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Beyond the pandemic: build a greener future
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/BeyondThePandemic-green-future9 Nov 2020: How we choose to prioritise an economic and societal recovery will dramatically affect the outcomes of both for future generations. ... What’s next? In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, economic growth will be a high priority for all countries. -
Opening schools – and keeping them open – should be prioritised by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/opening-schools-and-keeping-them-open-should-be-prioritised-by-government-report-says24 Jul 2020: This could reduce their earning potential by 3% a year and consequently lower the overall economic growth rate. ... Simon Burgess, Professor of Economics, University of Bristol, said: “We know how damaging it is for children to miss out on school. -
Tales from the edge of modern fertilities
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/fertilityfutures15 Dec 2020: Combined with fertility demands for same-sex couples, it’s a market set to increase – and one likely to stay strong in economic downturns. ... At the same time, there is a closing down of reproduction opportunities for poorer migrant populations, -
The testimony of trees: how volcanic eruptions shaped 2000 years of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-testimony-of-trees-how-volcanic-eruptions-shaped-2000-years-of-world-history28 Sep 2020: However, the periods characterised by more prolific volcanism often coincided with times of conflict and economic decline. ... So many factors come into play – politics, economics, culture. But a big eruption that leads to widespread declines in grain -
Global dissatisfaction with democracy at a record high
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/dissatisfactiondemocracy29 Jan 2020: Dr Roberto Foa. The research team found that shifts in democratic satisfaction often responded to “objective circumstances and events” such as economic shocks or corruption scandals. ... If confidence in democracy has been slipping, it is because -
Enterprising researchers: Making a difference in Southern Africa
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/enterprisingresearchers15 Oct 2020: An article in The Economist, published at the end of March, gave further (pre-COVID) grounds for optimism about the continent's economic trajectory pointing, amongst other things, to "the emergence ... As all countries face the daunting task of -
The 'P' word
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/plastic16 Jan 2020: Thailand uses a staggering amount of single-use plastics every day, but its waste management system lags far behind its economic advances,” she explains. -
Lockdown 'helps fuel rise in cybercrime' | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lockdown-helps-fuel-rise-in-cybercrime3 Jun 2020: Anxiety over serious economic problems – such as job losses and business closures – may be prompting some people to step up existing harmful online activity as a means of generating income. ... Anxiety over serious economic problems – such as job -
Faith in democracy: millennials are the most disillusioned generation …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/youthanddemocracy20 Oct 2020: Researchers argue that, in developed democracies, the biggest contributor to this trend is “economic exclusion” caused by high youth unemployment and wealth inequality: the strongest predictors of the satisfaction age gap. -
COVID-19: What to expect from a vaccine
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/covid19vaccine11 Sep 2020: In many ways the consideration of health and economics form the two extremes of a risk assessment of how to manage the outbreak and minimise the impact. -
Cambridge academics elected to British Academy fellowship |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-academics-elected-to-british-academy-fellowship-202027 Jul 2020: Timothy Whitmarsh. They are among 86 distinguished scholars to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of their work in the fields of law, economics, Middle Eastern studies, geography, history of ... Professor Giancarlo Corsetti (Faculty of Economics; -
Beyond the pandemic: learn from the survival of the fittest firms
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/BeyondThePandemic-manufacturing14 Oct 2020: World Economic Forum to distil what we can learn from recent months. ... He is Co-Chair of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Global Food Security at Cambridge and Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Advanced Manufacturing and -
Cambridge launches Regulatory Genome Project | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-launches-regulatory-genome-project21 Dec 2020: The Regulatory Genome Project combines the University’s research with its convening influence to deliver societal and economic impact with the potential to be global, transformational and enduring,” said Professor Eilís -
Beyond the pandemic: overhaul back-to-work policies to protect mental …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beyond-the-pandemic-unemployment25 Nov 2020: The coronavirus pandemic has ignited the most severe economic and social crisis the United Kingdom has faced since the second world war. ... The experience of many European Countries in the economic recessions of the 1990s and 2011 show that they are a -
Gates Cambridge Class of 2020
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gates202015 Apr 2020: in economic development. -
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-researchers-awarded-european-research-council-funding-09 Dec 2020: Vasco Carvalho, Professor of Macroeconomics and Director of Cambridge-INET, Faculty of Economics. ... This renders a small number of firms and technologies systemic in that they can influence aggregate economic performance. -
Beyond the pandemic: rethink the menu and how much it costs
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/BeyondThePandemic-rethink-menu24 Sep 2020: There seems little doubt that the economic stressors imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to have increased food poverty – at least in the short term. ... socio-economic position. -
‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in US mountain regions | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wild-west-mentality-lingers-in-us-mountain-regions7 Sep 2020: Openness is a strong predictor of residential mobility,” said Götz. “A willingness to move your life in pursuit of goals such as economic affluence and personal freedom drove many original North ... Over hundreds of thousands of people, such an -
Beyond the pandemic: where should we go from here?
