Productivity Research Conference  4th – 5th September 2025 Find out more

A diverse community of leading experts, policymakers and practitioners

The Institute’s key research themes are led by ten academic partners spread across the UK.

Working closely with policymakers

We’re a UK-wide research organisation exploring what productivity means for business

Businesses are crucial to solving the UK’s productivity problems.

The Regional Productivity Agenda

A guide to the productivity performance of the English regions and devolved nations

Developing a Scalable Solution to Improve SME Productivity

Holly Midwinter, Adam Hardy, Louis Shaw, Lauren Leak-Smith, Eva Kolker | April 2025
  • Report

Making Productivity Strategic

Bart van Ark | March 2025
  • Blog

Does Family Ownership Matter?

Yuchen Feng, Andrew Henley, Anna Kochanova | March 2025
  • Working Paper

Purpose in business: a review

Bridgette Wessels | February 2025
  • Insights Paper

What went wrong with HS2?

Graham Winch | February 2025
  • Insights Paper

Mental Health and Economic Prosperity

Luke Munford, Doriane Mignon | February 2025
  • Productivity Lab

Highlights from the Lab

The Productivity Laboratory is our data science centre of excellence, the “engine room” for collecting, disseminating, and producing productivity data.

Productivity Forums

Our 8 Productivity Forums represent the English regions and devolved nations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.