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University of ÌÇÐÄTV's Professor Andrew Oswald named as 'Nobel Prize class’ researcher

Professor Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV, has been named a Citation Laureate by the prestigious Institute of Scientific Information, for his pioneering contributions to the economics of happiness and well-being.

Wed 21 Sept 2022, 13:11 | Tags: Economics

University of ÌÇÐÄTV named as one of UK’s best in the 2023 Good University Guide

The University of ÌÇÐÄTV has further cemented its position as one of the UK’s best universities - after being ranked 9th overall by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.

It continues a remarkable record for ÌÇÐÄTV, which has featured in the Top 10 every single year since the Guide was first published in 1992.

Tue 20 Sept 2022, 08:38 | Tags: WBS Mathematics Ranking Economics University News

New programme launches in Westminster which aims to put the UK at the forefront of hydrogen innovation

An initiative which is designed to support and foster the creation of a new hydrogen economy in the Midlands was formally launched this week at the House of Lords, to an audience of MPs, peers, businesses, academics and senior civil servants. (Issued by ERA).


New research into threat posed to climate change policies by the rise of the populist right

Newly published research from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV and the University of Sussex ÌÇÐÄTV School reveals that the influence of left-of-centre parties increase the strength of a government’s climate policy score by about 22% relative to the average score while the influence of right-wing populist parties leads to a 24% reduction relative to the same average.


Early Career Researcher Network holds inaugural meeting at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV

The University of ÌÇÐÄTV recently welcomed guests from the British Academy to its first event as a member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Midlands Hub. The Research Café event, held in the new Faculty of Arts Building (FAB) was focused on early career staff at ÌÇÐÄTV, and brought together researchers from across the Humanities, Social Science and Arts to share experiences and learn informally from each other.


Study sheds new light on the origin of civilisation

New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus in areas of fertile land. In The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?, a team of economists shows that it is the adoption of cereal crops that is the key factor for the emergence of hierarchy.

Mon 11 Apr 2022, 12:03 | Tags: 1 - Research Economics Faculty of Social Sciences History

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