Current projects
- The effects of income, gender and wealth inequality, and economic policies on macroeconomic performance
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr Cem Oyvat, Dr Eurydice Fotopoulou
Project length: 2018-2019
Funders: ESRC and Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network
- The care economy and gender-sensitive macroeconomic modelling for policy analysis
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr Cem Oyvat, Dr Eurydice Fotopoulou
Project length: 2018-2019
Funders: Hewlett Foundation and American University (USA)
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Secular Stagnation in the Eurozone
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Alberto Botta, Professor Ozlem Onaran, Benjamin Tippet
Project length: 2017-2018
Funders: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
- Global finance and the welfare state
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Cem Oyvat
Project length: 2017-2018
Funders: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and University of Greenwich
- Wealth concentration, taxation, tax evasion and tax avoidance in Austria
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Rafael Wildauer
Project length: 2017-2018
Funders: Austrian Chamber of Labour
- The causes of falling wage share and prospects for growth with equality in a globalized economy
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Alexander Guschanski
Project size: 107,000 USD
Project length: 2015-2018
Funders: Institute of New Economic Thinking (USA)
Past projects
- Optimal packaging of credit and Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Africa
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ana Marr
Project size: £745,778
Project length: 2014-2016
Funders: ESRC-DFID
- Wage-led growth in Europe? Demand Effects of Changes in Functional Income Distribution in Financialised Open Economies
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr Thomas Obst
Project size: 50,254 Eur
Project length: 2015-2016
Research partners: Professor Engelbert Stockhammer (Kingston University), UK
Funders: Foundation of European Progressive Studies, TASC–Ireland
- The impact of financialisation on investment in developing and developed countries
- Wage-led growth in Europe
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr Thomas Obst
Project size: 18435 GBP
Project length: 2015
Funders: Foundation of European Progressive Studies, TASC–Ireland
An investment and equality-led sustainable growth programme for Europe
Investigators at GPERC: Professor
Ozlem Onaran, Dr Giovanni Cozzi, Dr Maria Nikolaidi, Dr Thomas Obst, Dr Daniele Tori
Project size: 95,300 Eur
Project length: 2016
Funders: Foundation of European Progressive Studies, Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM) – Denmark, TASC–Ireland
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr Daniele Tori
Project size: 12,000 USD
Project length: 2016
Funders: United Nations /UNCTAD
- Working for the economy: the economic case for trade unions
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr Alexander Guschanski
Project size: 28,420 GBP
Project length: 2015
Research partners: James Meadway, Alice Martin (New Economics Foundation UK)
Funders: Prospect, Community, FDA, Nationwide Group Staff Union, Nautilus International, Royal College of Nursing, Society of Radiographers, USDAW
- Expert review of the United Nations Global Policy Model
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran
Project size: 12,000 USD
Project length: 2015-2016
Funders: International Labour Office (ILO)
- The political economy of income distribution: industry level evidence from Austria
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Alexander Guschanski
Project size: 24,000 Eur
Project length: 2015-2016
Funders: Vienna Chamber of Labour (Austria)
- Beyond financial regulation: European industrial policies in the wake of the global financial cris
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Giovanni Cozzi
Project size: 25,000 Eur
Project length: 2015-2016
Research partners: Dr Susan Newman (University of the West of England UK), Professor Jan Toporoski (SOAS, University of London UK)
Funders: FEPS, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), University of Erasmus Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Beyond austerity, towards employment: a gender-aware framework
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran, Dr. Giovanni Cozzi
Project size: 110,000 Eur
Project length: 2015-2016
Research partners: Professor Susan Himmelweit and Dr Jerome De Henau (Open University, UK), Dr Hannah Bargawi (SOAS, University of London UK), Lars Anoelsen, Signe Dahl (ECLM)
Funders: FEPS, Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM) – Denmark, TASC – Ireland; FEPS
- Modelling the interactions between the ecosystem, the financial system and the macroeconomy
