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Turning Words into Action: New Report on Community Municipal Investments
CMIs are being hailed as a breakthrough for hard-pressed councils to achieve their climate targets – and transform their relationship with residents.
*** Conference Cancelled – Postcolonial Bauman ***
With on-going uncertainties concerning safety and travel restrictions, we have taken the decision to cancel our 'Postcolonial Bauman' Conference.
Citizen Finance for Municipalities – lessons learned from the UK
PROSEU partner ICLEI report on Dr Mark Davis's research to explore how Community Municipal Investments (CMIs) could also help European city partners to deliver on their own net zero targets.
Warrington announces Community Municipal Investment
Further impact from Mark Davis's Financing for Society project as a second UK council confirms it will offer a Community Municipal Investment option to local residents to help fund a £10M solar farm.
Modernity and the Holocaust, thirty years on
A symposium at the University of Leeds Please see the Call for Papers if you wish to take part in...
Financing for Society: Local Authority Training Workshop
A training workshop to learn how investment-based crowdfunding can be used to support public sector project delivery, and gain a better understanding of local donation-based crowdfunding.
Thinking in Dark Times: Asssessing the Legacies of Zygmunt Bauman’s Work
This transdisciplinary symposium will mark the second anniversary of the death of this renowned and internationally influential sociologist and cultural...
Report Launch – Financial Innovation Today: Towards Economic Resilience
A buffet lunch plus tea and coffee will be provided. In an age of financial crisis and fiscal austerity, can...
Through the Window Again: Modernity and the Holocaust, 30 Years Later
To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Zygmunt Bauman’s Modernity and the Holocaust (1989), two events were held in the week...
Pushing boundaries: what’s new in alternative finance?
On Tuesday this week, NESTA and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance published “Pushing Boundaries”, their latest annual report on...
Driving FinTech in Manchester
Driving FinTech in Manchester Wednesday 30th September, Barclays RISE Manchester Innovate Finance is an industry-backed body aiming to promote the...
Pathfinders: launching the Finance Innovation Lab
Pathfinders, ICAEW Great Hall, London, Friday 25th September 2015 Responsible, democratic and fair: how many of us think those words can be reasonably...
