More research on the value of cultural capital. This Escoe & ONS study applies Discrete Choice Experiments to understand the value of a stately home (Blenheim Palace), and contributes to discussions on cultural heritage capital accounting: escoe.ac.uk/measuring-the-…

Our research is cited in the Government's Football Governance White Paper. Read full Ipsos UK report: Valuation of Men's Professional Football Clubs & Fan-Led Review Recommendations, published by Department for Culture, Media and Sport , providing supporting evidence for this White Paper.
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NEW: #UnderstandingSociety : What is the real cost of the cost of living?

ricky.lawton and Cameron Garrett consider this question and explore the consequences of the #costofliving crisis on #politics , #society , and the #nation .

Read the article here: bit.ly/3uor3tk

New publication in the journal Climate Change Economics: 'Exploring Consumer Preferences for Net-Zero Policies: Willingness To Pay Among UK Citizens For National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets' worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.114…

Great to see Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts and Humanities Research Council publishing our Scoping Study on measuring the value of arts culture & heritage through a capitals model, to inform the Culture and Heritage Capital #chc portal with a funding call for new research on Cultural Capital: gov.uk/government/pub…

Want to come work on economic valuation at Ipsos UK? We are  #recruiting  an Associate Director #Economist to work on some exciting new economic evaluation projects in the #culturalheritage sector using Stated Preference and other #valuation methods: lnkd.in/dcHUYH3s

Great to see my Ipsos UK research published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) valuing the intangible benefits of access to reliable online data, showing people value public access to a full range of topics with no online advertising ons.gov.uk/methodology/me…

Fascinating World Bank example: machine learning of satellite data to evaluate economic impact of road development. Algorithm codes landuse into typology to create longitudinal data as proxy for economic impact  #ukesconf22 Ipsos UK

And it begins…great opening speech from the UK Evaluation Society President, Bridget Dillon #ukesconf22 #evaluation Ipsos UK #EvalTwitter

Interesting question: but how do we account for the relativity of income (the richer your neighbours are the less happy you are)? Is it time to talk about equality of outcome as a policy goal again (not just equality of opportunity) Ipsos UK #ukesconf22

Looking forward to the UK Evaluation Society Annual Conference this week. Attending in person on Thursday. In person! Like in the before-times!

Episode 3 of my podcast now on Spotify. I discuss the macro-trends in national and global politics in the face of climate uncertainties: open.spotify.com/episode/4mONaS… #NowPlaying
More information on the podcast series on my website.
#podcast #climatechange

Join our Webinar on the 27th January 2022 (4-5pm) where we will be discussing Quant or Qual – Different Evaluation Methods, hosted by UK Evaluation Society and the Society of Professional Economists. Open to members of UKES and SPE: evaluation.org.uk/event/joint-we…

I am delighted to announce Dr. Ricky Lawton has joined Ipsos MORI Public Affairs as Director of Economic Evaluation. With his decade of experience in the valuation of intangible assets, Ricky will advance our evaluation offer to public sector clients

Excited to join a great team providing economics advice on the #AHRC #UKRI Scoping Research on Culture & Heritage Capital for #DCMS on how to best assess the value of culture and heritage assets, within the Culture and Heritage Capital Framework lnkd.in/eB-qvezx