UofG joins Productivity Institute to help boost UK growth

University of Glasgow is helping to solve the UK's productivity puzzle which could mean better jobs and higher living standards, by contributing to a new £32m research institute. The Productivity Institute will advance knowledge and ensure it informs the significant decisions by governments and business leaders that can increase productivity. Economic and business experts from the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School, will join forces with leading experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds across the UK, to work directly with policymakers and businesses to better understand, measure, and enable improvements in productivity across the UK. Professor of Economics, John Tsoukalas, who is leading Glasgow's contribution to the project said: "Glasgow will lead and develop the research and impact agenda of the Institute in Scotland including the formation of a Productivity Forum for Scotland. Our goal is to shape and promote an inclusive and sustained growth agenda. It will catalyse the co-development of research projects with stakeholders from the policy making and business communities to enable a truly transformational action model that maps research findings into innovative approaches, and policy interventions that boost productivity and bring prosperity gains across the economy, whilst reducing inequalities.