Professor of Economics at Durham University striving to generate ideas, data and policy insights to shed lights on perplexing current issues
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3 Apr 2025
Repowering our homes with renewable energy could cut our bills by $3000 per year. That's why I just signed #RenewAustraliaforAll's Open Letter calling on the Government to cut our power bills for good with clean energy upgrades. Join me? renewaustraliaforall.org/act…
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We are pleased to announce that the deadline for the Special Issue on "Gender and Climate Change"
@AJAREJournal has been extended to 31 January 2025. We welcome your submissions.
@WileyEconomics
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see Call for Papers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page…
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9 Jan 2025
The @DUBusSchool offers PhD studentships for exceptional postgraduate researchers. Application Deadline: 15 February. We have several Research Centres, check the research topics that have been proposed in the link below. durham.ac.uk/business/progra…
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9 Jan 2025
🚀 Excited to announce the 2nd Development Economics Workshop (DEW) 2025 at Durham University! 🌍✨
📅 18-19 June 2025
🎤 Keynote: Prof. Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford)
📝 Call for Papers NOW OPEN!
Topics: Poverty, Climate, Inequality & more!
🔗 Submit by 31 March 2025: link/QR👇
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30 Oct 2024
Professor Habib Rahman was interviewed by Grist, on the topic of climate change and authoritarianism. grist.org/politics/authorita…
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22 Jul 2024
Scrapping the 20% quota for women and backward districts could lead to underrepresentation and reinforce stereotypes in Bangladesh. Reforming a just quota system should follow the mechanism design principle, involving economists to create a fair system.
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27 Jun 2024
We are kicking off the 1st Development Economics Workshop at @durham_uni @DUBusSchool ! #EconTwitter
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28 May 2024
📢 Exciting News! Join us for the first in-person Development Economics Workshop (DEW) 2024 at Durham University on June 27-28! 🌍🤝
sites.google.com/view/dew202…
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Call for Submissions of Special Section on "Gender and Climate Change" @AJAREJournal, edited by Prof. Astghik Mavisakaly (Curtin Uni.) and Prof. Habib Rahman (Durham Uni).
Read more details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page…
Deadline: 27 December 2024
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28 Mar 2023
#DFAT hosted the Canberra diplomatic corps for a quarterly emissions and clean energy update with @CERegulator & @DCCEEW
There are growing opportunities in #trade & #investment for businesses as #Australia targets 82% renewable energy by 2030
#ClimateAction #RenewablEenergy
ALT Mark Williamson, @CERegulator (renewables progress)
ALT Emissions down 21% since 2005
ALT Mark Hunstone, @DCCEEW (all gases)
ALT Investment in large-scale solar and wind on the rise in Australia
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28 Mar 2023
#Research reveals that women have been the driving force behind an increase in Trade Union membership in recent years. Find out why 👉
durham.ac.uk/business/news-a…
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28 Mar 2023
Are regional treaties the answer to solving environmental issues? 🌱
Regionally-focused environmental agreements are more likely to be upheld than globally-focused ones 🌎
durham.ac.uk/business/news-a…
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@durhameconomics #environment #climateaction @OlgaEpitropaki
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