ESRI Conference on Economic Renewal: “Financial Stability After the Crisis”

This event will be on 29th February at ESRI, 8.30 to 1.

Details here.

Dublin is the 8th best place in the world for students

at least, according to the latest ranking by QS.

They’re quiet about the method, but if you click on any of the cities, you will find what matters to them: Good universities, international mix, local employment, cost of living and fees, and quality of living.

As far as I know, this is the first such ranking so it is too early to tell whether Dublin’s high rank will increase the influx of foreign students.

Macroeconomic Imbalances in the EU

The new EU surveillance mechanisms are now in operation.  The first “Alert Mechanism Report” is available here, while a background paper is here.

Response of Households to the Economic Downturn

The CSO has released a report on its recent module in the QNHS that asked households some qualitative questions about the impact of the downturn on expenditure patterns – the report is here.

The 2012 Geary Lecture: ‘Skill, Job Control and the Quality of Work: the Changing Research Agenda’

Details here.