Publications

IGP shapes economic strategy for the UK with The British Academy

How can governments harness systems thinking to accelerate the energy transition in pursuit of net zero?

IGP launches new White Paper, part of a major initiative sharing long-term, sustainable ideas for rebuilding a Ukraine fit for the challenges of our planet’s future.

This report is the first attempt to assess an individual UK institution for its contribution to national soft power - and the clearest picture yet of why the BBC World Service matters more than ever.

Authored by Mariana Mazzucato, Eduardo Spanó, and Dan Wainwright

A paper by Professor Max Nathan featured in the OECD's report, 'Place-Based Policies for the Future', aimed at advancing the debate on the rationale for place-based policies.

Book chapter by Professor Ben Campkin in 'Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces: Cultural Encounters After Dusk' (Amsterdam University Press, 2025), part of the Cities and Cultures Series.

BSEER Emeritus Professor, Philip Steadman, explores how the great Venetian artist Antonio Canaletto (1697–1768) used the camera obscura to create his celebrated paintings and drawings.

This working paper looks at a decade of extremes, contradictions and continuing uncertainties for the European gas system

A new article co-authored by colleagues from the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity examines not only what ecosystems can do for humankind, but also how humans can ‘give back’ or reciprocate.

Co-author researchers from the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity examine the roles of online deliberation and sample selection in relations to conservation, culture and community

A new article by Sertaç Sehlikoglu examines fig trees and the ecological effects of imaginative attachments to fetih (conquest)

A new article co-authored by UCL Institute for Global Prosperity colleagues examines local citizens' individual and social preferences for cultural services within a nature reserve in China.

Authored by Ricky Burdett and Mariana Mazzucato

This working paper examines how UBS, with food as a central pillar, can address the root causes of the broader livelihood crisis by fostering a citizen-led, rather than profit-driven, food system