Latest news, reports, events and analysis on public services in the UK and internationally

• PSIRU-PEGFA researcher wins Vietnam’s National Book Award for work on semi-conductor policy 10 March 2026
  CHIP Battlefield has received Vietnam’s highest National Book Award in science and technology, …
• PSIRU Summer School 2026: Call for Applications30 January 2026
  Skills for Reclaiming Public Ownership 6th – 11th July 2026, London UK The …
• London and Paris Calling: From conspicuous accumulation to deep sustainable development in the water sector9 January 2026
  On 8th December 2025, PSIRU researchers Emanuele Lobina and Conor Gray gave a …
• Call for submissions: PSIRU Stream at the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) in Portugal23 December 2025
  PSIRU are calling for submissions to participate in the 28th Annual Conference of …

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Events

1 – 3 July 2026
PSIRU Stream at the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) in Portugal

6 – 11 July 2026
PSIRU Summer School 2026

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Transport

• Employer Responses to Covid-19 in the Aviation Industry2 February 2023
• Transport for London: Public Ownership and Democratic Operation12 July 2021
• Taking our public services back in house – A remunicipalisation guide for workers and trade unions14 September 2020

Waste

• Waste Management in Europe25 April 2023
• Water and sewerage company finances 2021: dividends and investment – and company attempts to hide dividends1 February 2022
• Africa: Private waste service failure and alternative vision1 December 2019