The UK’s first Community Municipal Investment given green light
Last night, West Berkshire Council voted to approve the offer of a new model of public finance created through Dr Mark Davis’s research with industry partner, Abundance Investment.
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Keeping the Conversation Going
We are sharing some of the highlights from our Audio-Visual archive in order to keep the conversation going during this latest chronicle of crisis for the world.
“A ground-breaking way to tackle the climate emergency”
A recent article by Abundance Investment describes the Community Municipal Bond developed through research by Dr Mark Davis as “ground-breaking”.
Games as Pedagogy – a new LITE project for the Bauman Institute
Games as Pedagogy in Social Science Education is an interdisciplinary project led by Asa Roast (Geography) and Ben Hirst (Sociology & Social Policy).
‘Artistic Conviviality’: New Chapter to be published.
A new chapter by Dr Maria Rovisco entitled ‘Artisitc Conviviality’ will be published in Communicating for Change: Concepts to Think With, a new volume published by Palgrave in June 2020.
Investing in Values – Mark Davis speaking at University of Cambridge
On Tuesday 18th February, Bauman Institute Director Dr Mark Davis will be speaking at the Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change at an event entitled “Investing in Values”.
BI Workshop Series – this Friday!
Dr Jonathan Beacham kicks off our workshop series for the semester with a paper entitled “Alternative economies for other worlds: crisis and transformation in the ‘age of austerity’”.
Postcolonial Bauman: 10th Anniversary Conference
Call for Papers OUT NOW! Join us for our 10th Anniversary Celebration in Leeds at the “Postcolonial Bauman” conference, 3-4 September 2020.
ESRC-WRDTP Scholarship – Applications Now Open!
We have been awarded an ESRC-WRDTP Collaborative Award for our research project entitled: “Evaluating the Social Value of Innovative Finance – A Case Study of Community Municipal Bonds”
Capitalism on Edge
Our dear friend and Affiliated Member of the Bauman Institute, Dr Albena Azmanova, launches her new book in Brussels next month.