Ahead of the curve: approaching inclusive growth in collaboration with arts, humanities and social sciences

🌍 Embracing Inclusive Growth for a Sustainable Future 🌍
As we emerge from the pandemic and tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis, the focus on productivity and growth is more critical than ever and is a key area for debate in the general election 2024.
But how we grow matters. Inclusive growth, a concept that ensures economic benefits are distributed equitably, is key to a resilient and fair economy. Researchers in the Arts and Humanities have an important role to play in driving policy on Inclusive growth.
💡 What is Inclusive Growth?
Inclusive growth is an economic approach that creates opportunities for all, distributes benefits equitably, and centres investment in people and places. It goes beyond GDP, recognizing that inequality puts everyone at risk.
📚 The Role of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities are at the forefront of this movement. Their multidisciplinary projects demonstrate how integrating diverse perspectives leads to more effective and equitable growth strategies.
AHEAD has produced a briefing drawing on some of the recent research projects that illustrate and offer practical solutions.
From ways of modelling the impacts tax and benefit policy, to work across language, culture and community and the groundbreaking work of the Robotics Living lab and its work on sustainable fashion- there are a broad spectrum of ways MMU academic researchers are approaching this complex topic.
As we strive for a better future, embracing inclusive growth is not just an economic necessity but a social imperative. Let’s build an economy that works for everyone! 🌱💪
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