Industry Agenda

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Despite climate pledges, G20 coal subsidies are on the rise

While support for coal mining has fallen, other subsidies for coal-fired power have risen substantially, researchers said.

Laurie Goering · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 25 Jun 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Industrial robots are bringing jobs back home, but not for low-skilled workers

As the use of robots increases, higher education and training need to be offered to employees to better prepare them for change in labour markets.

Astrid Krenz, Klaus Prettner, and Holger Strulik · LSE Business Review 21 Jun 2019

Blockchain

Figuring out Blockchain's most useful applications

It’s been over 10 years since Bitcoin first introduced blockchain technology to the world and is a combination of several distinct features, including decentralisation, distribution, cryp...

Simon Scorer · LSE Business Review 21 Jun 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Why people's views on inflation matter

Inflation targets helps central banks to adjust monetary policy – in particular interest rates – with future price trends and inflation developments in mind.

Jannie Rossouw · The Conversation 21 Jun 2019

Gender Parity

Economics needs to do more than attract women to solve its gender problem

Economist Carolina Alves explains why she set up the Diversifying and Decolonising Economics initiative - to make economics free of discrimination, including sexism, racism, and discrimin...

Eshe Nelson · Quartz 21 Jun 2019

Education, Gender and Work

This discovery could lead to better prenatal vaccines

A newly identified cellular process could lead to safer and more effective vaccines that protect pregnant women and newborns from dangerous infections, researchers say.

Sarah Avery · Futurity 20 Jun 2019

Future of Energy

China's lead in the global solar race - at a glance

By 2024 China will far outstrip any other country for solar panels - this is why.

Charlotte Edmond 19 Jun 2019

Future of Economic Progress

How we can make the euro area more resilient before the next recession hits

According to a new IMF staff paper, euro area countries have had more frequent and severe recessions than other advanced economies over the past 20 years.

Shekhar Aiyar, John Bluedorn, and Romain Duval · IMF Blog 19 Jun 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Globots and telemigrants: The new language of the future of work

Richard Baldwin, professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, says new technology is changing the nature of globalization.

Eshe Nelson · Quartz 19 Jun 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The EU wants to create 10 million smart lampposts

For most of us, the humble lamppost is just that. We pass them in the street every day without a thought, but the European Union believes they are the key to the future of Smart Cities.

Douglas Broom 19 Jun 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

David Attenborough’s worried about this ocean threat - and it’s not plastic

In less than a year, world leaders will meet at the UN Ocean Conference – overfishing should be near the top of their agenda.

Emma Charlton 18 Jun 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

A ‘repair economy’ might fix more than just stuff. It could fix us as well

The act of repairing material objects can generate a deep sense of care, pride, belonging and civic participation.

Katherine Wilson · The Conversation 18 Jun 2019

Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The curse of overconfidence

When business and political leaders are expected to be overconfident there can be long-term harm, write V Bhaskar and Caroline D. Thomas.

V Bhaskar and Caroline D. Thomas · LSE Business Review 18 Jun 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Fathers need to care for themselves as well as their kids – but often don’t

Wanting to be a great dad can motivate men to push themselves to work longer and harder than they may have thought possible, but it's often at the expense of their health.

Elizabeth C. Stewart and Derek M. Griffith · The Conversation 18 Jun 2019

Inclusive Growth Framework

Economists risk extinction unless they embrace digital transformation

Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and must rethink their strategy in order to remain relevant.

Diane Coyle · Project Syndicate 14 Jun 2019

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