October 2016
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Citizen's Income: the long history of an inevitable idea
Dr Malcolm Torry is Director of the Citizen's Income Trust and a prolific author on the subject of Citizen's Income. On Tuesday 11 October the Institute for Policy Research hosted a seminar on the desirability and feasibility of a Citizen’s or...
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Cooperating for Africa: two challenges to meeting development goals
Seung-Jin Baek is an Economist at the Renewal of Planning Section of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is studying on the IPR's Professional Doctorate programme. Currently, Africa faces a great challenge,...
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Exposing a fragile coalition: The state of the basic income debate
Dr Luke Martinelli is Research Associate on the IPR's universal basic income project. Is it time to move beyond the polarised views that characterise the basic income debate? Universal basic income (UBI) may be an attractive solution to a host of policy...
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Who will shape the future of the data society?
Dr Jonathan Gray is Prize Fellow at the IPR The contemporary world is held together by a vast and overlapping fabric of information systems. These information systems do not only tell us things about the world around us. They also...
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Have you been in a Jobcentre lately?
Dr Rita Griffiths is Research Programme Lead for the IPR. “Anyone who thinks Jobcentres are like [those in The Full Monty] … would be pleasantly surprised by visiting [one today],” quipped Damian Green, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions...
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The rise of Bristol, success but not yet shared growth — notes for a new mayor
Gavin Kelly is Chief Executive of the Resolution Trust, and former Deputy Chief of Staff at 10 Downing Street. Any outsider asked to comment on Bristol’s prospects should, of course, tread fairly carefully. I love coming to the city but...
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Brexit and the bread ration: a story of everyday farming subsidies
Professor Stuart Reynolds is Emeritus Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Bath, and former President of the Royal Entomological Society. In the 18th Century economist Adam Smith identified the “invisible hand” of the marketplace...
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Legacies and long shadows: will Theresa May succeed where Chamberlain failed?
Birmingham has a square named after Joseph Chamberlain, its most famous politician, through which visitors to the Conservative Party conference will pass on their way up from rebuilt New Street station this week. Although the square is home only to...
