The Open University Economics Seminar Series is honoured to host the First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford and Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt as they discuss the Welsh basic income pilot for people leaving care. The event will be introduced and chaired by Rajiv Prabhakar.

Olena Borodyna, Senior Transition Risk Analyst from the Overseas Development Institute and Basani Baloyi from the Institute for Economic Justice in South Africa will discuss the challenges posed in the climate–security nexus.

This talk explores the concept of essential work using a global feminist social reproduction perspective. Based on research conducted in the first phase of the pandemic, it shows that the meaning of essential work in essential work legislations/classifications is more ambiguous and politicised than it may appear.

In this talk, Dr. Ayobami ILori will focus on recent evidence and debates on fiscal policy since 2007, both from an academic and policymakers’ perspectives. 

In this presentation, Prof Pauline Gleadle and Dr Neeta Shah talk about their research focussing on a group of older Gujarati women aged 60-70+, whom we describe using as Twice Migrated.

Richard Heffernan discusses enabling electoral disenchantment to be expressed at an election.

In this talk, Dr. Aiora Zabala will provide an overview of the challenges and drivers for planting trees in productive farming systems, a climate and sustainability solution that aligns environmental conservation and development goals. 

OU Economics Seminar Series 2022

Health and industrial policy in and after Covid-19: Economic context from UNIDO's Industrial Development Report (IDR) 2022.

In this talk, Professor Paul Anand will provide an overview of research related to the operationalisation of the Sen-Nussbaum capability approach to human wellbeing.

Dr Jerome de Henau presents new research showing how investment in care can achieve both social and macro-economic goals.