Rising house prices are not just a kind of “free money” or an alternative pension, Professor Chris Leishman warns. As Britain’s housing crisis continues to deepen due to increasingly scarce and expensive housing, he has embarked on a new research project that aims to find a way to reform property taxation fairly, and help to stabilise house prices.
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New book: “Office Markets and Public Policy”
Professor Colin Jones’ latest book has just been published entitled, “Office Markets and Public Policy” by Wiley-Blackwell. This is the first book that looks at how offices and office markets in cities have changed over the last 30 years.
The Office: The Future’s Green, and Orange for Uncertain
Over the last forty years information communication technology (ICT) has completely transformed how we use an office. Greater spatial flexibility has meant that, “Location, Location, Location”, is no longer necessarily the key to a successful development. Profesor Colin Jones discusses the future of the office.
Going wild in the botanics
Dr. Jenny Roe recently made the news in Scotland, Australia and the US by demonstrating the restorative effects of parks on the brain using EEG monitors. She has now been awarded a Beltane Fellowship to explore how the positive effects of Botanic Gardens can be extended to a greater diversity of people.
Report: Better measures of local incomes and poverty in Scotland
The Income Modelling Project was carried out by Heriot Watt University with the aim of developing improved measures of local incomes and poverty in Scotland at small area level. Professor Glen Bramley and David Watkins have now published a report on their findings.
Scottish impoverishment reported in media
Although Scotland does slightly better than the UK average, poverty in Scotland is the worst it has been in 30 years.
Press Release: New figures on the impoverishment of the UK
Key findings of the Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) Project, published today in its first report ‘The Impoverishment of the UK’.
The impoverishment of the UK
This morning the Guardian published the first headline results from the Poverty and Social Exclusion project. Our data shows that 33% of British households lacked at least three basic living necessities in 2012, compared with 14% in 1983.
Poverty research broadcast on ITV
The first results from this study were broadcast on ITV at 7.30pm on Thursday, March 28th in a special ‘Tonight’ programme on ‘Breadline Britain’.
What’s missing in the public discussion on immigration?
Myths and misinformation in the media have fuelled considerable public anxiety about immigration. Dr Filip Sosenko, himself a migrant from Poland, identifies the critical issues that are being missed in the debate.