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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.

2 Mar 2011: Each talk aims to give audiences the opportunity to hear from, and question, leading public figures about some of the most pressing issues affecting the political and economic life of the

7 Sep 2011: In our society, children are inescapably disempowered: they lack economic resources, political voice, social status, and must in every situation submit to rules imposed on them by adults.

1 Jul 2011: He discussed  the issue of Impact, arguing that the arts and humanities have far more economic and cultural impact than they are credited with.

17 Mar 2011: Shaped by indigenous cultures and colonial influences, and with a contemporary history that encompasses acute political competition, social unrest and economic change, Latin America is a stimulating region for academic enquiry. ... His work asks what the

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 Nov 2011: Bill Janeway, Co-Chairman of the Campaign Board and Senior Advisor to Warburg Pincus, said: “In a time of economic challenge and global competition, the case for philanthropy and fundraising to

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.

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

20 Oct 2011: Climate change threatens to ‘undermine global prosperity and inflict significant social, economic and environmental costs on the world’, according to a global coalition of companies who today issued an urgent call ... In spite of the unfavourable

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.

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

9 Feb 2011: Both Hitler and Stalin coupled their plans to reshape Eastern Europe’s political and economic map with a grim determination to take aim at any population that happened to stand in

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

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

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

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,

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

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

23 Sep 2011: Professor Andy Neely. New research from the Cambridge Judge Business School shows that providing ‘service’ offers companies significant opportunities to create and capture economic value.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 Nov 2011: Our program will put Europe firmly at the heart of the process, with a manifold return on the investment of 1 billion Euros, both in terms of technological innovation and economic

21 Dec 2011: The key message is that the UK government, like many around the world, now recognises that economic measures such as GDP do not provide adequate information about a society’s progress. ... The study’s lead author, Professor Felicia Huppert of the

21 Oct 2011: Globalization might have helped the supremacy of English to continue long after the fall of the British Empire but economic and technological development, trade and migration will change the ways which

14 Jan 2011: Preventing virus transmission in chickens should reduce the economic impact of the disease and reduce the risk posed to people exposed to the infected birds. ... This work could also form the basis for improving economic and food security in many regions

9 Sep 2011: The team’s study may also help scientists’ understanding of evolutionary processes such as biological adaptation and how culture and economic developments affect human biology.

10 Jan 2011: In most cases, their disappearance is a by-product of globalisation, or rapid social and economic change.

13 Jun 2011: In Europe, where the Napoleonic Wars had just ended, an economic crisis occurred.

15 Sep 2011: After a brief dip in numbers during the First World War, the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s forced more women back into service, aided by hostile government benefits policies

21 Jul 2011: Preventing virus transmission in chickens would reduce both the economic impact of the disease and the risk for people who are exposed to the infected birds.

17 Mar 2011: It has also recently become the base for a new MPhil in Modern South Asian studies, which ranges from business management and development economics, through history and politics to the study ... This large-scale study, which was carried out in

28 Jun 2011: Children born this year will enter university in or around 2030. The offspring of children born this year will arrive at university-age in the middle of the

30 Jun 2011: Despite substantial economic progress, India faces a chronic inadequacy of public healthcare systems and trained professionals; in 2009, a £5 million initiative funded by the Wellcome Trust was launched to remedy

17 Mar 2011: Our postdoctoral and early career fellows this year are working on projects that span terror and terrorism, complex simplicity in architecture, educational innovation and the economics of infectious diseases.

1 Dec 2011: The result was a 300-year period of evolution. Maximilian's changes were just the first of different phases of reform which usually emerged because of religious differences, economic problems, social

10 Jan 2011: This agreement signals the faith we have in the Eastern region to deliver economic growth from our exceptionally strong science and technology base. ... This agreement signals the faith we have in the Eastern region to deliver economic growth from our

31 Aug 2011: Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. Prior to beginning his academic career, he was an economist in the Indian civil service. ... Collectively, they have expertise in water economics, energy systems, land-use issues and climate change mitigation.

5 May 2011: Dr Andrea Ferrari. The ambitious and large-scale initiative aims to achieve new breakthroughs both in terms of technological innovation using graphene, and the economic exploitation of the material.

14 Oct 2011: As the Victorians were forging remarkable economic and technological innovations, they were also obsessed with understanding their own history.

24 Dec 2011: Spending time with women and their families gives me insights into the daily economies and relations that underpin social and economic transformations. ... Sarah's fieldwork in Ecuador was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council.

1 Nov 2011: Tony Legge explains: “Eric studied economics and then became a sheep farmer in Shropshire.

19 Jul 2011: In Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine, Dr Nally examines the complexities and nuances of the political, economic and social context of the Irish Famine - and in doing ... to occur in the first place – and to leave