In this blog by NERI Senior economist, Dr. Lisa Wilson she discusses the cost of living crisis in Northern Ireland. When we look at the approach that has been taken by Governments to deal with the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on households and businesses. The response to the Covid pandemic...
The seminar titled 'The State of the Social Union' was presented by Dr. Mark Simpson, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Ulster University. It took place on Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 15.30 in INTO offices, 23 College Gardens, Belfast, BT9 6BS. Details of seminar: Dr. Mark Simpson, Ulster University...
The 'Taking Charge of the Future: How trade unionists can lead the economic debate' seminar took place in the Fórsa offices on Wednesday 19 April 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. It was also a live streamed event. Details of seminar: Michael Taft, Research Officer with SIPTU presented on 'Taking Charge of...
In this weeks blog NERI economist, Paul Goldrick-Kelly discusses his recent Research InBrief on 'Environmental Investment spending: A comparison across three states'. Scientists and activists have been sounding warnings about a series of distinct but connected ecological crises across a number of...
In this NERI Research InBrief no. 83, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly compares differing trends in environmental protection investment for sustainability in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), Austria and Sweden. Persson et al. (2022) have shown we face a series of connected ecological crises that...
The 'Overqualified third-level graduates in the Irish labour market' seminar took place in the Fórsa offices on Wednesday 11 January 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. It was also run as a live streamed event...
In this weeks blog NERI economist, Paul Goldrick-Kelly discusses his recent Research InBrief on 'A comparison of emissions trends for three small open economies'. Ireland’s climate performance to date has been patchy. To our credit , Ireland’s ranking in the Climate Change Performance Index has...
The 11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North & South of Ireland & international). It took place in Queen’s Management School at Queen’s...