Zaki Wahhaj is awarded a Global Innovation Fund grant, aiming to reach 50 communities across Bangladesh. Professor Zaki Wahhaj is part of an international team … Read more
Grant News: Realigning UK Food Production and Trade for Transition to Healthy and Sustainable Diets
Professor Iain Fraser has been successful as co-I on a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSR) Transforming Food Systems call led by Reading. The project … Read more
Is an “anti-maths mindset” holding the economy back?
Rishi Sunak has said an “anti-maths mindset” is holding the economy back, as he announced a review of the subject in England. A group of … Read more
EU TRADE4SD researchers collaborate with University of Ghana
This inventive will help to increase the sustainability of cocoa production and trade in rural communities. TRADE4SD participants from the Schol of Economics at Kent, … Read more
Kent Economics research seminars: April
Liang Shi (University of Essex) ‘Fiscal Austerity and State-Dependent Response of Sovereign Spreads’ Wed April 5, 15:30-17:00, KENSR11 Yuta Watabe (Xiamen University) presents “Cross-country price differences in … Read more
Our Students on a Mission To Increase Diversity In Economics Students
Our new outreach programme, devised in collaboration with Discover Economics offers inspiring sessions to target 15-17 year olds delivered by our undergraduate students. The Discover … Read more
DeReCK Public Lecture Series 2023
Tackling long-standing development questions and emerging challenges using a diverse set of perspectives and approaches with our 2023 lecture series from visiting researchers from around … Read more
Year in Industry: Banking Edition.
On Friday 24th March 2023 we had a very informative talk for students interested in the Year in Industry programme, attended by 35 Stage 1 … Read more
March Round Up
International Women’s Day is marked in March bringing attention to issues of gender inequality. Our school is proud of the incredible research conducted here, to … Read more
Increasing the adoption of safe toilets in India
New research from DeReCK shows that labelled microcredit loans can increase adoption of safe toilets in India. Dr Bansi Malde and Professor Zaki Wahhaj were … Read more