report on the economics of biodiversity could help set the agenda for the UK Government’s 25-year environment plan. ... Produced by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, the report describes nature as “our most precious asset” and

Download. The Dasgupta Review is clear: to remain useful, the tools of economics must be reshaped with the natural world at their heart.

Dr Victoria Bateman. Director of Studies in Economics, Caius. Trade is no longer a specialist issue: these days, we’re all talking about negotiation and tariffs. ... Trade Talk is hosted by journalist Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad Bown