Month: May 2021

Measuring the impact of immigration on subjective well-being

Professor Peter Howley, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Leeds Dr Mirko Moro Associate Professor in Economics, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling Increasing public concern with immigration coincides with rising numbers of people moving to the UK for study or work, especially after the 2004 EU accession. A natural question to ask

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Was it reckless to lift COVID-19 restrictions?

Dr Claire Field, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Today sees the long-awaited lifting of many COVID-19 restrictions in the UK. Most of us can now travel abroad, hug loved ones, and socialise indoors. Not long ago, this all seemed like a good idea, an overdue return to normality, and

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A thread usually breaks where it is thinnest – lessons for building communities back better

Dr Tony Robertson, Lecturer in Social Epidemiology and Public Health, Biological and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Natural Sciences) and Co-Lead for the Extremes in Science and Society research programme, University of Stirling. Dr Sandra Engstrom, Social Work Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences and Co-Lead for the Extremes in Science and Society research programme, University of

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