Professor McGlade to join UCL COP28 delegation team

Jacquie McGlade, Professor of Sustainable Development and Resilience, and Lead of the Prosperity Co-Lab for Africa at the Institute for Global Prosperity, will be joining the UCL delegation to COP28 from 30 November to 12 December 2023.…

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“Traitor over a night”

Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu writes this paper on the critique and the fragility of privilege in the aftermath of Turkey’s coup attempt…

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Telling ‘graphic’ stories about climate change: representing lived experience from below

Join us for a Director's Seminar with Dr Gemma Sou from University of Manchester.…

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23rd November 2023

Professor McGlade leads on innovative methodology for the measurement of natural capital

New technology to account for soil carbon sequestration is awarded US patent…

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Professor Costanza and Dr Kubiszewski help to secure funding for new collaborative research project

Academics from the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) are part of a large European consortium which recently secured funding from the European Research Council to explore alternative measures of wellbeing…

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Book Launch: Toward an Integrated Science of Wellbeing

Join us for a discussion with two of the authors Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski, plus a panel of guest speakers.…

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21st November 2023

Embedding culture in planning and urban development: The story of London's creative industries

Join us for a Soundbite with Tom Campbell, Senior Associate at BOP.…

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16th November 2023

Comparing the Carbon Footprint of Private Jet Travel and Other Modes of Transport to COP28

Professor Jacqueline McGlade co-authors this paper about modes of travel to COP28 and climate impact, arguing for transparency, accountability and informed choices in travel decisions…

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The Right to Apathy?

Sadly, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to cancel this Director’s Seminar. Our guest speaker, Professor Renata Salecl (Birkbeck, University of London and University of Ljubljana) has agreed to visit the IGP on another occasion. We…

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2nd November 2023