Blogs & Commentary

What an LSE-CBI survey found about net zero action in firms, with Juliana Oliveira-Cunha and Bruno Serra-Lorenzo, LSE Business Review, July 2024.

What an LSE-CBI survey found about AI adoption in firms, with Juliana Oliveira-Cunha and Bruno Serra-Lorenzo, LSE Business Review, July 2024.

How to grow the UK's dwindling productivity, with John Van Reenen, LSE Politics and Policy, June 2024.

The UK needs a new institution for growth and productivity, with Bart van Ark and Andy Westwood, The Productivity Institute Insight and LSE Politics and Policy, April 2024.

What do times of economic hardship mean for the UK's transition to net zero? Grantham Research Institute Explainer, March 2024.

Mais lecture - a serious approach for sustainable and inclusive growth, LSE Politics and Policy, March 2024.

The 2024 Budget won't solve growth and net zero needs, with Dimitri Zenghelis and Esin Serin, LSE Politics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute Commentary, March 2024.

Sustainable investment is good macroeconomics and fiscally prudent for the UK, with Dimitri Zenghelis, Grantham Research Institute Commentary, February 2024.

Could a new policy institution help solve the UK's productivity problem?, with Bart van Ark, Economics Observatory, January 2024.

Autumn Statement: Positive reforms to boost business investment, but a holistic approach to the UK's growth problem is still lacking, with John Van Reenen, LSE Politics and Policy, November 2023

Autumn Statement: Is the UK gearing up on policies for sustainable growth?, with Esin Serin and Brendan Curran, LSE Politics and Policy, November 2023.

More steps in the wrong direction on net zero, at precisely the wrong time, with Esin Serin, LSE Politics and Policy, November 2023.

Britain can promote private investment and economic growth: Here's how, with Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah and Gregory Thwaites, LSE Politics and Policy, October 2023.

The UK should lead on a green industrial strategy, not roll back, with John Van Reenen and Esin Serin, LSE Politics and Policy, September 2023.

Investment for inclusive and sustainable growth in cities, RSA Blog, July 2023.

A budget for (green) growth? Unfortunately, not yet., with Esin Serin, LSE British Politics and Policy, March 2023.

Autumn Statement delivered reassurance but not a vision, with John Van Reenen, Research Professional News, November 2022.

Nothing is booming in Britain, except uncertainty. This is not the time to cut public investment in research, with John Van Reenen, LSE Business Review, October 2022.

Why have energy bills in the UK been rising? LSE British Politics and Policy, October 2022.

Stimulating innovation for net zero, SDG Action, September 2022

University challenge - bridging the local and the global, Cogito (OECD), May 2022

Do Management Practices Matter in Further Education?, with Sandra McNally and Luis Schmidt, March 2022, CVER Blog

Firms' digital innovation in the pandemic: how have workers been affected?, with Capucine Riom and Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, February 2022, Economics Observatory

Lessons on designing tech RCTs with SMEs, with Capucine Riom and Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, 13 January 2022, IGL blog

Covid-19 spurred a wave of new technology adoption by UK businesses, with Capucine Riom and Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, 22 November 2021, LSE Business Review

Budget failed to join the dots on key challenges, 3 November 2021, Research Professional News (LSE blog version)

The Net Zero Strategy provides a foundation which now needs to be cemented in investment, tax and regulatory decisions, with Esin Serin, October 2021, LSE British Politics and Policy Blog

Green Growth, 10 September 2021, CEP Insight

Budget 2021: while important steps have been taken, bolder and better coordinated action is needed for a sustainable recovery, March 2021, LSE British Politics and Policy

Increasing Support for Clean Innovation: A Win-Win-Win Strategy, (2021), with Ralf Martin, Sam Unsworth and Dennis Verhoeven, LSE Business Review

Mapping UK patents shows new priorities for government, (2021), with Ralf Martin, Sam Unsworth and Dennis Verhoeven, Research Professional News

New incentives for businesses to train their employees are needed for recovery from Covid-19, (2021), with Jiaqi Li and Guglielmo Ventura, LSE Business Review

How is Covid-19 affecting firms' adoption of new technologies?, (2021), with John Van Reenen, Economics Observatory

The Impact of Covid-19 on Technology Adoption, (2021), with John Van Reenen, Institute for the Future of Work blog

Net-zero-aligned investment in the UK for jobs and growth after Covid-19, (2020), with Sam Unsworth, GRI Commentary

Covid has forced many firms to innovate, with possible lasting impacts, (2020), with Capucine Riom, LSE Business Review

Firms closer to universities tend to have better management practices, (2020), LSE Business Review

How a sustainable recovery can help boost productivity and level up the UK, (2020), Industrial Strategy Council Productivity Matters blog

Building back better: Policies for a strong and sustainable recovery, (2020), with Sam Unsworth, LSE Business Review

Budget 2020: will it move the economy onto a sustainable and inclusive growth path?, (2020) LSE Politics and Policy

Party political conferences - a key site for research impact, (2019) with Grace Lordan, Tony Travers and Megan Marsh, LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog