GEP Centre
GEP - the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy - is the major centre in Europe studying the economic impacts of globalisation and its consequences for economic policy. One of the biggest of its kind in the world, the Centre has an impressive international reputation. Its academics have advised the Treasury, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the OECD, the World Bank and the WTO.
GEP is based at the University of Nottingham, within the Nottingham School of Economics, and is funded primarily by grants from the Leverhulme Trust. With a core of 24 Internal Research Fellows, the Centre has always regarded the development of research capacity as a priority. This research effort is augmented by the involvement of 37 External Fellows from universities in the UK and overseas who provide welcome input to GEP
One of the Centre's key aims is not only to develop sustainability at Nottingham but to increase the supply of PhD graduates and Post Doctoral Research Fellows in the area of international economics as a whole. GEP's current cohort of researchers includes six Post Doctoral Research Fellows and 20 postgraduate research students. GEP takes pride in the fact that its Post Docs and PhD students have achieved tenured academic positions at universities worldwide, as well as research posts in organisations in the policymaking community.
GEP is committed to promoting its research activity and communicating its expertise as widely as possible and benefits from liaison with the policymaking community, involving a group of 18 Policy Associates based in the UK and overseas.
As part of its outreach activity, the Centre runs a series of public lectures and invites key and prominent figures from academia, government departments, the policymaking community and the media to address an audience of University staff, students and members of the business community on topical issues in the area of globalisation.
GEP runs several conferences each year, including international conferences for key academic figures, an annual conference for postgraduate students and schools conferences for students who may choose to study Economics at university.
The Centre's most recent major development has been the establishing of branches at the University of Nottingham's campuses in China and Malaysia, launched in both cases by international GEP conferences. Follow-up conferences are planned for 2009 and 2010, together with reciprocal visits and joint research projects.
