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Jonathan Wadsworth awarded CBE in New Year's honours

Congratulations to Jonathan Wadsworth, who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026.

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: Why immigration policy is hard: and how to make it better

2-16 February 2026 Alan Manning will present a three-part lecture series providing a picture of current migration policy, why this policy can be so difficult to get right, and the challenges and options we can apply in the future.

Women in Economics: progress, challenges and perspectives

Monday 08 December 2025 Watch this event exploring the gender disparities in economic careers and what they mean for economics and society.

Does getting richer make people happier?

Higher income boosts wellbeing, but in richer countries factors like health and social connection matter just as much.

CEP discussion paper

Does happiness spread within organizations? Evidence from a field experiment in Norway

We report the results from a large field experiment that tests if happiness spreads within an organizational setting, as predicted by the emotional contagion hypothesis. Although some studies have supported this hypothes...Read more...

Torbjorn Hanson, Ashild Johnsen, Andreas Kotsadam and Alberto Prati

21 January 2026

CEP discussion paper

How ICT shapes wages, working conditions, and job satisfaction

We study how the widespread diffusion of ICT affects wages, working conditions, and job satisfaction. We frame our empirical investigation with a model in which ICT can improve both wages and working conditions by increa...Read more...

Sarah Fleche, Eva Moreno Galbis, Ariell Reshef and Claudia Senik

21 January 2026

CEP discussion paper

A wartime labor market: the case of Ukraine

Wars disrupt labor markets, yet systematic evidence on how markets for labor services operate during conflicts is almost entirely absent. Ukraine is a rare exception: despite the full-scale Russian invasion, timely data ...Read more...

Giacomo Anastasia, Tito Boeri and Oleksandr Zholud

16 January 2026

CEP discussion paper

Crime and prices: evidence from thefts of expensive precious metal

We study whether economic incentives matter for crime in a novel way, through study of expensive precious metal thefts by thieves stealing catalytic converters. We combine sharp, plausibly exogenous variation in the pric...Read more...

Gerald Foong, Stephen Machin and Matteo Sandi

16 January 2026

CEP discussion paper

Household taxation, nonlinear occupations, and gender gaps

An enduring source of gender inequality is that some high-paying ("nonlinear") occupations penalize balancing work and household time commitments, as emphasized by Goldin (2014). We ask how household taxation interacts w...Read more...

Piotr Denderski and Tim Obermeier

16 January 2026

Blog

ADR UK:

Understanding labour markets through administrative data: A workshop of collaborating minds

This blog is by ADR UK Research Fellow Guglielmo Ventura, who reflects on a recent workshop hosted at the LSE Centre for Economic Performance. The event brought together leading academic and policy voices to explore how ...Read more...

Guglielmo Ventura

12 January 2026

Blog

Project Syndicate:

Europe does not lack capital - it lacks scale

Even the best start ups cannot thrive sustainably in an environment where each country protects its national champions, and where administrative barriers prevent the emergence of truly European ones. If Europe wants to b...Read more...

Antonin Bergeaud, Andre Loesekrug-Pietri and Jean Tirole

6 January 2026

Blog

VoxEU:

Accommodating emerging giants in the global economy

History provides many examples of large changes in the relative economic size of nations. This column examines the impact of rapid economic growth in emerging economies on the income and welfare of other nations and the ...Read more...

Zhuokai Huang, Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu and Stephen J. Redding

4 January 2026

Blog

VoxEU:

Big cities and globalisation

Globalisation has deepened economic inequalities between large cities and the rest. This column examines foreign trade integration in larger cities versus other regions across Brazil, China, France, and the US. Larger ci...Read more...

Jan David Bakker, Alvaro Garcia Marin, Andrei Potlogea and Nico Voigtlander

3 January 2026

Blog

VoxEU:

A nonlinear Phillips curve helps explain the inflation overshoot

The recent high-inflation episode generated renewed interest about the slope of the Phillips curve and non-linearities in price-setting behaviour. This column uses survey data from US and UK firms to show that prices res...Read more...

