Making a meaningful difference through transformative change As we have outlined in this short report for Centre for Thriving Places, the UK’s regional economic divisions are both persistent and legendary. “The UK is one of the most regionally imbalanced economies in the industrialised world,” according to Lord Kerslake of the UK 2070 Commission – and this imbalance can have … Continue reading “Reducing Regional Divides”
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Job Opportunity: Research Fellow, Food System Transformation
Professor Emma Frew has recently been awarded a UKRI BBSRC consortium grant (£6M) with Cambridge leading and in collaboration with Warwick, Exeter, LSHTM, UCL and King’s College. The project is focused on how to transform the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment and the City of Birmingham is the setting for … Continue reading “Job Opportunity: Research Fellow, Food System Transformation”
Expertise and Ethics in Times of Crisis: where and when should ethics come into play? By Sarah Ball, Robert Lepenies, Jessica Pykett, Holger Strassheim
The Centre for Urban Wellbeing at University of Birmingham is currently working on the early stages of a project with researchers at the University of Bielefeld, University of Melbourne and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, which will explore how governments and policymakers incorporate ethical concerns into their decision making processes. Some of the … Continue reading “Expertise and Ethics in Times of Crisis: where and when should ethics come into play? By Sarah Ball, Robert Lepenies, Jessica Pykett, Holger Strassheim”