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COVID-19 lockdown and the needs of garment workers in Bangalore, India

COVID-19 lockdown and the needs of garment workers in Bangalore, India

Posted on 20 October 2020 by Jean Jenkins

In our latest post, Professor Jean Jenkins explains the work she has been undertaken together with colleagues as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded Operationalising Labour Rights […]

Legal status, work Permits, and the consumption response of immigrant households

Legal status, work Permits, and the consumption response of immigrant households

Posted on 21 July 2020 by Ezgi Kaya

In our latest post, Dr Ezgi Kaya and Dr Effrosyni Adamopoulou focus on the 2007 European Union (EU) enlargement to show how legal status for undocumented immigrants as well as […]

Small business in the time of COVID-19

Small business in the time of COVID-19

Posted on 18 May 2020 by Professor Andrew Henley

In our latest post, Professors Andrew Henley and Tim Vorley comment on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses in the UK. Across the world, as the COVID-19 […]

How will the Polish economy look after the COVID-19 pandemic?

How will the Polish economy look after the COVID-19 pandemic?

Posted on 11 May 2020 by Wojtek Paczos

In our latest post, Dr Wojtek Paczos, macroeconomist and lecturer at Cardiff Business School, and Dr Pawel Bukowski, researcher and lecturer at the Centre for Economic Performance at London School […]

Make capital work for us!

Posted on 5 November 2019 by Jonathan Preminger

Employee-owned or controlled firms in the UK have developed into a vibrant and growing community. In our latest post, Dr Jonathan Preminger and Dr Guy Major make a real-world proposal […]

‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ — Is the university pension fund really in deficit?

‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ — Is the university pension fund really in deficit?

Posted on 21 August 2019 by Woon Wong

In our latest blog post, Dr Woon Wong argues that the discount rate currently used to value the liabilities of the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme is too low, and that the […]

Is UK Television facing a crisis in skills and training?

Is UK Television facing a crisis in skills and training?

Posted on 7 August 2019 by James Davies

James delivers his presentation on skills and training in the UK television industry at the inaugural Welsh Postgraduate Research Conference. In our latest post, James Davies outlines the challenges of […]

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Professor Calvin Jones

Critics have described the fund as a bribe, a rescue attempt and another opportunity to slip further behind In our latest post, Professor Calvin Jones considers the merits of the […]

Labour and Wales

Labour and Wales

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Jonathan Rees

Professors Leighton Andrews and Calvin Jones discuss the new Welsh First Minister's campaigning platform of ‘21st Century Socialism’ and its potential to change Wales and the Welsh economy. Taking in […]

Trade unionism and the concrete universal

Trade unionism and the concrete universal

Posted on 31 January 2019 by Jonathan Preminger

Trade unions combine a concrete universalism with collective action and individual agency. In our latest blog, Dr Jonathan Preminger outlines how we might (re-) discover the radical potential of trade […]