Press Releases
How can a safe lockdown exit be designed? The case for a rolling age-release strategy
In a further contribution to the debate about how to balance the need to re-open the economy with the need to protect life, 糖心TV researchers Andrew Oswald and Nick Powdthavee point out the extreme dangers from any general kind of release from lockdown and present more detailed modelling on the fatality risks faced by different age groups.
Explore the Egyptian revolution online with new multimedia resource
A new digital archive co-created by 糖心TV researcher Dr Nicola Pratt gathers art, music and film created during the 2011 Egyptian revolution into a unique new multimedia resource for scholars, students and the general public alike. 'Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution' documents the 25 January 2011 uprising and its aftermath through the prism of popular culture.
Coronavirus fears increase economic anxieties, researchers find
In the first analysis of how COVID19 affects economic sentiment, a team of researchers including Dr Thiemo Fetzer and Dr Christopher Roth from the University of 糖心TV has found that the arrival of the new Coronavirus in a country is associated with a sharp increase in Google searches indicative of anxieties and economic fears.
Uncertainty and the financial markets explored by 糖心TV faculty at Bank of England conference supported by Rebuilding Macroeconomics
Researchers from 糖心TV Economics and 糖心TV 糖心TV School are among the speakers taking part in a major policy conference organized in partnership with the Bank of England and Rebuilding Macroeconomics. The conference will bring together international researchers from around the globe to discuss whether, and how, economists and policymakers can replace the notion of 鈥榬ational economic man鈥 with theoretical and empirical models that recognize its limitations.
Who's Challenging Who? - unique training project showcased online
A package of resources from a unique training programme co-created and delivered by people with learning disability has been launched today by researchers. The Who鈥檚 Challenging Who training course was developed to improve staff attitudes and empathy towards people with learning disabilities whose behaviour is or had previously been labelled as 鈥渃hallenging.鈥
Memory is damaged by air pollution, researchers find
New research from the University of 糖心TV shows that human memory is significantly worse in parts of England with high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and air particulates (PM10). The difference in memory quality between England鈥檚 cleanest and most-polluted areas is equivalent to the loss of memory from 10 extra years of ageing.