Tag Archives: austerity

Austerity and Food Poverty: the vicious circle of obesity, ill-health and deprivation

Posted on May 2, 2018 by abuaro01

In today’s post Hillary Shaw and Julia Shaw consider the links between poverty, poor diet and ill health.  In the UK, escalating food, fuel and housing costs, stagnating incomes and poor employment prospects have realised a fateful and catastrophic convergence … Continue reading →

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PhD Opportunity at CURA

Posted on March 28, 2018 by abuaro01

The Centre for Urban Research on Austerity is looking for prospective PhD students interested in developing innovative, interdisciplinary research projects in any field related to cities, urbanism and austerity. Candidates shall submit a one-page draft proposal to Dr Adam Fishwick … Continue reading →

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Austerity Diasporas: Brexit, Portugal and Looking to the Future

Posted on February 20, 2018 by abuaro01

With the following post Lisa Rodan completes the four-part series on “Austerity Diasporas”, which is related to her ongoing PhD research onthe experience of Portuguese migrants affected by the 2008 crash and ensuing austerity. The first post focussed on social … Continue reading →

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The Future of Capitalism with Wolfgang Streeck

Posted on January 15, 2018 by abuaro01

In this special edition of the CURA podcast we talk to Wolfgang Streeck, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, about his works “Buying Time” (2013) and “How Will Capitalism End?” (2016). You can listen and download … Continue reading →

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Austerity Diasporas: Portuguese-British Identity

Posted on December 15, 2017 by abuaro01

Lisa Rodan continues our “Austerity Diasporas” series, with a third post related to her ongoing PhD research into the experiences of Portuguese migrants affected by the 2008 crash and ensuing austerity. The first post focused on social changes leading up to the 2011 Austerity … Continue reading →

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Portugal and austerity: what European model?

Posted on November 20, 2017 by abuaro01

In today’s blog post, Roberto Falanga and Simone Tulumello describe the trajectory of Portuguese austerity politics, from the post-crash bailout. Portugal is often held up as an example of anti-austerity politics, especially by the left in other countries. Roberto and … Continue reading →

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Austerity Diasporas – Portugal and Migration

Posted on October 26, 2017 by abuaro01

Lisa Rodan continues our “Austerity Diasporas” series, with a second post related to her ongoing PhD research into the experiences of Portuguese migrants affected by the 2008 crash and ensuing austerity. The first post focused on social changes leading up to the 2011 … Continue reading →

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Austerity Diasporas – Households in Crisis: Austerity, Migration and Family in Portuguese London

Posted on September 26, 2017 by abuaro01

In today’s post Lisa Rodan introduces a series of publications on her ongoing PhD research into how Portuguese migrants understand their lives and experiences in relation to the political and social changes wrought by the 2008 financial crisis and the austerity … Continue reading →

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How the world’s first Social Impact Bond drained public resources, and why the market model fails forward

Posted on August 17, 2017 by abuaro01

In today’s blog, Robert Ogman argues that success stories on the social investment market are hiding inconvenient truths, and require honest rethink about such risky and expensive policy experiments In 2009, when governments took on enormous debts to rescue the … Continue reading →

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Dissemination Report: Governing in and Against Austerity

Posted on August 16, 2017 by abuaro01

We are delighted to publish our dissemination report for the Austerity Governance project. It is titled Governing in and Against Austerity and provides an overview and reports initial findings from our eight case studies of austerity governance in Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, … Continue reading →

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