As part of a world-leading science, technology, engineering, medicine and business university, our department uses research and teaching to explore how government shapes industry, how knowledge drives economies, and how to make health and communications services fairer.
Our teaching helps students understand complex policy issues and the forces behind them. By working with decision-makers, businesses and other researchers, we turn evidence into real-world solutions for a fairer, more sustainable society, fulfilling ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's mission of "Science for Humanity".
Our Health-GPS lets governments test the likely effects of health interventions on a virtual population before committing public money. It is open-source, already in active use across multiple countries, and calls on health ministries to treat simulation modelling as standard practice for long-term conditions.
We evidence that mergers increase lobbying spend by 21–53% and make firms more likely to enter politics for the first time. Antitrust authorities should treat political power, not just market power, as a cost of consolidation.
The EU Emissions Trading System cut regulated firms' COâ‚‚ emissions by 14–16% with no loss of output, employment or value added. We highlight the first firm-level evidence that carbon pricing delivers real, global emissions reductions.
We found that the absence of a registered nurse raises the odds of patient death by approximately 10%. Each additional year of hospital-specific experience among registered nurses reduces mortality odds by 8%. Retention is a patient safety issue.
The rule-based management style is preferred by 70% of firms but is significantly less common among candidates from less-educated families. We show that time inside an established firm narrows this gap from 8 percentage points to 2.3. Early workplace exposure should be targeted at those who need it most.
Governments intend market reforms to boost efficiencies in healthcare while improving outcomes. Strong regulation is needed to prevent monopolies, keep markets open to new entrants and maximise gains.
Can VAT reforms improve diets?
Jonathan Haskel takes a closer look at why "reciprocal" tariffs misunderstand the real nature of global trade.
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