Lena Anayi, Emily Barnes, Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Gregory Thwaites and Ivan Yotzov

23 December 2025

CEP discussion paper

Random placement but real bias

Many studies exploit the random placement of individuals into groups such as schools or regions to estimate the effects of group-level variables on these individuals. Assuming a simple data generating process, we show th...Read more...

Marco Schmandt, Constantin Tielkes and Felix Weinhardt

22 December 2025

Blog

LSE British Politics and Policy:

What the price-to-rent ratio reveals about Britain's housing crisis

The consensus that Britain's housing crisis stems from the lack of enough houses being built has received intense criticism lately. Christian Hilber and Andreas Mense analyse the price-to-rent ratio of UK homes and argue...Read more...

Christian A. L. Hilber and Andreas Mense

15 December 2025

CEP discussion paper

Adoption, incidence and welfare impacts of interest-free loans: evidence from solar PV

Steep declines in solar PV costs raises questions about whether, and how, to continue support. We leverage administrative microdata on the near-universe of UK domestic PV and a matched difference-in-differences design ex...Read more...

Leanne Cass, Misato Sato and Aurelien Saussay

12 December 2025

Blog

LSE Europp:

Ten countries, five continents, one pattern - women are less likely to pick STEM subjects

Women make up only 35 per cent of STEM graduates globally. Andres Barrios Fernandez and Aspasia Bizopoulou show that while there is huge variety between countries in the educational attainment of men and women, young wom...Read more...

Andrés Barrios Fernández and Aspasia Bizopoulou

10 December 2025

Government consultation

Commons' Treasury Committee

Swati Dhingra was one of the four members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to give evidence to the committee following the Bank's November report and a close vote which maintained interest rates at 4%....Read more...

Swati Dhingra

9 December 2025

Blog

VoxEU :

Brexit's slow-burn hit to the UK economy

The UK is once again debating why its economy has grown slowly since the mid-2010s. This column examines the impact of the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum,...Read more...

Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka and Gregory Thwaites

5 December 2025

Blog

LSE British Politics and Policy:

Has the Budget improved property taxes?

The Budget introduced a new property tax in the form of higher Council taxes for houses that are valued over Â£2 million. Even though this seems like a good start in addressing the regressive nature of the UK's property ...Read more...

Paul Cheshire

5 December 2025

Blog

LSE British Politics and Policy:

Is there merit in Labour's asylum policies?

The Government's new policy proposals on asylum claimants and refugees have come under a lot of criticism. But Alan Manning argues that Labour's minister Shabana Mahmood has correctly identified that the current status q...Read more...

Alan Manning

3 December 2025

Blog

UK in a Changing Europe:

Care workers and Indefinite Leave to Remain

Alan Manning reflects on the government's proposal to change the rules for migrants to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and its impact, using the example of migrants working in the care sector. ...Read more...

Alan Manning

3 December 2025

CEP discussion paper

Minority bureaucrats' networks and career progression: evidence from the Chinese maritime customs service

Do minorities benefit from social networks? In this paper, we study this question using the historical example of China's first modern bureaucratic organization, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Drawing on newly dig...Read more...

Yan Hu and Stephan Maurer

3 December 2025

Blog

East Asia Forum:

Rethinking industrial policy for resilience, sustainability and growth

When well designed and transparent, industrial policy can drive inclusive growth and resilience. When poorly governed, it risks inefficiency, capture and stagnation, writes Chiara Criscuolo....Read more...

Chiara Criscuolo

2 December 2025

Blog

LSE Business Review:

The end of the Amazon soy moratorium will accelerate deforestation

Rules preventing the purchase of soy grown on land cleared after 2008 slowed deforestation in the Amazon and reduced greenhouse-gas emissions. But now pressure is mounting in Brazil for the rules to be loosened. Rhamon T...Read more...

