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Unpredictable earnings or unpredictable livelihoods
Rayhaan Lorgat Last month, the Resolution Foundation published a new report analysing the volatility of earnings using payslips of...
Rayhaan Lorgat
4 days ago2 min read
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Generative AI is reshaping the global economy — Are we ready for the consequences?
William Hynes (IGP), Jo-An Occhipinti and Ante Prodan Generative AI is often celebrated as the next great productivity leap — a...
William Hynes
4 days ago4 min read
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Gender Against Prosperity
Sertaç Sehlikoglu In a landmark ruling that has sent shockwaves through academic and activist circles alike, the UK Supreme Court has...
Sertaç Sehlikoglu
4 days ago5 min read
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We need societal therapy to overcome our addiction to GDP
Robert Costanza Societies, like individuals, can get trapped in patterns of behaviour, which can be called ‘societal addictions’. These...
Robert Costanza
Mar 261 min read
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Do We Need New International Law Recognising Gender Apartheid?
Fatemeh Sadeghi On January 23, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) requested arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for crimes...
Fatemeh Sadeghi
Mar 265 min read
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Start investigating community cohesion from the perspectives of local communities in order to tackle inequalities
Eva Lamorgese In January we submitted evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee new inquiry on community cohesion. When looking at...
Eva Lamorgese
Feb 283 min read
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Inclusive Growth Summit: Is “Builderism” the right cure for London?
Lei Zhou In early February 2025, I had an interesting experience at the Inclusive Growth Summit , which took place in a cinema and was...
Lei Zhou
Feb 214 min read
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Sustainable Food: How to Fix the Animal Problem
Grace Regan As an ex-vegan, confused vegetarian and very occasional meat eater (I guess that officially makes me a flexitarian?), I spend...
Grace Regan
Jan 298 min read
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Lessons from Colombia: A Journey Through Resilient Cities
by Gulnar Hasnain In December 2024, I had the privilege of visiting Colombia —a country where urban resilience is continuously tested and...
Gulnar Hasnain
Jan 244 min read
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Camp-space: The exceptional duality of the Palestine refugee camp (animated film)
By Dr Samar Maqusi Palestine refugee camps and exceptionality have been cojoined in theoretical and scholarly analysis ad nauseam. This...
Samar Maqusi
Jan 143 min read
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Why Art Matters for Human Rights: A Conversation in Book Form
by Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton At its heart, Creating Justice: Conversations on Art and Human Rights is more than a book – it’s...
Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton
Jan 84 min read
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Director's Winter Reading List 2024
by Professor Henrietta L. Moore Explore this thoughtfully compiled 'reading' list and expand the content you consume this Winter. Read:...
Professor Henrietta L. Moore
Dec 10, 20241 min read
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Food is a Human Right for All!
By Andrew Percy The IGP's Social Prosperity Network has always been strongly aligned with the Right to Food campaign, as food is one of...
Andrew Percy
Nov 29, 20242 min read
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Expanding Research Horizons: Learning from Beyond and Before the West
By Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu In a most exciting lecture series, "Methodologies Beyond the West: Post-Ethnographic Explorations in...
Sertaç Sehlikoglu
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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Pots and Prosperity in Mozambique
By Almeira Parruque On November 15, 2024, Mozambique was rocked by widespread “ banging pot ” protests that reverberated across the...
Almeira Parruque
Nov 28, 20243 min read
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Green Industrial Policies don’t offer second best – but first best solutions!
by William Hynes “You know economists; they’re the sort of people who see something works in practice and wonder if it would work in...
William Hynes
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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‘Social values of public spaces across time and culture’ in Lebanon
by Samar Maqusi & Joana Dabaj The story began seven years ago when the RELIEF project was launched in Lebanon in pursuit of studying how...

IGP UCL
Sep 25, 20247 min read
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“Municipal Kitchens” exhibition reimagines communal eating in cities
By Hanna Baumann, with co-curators Cherry Truluck, Johann Arens, Miriam Lowack, Alicja Rogalska It is not every day that you enter a...
Hanna Baumann
Jul 18, 20243 min read
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Unintended consequences and failed development: Rethinking how we support agricultural prosperity in Elgyeo Marakwet County, Kenya
Dr Samuel Lunn-Rockliffe and Professor Henrietta Moore The dry plains of the semi-arid Kerio Valley, northwest Kenya, have long been a...
Samuel Lun-Rockliffe
Jun 27, 20244 min read
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A Generation at Risk: Urgent Steps Needed to Address Learning Loss in Lebanon’s Public Schools
Dr Maha Shuayb and Mohammad Hammoud, Lebanese Studies Since 2019, Lebanon has faced severe financial, economic, and social crises that...
Maha Shuayb and Mohammad Hammoud
Jun 27, 20245 min read
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