Essays on the digital lives of the poor and using data against malnutrition
Wheeler Institute for Business and Development PhD Award 2020.
The Wheeler Institute recognises Alp Sungu’s research.
Unpacking the black box: shared medical appointments and patient engagement
Updated on 11 January 2021.
Wheeler Institute for Business and Development PhD Award 2020.
The Wheeler Institute recognises Nazli Sönmez’s research.
Can selling change the salesperson? Evidence from a field experiment in India
Wheeler Institute for Business and Development PhD Award 2020.
The Wheeler Institute recognises Iris Steenkamp’s research.
Institutional independence and social media
Providing real-time, market-based evidence on threats to institutional independence With the rise of political polarisation and populism in recent election cycles, attacks on national and international independent institutions (Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation) have increased. Analysing market-implied expectations around attacks by political leaders allows assessment of the credibility and severity of…
Education for all, occupational choice and business formation in Africa
Examining the success of school expenditure in terms of economic payoff Africa has witnessed an unprecedented increase in access to education in the past decades. Nonetheless, manufacturing employment is tiny, innovation is weak and many large corporations ‘complain’ that there is a skill shortage. Thanks to large-scale school construction throughout the continent, many more children…
Solutions looking for problems: Idle capacity and resource repurposing
Is a low oil price only bad for renewables? The challenge Oil and gas firms respond to high oil prices by investing in exploration and production within the industry. Following an oil price decline, however, they face a shortage in investment opportunities and stall production. Such downturns affect both oil and gas producers and the…
COVID-19: Research Support
We are offering a number of grants to members of the LBS academic community for new research on issues related to the current crisis.
Increasing the follow-up rate of patients requiring emergency high-consequence treatment
Improving poorer populations’ chances of getting necessary care The challenge A low attendance rate for urgent, high-consequence treatment is prevalent in the developing world. In poorer countries, ignorance about the illnesses people have, allied to the financial costs of attending for treatment, are two of the main reasons why they fail to show up for…
Indirect marketing through adoption of home solar systems in East Africa
Evaluating a private-sector initiative to increase technology adoption Of the 14% of the world’s population that live without access to modern electricity, 95% live in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Studies have shown that clean-energy technologies such as solar-powered lighting and cook stoves can increase income and save household energy costs in emerging markets. Rooftop solar-technology…
Refugees of the Mediterranean
The political economy of displacement and refugee flows Large-scale population movements disrupt the economies and social fabrics of many countries. Understanding how substantial populations of involuntarily displaced individuals fare economically and how host communities are affected is crucial. This research explores the developmental impacts of refugee flows and the effect on host communities, and whether…