July brought Finalists Celebrations and ‘Freedom Day’ -our research has been looking at the kind of economic climate our graduates will be entering. We celebrated … Read more
Category: Research
Increasing company registrations in the wholesale and online retail sectors in 2021
Research from the school assesses daily company registrations and shows that the wholesale and retail sectors have been showing most growth in the UK since … Read more
Miguel Leon-Ledesma receives Divisional Research Mentor Award, 2021
The Human and Social Sciences Divisional Research Mentor Award 2021 has been jointly awarded to Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma (Economics) and Professor Ayşe Üskül (Psychology). Congratulations … Read more
Yannis Galankis wins People’s Choice at the Researcher’s Showcase
This year, PhD student Yannis Galankis participated in the “Research Creative” category of the Researchers Showcase competitions! His entry was a video teaser of my recent … Read more
PhD candidate Yannis Galankis takes part in the 2021 Kent Researchers’ Showcase
The 2021 Kent Researchers’ Showcase started earlier this week – an amazing opportunity to share our research and communicate our results. This year, I am … 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
Trough to Boom: UK firm creation during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Macroconomics, Growth and History Centre (MaGHiC) preview their quarterly UK Economic Outlook in this NIESR ‘box’. “Business creation is an important indicator to monitor … Read more
Have Social Distancing Measures Led to an Increase in Inequality in Latin America and The Carribean?
PhD candidate from the School of Economics Werner Pena has had a paper entitled ‘The Distributional Consequences of Social Distancing on Poverty and Labour Income … Read more
Understanding how political dynasties and religious conflict in India impacts the spread of Covid 19.
As the Corona death toll rises in India, new Leverhulme grant enables Anirban Mitra to continue this important research. Dr Anirban Mitra has been awarded … Read more
Leon-Ledesma’s latest paper is accepted in a special issue of Mathematical Social Sciences.
Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma has had a paper accepted in Mathematical Social Sciences. Entitled ‘Production, Bankruptcy, and Financial Policies under Collateral Constraints’ it is co authored … Read more