The soaring cost of natural gas and a warm, dry and windless start to autumn 2021 have conspired to create one almighty headache for energy consumers in the UK and…Read More >
Prosperity & Resilience
9/11 twenty years on: al-Qaida is defeated – but jihadism is here to stay
Twenty years ago, the terrorist group al-Qaida carried out the deadliest attack on US soil the world had ever seen. Overnight, al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden became the most notorious…Read More >
The future of auditing: why plans to sharpen up the industry could actually make it worse
Following the collapses of Patisserie Valerie, Carillion and BHS, the auditors were heavily criticised in the media for signing off on the financial accounts published by each of these companies…Read More >
Tokyo Olympics without crowds: will the home nation’s medal chances suffer?
The Tokyo 2021 Olympics will be the first Games to take place with no spectators. The sight of sparsely populated stadiums and arenas has, of course, become common during the pandemic…Read More >
House prices: the risks of a fall are higher than most people think
At the start of the pandemic, many analysts believed that the prices of owner-occupied housing would be heavily affected. After all, owner-occupation is a market and is influenced by the…Read More >
Why politicians should be wary of publicly pursuing the Wuhan lab-leak investigation
The theory that SARS-CoV-2 originally leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is making a comeback – so much so that President Joe Biden has publicly ordered the US…Read More >
Understanding why people behave sustainably
Through our daily living practices, almost all of us contribute to global environmental change. For example, households in the UK emitted an average of 9.8 tons of CO2 equivalent in…Read More >
Trips waiver: there’s more to the story than vaccine patents
The US has announced its limited support for the “Trips waiver”, a proposal to suspend intellectual property protections for products and technologies needed for the fight against COVID-19, including vaccines,…Read More >
India COVID crisis: four reasons it will derail the world economy
The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day at present, the total…Read More >
Navigating the industry route for successful policy engagement
When considering how research can inform policy, the challenge is to understand the myriad of different routes of engagement. Research engagement by the Department of Real Estate and Planning at…Read More >