Joao Paulo Pessoa

28 November 2025

Book

Why Immigration Policy Is Hard: And How to Make It Better

Alan Manning

28 November 2025

CEP discussion paper

Mind the lag: Using assessed and list prices as proxies for housing market values

Property transaction prices are widely regarded as the best measure of property value, but are sometimes unavailable. Using data from the Netherlands and New York, we analyze whether list prices and assessed values are r...Read more...

Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Hans R. A. Koster and Tu Giang Vu

27 November 2025

CEP discussion paper

Accommodating emerging giants in the global economy

How has aggregate income and welfare in the United States been affected by globalization and rapid productivity growth in emerging economies? We use the class of constant elasticity trade models to provide quantitative e...Read more...

Zhuokai Huang, Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu and Stephen J. Redding

27 November 2025

Thursday 22 January 2026 16:00 - 17:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Speaker In Person

Violent Peers at School: Impacts and Mechanisms

This paper examines the impact of classroom exposure to peers with a history of violent behavior on academic achievement and the underlying mechanisms. This measure of peer violence departs significantly from earlier stu...Read more...

Victor Lavy (The Hebrew University, University of Warwick)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 29 January 2026 16:00 - 17:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Speaker In Person

Mine, Theirs or Ours? A Multi-Country Experiment on Citizens' Motivations to Invest in Mental Health

Mental health is vital for well-being and productivity, yet investment remains chronically low. We study how different framings of mental health investment affect cooperation and donations using a pre-registered online e...Read more...

Marina Della Giusta (University of Turin)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Monday 02 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

CEP Public Events

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures

Why immigration policy is hard

Join us for the 2025 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard. In this first le...Read more...

This event is both online and in person

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday 04 February 2026 - Friday 06 February 2026

CEP Public Events

Co-hosted with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

Reimagining policing: designing a blueprint for the digital future

Three days of rigorous, creative, and practical thinking about the future of policing....Read more...

Various speakers

Venue to be Confirmed

Thursday 05 February 2026 15:00 - 20:00

CEP Public Events

Co-hosted with the Metropolitan Police

Policing research in London, 2026

Showcasing research on policing and crime in and around London....Read more...

Various speakers

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 05 February 2026 16:00 - 17:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Speaker Online

Measuring the Unmeasurable? Systematic Evidence on Scale Transformations in Subjective Survey Data

Anthony Lepinteur (University of Luxembourg)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Monday 09 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

CEP Public Events

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures

A picture of migration

In this second lecture Professor Manning examines the foundations of immigration policy and their implications....Read more...

Alan Manning (CEP, LSE)

This event is both online and in person

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Thursday 12 February 2026 16:00 - 17:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Speaker In-Person

Crime Prevention Programs Improve Citizen's Mental Health: Evidence from Peru

Silvia Mendolia (University of Turin)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Friday 13 February 2026 09:15 - 15:20

CEP Public Events

Co-hosted with the Productive and Inclusive Net Zero Research Project (PRINZ) and the Programme for Innovation and Diffusion (POID)

Productive and Inclusive Net Zero (PRINZ) Workshop

Academics and policy stakeholders discuss the findings and policy implications of research conducted as part of the ESRC-funded PRINZ programme....Read more...

Various speakers

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Friday 13 February 2026 13:00 - 14:00

European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC)

Does Distance from Home Matter in Prison? Effects on Visitation and Recidivism

This paper studies how the distance between prison and an incarcerated individual’s home affects their likelihood of recidivism. Leveraging a unique dataset covering more than 20,000 incarcerated individuals and over 200...Read more...

Danielle Nemschoff (University of Chicago)

ONLINE

Monday 16 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

CEP Public Events

Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures

Immigration policy: challenges and options

In this third and final lecture Alan Manning offers solutions to the challenges facing immigration policy, and how to navigate among the often-competing claims of the economy, culture, justice, and democracy....Read more...

