Economic Development & Productivity
Events
June 2023 | Montreal, QC
An in-depth discussion on Environmental, Social and Governance matters with keynote guests the Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, Emmanuel Faber, Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and Professor Geoffrey Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School.
January 2023 | London, UK
A roundtable analysis of the long-run historical view of women’s economic activity with a view to informing contemporary issues. Keynote guests included Dr. Amy Louise Erickson, Professor of Feminist History at Cambridge University, and Dr. Jennifer Aston, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Institute of Humanities at Northumbria University.
19 May 2022 | Queen’s Park, Toronto
A convergence of factors – climate change, geopolitical conflict and inflationary pressures – has brought the debate on how to balance sustainability with security, prosperity and social impact into much sharper focus.
Articles
The Swedish deal, the defence bank and the West’s awakening from its long dream
Canada is moving away from heavy dependence on the United States by rebuilding domestic defence production and helping create a new multinational “defence bank” meant to fund long term military capacity across democratic allies. Writing in The Globe and Mail, Dr. Laurence B. Mussio and Dr. Jessica M. Lomas analyze this shift in Canadian defence strategy. They look at what it is, why it’s needed and Canada’s role, examining the historical echoes and the challenges ahead.
LRI Research Fellow wins award
Our congratulations go to LRI Senior Research Fellow Dr. Tiarnán Heaney who was awarded the Conniffe Prize at this year’s Irish Economic Association conference for the best paper by a young economist.
His study of an early Irish development agency shows how smart place based policy reduced poverty in the west of Ireland by transforming agricultural practices and increasing capital investment. The takeaway: real regional development means expanding opportunity where people already are.
Comhghairdeas Dr. Heaney!
The LRI at the EHS Centenary Conference
The Long Run Institute is delighted to have co sponsored the Economic History Society’s Centenary Conference at the LSE in April 2026, where global scholars presented research on migration, labour, trade, gender, and more. LRI directors Judy Stephenson and John Turner chaired key sessions, while Michael Aldous and Tiarnán Heaney each presented papers. The LRI salutes its contributors and congratulates the Society on its hundred years.