Economics Lunchtime Seminars
Every year, we organise a series of lunchtime seminars led by invited speakers that cover a wide range of current issues to give our students the opportunity to listen to and discuss current issues in an informal setting.
Previous Lunchtime Seminars during 2008/9:
Recent Trends in Leadership Thinking: The Search for the Yeti
Dr John Lawler, University of Bradford
Investment Banking Crisis and the Demise of Bear Stearns
Kevin Boakes, Kingston University
Resources for Development: What Role for Economists?
Professor Tom Franks, University of Bradford
Remitting and saving behaviour of international migrants: evidence from Turkish households in Germany
Dr Hulya Ulku, University of Manchester
Faith Schools and Social Capital: Implications for Attainment and Social Cohesion
Professor Geoff Pugh, University of Staffordshire
The Employment and Earnings of Intra-Regional Migrants in Great Britain
Dr Martyn Andrews, University of Manchester
The Politics of Development: Poverty, Inequality and Democracy in Developing Societies
Dr Roberto Espíndola, University of Bradford
The Worst of Both Worlds? Pay and Conditions in Temporary Jobs
Dr Gary Slater, Director of the Economics Programme
Previous Lunchtime Seminars during 2007/8:
Access to credit for the poor: The role of microfinance in poverty alleviation
Patrick Ryan, Head of Department
Entrepreneurship in transition economies
Professor Iraj Hashi, University of Staffordshire
Reorienting critical realism:
A system-wide perspective on the capitalist economy
Dr Andrew Brown
University of Leeds
Competition and anti-trust policy in the enlarged European Union
Dr. Jens Hölscher, University of Brighton
Social interactions and the demand for sport in the UK: Some initial evidence over time
Dr Paul Downward, University of Loughborough
Economics of UK ports policy
Professor Alan Collins, University of Portsmouth
Are tighter labour markets associated with better quality jobs?
Dr Andy Charlwood, University of York
Are we heading for a crash? The financial crisis and the world economy
A Roundtable Discussion
