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Future Economies Research Centre projects

A selection of our research, examining some of the big challenges facing society in the 21st century.

Projects

  • Children in a classroom

    School funding, pupil performance and crime

    This ESRC funded project will explore whether school funding programmes that are known to have increased pupil performance, also had the effect of reducing crime

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  • A care worker helps a man with a frame to walk down a corridor

    Civil society and place-based strategies for development

    Examining the focus of regional growth policies on foundational sectors and their ability to support inclusive growth through social innovation.

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  • European and Irish flags waving outside of the European Commission offices

    Exploring the Economic Impact of Inequality Post-Brexit

    Discovering how people living in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are being affected by the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.

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  • A smartphone screen with trend data on it in the foreground. A large monitor with additional data sits behind it.

    Future Economies Data Observatory (FEDO)

    Making it easier for policymakers to examine economic data at local level.

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  • An older surveyor teaching a trainee how to use a laser scanner

    Low interest rates and investment in productivity

    Investigating how financing strategies shape investment behaviour in low interest rate environments.

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  • Leftist protesters march during a May Day demonstration in Hamburg, Germany

    The Next Left?

    Exploring the political prospects of the European Left amid the ongoing crisis of democratic representation.

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  • Workers on production line making cars at a Fiat factory in Poland

    Politics, policy and the knowledge economy

    Examining the interface between public policy decisions and knowledge-intensive industries.

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  • Outside the Etihad Stadium of Manchester City Football Club

    Sport in the Middle East

    Examining the factors behind the increasing prominence of the Middle East in the hosting and management of global sport.

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  • Pound coins stacked on top of a £50 note.

    Teaching Economic Policy Institutions

    Teaching resources to improve understanding of the role of policymakers in shaping the economy.

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  • Young female football teams competing in a tournament in Sweden

    Women’s football

    Examining how women’s football is governed, managed and developed as a commercial product around the world.

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Making a Difference: Our impact

The Business School delivers outstanding research that addresses some of the biggest challenges facing contemporary society. Our research briefings and news articles below summarise the breadth of our innovative and impactful work from academics within the Centre for Future Economies.

  • money

    The Autumn Budget 2021

    Christian Spence asks 'Is there a strategy behind the spending?'

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  • pandemic

    Covid-19: Paying for the pandemic

    Nick O'Donovan asks 'How will the UK Government respond'

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  • stadium

    Working with the sports industry to run better, safer events

    Insights and evidence from the Sports Policy Unit

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  • data

    Complex modelling and the case for open systems

    Recommendations from the Centre for Policy Modelling

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