Economics in Action aims to show why economics matters by providing access to interviews of leading economics researchers, talking about their work.
Each interview has an accompanying article summarising the findings of the research and providing links to further relevant web sites.
Economics in Action was set up as a trial for ESRC Social Science Week 2006 as a partnership between SOSIG (which has since become Intute: Social Sciences), the Royal Economic Society and the Economics Network.
If you would like to know more about Economics in Action, please contact us by e-mail at: econ-network@bristol.ac.uk
How can I use this web site?
You can make use of the Economics in Action web site by:
- Reading each article on topics to do with Economics research
- Visit the web sites linked to in each article
- Listen to the audio clips that accompany each article
- Add a comment to the end of any article
- Subscribe to our podcast feed
The Economics in Action team
Paul Ayres is the Economics Editor for Intute: Social Sciences, an online database of high quality internet web sites, designed for UK higher and further education users. Paul edits the articles that accompany each interview, edits the audio of the interviews and provides links to relevant web sites.
Romesh Vaitilingam is a Media Consultant who has worked with a number of academic institutions, including the Royal Economic Society and the Economic and Social Research Council. Romesh conducted the original interviews and wrote the articles that accompany them.
Martin Poulter is the ICT Manager for the Economics Network, which aims to enhance the quality of learning and teaching throughout the higher education economics community and runs the WhyStudyEconomics initiative. Martin set up the web site and writes the non-audio posts.