Expert Comment
When the USSR Collapsed: What do Russian school students think?
A blog post from Department of Economics Professor Mark Harrison:
On 28 May the Gaidar Foundation published excerpts from an essay competition among Russian school students, in which they write about their impressions and the family histories that have been passed down to them...
Getting ready for a new era of Big Data
Big online data can provide early warning signals for riots, election results, the spread of disease and responses to natural disasters. Professor Tobias Preis from Warwick Business School talks about getting ready for the era of Big Data.
Paying Attention in the Digital Age
A blog post from Professor Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Warwick: There is an issue, which may or may not be a problem for universities around the world, but that is certainly gaining a lot of attention in Britain and the United States—namely, attention itself...
Retailers can use NGOs to help Bangladesh workers
Workers’ safety in Bangladesh could be improved if western retailers use NGOs to report on conditions, says outsourcing expert Professor Michael Mol.
Bad behaviour: Britain won’t nudge its way to a better economy
Professor Will Davies, from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, writes for The Conversation about privatising the government's behavioural insights team.