Department of Political Economy, King's College London

EVENT: Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance 📉

This event brings together researchers at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making in the UK and other democratic systems

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Measuring What Matters: Economic Indicators for Democratic Governance This event brings together researchers who are at the forefront of developing better economic indicators for policy making.

Geopolitical tensions are increasingly influencing where companies choose to invest, according to 🆕 research co-authored by Pierre-Louis Vezina

The study suggests firms are now more likely to favour politically-aligned countries when making foreign investments 🪙🌍

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Study finds geopolitics playing increasing role in investment decisions | King's College London Geopolitical tensions are increasingly influencing where companies choose to invest, according to new research co-authored by a King’s academic that suggests firms are becoming more likely to favour politically-aligned countries when making foreign investments.

NEW: Can financial markets really make a difference in electoral outcomes?

A new paper co-authored by Dr Raphael Cunha examines whether the public’s perception of political candidates can be influenced by the reactions of global financial markets 🌏📈

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How do we know when it is time to change direction and what does that change ask of us? 💭

Our academic, Dr Roberto Fumagalli offers four lessons about change as part of a TEDx event held at King’s College London 🗣️

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Four lessons about change | Roberto Fumagalli | TEDxKingsCollegeLondon How do we know when it is time to change direction, and what does t...

🤖 The next wave of artificial intelligence may transform a very different segment of the workforce than previously thought, according to a new study co-authored by Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink 📝

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Artificial intelligence is changing...and so are assumptions about its impact on jobs | King's College London The next wave of artificial intelligence may transform a very different segment of the workforce than previously thought, according to a new study.

Mixing boys and girls in classrooms can significantly reduce sexist attitudes at home but does little to advance women into leadership roles in the public sphere, according to new research authored by our academics, Marco Giani and Krzysztof Krakowski 👨‍🏫

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Our academics, Barbara Piotrowska and Maia King, received the Honourable Mention Award for a new research paper presented at a major academic conference with fellow scholars Ruth Dixon and Rozana Himaz 🏆 🙌

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Governments and policy-makers around the world are struggling to address falling birth rates, with many nations seeing the number of children born per woman fall to below the replacement level of 2.1. 📉👶

With implications for skills, labour forces, welfare and economies as a whole, what can be done to arrest the decline?

New research co-authored by King's College London academic, Dr Cevat Giray Aksoy, may hold part of the answer...remote working.

But how? 🤔

In this video, Dr Aksoy, a member of the Department of Political Economy, takes a closer look at the issue 👇

KCL School of Politics & Economics 1 like. "Can remote work help solve the global fertility crisis?"

Elections are increasingly being shaped not only by political forces, but by floods, fires and extreme weather, according to a new report co-authored by our academic, Professor Sarah Birch 🌍🗳

So what can be done to protect them?

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Call for action to protect elections as extreme events cause increasing disruption | King's College London Elections are increasingly being shaped not only by political forces, but by floods, fires and extreme weather, according to a new report co-authored by a King’s College London academic.

The types of industries dominating a local area can significantly influence the electoral success of radical-right political parties, according to new research led by Dr Ruben Ruiz-Rufino 🗳

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How industry and geography play a role in support for radical right parties | King's College London The types of industries dominating a local area can significantly influence the electoral success of radical-right political parties, according to new research from a King's College London academic.