Economic Development & Productivity
Events
13 January 2021 | Online Briefing
Industries are relocating and employment needs are changing. How should corporations and governments handle the negative fallout on economies, societies and political systems? Should we – could we? – re-industrialize?
4 June 2020 | Online Briefing
How might Covid-19 affect businesses, the financial system, inequality and globalization? What can leaders learn from past pandemics, economic depressions and national crises?
8 November 2019 | Roundtable, Belfast, UK
Since the Global Financial Crisis, productivity – a 250 year-old engine of economic growth – has flat-lined. How do we tackle such a serious and complex issue?
Articles
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.
The LRI and The Economic History Society Annual Conference 2026
The Long Run Institute is delighted to sponsor doctoral students to attend the Economic History Society’s Centenary conference at the London School of Economics and Political Science from the 10th to the 12th of April 2026. See the program for some of the most fresh and innovative scholarship in economic and social history today.
LRI Research Fellow Featured in BBC Analysis of 1970s Oil Crisis
LRI Senior Research Fellow Dr. Tiarnán Heaney was recently quoted in the BBC article “What was the 1970s oil crisis, and are we heading for something worse?” by business reporter Rachel Clun. Dr. Heaney’s insights helped unpack the historical roots of the crisis and its relevance to today’s energy challenges, highlighting why this moment matters for global markets and policy.