Published in IIPP Student Ideas·2 days ago“We can influence”: interview with Prof. Carole Parkes on the launch of the SDSN UKBy Marina Leite Brandão A t the end of January 2022, IIPP launched the Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s UK (SDSN UK), a network comprised of research-intensive Higher Education Institutions mobilised around practical solutions to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We have had the pleasure to interview Prof. Carole…6 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·4 days agoThe Work Project: Behind the ScenesBy Hilary Cottam This is the final blog in a new series about the future of work. The series reflects on workshops that were held in five locations across Britain over the past two years. The project has been generously funded by Laudes Foundation, Open Society Foundation and James Anderson. …Work7 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·5 days agoCan we avoid green collateral damage from rising interest rates?By Asker Voldsgaard (UCL IIPP), Florian Egli (Zürich ETH) and Hector Pollitt (University of Cambridge) Classic monetary theory implies that raising interest rates is an effective way to counter raising prices. However, there may be a green collateral damage to this strategy. Many green energy technologies are more capital intensive…Economics13 min read
Published in IIPP Student Ideas·Jun 17Powering up institutions: What the UK’s energy strategy can learn from DenmarkBy Adam Cantwell-Corn, IIPP MPA student I n the foreword to the government’s much trailed Energy Security Strategy in April prompted by the invasion of Ukraine, Johnson repeated a slogan of making the UK “the Saudi Arabia of wind”. It’s a positive change from his 2013 statement that wind power…Renewable Energy10 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·Jun 16Can private finance be relied on to deliver the SDGs?By Laurie Macfarlane This blog is a follow up to the event ‘The SDGs as an asset class? Getting serious about green finance for development’. The event is part of IIPP’s ‘Walking the talk: Getting serious about the UN Sustainable Development Goals’ series. …Sdgs4 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·Jun 15The Work Project: The role of the ‘New Industrialists’By Hilary Cottam This is the sixth blog in a new series about the future of work. The series reflects on workshops that were held in five locations across Britain over the past two years. The project has been generously funded by Laudes Foundation, Open Society Foundation and James Anderson. …Business8 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·Jun 14A long delayed golden age: or why has the ICT ‘installation period’ lasted so long?By Carlota Perez Since the Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1770s, the process of diffusion of each successive technological revolution has taken between forty and sixty years. In each case, the first half of this period was typically a turbulent ‘installation period’ of creative destruction, and the second…Information Technology7 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·Jun 7The Work Project: Organising in the Fifth RevolutionBy Hilary Cottam This is the fifth blog in a new series about the future of work. The series reflects on workshops that were held in five locations across Britain over the past two years. The project has been generously funded by Laudes Foundation, Open Society Foundation and James Anderson. …Economics11 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·Jun 1Embrace the self-financing state — it is already hereBy Josh Ryan-Collins, Asker Voldsgaard, Andrew Berkeley, Richard Tye, Neil Wilson If we want to restore shared prosperity to the British economy, understanding how the public finances actually work is a key first step. Our new IIPP working paper shows the state always finances itself by issuing new money. …Economics7 min read
Published in UCL IIPP Blog·May 31The Work Project: Imagining TransitionBy Hilary Cottam This is the fourth blog in a new series about the future of work. The series reflects on workshops that were held in five locations across Britain over the past two years. The project has been generously funded by Laudes Foundation, Open Society Foundation and James Anderson. …Work8 min read