Commentary & Podcasts

In our latest Ask The Expert seminar, Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, examined opinion surveys and election data to clarify the drivers behind Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the rise of the European Populist Right. It is available to watch on Periscope here.

In our first ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminar of the year, Dr Angus Armstrong of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) discussed the UK’s priorities in its future Brexit trade negotiations. You can listen to a recording of the event here.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminar, Professor Becky Francis, Director of the UCL Institute for Education (IOE), explored the socio-economic roots and implications of the educational attainment gap in the UK.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert seminar, Professor David Metz argued that conventional transport economics has reached a dead end, and that an intelligent transport policy requires modelling and forecasting methodologies to be updated for the twenty first century.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminar, Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, presented evidence on Labour’s party membership and how it has changed following the 2015 General Election.