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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.

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

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

Research

Institutions & Governance

Institutions & Governance

UK productivity suffers from overcentralised decision making, topdownism, short-termism, silos, and the absence of effective joined-up government. The geographical concentration of power may stifle local initiative and innovation. A common research theme is the need to better recognise the interactions between those taking the decisions and those affected by them.

Theme leads

Professor Andy Westwood
Professor Adrian Pabst

Co-Investigators

Professor David Richards
Professor Michael Kenny

Collaborators

Dr Jack Newman
Dr Marianne Sensier
Professor Patrick Diamond
Dr Anna Sanders (while at Manchester)

Theme Paper

The Politics of Productivity: institutions, governance and policy