Alan Manning (CEP, LSE)

This event is both online and in person

CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Wednesday 18 February 2026 12:30 - 14:00

Trade and Urban Seminars

TBA

Gabriel Kreindler (Harvard)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 19 February 2026 13:00 - 15:00

Capabilities, Competition and Innovation Seminars

TBA

MAR 6.33, 6th floor, The Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY

Thursday 19 February 2026 16:00 - 17:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Speaker In-Person

Gender Identity, Norms, and Happiness

Claudia Senik (Paris School of Economics)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Tuesday 24 February 2026 13:30 - 14:45

Labour and Education Seminars

The Effects of Widespread Online Education on Market Structure and Enrollment

We study the rapid expansion of Brazil's private online higher-education sector and its effects on market structure and college enrollment. Exploiting regional and field-specific variation in online education penetration...Read more...

Sebastián Otero (Columbia University)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Tuesday 24 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

CEP Public Events

Co-hosted with the LSE Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics

Creative destruction, AI, and the European recovery

Join us for this special event with LSE's Philippe Aghion, joint recipient of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....Read more...

Philippe Aghion (Collège de France; INSEAD and LSE)

This event is both online and in person

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Wednesday 25 February 2026 12:30 - 14:00

Trade and Urban Seminars

TBA

Jeffrey Lin (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Wednesday 25 February 2026 18:00 - 19:30

CEP Public Events

CEP and the Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

Women in economics: academic perspectives and career opportunities

Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Anna Valero (CEP), Anna Leach (Institute of Directors)

CBG, Centre Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Friday 27 February 2026 13:00 - 14:00

European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC)

Does Management Matter? Evidence from Indigent Defense in Texas

The majority of felony cases in the United States involve indigent clients represented by publicly financed attorneys. In this paper, we examine the effects of efforts to improve representation for economically disadvant...Read more...

Emily Owens (University of California, Irvine)

ONLINE

Monday 02 March 2026 12:00 - 13:30

CEP/STICERD Applications Seminars

TBA

Mar Reguant (The Institute for Economic Analysis)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Tuesday 03 March 2026 13:30 - 14:45

Labour and Education Seminars

TBA

Allison Green (LSE)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Wednesday 04 March 2026 12:30 - 14:00

Trade and Urban Seminars

TBA

Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (UTexas)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Thursday 05 March 2026 16:00 - 17:00

Wellbeing Seminars

Speaker In-Person

The Impact of Overtime Limits on Firms and Workers: Evidence from Japan's Work Style Reform

Gabriel Burdin (University of Siena)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Monday 09 March 2026 12:00 - 13:30

CEP/STICERD Applications Seminars

TBA

This event is both online and in person

SAL 1.04, 1st Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Tuesday 10 March 2026 13:30 - 14:45

Labour and Education Seminars

TBA

Emilia Del Bono (University of Essex)

This event is both online and in person

SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

The Guardian

No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better

In an article for The Guardian, Lee Major Elliot writes how Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the ba... Read more...

10 January 2026

CEP Announcement

Jonathan Wadsworth awarded CBE in New Year's honours

Congratulations to Jonathan Wadsworth, professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and associate of the Centre for Economic Performance who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026. Profe... Read more...

5 January 2026

Financial Times

Why Immigration Policy is Hard - a guide to breaking out of the 'infernal circle'

Anyone who thinks they know how rich countries should frame their rules on immigration should read economist Alan Manning's carefully balanced guide to the complexities of the subject, writes Delphine Strauss. ... Read more...

28 December 2025

Project Syndicate

Only creative destruction will boost European competitiveness

Philippe Aghion writes about how major geopolitical developments have forced Europeans to rethink how they will ensure their own prosperity, security and sovereignty. Arguing that policymakers must not take innovation fo... Read more...

10 December 2025

Financial Times

Why the small boats won't stop

FT columnist Stephen Bush describes Alan Manning's new book as "fantastic, accessible and wittily written" in this column examining changes to the asylum and immigration system. ... Read more...

17 November 2025

The Observer

Young people need a clear path to apprenticeships

Richard Layard writes for The Observer on the necessity for the Labour government to make youth apprenticeships a priority. ... Read more...

