IER News & blogs

In September, IER and ReWAGE experts worked on a consultation submission for Acas. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), established in 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, encourages environmental, social and governance (ESG) capital investment criteria. Led by Dr Emily Erickson, the team of Professor Chris Warhurst and Dr Katharina Sarter of IER and Professor Chris Forde of Leeds University examined the case for developing ‘human capital’ standards as part of the consultation on the ‘social’ in ESG.

In a recent article published in World Development Perspectives, IER's Dr Jamelia Harris and co-author Andrew Lawson assess the application of the problem driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) approach to public financial management reform in six African countries.

To celebrate the publication of the book Understanding Public Services. A Contemporary Introduction, edited by IER’s Dr Katharina Sarter and Dr Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey from the University of York, IER will be hosting an online event on public services with Evan Davis on 22nd September, 12:00-13:00 hours.

Starting with an introduction to public services and their importance and role by Evan Davis, this event will feature a presentation of the book, a discussion between Evan Davis and the book editors and an open Q&A. Please register via eventbrite.

Professor Shereen Hussein, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will present key findings from the three-year Retention and Sustainability of the Social Care Workforce (RESSCW) study, highlighting the impact of the pandemic on working conditions of the social care workforce and in particular those of workers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Hosted by IER, the online event will take place on the 11th of September, 11:00 am to 12 noon. Please email Lynne Marston (l.marston@warwick.ac.uk) to receive the Teams link.

New research by IER and Ecorys for the Department for Education (DfE) finds that recruitment and retention issues and rising numbers of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) contribute to a vicious cycle of unmet demand for Educational Psychology Services.

The research examined various potential solutions to these issues, concluding that purely supply-side interventions designed to increase the size of the Educational Psychology workforce were unlikely to address these issues alone and that they needed to be combined with demand focused interventions to ensure the sustainability of the system.