From Winston Churchill to the Industrial Strategy Commission: laying down the markers for success.
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Canada rushed to counter a deadly lung disease afflicting gold miners in the early 20th century. The “quick fix” cure that was invented is a symbol of the lurch towards global industrialization.
Waste crime has the potential for easy, high profits and as such is set to join ranks with drugs and human trafficking.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has scheduled its 15-year-old mining code for review. The country must ensure reform that benefits its people.
Pittsburgh’s post-industrial economic resurgence is promising, a historian of the region writes, but there’s a reason President Trump highlighted the area in his speech exiting the Paris climate deal.
Under pressure to create new markets, big alcohol producers are scouring the African continent in what promises to yield negative socioeconomic consequences.
Regulation of funeral products needs to be consistent to improve consumer understanding and choice.
BHP’s rebrand is unlikely to affect the bottom line, research shows. But if it improves relations with politicians and voters, it would still be a success.
A lack of “breakthrough” moments in innovation may be caused by the increase of specialised workforces.
A survey of executives in high-emitting industries such as mining and electricity generation suggests they are not engaging with the government’s flagship policy to cut greenhouse emissions.
The Victorians had some interesting solutions to the problem of telling children where our stuff comes from.
People will still be needed on factory floors, even as robots become more common. Future operators will have technical support and be super-strong, super-smart and constantly connected.
It’s a golden age for visualization in mathematics. How tools like 3-D printing, animation and even knitting machines are reimagining the way mathematicians study and share their work.
Today, the U.S. is leading the robotics revolution. But without timely investment, China will overtake us, and could permanently put Americans out of work.
Global ride sharing app Uber, is experiencing different development trajectories in its two major African markets, Kenya and South Africa.
Can California’s wet weather make earthquakes more likely? Scientists are still learning about what triggers these events. Even human activity can be a culprit.
At the beginning of the parliamentary year, the government is beleaguered on several fronts. But Arthur Sinodinos is determined to be optimistic.
South Australia is facing a whole range of social and economic problems that are forming the perfect storm.
A new project tracks earthquakes accidentally induced by human activity. It suggests the problem is bigger than some scientists thought.
The UK government’s inability to devise a fundamentally new economic policy is why it will likely fudge a soft Brexit.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Economic Policy, UCL
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Professor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, Director of the Climate Policy Lab and Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Professor of Geophysics, Durham University
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PhD Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
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Honorary Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Science, Australian National University
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Executive Director of the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Chair in Sustainable Enterprise, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology, Monash University