9 November 2025

CEP Announcement

Anna Valero appointed as Industrial Strategy adviser

Congratulations to Anna Valero, distinguished policy fellow at LSE and director of CEP's growth programme, who has been appointed as industrial strategy adviser to the chancellor. Dr Valero, a growth and productivity ex... Read more...

23 October 2025

BBC One

Panorama: The race to build 1.5 million homes

Paul Cheshire features in this investigation into the UK's housing crisis and whether the government's promise to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029 can be met. ... Read more...

20 October 2025

The Financial Times

Economics Nobel Prize awarded for explaining innovation-driven growth

The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Agion and Peter Howitt for their efforts in explaining how innovation impacts economic growth. ... Read more...

13 October 2025

New York Times

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said. ... Read more...

13 October 2025

The Guardian

Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth

Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’. ... Read more...

13 October 2025

CEP Announcement

Philippe Aghion wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, professor at the College de France and INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics, who has been awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nob... Read more...

13 October 2025

Observer

Britain's high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop

Richard Davies writes for The Observer on Britain's debt problem and Rachel Reeves's biggest challenge this autumn. ... Read more...

6 October 2025

CEP Announcement

Dennis Novy begins role as chief economist at the Foreign Office

Congratulations to Dennis Novy, professor of economics at the University of Warwick and research associate in CEP's trade programme, who has been appointed as chief economist and director of analysis at the Foreign, Comm... Read more...

3 October 2025

CEP Announcement

Isabela Manelici receives European Research Council Starting Grant

A European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant has been awarded to CEP assistant professor, Isabela Manelici. With a total funding of €761 million awarded to 478 early-career researchers across Europe, ERC Start... Read more...

4 September 2025

BBC Radio 4

File on 4 Investigates - Domestic Abuse: Beyond the Checklist

Ria Ivandic, CEP associate, shares research showing that 88% of repeat cases of domestic abuse violence had previously been categorised as standard or medium risk under the DASH risk assessment, rather than high risk. ... Read more...

26 August 2025

The Observer

A 45-year view of bond markets can insure us against tomorrow's shocks

Richard Davies writes for The Observer about usefulness, and perils, of bond markets. ... Read more...

13 July 2025

BBC Radio 4

Rethink ... summer holidays

Lee Elliot Major is a guest on this edition of Rethink, talking about research recommending that the summer holidays should be cut by a week and that break taken instead in the autumn term. ... Read more...

30 June 2025

CEP Announcement

Jo Blanden awarded OBE in King's birthday honours

Congratulations to Jo Blanden, professor of economics at the University of Surrey and an associate in CEP’s education and skills programme, who has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025. P... Read more...

16 June 2025

Foreign Affairs

America's Brexit Phase

Jonathan Haskell and Matthew J Slaughter write for Foreign Affairs about Trump's tariffs and the prices of economic uncertainty. ... Read more...

10 June 2025

CEP Announcement

In Memoriam: Ghazala Azmat (1979 - 2025)

We are deeply saddened to hear that CEP associate Ghazala Azmat, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, passed away on Saturday, 7 June. Ghazala was a leading applied microeconomist, known for her work on labour markets,... Read more...

10 June 2025

CEP Announcement

Antonin Bergeaud named Best Young Economist of France, 2025

Congratulations to Dr Antonin Bergeaud who has been named the Best Young French Economist, 2025 by Le Monde and Le Cercle des Économists. The prize is awarded to a French economist under the age of 41 in recognit... Read more...

19 May 2025

BBC

More or Less: Behind the Stats

Thomas Sampson speaks to presenter Tim Harford about the US tariffs on global trade that were announced by president Donald Trump on 2 April 2025 ... Read more...

4 April 2025

Financial Times

Apprenticeships can help fix the UK's growth problem

Richard Layard writing in the Financial Times, says that a clear commitment to train young people for work will help the government's economic agenda. ... Read more...

21 March 2025

CEP Announcement

Funding for Centre for Economic Performance to boost economic growth

The UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) £9.2mn for its five-year programme of work from 2025. This renewed funding will enable CEP to co... Read more...

18 March 2025

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