Fragile states and sustainability

by | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog

Got an email today from my Head of Department suggesting a conference on fragile states. This was my response: “Hi, I quite like this, but I would like to include reference to the fact that the spread of fragile states is being driven by limits to our current...

The Class of 2017 completes their first module

by | Feb 12, 2017 | Blog

Eve Annecke and I have just completed teaching the Sustainable Development module of our Masters Programme in Sustainable Development for the 15th time! – yes, we cannot believe it, this is the 15th year that our masters programme has been delivered. And this...

by | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog

New book by my colleague Lorenzo Fioramonti – The World After GDP: brings together his recent on governance innovation and makes a very convincing case for transcending GDP as our way of measuring progress. FLYER – The World After GDP

Renewables, oil peak and the crisis of banking

by | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog

Today I posted three items on FB which are clearly linked in ways that I would love to explore further. The first is an article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper that reveals that wind power generated more energy in 2016 than coal power, and that coal power...