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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

21 Mar 2011: The economic situation in 1980, discussed constantly in backbench committees, was grim.

2 Sep 2011: This globalised consumerism is the product of a system which is based on an addiction to economic growth.

17 Mar 2011: An in-depth analysis of these dynamics requires not only the kinds of accounts provided by political science and economics, but also the information and insights that anthropology can furnish. ... Although this 4,400-mile border is not an area of global

14 Jul 2011: 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 Centre for History and Economics,

12 Oct 2011: The research programme is looking at how to prepare the UK better for disasters, through, for instance, cell broadcasting and community education, and is looking at lessons that can be learnt

22 Nov 2011: The very scale of the City's office market attracts foreign investors, even in these difficult economic conditions. ... The latest report reveals that the City of London office market has displayed remarkable resilience to the 2008 global economic

18 Oct 2011: The network has since committed almost $450 million to for-profit and not-for-profit companies that foster economic advancement and individual participation.

17 Mar 2011: A centuries-old epic poem describing the travels of a Swahili hero could provide valuable lessons for modern society on avoiding conflict between civilisations. ... As a result, he provides lessons of experience on disputes, tensions, conflicts, power,

10 Oct 2011: It takes place as universities are facing a period of huge change, of turbulence and uncertainty; they find themselves at the heart of economic and social policy and referred to as ... terms than the clichés about ‘contributing to economic growth’,

11 Nov 2011: demand information about the firm’s economic situation, staffing, contractual plans and more.

10 Oct 2011: The study combined authoritative Greece healthcare reports with an analysis of representative household surveys of over 10,000 people, taken in 2007, before the economic crisis began, and again in 2009. ... Overall, the report concludes that the data

7 Jul 2011: Extraordinary births still sell papers and moral lessons continue to be drawn.”.

3 Nov 2011: Do they pick up on the concealed pattern when tested? “The answer is yes,” said Dr Williams, whose research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

9 Nov 2011: The manuscripts, written in centuries that spanned momentous political and economic change, are an invaluable and untapped source for understanding the pre-colonial past of South Asia, and therefore its present.

20 Dec 2011: kilometres. Different species of locust continue to inflict severe economic hardship on large parts of Africa and China.

25 Oct 2011: These wealthy, classically-educated young men would emulate their lessons in Ancient Greek and Roman culture, toasting and carousing as public drinking became a normal thing to do.

17 May 2011: story. The surveys were carried out by the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at Cambridge Judge Business School as part of a research initiative funded by the Economic and Social Research ... disciplines conventionally given little emphasis in relation

18 Mar 2011: Moreover, outbreaks of disease can sometimes reach epidemic proportions, wiping out entire crops, often with substantial social and economic consequences. ... element of uncertainty: ‘Dealing with complicated systems that have a biological, economic

18 Aug 2011: Writing in the Journal of Economic Geography, Huber reports that, far from developing the informal social networks that are supposed to stimulate knowledge exchange, most people working in the Cambridge cluster

10 May 2011: Controversially, he will argue that contemporary economics is utopian, as it attempts to ignore or wipe away these inevitable moral aspects.

29 Jun 2011: Professor Emma Rothschild is Director of the Joint Centre for History and Economics, a Fellow of Magdalene College, and Honorary Professor of History and Economics at the University of Cambridge.

20 Jul 2011: were based on economic data and stopped short of tracing the length of each energy chain from fuels all the way to consumers, halting instead at sectors. ... Ultimately we want to be able to ask global questions such as: what are the resource

3 Nov 2011: His research team, together with colleagues from across Europe, has focused on how information about CCS is communicated, asking whether key lessons can be learned that will affect the technology’s

21 Apr 2011: FluPhone is part of a wider project involving seven academic institutions and government agencies led by the University of Liverpool and funded by the Economic and Social Sciences Research Council. ... Crucially, they are also considering ways that could

8 Apr 2011: A similar lesson for parents also emerges from the study, which argues that the quality, as well as the quantity of conversations adults have with their children concerning thoughts and feelings,

12 Oct 2011: Economic and Social Research Council and based in the Department of Architecture.

4 Oct 2011: Complementing The Lacemaker are three further pieces representing the pinnacle of Vermeer's later career: A lady at the virginals with a gentleman; The Music Lesson (c.1662 - 5), on loan

30 Sep 2011: The conference Child Labour in the Past: Children as economic contributors and consumers took place at the University of Cambridge from 30 September to 2 October.

