New Economics Foundation

Publications NEF review of the year 2020 Highlights from the last 12 months 21 December 2020 Download the report We are excited to present NEF’s Review of the Year – an overview of everything we’ve been working on during this challenging year. In it you can read about...

Publications Shorter working week newsletter 7 European Network for the Fair Sharing of Working Time By Aidan Harper 16 December 2020 Download the newsletter The newsletter is published every few months and captures the latest, most exciting...

Blog Let’s dance: how club culture can create community mental health support An interview with the founder of MISERY, a sober clubnight for queer, trans and intersex people of colour By Nilufer Erdem, Aisha Mirza 16 December 2020 MISERY is a mental health collective and sober...

Blog For the love of the planet From the climate crisis to mass extinction to acidifying oceans, we’re living through an environmental emergency. What is this doing to our mental health? By David Powell 15 December 2020 This is an article from the second issue of the New Economics Zine. You can read the...

Blog Racism is driving us mad BAME people can't access mental health services as easily as their white counterparts – and why, when they do get support, they have lower recovery rates By Samara Linton 14 December 2020 This is an article from the second issue of the New Economics Zine. You can read the...

Blog Green and pleasant land As we imagine the world we want to live in after the pandemic, the role of the parks, gardens and green space in our mental health is vital By Sofie Jenkinson 11 December 2020 This is an article from the second issue of the New Economics Zine. You can read the full issue...

Blog Coastal communities in the time of Covid In November, we hosted a webinar series on the urgent needs of coastal areas and how nature and people on the coast are key to a green and fair recovery. By Fernanda Balata 04 December 2020 In 2015, we put out a paper outlining a common vision for coastal...

Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: Finding hope during and after the pandemic Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by researcher and author, Christine Berry and Farzana Khan, executive director and co-founder of Healing Justice London By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 01 December 2020 Joe Biden has defeated Donald...

Blog The case for a four-day week A new book argues that shorter working time should be at the heart of post-pandemic recovery. By Anna Coote, Aidan Harper 27 November 2020 The Case for a Four Day Week by Anna Coote, Aidan Harper and Alfie Stirling Shorter working time should be at the...

Blog How to create 6,500 social homes overnight We will need much more social housing in the economic fallout of the pandemic. This is a good place to start. By Rose Grayston 25 November 2020 Did you know housing associations and councils own almost 11,000 fully-built but unsold homes, intended for...