Month: February 2019
On Power and inequality in the global political economy
Inequality in all its forms is the defining global problem and increasingly the defining political problem of our…
Dealing with systemic risk when we measure it badly
While an omniscient regulator would base a bank’s capital requirement upon its contribution to systemic risk, Jon Danielsson…
On Fat tails, VaR and subadditivity
Financial institutions rely heavily on Value-at-Risk (VaR) as a risk measure, even though it is not globally subadditive. Jon…
Die Schöne Heimat? Depictions of Germany in a popular photobook from the Second Empire to the Federal Republic
While existing studies of twentieth-century German photobooks have understandably sought out volumes by the most iconic photographers, with…
The life and work of Augusta Holmès
Hailed as a musical Marianne by none other than Saint-Saens, Augusta Holmès was courageous, principled, stood up to…
Implementing a pedagogy of listening
Professor Emeritus Rosemary Davis CBE, a Life Member and Fellow of NCUP, originally trained as a teacher at…
Exploring Education and Childhood
Education has become dominated by testing, standards, interventions, strategies and political policy. Rosemary Davis suggests childhood is the…
The Role of Short- Termism and Uncertainty Avoidance in Organizational Inaction on Climate Change: A Multi-Level Framework
Despite increasing pressure to deal with climate change, firms have been slow to respond with effective action. Bobby…
Transnational power and translocal governance: The politics of corporate responsibility
Bobby Banerjee discusses that corporate social responsibility is a strategy that enables multinational corporations to exercise power in the…
Contested Compliance Regimes in Global Production Networks
Bobby Banerjee discusses the findings of a field study on the emergence of collective agreements led by global…
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