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Lynn Houmdi discusses home working vs return to office in the context of productivity. Why is the debate so often over simplified?
Olga Murray discusses the 2025 WEF Global Risk Report and strategies that can help companies build resilience.
Kathryn Welch, Director of Culture Counts, explores the Great Risk Transfer in the arts, heritage and creative industries workforce.
Shelagh Young reflects on the budget announcements in the context of our recent Great Risk Transfer research.
Callum Chomczuk, national director of Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland, reflects on the recent launch of our work with to Transform Scotland’s Housing System.
Are Scots beginning to feel more optimistic about the economy? David Gow discusses the latest Understanding Scotland Economy tracker results, are we shaking off the misery?
Catriona Matheson reflects on the latest Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker and what it tells us ahead of the General Election.
Latest in the Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker reveals healthcare and the cost of living remain the top concerns ahead of the election.
Helen Chambers discusses the need to be able to interrogate numbers in policy making as well as our everyday lives.
Latest in the quarterly Understanding Scotland Economy tracker series continues to shed light on Scots’ survival tactics during challenging economic times
David Hume Institute trustee, David Gow reflects on the stark findings in the latest Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker. introducing us to a the word German word Politikverdrossenheit.
Shan Saba, Director of BrightWorks, Scotland’s leading recruitment agency reflects on the latest Understanding Scotland Economy tracker data and the long term impacts on people’s lives, productivity and the labour market.
The Understanding Scotland Economy tracker reaches its second birthday. The latest research shows Scots continue to cut back, skip meals and lose sleep over their finances, are there glimmers of hope?
DHI Director, Susan Murray discusses building standards, climate change, risk transfer and long short-termism otherwise known as NIMTO
Exciting times as five new trustees join the board of the David Hume Institute as we look towards our 40th Anniversary.
Dr Owen Kelly discusses justice, markets and the Great Risk Transfer. What can we learn from considering the philosophy behind the Great Risk Transfer.
The Scottish Child Payment - what is it and why aren’t more people talking about it? Liz Ditchburn CB examines this bold policy intervention with cross-party backing that targets child poverty and its long-term consequences.
What was a public diner? Why did the Conservatives introduce communal feeding stations to support the workforce? Why did Winston Churchill rename them? Does the UK nutrition crisis mean it is time to reintroduce them? Find out more in this blog from Nourish Scotland
Blog discussing the links between our Great Risk Transfer research and the Understanding Scotland economy tracker. What are the costs of shifting risk from institutions to individuals.?
Investors could help turn back tide of processed foods. Read Jeremy Grant’s full article in The Scotsman
Blog reflecting on relative media coverage of Professor Danny Dorling comments on the Scottish Child Payment compared to Gordon Brown saying Social Security Scotland is a waste of money.
Blog reflecting on the August 2023 Understanding Scotland economy tracker results discussion with Mark Diffley, Diffley Partnership, Kate Elliot Rathbone Greenbank Investments and Pete Ritchie Nourish Scotland. Why is good nutrition important to the economy?
Latest Understanding Scotland economy tracker research shows extreme cost-saving behaviours in how Scots shop, eat and live are likely to have a disastrous long-term effect on the nation’s health.
Professor Danny Dorling, from the University of Oxford, joined a sell-out crowd in Edinburgh to preview his latest book ‘Shattered Nation. Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State”’
Our latest Understanding Scotland: Economy Tracker shows levels of pessimism about the economy and individual finances are marginally improved but there is continuing and considerable hardship being experienced by many Scots.
“Trust plays a crucial role in a successful economy.” says Charlie Woods, the author of the latest David Hume Institute Discussion Paper but is this being overlooked by business and political leaders who are seeking solutions to weaker than desired economic performance?
Ahead of the UK budget Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, reflects on the latest Understanding Scotland economy insights and asks our leaders to lift their heads up from the ongoing crises and take a longer view.