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Jair Bolsonaro: how business elites helped him to power in Brazil – and why they might regret it

Jair Bolsonaro: how business elites helped him to power in Brazil – and why they might regret it

Posted on 30 November 2018 by Heike Doering

Bolsonaro emerged from relative obscurity. Using similar tactics to Donald Trump, he made outrageous comments, amplified by social media, to stoke up fears about urban violence, the destruction of “traditional” moral values […]

Dual Mission Impossible? Ethan Hunt’s a nobody compared to social entrepreneurs

Dual Mission Impossible? Ethan Hunt’s a nobody compared to social entrepreneurs

Posted on 15 November 2018 by Anthony Samuel

Over 30 years on the South Wales Valleys still face considerable economic and social challenges Ahead of Social Enterprise Day 2018, Dr Anthony Samuel told us about some of the […]

Why having a conversation about mental health in the workplace might not be so simple

Why having a conversation about mental health in the workplace might not be so simple

Posted on 13 November 2018 by James Wallace

In our latest post, PhD candidate James Wallace considers what it means to be well at work and how this might require material change for employers. For many people experiencing […]

Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?

Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?

Posted on 6 November 2018 by Leighton Andrews

If Brexit happens, the UK will not be immune from the regulatory tide. In our latest post, Professor Leighton Andrews argues that Facebook and Google are modern utilities – and […]

“Legally Disabled?” Transforming the culture of the legal profession

“Legally Disabled?” Transforming the culture of the legal profession

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Debbie Foster

Professor Debbie Foster with Lord Holmes in debate about closing the disability employment gap | © Natasha Hirst In our latest post, Professor Debbie Foster details her current research project […]

The UK Productivity Challenge – Entrepreneurs to the rescue?

The UK Productivity Challenge – Entrepreneurs to the rescue?

Posted on 16 October 2018 by Professor Andrew Henley

In our latest post, Professor Andrew Henley explains how a team of economic, education and skills, health and well-being, transport and infrastructure, and business and enterprise practitioners are tackling the […]

Evidence-informed policymaking: does knowledge brokering work?

Evidence-informed policymaking: does knowledge brokering work?

Posted on 1 October 2018 by Sarah Quarmby

In our latest post, Sarah Quarmby takes us inside the Wales Centre for Public Policy to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in […]

Building a digital community

Building a digital community

Posted on 19 September 2018 by Jonathan Rees

In preparation for the launch of the Cardiff Business School blog, we sat down with outgoing Dean Professor Martin Kitchener and incoming Dean Professor Rachel Ashworth to talk about their […]

Unravelling the dynamics within global supply chains

Unravelling the dynamics within global supply chains

Posted on 18 September 2018 by Jean Jenkins

In 2008, I attended a lecture in London, organised by Labour behind the Label, where the speaker, Suhasini Singh, explained work being done for the rights of garment workers by […]

Urban innovation in Canada: a few lessons

Urban innovation in Canada: a few lessons

Posted on 18 September 2018 by Rick Delbridge

Professors Rick Delbridge and Kevin Morgan visited Toronto and Ottawa to explore and begin to map the changing role of universities and cities in urban innovation networks. “Current developments in […]