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beyond-the-pandemic-introduction30 Jul 2020: Other articles will explore topics relating to public health, climate, education, inequality, innovation, manufacturing, economics, food, the environment and more. -
Cambridge Dictionary names 'quarantine’ Word of the Year 2020 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-dictionary-names-quarantine-word-of-the-year-202024 Nov 2020: Users have been searching for words related to the social and economic impacts of the pandemic. ... Instead, users have been searching for words related to the social and economic impacts of the pandemic, as evidenced not just by quarantine but by the -
COVID-19 The long view
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/covid19-the-long-view22 May 2020: Wunder, c. 1832. Credit:This is an abridged and simplified version of Leigh Shaw-Taylor’s Introduction to the Economic History Review’s selection of articles on the history of disease, ... By 1800 the beginning of the mortality revolution was underway -
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Sander van der Linden | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tackling-covid-19-dr-sander-van-der-linden14 May 2020: This necessitates knowledge about human cooperation as well as economic and social inequalities. -
Beyond the pandemic: find better ways to talk about death
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/BeyondThePandemic-good-death8 Sep 2020: The literature of previous centuries contains a rich and diverse mass of vocabularies and conceptual frameworks (theological, artistic, spiritual, medical, domestic, practical, economic) through which people have thought and written about -
Bolsonaro’s attitude to coronavirus increases ‘risky behaviour’ in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bolsonaros-attitude-to-coronavirus-increases-risky-behaviour-in-brazil5 May 2020: Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Sao Paolo School of Economics-FGV found that municipalities which came out strongly for Bolsonaro in the last election have seen much higher levels ... said Dr Tiago Cavalcanti, study author from -
Beyond the pandemic: tackle the digital divide
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/BeyondThePandemic-digital-divide13 Aug 2020: Of the eight million in the UK who don’t use the internet, 90% suffer from other kinds of economic or social disadvantages. -
Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase impact and engagement during the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/vice-chancellors-awards-showcase-impact-and-engagement-during-the-pandemic5 Oct 2020: These awards celebrate research that best demonstrates social, cultural and economic impact through engagement. ... the potential to create significant economic, social and cultural impact from and engagement with and for research. -
Globalised economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse:…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/globalised-economy-making-water-energy-and-land-insecurity-worse-study26 Oct 2020: If the ‘green economic recovery’ is to respond to these challenges, we need radically rethink the scale and source of consumption.”. -
Beyond the pandemic: re-design our public health system
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beyond-the-pandemic-public-health9 Dec 2020: by inequalities, increased life expectancies, global mobility and economic models and destruction of our ecosystems. -
Digital resurrection
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/digital-resurrection-italy-lost-church3 Aug 2020: Cooper says: “While the disappearance of tourism in 2020 has been a heavy economic blow for Florence, many people don’t want everything to return to how it was before. -
New approaches to help businesses tackle climate change | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-approaches-to-help-businesses-tackle-climate-change26 Feb 2020: If the indirect costs from supply chain disruption and other knock-on economic consequences are factored in, it is possible that climate change could add over $100 billion of loss each -
Cambridge takes major role in initiative to help solve UK…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-takes-major-role-in-initiative-to-help-solve-uk-productivity-puzzle21 Aug 2020: It is the largest economic and social research investment ever in the UK. ... The new Institute is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation). -
New partnership to provide expertise on global education reform |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-partnership-to-provide-expertise-on-global-education-reform6 Oct 2020: The pandemic has also caused economic downturns around the world, widening existing inequalities. -
Learn from the pandemic to prevent environmental catastrophe,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/learn-from-the-pandemic-to-prevent-environmental-catastrophe-scientists-argue2 Jul 2020: They say that lessons learned the hard way in containing COVID-19 – the need for early intervention to reduce death and economic damage; the curbing of some aspects of people’s ... The scientists point out that delayed action resulting in more -
‘Pill on a string’ test to transform oesophageal cancer diagnosis |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pill-on-a-string-test-to-transform-oesophageal-cancer-diagnosis30 Jul 2020: The researchers are currently putting the Cytosponge test through an economic evaluation and hope that it will be rolled out within GP practices within three to five years. -
