Throughout the year, we run a range of public lectures, workshops, roundtables, press briefings and seminars to share the findings of our research, and facilitate the debate of these important issues.
Structured as a roundtable, this event will provide more information about the aims and objectives of the Productivity Commission, and include talks from Professor Jagjit S. Chadha, the Chair of the Commission, as well as Professor Bart van Ark, Managing Director of The Productivity Institute, Cecilia Wong from the University of…
The UK job market is currently going through dramatic changes, especially due to the impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit, with reports of shortages in many sectors. In addition to giving older workers a fair chance to progress, age-friendly recruitment could be an important strategy for employers, by tapping into an…
Join us for a joint NIESR/Grant Thornton event, to find out what lies ahead and how your business can respond to a re-invigorated economy. The UK economy is reopening after a global lockdown – what does this new chapter hold for your business? Whilst the financial services sector is in…
Is the Financial Services sector prepared for the new and developing regulations to cope with the reporting and costs associated with carbon pricing? The signatories of The Paris Agreement are revising their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Governments are setting more ambitious NDCs targets which are increasingly…
For many decades in Europe, it was believed that the issue of housing had been solved: public social housing and company-owned housing had largely remedied the situation. The homeless persons that remained could therefore be easily dismissed as drug addicts or as mentally ill, and should thus be assigned to…
We are delighted to invite you to our Autumn 2021 press briefing, at which we will present and discuss NIESR’s latest forecasts on the UK and global economies, with an opportunity for you to ask questions. Please note this event is for journalists only.
We are delighted to invite you to our Autumn 2021 Economic Forum, at which we will present and discuss NIESR’s latest forecasts on the UK and global economies, with an opportunity for you to ask questions. Activity bounce-back in the UK and globally has, thankfully, been faster than expected. However,…
What are the prospects for devolution and secession in the United Kingdom? Nearly twenty-five years after certain powers were devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the future of UK governance is in question. Both Brexit and Covid-19 have revealed and exacerbated strains in the relationships between the four home…
Following the successful launch of the UK Productivity Commission, the first evidence session explored the topic of "sizing the productivity problem: international, national, regional and sectoral aspects". The 18 commissioners asked questions of four witnesses to gain an understanding of the scope of the issue. Further evidence sessions will explore…
State capacity – the ability to collect taxes, enforce law and order, and implement government policies – is accorded an important role in explaining economic growth. This lecture used historical evidence to raise questions about the usefulness of state capacity, both as an explanation of economic growth and as a…
Together with the Bank of England, The Productivity Institute and MMF, NIESR are holding a one-day workshop at the Bank of England Moorgate site on Friday 26 November 2021. The theme is productivity and structural change. Keynote speakers include: John Fernald, the Schroders Chair in European Competitiveness and Reform and a…
The Covid-19 pandemic struck the world economy in the midst of a decade that witnessed a broad-based decline in productivity growth. Lockdowns closed many businesses, jobs were either permanently or temporarily lost and school pupils’ learning was interrupted. However, what scars are there likely to be in terms of aggregate…