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Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 25 May, 2023

An analysis of the UK cost of living crisis discussed by Associate Professor Flavio Toxvaerd from the Faculty of Economics on Radio Ciudad.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

The e-book, “The Economics of Brexit: What Have We Learned?”, which Prof. Meredith Crowley provided a chapter for, has been quoted in a New York Times article about Boris Johnson's prime ministerial legacy.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 6 June, 2022

Professor Meredith Crowley discusses US tariffs on UK steel replaced by quotas on the BBC TV News World Business Outlook.

She says it is a "welcome sign that the relationship is warming" but not a first step towards a UK-US trade agreement. Prof Crowley's interview starts at 4min15.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 9 July, 2021

Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd's research into Government policy and public behaviour towards COVID-19 restrictions and the vaccine roll out, was quoted in the Telegraph. In the article Managers say some staff are privately leaving app off at all times or deleting it because they fear being forced to into quarantine.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 7 June, 2021

Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for the BBC News on the proposed easing of UK restrictions in June. Given the COVID-19 variants and the rising number of new cases, Dr. Toxvaerd gave his thoughts on whether the Government should stick to the hard date of the 21st June for removing all restrictions in the UK.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 4 June, 2021

Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for National Danish Radio’s Orientation programme about the impending easing of restrictions in the U.K. Even before the current restrictions have been lifted, there is already fear of a third wave in the UK.

Economics News | Published on Tuesday, 26 January, 2021

The report is part of the Government Office for Science Areas of Research Interest fellowships.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 15 December, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed about Brexit and it's effect on the UK economy, by the daily French newspaper La Croix. Dr Crowley answered questions on the proposed post-Brexit trade deals that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is negotiating with countries such as Japan, China and the US.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 16 October, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was a panelist at the UK in a Changing Europe Isolation Insight Webinar, "Economics of Covid-19 and Brexit, revisited", where the panelists discussed the economics of the Covid-19 pandemic and the UK's exit from the EU. This online event took place on 15th October 2020.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 14 August, 2020

Professor Vasco Carvalho and Dr Flavio Toxvaerd are among the authors of a Royal Society DELVE Initiative Report which looks at the new challenges for the economy and public health that the COVID-19 Pandemic will bring over the coming years.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 14 August, 2020

Professor Vasco Carvalho and Dr Flavio Toxvaerd are among the authors of a Royal Society DELVE Initiative Report which looks at the new challenges for the economy and public health that the COVID-19 Pandemic will bring over the coming years.

Economics News | Published on Friday, 26 June, 2020

Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study, we explore how personality traits are associated with people’s responses when confronting the Covid-19 crisis.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 31 January, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BBC World Service's World Update programme about the prospect for the UK and EU negotiating a trade deal modelled on the EU's deal with Canada.

Keywords: EUBrexitTradeUK
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 27 January, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland about the UK's proposed digital sales tax and whether it will lead to a trade war with the US. You can listen to the programme on the BBC website (starts at 1h 06m).

Keywords: TaxUSTradeUK
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 27 January, 2020

Professor David Newbery was the lead author on the Ofgem commissioned report "The Value of International Electricity Trading".

Keywords: EnergyEUTradeUK
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, discussing the US-UK spat over a proposed digital services tax on. You can listen to the programme on the BBC website (starts at 1h 25m).

Keywords: TaxUSTradeUK
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 7 November, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley has been appointed to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs's (DEFRA) Advisory Panel for a National Food Strategy.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 11 July, 2019

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Rhys Williams, Nick Robin and Dano Meiske (formerly BA, MPhil in Economics and MPhil in E

Economics News | Published on Monday, 24 June, 2019

A comprehensive analysis of the impact of Brexit has been conducted by academic think tank The UK in a Changing Europe.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 5 June, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke to BBC News about a potential US-UK trade deal, along with David Henig (UK Director of European Centre For International Political Economy).

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 25 April, 2019
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 15 April, 2019

Oliver Exton (PhD student) will present his research on "Brexit uncertainty", at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference on Wednesday 17th April 2019.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 13 March, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley took part in a Brexit discussion on the BBC news that looked into whether the UK is actually in a crisis over leaving the EU? You can listen to the programme on the BBC site.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Sunday, 17 February, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley gave extended interview to BBC Radio 4's Analysis program on "Fair Exchange?", in which she discusses how a falling value of the British pound sterling could impact the British economy. The programme will be broadcast on the 18th February 2019 at 8.30pm and will be available to listen online after.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 6 February, 2019

Dr Meredith Crowley discusses how the new free trade agreement between the EU and Japan could be a possible threat to the post-Brexit British industry, in both the Guardian Newspaper and

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 21 January, 2019
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 23 November, 2018

Professor William Brown's research was mentioned in an Economist article. The paper argues that British legislative change has not exerted a major influence on union membership.

Economics News | Published on Monday, 29 October, 2018

The impact of the National Minimum Wage on the UK labour market is hard to ignore. By 2007, 10 years after the Low Pay Commission was formed, it had raised the pay of around 10% of the workforce by an average of 20%.2 The Low Pay Commission has always prized its independence from government, coupled with rigorous research and evidence-based recommendations.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 31 July, 2018

The Telegraph has quoted the research by Dr. Meredith Crowley, Oliver Exton and Lu Han in their article "Britain loses thousands of exporters on trade uncertainty".