Syrian refugee health workers can help Europe cope with COVID-19 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/syrian-refugee-health-workers-can-help-europe-cope-with-covid-1916 Sep 2020: Their experiences have important policy, economic, humanitarian and academic implications,” said Coutts. -
Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say Cambridge…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/everyone-should-wear-masks-in-covid-19-crisis-say-cambridge-researchers9 Apr 2020: the mass manufacture and use of cloth masks is cheap and easy, compared to the societal economic costs associated with isolation and social distancing measures.”. -
Honour among thieves: the study of a cybercrime marketplace in action …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/honour-among-thieves-the-study-of-a-cybercrime-marketplace-in-action6 Nov 2020: Looking at the discussion forums, we could see that a period of mass boredom and economic change – when presumably some members were not able to go to school and others had -
New research will use space telescopes to monitor energy efficiency…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-research-will-use-space-telescopes-to-monitor-energy-efficiency-of-buildings7 Dec 2020: With rapid technological innovation, space offers a broad and growing range of opportunities to support economic activity and protect the environment. ... The industry already supports £300 billion of UK economic activity through the use of satellite -
Significant increase in depression seen among children during first…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/significant-increase-in-depression-seen-among-children-during-first-lockdown8 Dec 2020: This effect was independent of children’s age, gender and family socio-economic status.”. -
Scriptures rarely a significant motivating factor behind violence,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scriptures-rarely-a-significant-motivating-factor-behind-violence-say-researchers1 Sep 2020: Clearing up misunderstandings about these issues will help overcome existing divisions within society, the researchers hope, and enable people of all faiths and none to focus on tackling urgent economic and -
Desk-based jobs may offer protection against poor cognition in later…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/desk-based-jobs-may-offer-protection-against-poor-cognition-in-later-life7 Jul 2020: socio-economic groups and the impact of lower education. -
ARPA-type funding gives green technology an ‘innovation advantage’,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/arpa-type-funding-gives-green-technology-an-innovation-advantage-study-finds14 Sep 2020: ARPA-E was established at the US Department of Energy under Obama, using a portion of the economic stimulus package that followed the 2009 financial crisis. -
UK and US firms ‘lag’ in race to commercialise COVID-19 diagnostic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uk-and-us-firms-lag-in-race-to-commercialise-covid-19-diagnostic-tests22 Apr 2020: A country like South Korea exemplifies a pattern of industrialisation in which the state directs economic development,” said Hogarth. -
Cambridge-designed curriculum teaches schoolchildren about water…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-designed-curriculum-teaches-schoolchildren-about-water-scarcity-and-climate-activism17 Jan 2020: Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). ... Funding was also provided by the University of Cambridge’s Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account. -
People in England’s poorest towns ‘lose over a decade of good…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/people-in-englands-poorest-towns-lose-over-a-decade-of-good-health-research-finds17 Jun 2020: These policies should be integral to post-pandemic economic recovery agendas,” Kenny said. ... by the economic consequences of lockdown.”. -
Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 pandemic must treat health…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/long-term-strategies-to-control-covid-19-pandemic-must-treat-health-and-economy-as-equally-important13 Jul 2020: However, they have often come with tremendous negative social, economic and psychological effects. ... Dr Rajiv Chowdhury from the University of Cambridge, lead author of the paper, said: “Successfully re-opening a country requires consideration of -
Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lockdown-or-not-personality-predicts-your-likelihood-of-staying-home-during-the-pandemic15 Oct 2020: This research was funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation), the Cambridge Trust and Peterhouse Cambridge. -
Rolling 50/30 day cycle of lockdown and relaxation could be a useful…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rolling-5030-day-cycle-of-lockdown-and-relaxation-could-be-a-useful-option-for-managing-covid-1920 May 2020: However, it is unclear what the frequency and duration of such dynamic interventions should be and which strategy could be adapted globally across countries with diverse health and economic infrastructures. ... The key is to identify a pattern that -
‘Terrible twos’ not inevitable: with engaged parenting, happy babies…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/terrible-twos-not-inevitable-with-engaged-parenting-happy-babies-can-become-happy-toddlers6 May 2020: This research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the Dutch Research Council (NWO). -
Climate change and food demand could shrink species’ habitats by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/climate-change-and-food-demand-could-shrink-species-habitats-by-almost-a-quarter-by-21006 Nov 2020: The data were also used to predict future changes up to the year 2100 under 16 different climate and socio-economic scenarios.
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