Forschungs - Fakultät für Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Fortbildung

Research Centers und Research Programmes koexistieren innerhalb einer Thematic Priority.
Das Zusammenspiel zwischen ihnen sei im Folgenden exemplarisch an Hand des
Schwerpunktes Economic Performance and Development erläutert:
a) Research Centers
• Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE)
The Centre is dedicated to increasing understanding about how individuals learn
about the way in which to utilise and distribute their resources.
Director: Professor K Binmore, Executive Director: Professor D Ulph
Tel: 020 7387 7050, Email: k.binmore@ucl.ac.uk; Email: d.ulph@ucl.ac.uk
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk
October 1995 – September 2005; Current grant: £872,000 (1998-2000)
(Also contributes to the theme of Knowledge, Communication and Learning)
• Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
The Centre’s work addresses several key themes which impact on the UK’s
economic performance. These include the impact of both the internal structure and
organisation of firms and the external market environment on output, productivity
and technical change.
Director: Professor R Layard, Tel: 020 7955 7048 Email: r.layard@lse.ac.uk
LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, http://cep.lse.ac.uk
April 1990 – September 2005, Current grant: £7,073,000 (1995-2000)
(Also contributes to the themes of Innovation; and Knowledge, Communication
and Learning)
• Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
Over the past 20 years Africa has been the world’s worst performing economic
region; as a result, it now has the world’s highest incidence of poverty. The
Centre’s underlying
objective is to make a significant contribution to the transformation of this
performance.
Director: Professor J Toye, Tel: 01865 271084, Email:
sae.enquiries@economics.ox.ac.uk
Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UL
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~csaeinfo/
October 1991 – September 2001, Current grant: £2,157,000 (1996-2001)
(Also contributes to the theme of Globalisation, Regions and Emerging Markets)
b) Research Programmes
• Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion
To improve understanding of how cities develop and mobilise distinctive
economic assets to secure competitive advantage, and how these processes impact
upon and are influenced by social cohesion and environmental quality.
Duration of programme: August 1996 – June 2002
Total grant: £3,500,000 (including £300,000 from the DETR); 23 projects
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