24 Oct 2011: If trainers are focus of such political, economic and cultural emotions in 2011, what items had this potency in 1711 or 1811? ... Both were also periods of economic and political upheaval, when riots shook London, and social groups were marked out by

19 Apr 2011: In fact, Dr Bunce believes that the Daleks succeed because they offer us a moral lesson in what it means to be human in the first place. ... Like the Daleks, it shows little sign of abating today. Bunce considers the Daleks a lesson in moral philosophy:

23 Sep 2011: The new research, published in the journal, Health Economics, Policy and Law, identifies serious loopholes in the drugs reimbursement system used by the Polish government, arguing that it leaves companies with ... The paper notes that while some of these

15 Sep 2011: Choosing the right material is a prime consideration for anyone designing a new product and can be a difficult task, with the need to balance various engineering, economic, and environmental factors,

6 Jun 2011: The initiative has been started in response to the challenges associated with continued population growth, economic growth, poverty and climate change to improve people's quality of life, whilst reducing the ... Their mutual learning process will allow

12 Jul 2011: On the other hand, investors are assessing risks and opportunities operating within an economic model that does not take account of the natural limits to growth.

24 Oct 2011: He highlighted too David Cameron's recent speech to the Conservative Party conference, saying it was “an attempt at Churchillian optimism”, trying to rally the country to face the economic troubles

11 Mar 2011: International and comparative political economy is another active area, and is closely associated with the study of international organisation, negotiation and transnational networks, as well as the politics of economic policy.

28 Nov 2011: A lot of these skills have direct links back to engineering and that can hopefully get young people thinking about university studies in engineering – rather than getting an economics degree and

20 Dec 2011: The growth enjoyed by Cambridge Enterprise this year demonstrates the value that industry attaches to Cambridge research, and the contribution the University is making to our national economic recovery. ... The growth enjoyed by Cambridge Enterprise this

21 Mar 2011: These interactions help me to take a fresh look at economic theory and how it relates to the real world.’He is also keen to bring economics to a new audience ... The real world does not operate in a way that economic models would predict – life is

30 Mar 2011: economic. Yet its message goes further still: “The poem is both inside and outside time,” Simala writes.

13 Apr 2011: Clams, oysters, mussels and scallops all belong to the Bivalvia, a group of more than 8000 species of the Phylum Mollusca. Bivalves have a long geological

22 May 2011: economic context. ... The CRP is very interdisciplinary – its steering committee includes academics with a background in economics, history and political science as well as practitioners.

20 Jun 2011: readership. Widely credited for the development of a people-based approach to economics that took the discipline in a new direction, Professor Sen examines the ways in which identities play out

19 Oct 2011: Jerusalem, Belfast, Beirut, Mostar – Mention these cities to most people and they will conjure scenes of bullet-sprayed walls, barbed wire fences and

10 Jan 2011: We have recruited an outstanding team of researchers, with appointments at postdoctoral level in psychology, sociology, economics, statistics and public health.

23 Jun 2011: These are extremely diverse and include energy supply, sustainability, healthcare, economic regeneration and risk management. ... This means that Cambridge engineering research regularly plays a major role in providing solutions to environmental, social

18 Mar 2011: Or imagine an avatar-based teaching aid that is sensitive enough to pick up that the lesson is going too fast and adapt accordingly.

29 Sep 2011: And not before time. It’s a crucial lesson, and one that’s long overdue.

5 Jul 2011: And could the strategy be recommended in other European countries? In Birmingham, children at some primary schools are given lessons designed to help them understand what it means to be sad ... Their findings suggest that teachers who used more lessons