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Experts call for Bradwell B consultation to be scrapped until Government justifies biased attachment to nuclear

9 July 2020

The public consultation on plans for the UK’s newest nuclear power station is deeply flawed and should be suspended, say energy policy experts.

University of Sussex academics respond to Chancellor's Plan for Jobs

8 July 2020

Rishi Sunak advised by our experts that billions more public funding needed to fix the leakiest, least energy efficient housing in Europe.

Made in England?

3 July 2020

Why the UK Government wants Korean and Japanese goods to have same trade benefits as home made products.

Resource curse or resource blessing: How major oil discoveries keep autocrats in power

25 June 2020

Oil is the most effective natural resource when it comes to keeping despots in power, new research shows.

Role models: The need for responsible modelling in the age of pandemic

24 June 2020

Too many examples of coronavirus modelling have been insufficiently transparent about their uncertainties and too precise in their claims.

Young people’s trust in government damaged long-term by COVID-19

19 June 2020

Gen Z are likely to have less faith in elections and their own governments for the rest of their lives as a result of growing up during coronavirus,

How the coronavirus pandemic is adding to the world's slave labour workforce

16 June 2020

The economic disruption created by coronavirus could trap hundreds of thousands more workers around the world in modern slavery working conditions.

The bureaucratic nightmare facing UK exporters on New Year’s Day

8 June 2020

UK firms may need to bring in inspectors from the EU to ensure goods can leave for Europe without being subject to technical checks at the other end.

Companies should prepare for increased costs, bureaucracy and border checks for their Northern Ireland business

8 June 2020

UKTPO researchers are warning firms will face additional costs, delays and paperwork in a significant departure from how they currently trade.

Sussex Energy Group launches trio of Horizon 2020 projects

2 June 2020

Find out more about SPRU's latest EU-funded energy projects.

Policymakers must resist knee-jerk changes to supply chains and global trade policy in the wake of Covid-19

29 May 2020

Policymakers should resist the urge to make knee-jerk and wholesale changes to supply chains and global trade policy in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.

Want, want, want: How Boris Johnson’s choice of language failed to bring the UK together

29 May 2020

The language used by the PM in addressing the nation over Coronavirus has been less effective in communicating empathy and unity than other leaders.

Business School still one of the best performing in the UK for research income according to new industry report

15 May 2020

The University of Sussex Business School has retained its ranking of third in the UK for research income, according to a new report.

No place to hide: How market manipulation in the age of pandemic is destroying traditional safe havens

14 May 2020

Safe haven assets such as gold and bitcoin are struggling during the global Coronavirus pandemic thanks to intense, large-scale manipulation.

Professor Jeremy Hall calls for policy change in a post-COVID-19 economy

6 May 2020

Prof. Jeremy Hall, Director of the Science Policy Research Unit, reflects on how policymakers can hit the ‘reset’ button for a post COVID-19 world.

Ending the daily work commute may not cut energy usage as much as one might hope

1 May 2020

A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to the planet as many hope

A global agreement to end disruption of Coronavirus medical supplies

28 April 2020

An agreement on medical goods keeping import restrictions low and constraining export bans could help countries with enough supplies to fight Covid-19

Government needs to subsidise UK-based pharmaceutical supply chains, academic tells parliamentary committee

24 April 2020

Government needs to subsidise the creation of UK-based pharmaceutical supply chains to ensure sufficient critical drugs in crisis.

How Sussex is staying physically, digitally and mentally fit in a pandemic

23 April 2020

Sussex students and staff have been responding to the Covid-19 crisis in remarkable and heart-warming ways.

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