Press & events
Westminster Legal Policy Forum – Behavioural Research in Legal Services
Dr Ashwini Natraj presented LE’s behavioural research on consumer decision-making when searching for legal services at the Westminster Legal Forum on 25th February. Presentation
Contract Signed for the Sale of 49% of Oman’s Electricity Transmission Network
A major milestone for LE’s transaction advisory team Nama Holding, the holding company for the state-owned electricity network companies in Oman, today signed the contract for the sale of a 49% stake in the country’s electricity transmission network operator, the Oman Electricity Transmission Company SAOC (OETC), to State Grid International Development Ltd (SGID), a subsidiary […]
UK Space Conference 2019
We will be exhibiting at the UK Space conference 2019, between 24 – 26 September at ICC Wales, in Newport. We will be at stand E9 for anyone wanting to meet the team and learn more about what we can offer!
DataIQ Align, 30 April 2019
“As the nature of the data-value exchange between consumers and businesses shifts, so does the need to apply an ethical filter and privacy overlay to the fundamentals of data protection. But what should this look like and how does it alter the commercial value that can be derived from data? Will there be an ethical […]
Increasing Trust in Data: Could ‘data Trusts’ Help? Open Data Institute Panel Discussion, 15 April 2019
Following LE’s review of the work undertaken by the Open Data Institute (ODI) to explore the concept of data trusts to increase data sharing while retaining trust from both people and organisations, Moritz Godel, Divisional Director at LE, will discuss the results with experts from the ODI, the Alan Turing Institute and the Information Law […]
European Parliament Roundtable
The proceedings from a European University Institute – European Parliament roundtable on the ‘Role of the European Parliament in promoting the use of independent expertise in the legislative process’ have now been published. Siôn Jones, Partner at LE, spoke at the roundtable in sessions on ‘Building the Digital Single Market – identifying most efficient policy […]
South Korean Financial Supervisory Service
Dr Charlotte Duke, Partner at LE, expert speaker at the South Korean Financial Supervisory Service, Seoul, November 29th 2018. Charlotte will speak about advances in consumer protection using behavioural economics. http://english.fss.or.kr/fss/eng/p/news/nae_list.jsp?bbsid=1289275383004
Insurance Fraud Forum 2018
Dr Charlotte Duke, Partner at LE, invited speaker at the Insurance Fraud Forum 2018 in London. Charlotte discussed how behavioural economics and nudges can be used to reduce insurance casual fraud and errors in applications and claims. http://www.postevents.co.uk/fraud
The Economic Impact of Group of Eight Universities (Australia)
London Economics presented their report on the economic impact of Group of Eight universities (Australia). The total economic impact associated with Group of Eight universities’ activities across Australia in 2016 was estimated to be $66.43 billion. The full report is available here. The study has received media coverage, for example: Times Higher Education Sydney Morning Herald The […]
London Economics at the ICO’s Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2018
The ICO’s Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2018 took place on Monday 9 April at the Manchester Central Conference Centre. Moritz Godel presented LE research carried out last year for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the benefits of personal data rights under the GDPR. The work on produced two important insights: the existence, rather than the exercise, […]