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Jan 16, 2025 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
In their latest policy brief, Geoff White, Peter Tyler and Colin Warnock set out how the Labour Government’s Green Paper – Invest 2035 – could be strengthened if it is to make sense as a fully-fledged Industrial Strategy in the White Paper promised for Spring 2025. The government has put a ‘modern’ industrial strategy at the heart of its economic approach. And it should be commended for the speed with which Invest 2035 – its draft strategy – was produced.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Published on 10 December 2024 The AI & Geopolitics (AIxGEO) Project’s new report Moving Beyond Competition reviews hundreds of international policy frameworks and identifies five areas where emerging consensus makes real progress possible in 2025.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
In this episode, Richard Westcott (Cambridge University Health Partners and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus) talks to David Runciman (University of Cambridge), Kristin Michelitch (IAST) and Ahmed Mohamed (IAST) about the decline in democracy indexes worldwide, the cultural, technological, and institutional factors driving these trends, and whether they can be reversed. Our experts explore the meaning of democracy and the reasons behind the decline of democracy indexes.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Published on 25 November 2024 The government’s newly published green paper on industrial strategy aims to revive Britian’s sclerotic rate of productivity growth. Thomas Aubrey asks to what extent this industrial strategy is likely to succeed in raising the UK’s rate of growth in the light of previous government strategies. Industrial strategy in the UK has undergone various permutations since the financial crisis. This policy instability is one reason for the UK’s poor growth performance.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Published on 15 November 2024 Diane Coyle argues the take-up of artificial intelligence should be driven by public services, on the Bloomberg podcast ‘Merryn Talks Money’. Bennett Professor of Public Policy, Diane Coyle, discusses artificial intelligence’s potential economic impact—from people’s jobs to their productivity—on Bloomberg’s podcast, Merryn Talks Money. Bloomberg
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Climate change is deepening global divisions, with rising climate nationalism hindering international cooperation. While global agreements remain ideal, realpolitik often leads to nationally-focused policies. COP29 may yield imperfect, pragmatic solutions, but success lies in balancing national self-interest with global climate goals, fostering innovation and adaptation write Alessio Terzi.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Published on 7 November 2024 The Bennett Institute's Dimitri Zenghelis, and LSE's Prof Lord Nicholas Stern, write in the Financial Times on investment. The Bennett Institute’s Dimitri Zenghelis and LSE’s Prof Lord Nicholas Stern write about the challenges of promoting innovative and entrepreneurial investment just after the UK Labour government’s first budget. Financial Times
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Published on 7 November 2024 Visit from Manchester Mayor signals a new era of collaboration between two UK innovation hubs with a focus on boosting regional economies and fostering inclusive growth. On Tuesday 5 November 2024, Greater Manchester’s Mayor Andy Burnham visited Cambridge to celebrate and further cement a partnership between the two cities’ innovation ecosystems.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
Published on 6 November 2024 Lack of consultation has turned potential allies into adversaries, but technology and the creative industries can work together. Verity Harding, Director of the AIxGEO project at the Bennett Institute, writes an op-ed for the Financial Times on the effect the file-sharing website Napster had on the music industry, and the lessons for creative industries and artificial intelligence companies in the age of AI.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk | Rebecca Leam
To achieve the national target of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, the UK will have to transition from fossil fuel cars to greener alternative fuel vehicles. However, despite electric vehicle sales increasing significantly over the past decade, their overall share in the market remains low. Filip Mandys and Shivani Taneja research the key factors affecting the demand for green rather than fossil fuel cars, finding that UK consumers are unwilling to pay a premium for electric vehicles.
