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UNISON partners with PSIRU to produce important research on UK water systems
UNISON, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, is partnering with the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) to produce two key reports on the water industry in the UK. Announced in a UNISON opinion …
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Public Water Matters: PSIRU report for PSI calls for international progress on World Water Day
To mark World Water Day 2026, PSIRU researcher Dr Emanuele Lobina has written an article for Public Services International (PSI). It calls on the international community to prioritise public water and public financing to accelerate …
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PSIRU-PEGFA researcher wins Vietnam’s National Book Award for work on semi-conductor policy
CHIP Battlefield has received Vietnam’s highest National Book Award in science and technology, recognising its outstanding analysis of global semiconductor policy. CHIP Battlefield: Strategic competition and indigenous innovation of China in the 21st century, co-authored …
Continue readingPSIRU Summer School 2026: Call for Applications
Skills for Reclaiming Public Ownership 6th – 11th July 2026, London UK The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) is pleased to invite applications for the 2026 PSIRU Summer School: Skills for Reclaiming Public Ownership. …
Continue readingLondon and Paris Calling: From conspicuous accumulation to deep sustainable development in the water sector
On 8th December 2025, PSIRU researchers Emanuele Lobina and Conor Gray gave a seminar presenting the following paper, “London and Paris Calling: From conspicuous accumulation to deep sustainable development in the water sector”. This paper …
Continue readingCall for submissions: PSIRU Stream at the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) in Portugal
PSIRU are calling for submissions to participate in the 28th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics at University of Coimbra, Portugal, from 1-3 July 2026. Stream: Concretely Utopian Public Services: Practice to theory, …
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Emerging health and safety risks in the waste sector
By Vera Weghmann, Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) (2 July 2025) A new EPSU report on waste highlights alarming risks faced by nearly one million workers keeping Europe’s towns and cities clean. Waste collection remains one …
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Ghana needs less privatisation in the electricity sector
This research, by Al-Hassan Adam, examines existing and future potential beneficiaries of private sector participation in Ghana’s electricity market. Download the PDF to read it in full.
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Leaking money. The finance costs of privatised water and regulation in England and Wales: Scottish public ownership shows potential savings by David Hall and Conor Gray
The financial costs of the privatised water and sewerage companies of England and Wales averaged 35% of company revenue from customer bills in 2023-24o These costs are the return on capital to private shareholders and …
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