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Congratulations to everyone in Land Economy!

14 June 2022

Last week we were awarded the University’s Sustainability Challenge Green Impact platinum status for the third year in a row. The student auditors’ feedback was positive as always but has also given us some interesting and important challenges going forward, they said: “ Land Economy has a strong track record in...

Land Economy's research comes out ahead in REF 2021

11 May 2022

Land Economy has come out on top in the latest Research Excellence Framework, according to the Times Higher Education 's rankings 67% of the work in the Land Economy's joint submission with Architecture was rated as 'world leading', the best in the country in the relevant field and ahead of the Cambridge average of 62%...

Professor Laura Diaz Anadon is appointed to new European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change

29 March 2022

The members of the new European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change have been designated today, making the new independent advisory body ready to provide the European Union (EU) with scientific knowledge, expertise and advice relating to climate change. The Advisory Board’s work will underpin the EU’s climate...

PhD Student Freedom-Kai Phillips experience at COP26

15 November 2021

Over 2 weeks, Freedom-Kai (current PhD student) had the privilege to attend the 26 th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, leading operations for several events held with a consortium of partners, and following negotiations on key aspects related to their doctoral research.

Society of Legal Scholars Best Paper by a Doctoral Student Prize 2021

10 November 2021

Current PhD student David Sawtell has won the Society of Legal Scholars Best Paper by a Doctoral Student at their 2021 Annual Conference.

Professor Laura Diaz-Anadon - Full report of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate Change published

20 October 2021

A first full report of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate Change, extending and updating recommendations for local action on climate change published in March, which were accepted by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority in the summer. See FINAL CLIMATE REPORT LOW (002)...

Professor Laura Diaz-Anadon - Net Zero Review published

20 October 2021

The UK Treasury’s report analysing Net Zero NZR_-_Final_Report_-_Published_version.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) , has recently been published. Professor Laura Diaz-Anadon served as a member of an extraordinarily high powered Advisory Group on the Economics of Decarbonisation, alongside Lord Stern (of the Stern Review...

Prof Andreas Kontoleon co-hosted the 22nd annual BIOECON conference on the economics of biodiversity conservation

15 October 2021

Prof Andreas Kontoleon (Department of Land Economy and CEENRG, Cambridge University) co-hosted the 22st annual BIOECON conference on the economics of biodiversity conservation between the 17th and the 18th of September 2021. This year’s conference was titled “Integrated natural and social science for conserving...

Tripos and MPhil Prizes 2020-21

23 September 2021

The Department is pleased to announce that the students listed have been awarded prizes for their performance in the 2020-21 Tripos and MPhil Examinations. Tripos 2020-2021 Prize Awarded by Prize Winner The Noel Dean Prize for best overall performance in Part II CULS Rohan Cardoza The Gordon Cameron Memorial Prize for best...

Dr Davide Luca and Professor Michael Kenny - Europe-wide political divide emerging between cities and countryside – study

18 August 2021

In a new study, Dr Davide Luca and Professor Michael Kenny (Bennett Institute for Public Policy) reveal the extent of the political divide opening up between city and countryside right across Europe, and suggest that political polarisation in the 21st century may have a lot to do with place and location. The two University...

Congratulations to everyone in Land Economy!

Land Economy's research comes out ahead in REF 2021

Professor Laura Diaz Anadon is appointed to new European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change

PhD Student Freedom-Kai Phillips experience at COP26

Society of Legal Scholars Best Paper by a Doctoral Student Prize 2021

Professor Laura Diaz-Anadon - Full report of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate Change published

Professor Laura Diaz-Anadon - Net Zero Review published

Prof Andreas Kontoleon co-hosted the 22nd annual BIOECON conference on the economics of biodiversity conservation

Tripos and MPhil Prizes 2020-21

Dr Davide Luca and Professor Michael Kenny - Europe-wide political divide emerging between cities and countryside – study

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