April is Stress Awareness Month. Established by the Stress Management Society in 1992, it tries to highlight ways of moving from ‘distress to de-stress’. According to data from the UK Health and Safety Executive, there were 17.9 million working days lost to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2019/20 –…
Professor Catia Montagna is among a group of experts who contributed to a recent article published by the Fraser of Allander Institute discussing economic perspectives and the impact the Coronavirus has had on our economy and society. You can read the full article here
Professor Montagna's contributions can…
This blog was written by Professor Aziz Islam for The Conversation, you can read the original article here.
Over the past three decades, global inequality has reached a critical level. The world’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%. Multinational fashion companies have secured billions of dollars by…
I have just returned from my first visit to Taiwan, to give a keynote talk at a conference on Artificial Intelligence organised by the College of International Studies and Social Sciences at the National Taiwan Normal University, which is located in Taipei. I gave the opening keynote talk, on the…
The oil and gas industry currently finds itself in a situation which is far from comfortable.
On the one hand, the industry just began to recover from the 2014 downturn.
Now the industry faces perhaps an even bigger challenge: the move towards a carbon-free society, also referred to as energy…
Shifting Paradigms; a statement that makes you immediately think of fundamental change. When looking at different economic phenomena, one cannot assess current or past events based solely on mainstream economics. This is where The Aberdeen Political Economy Group (APEG) and our upcoming third annual Shifting Paradigms conference comes into play.…
Measles is a serious decease. So recent flare-ups have caused grave concerns. Many blame recurring outbreaks on misinformation leading some parents to the seemingly ill-judged decision not to vaccinate their children. Whilst there is undoubtedly truth in this narrative- there are other malevolent forces in play. For it is not…
The SNP’s recent proposals for an independent Scottish currency mark a significant change in approach to that adopted in the last independence referendum. Arguably, the lack of clarity on the currency weakened the previous campaign. This time the policy is clear, but still challenging and difficult.
Given the time and…
Professor Catia Montagna, Jaffrey Chair of Political Economy at the University of Aberdeen Business School, was one of a small group of economists who took part in a Q&A session with Holyrood Magazine. Below are her responses to questions about the Scottish Economy, the challenges it faces, and the choices…