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Maria Nikolaidi
Project size: 280,000 GBP
Project length: 2014-2016
Research partners: Dr Yannis Dafermos (University of the West of England UK), Dr Giorgos Galanis (New Economics Foundation UK)
Funders: Network for Social Change
- Evaluation of research and development (R&D) expenditures, firm survival, firm growth and employment: UK evidence in the OECD context
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Mehmet Ugur, Dr Edna Solomon, Dr Francesco Guidi
Funding: 126,632 GBP
Project length: 18 Months (June 2014 – December 2015)
Research partners: Dr Eshref Trushin (Durham University, UK)
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK)
- ECOTEC 21: Promoting Renewable Energies: Work Package 4.4: To explore the practical requirements of establishing a decentralised energy community combining local residents, public sector and commercial entities
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Anne-Marie Coles; Dr Athena Piterou
Project length: 2013-2015
Research partners: Medway Council, Hampshire Country Council, Remade, University de Picadie Jules Verne, Amiens Metropole, Habitat du Littoral, University de Caen Basse, Chambre d'agriculture de la Somme, Agence development d'urbanisme du Grande Amienois
Funders: Interrreg Programme France (Channel) - England
- State intervention for wage-led development in Britain
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran
Project length: 2014
Published by Centre for Labour and Social Studies
- The Case for a Coordinated Policy Mix of Wage-led Recovery and Public Investment in the G20
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran
Project length: 2014
Prepared for L20 statement at the 2014 G20 meeting
- The political economy of education systems in conflict-affected contexts
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Mehmet Ugur, Dr Edna Solomon, Dr Francesco Guidi
Funding: 65,624 GBP
Project length: July 2013 – June 2014
Research partners: Professor Mario Novelli and Dr Sean Higgins (University of Sussex, UK); Dr Oscar Valiente (University of Glasgow UK)
Funders: The Department for International Development (DfID, UK)
- Optimising the Dual Goals of Microfinance
Investigator at GPERC: Prof. Ana Marr
Project size: 220,000 GBP
Project length: 2009 - 2013
Funders: Leverhulme Trust, Award won under open external competition. Grant Reference Number: F/00 345/D
- Innovation and employment in low-income countries: A systematic review
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Mehmet Ugur
Funding: 34,150 GBP
Project length: 12 Months (April 2011 – March 2013)
Research partners: Dr Denis Hawkes (Institute of Education, UK); Professor Arup Mitra (Institute of Economic Growth, India)
Funders: The Department for International Development (DfID, UK
- The effect of Income Distribution on Growth in the G20 Countries: Exploring the Possibilities for a Wage-led Recovery
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran
Project size: 24,500 USD
Project length: 2011- 2012
Research partners: Dr Giorgos Galanis
Funders: International Labour Office
- Evidence on the relationship between education, skills and economic growth in low-income countries: A systematic review
Investigators at GPERC: Prof. Mehmet Ugur
Project size: 26,069 GBP
Project length: August 2010 – July 2011
Research partners: Dr Denis Hawkes (University of Greenwich, UK)
Funders: The Department for International Development (DfID, UK)
- The effect of globalization on the distribution of taxes and social expenditures in Europe: Do welfare state regimes matter?
Investigators at GPERC: Professor Ozlem Onaran
Project size: 221,000 Eur
Project length: 2008-2010
Research partners: Valerie Boesch, Markus Leicrecht, Ilker Arslan
Funders: Austrian Science Fund (Austria)
- Adoption and Diffusion of Sustainable Energy Technologies in London
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Anne-Marie Coles; Dr Athena Piterou
Project size: 5000 GBP
Project length: 2011-2012
Research Partners: Professor Audley Genus, Kingston University
Funders: Greenwich University Research and Enterprise Fund
- Transnational Entrepreneurship and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Anne-Marie Coles
Project size: 12,000 GBP
Project length: 2010-2011
Research partners: Dr Lin Yan, Anglia Ruskin University
Funders: Greenwich University Research and Enterprise Fund
- Sustainable technology transition through innovation network reconfiguration – dematerialising the 'printed paper' text
Investigators at GPERC: Dr Anne-Marie Coles; Dr Athena Piterou
Project size: 130,000 GBP
Project length: 2004-2008
Research partners: Professor Fred Steward, University of Westminster, Professor Ruth McNally, Anglia Ruskin University, Dr Helena Valve, SKYE, Helsinki, Dr Joyce Tsoi, ESRC Sustainable Technologies Programme