The ‘Experimental Social Science Workshop’ is taking place a hybrid form (in-person and online) at University of Kent, on September 9-10, 2021. The workshop … Read more
Author: Grace Shore Banks
‘Herd immunity’ COVID-19 response would have cost Western Australia $4.9 billion
Professor Rob Fraser in collaboration with Professor Simon McKirdy and Professor David Cook, Scientists at Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute have assessed the direct costs … Read more
Kent’s School of Economics up 9 places in The Complete University Guide
Its great to see the School of Economics go back to its usual solid place in the Complete University Guide in 2021.Coming in at 31, … Read more
Upbeat news about the growth of the UK organic food market can be misleading
Adelina Gschwandtner and Cesar Revoredo-Giha from SRUC UK analyse Kantar data on the organic food consumption in the UK, and find that in the case … Read more
Professor Jagjit Chadha receives OBE in Queen’s birthday Honours list.
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List, is released every year to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday celebrations held during the second weekend of June. … Read more
Encouraging millet production and consumption through Women’s Collective Enterprises in India.
Dr Zaki Wahhaj, Reader in Economics at the University of Kent, will join an international research team on a project promoting the production and consumption … Read more
Research argues older workers should pay higher taxes than younger workers in US
New research carried out by Professor Miltos Makris with Professor Alessandro Pavan Northwestern University (Illinois, USA) claims that on average workers become more productive over … Read more
Working towards a Year in Industry
On Tuesday 25th May we held our annual year in industry talk for Stage One Economics students run by Dr Penelope Pacheco Lopez, Director of … Read more
The MaGHiC Lecture 2021, delivered by Prof. Kiminori Matsuyama
This year’s annual MaGHiC Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Kiminori Matsuyama (Northwestern University) presenting “A technology gap model of premature deindustrialization” with Ippei Fujiwara. … Read more
New Blood needed in farming.
Professor Sophia Davidova from Kent’s Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies explains that an intergenerational shift in farming is necessary Following the announcement that the UK … Read more