Education, employment and economic development
Good quality employment is vital to the well-being of individuals and to society as a whole. Our work in this area has included analyses of the impact of training and employment support to disadvantaged groups as well as the impact of regeneration and community development projects. We have also researched the changing nature of work and areas of future growth globally. finally, our international devleopment work has included employment and job quality measurement.
Lost Futures: poverty and suicidality in Northern Ireland
Reporting on sustainable consumption
Dentsu, one of the world's largest advertising and marketing agency networks, engaged Just Economics to build a framework for measuring progress against its sustainable consumption KPI
Financing sustainable plastics
Dr Stephen Spratt, Director at Just Economics, was the lead author of a position paper on financing sustainable plastics for the International Negotiating Committee of the UN Environment Programme.
Pathways to Zero-Emission Freight in London
This research sets out a 5-year policy roadmap to reduce harmful emissions from freight in central London and models the carbon and health cost savings associated with a zero-emission freight zone.
Delivering Value: the economic costs of freight
This analysis compares the social, environmental and economic impacts of diesel and electric vans with e-cargo bikes.
Evaluation of a Brain Health Village
Dublin’s North East Inner City regeneration
The NEIC Initiative is a long-term social and economic regeneration programme for Dublin’s North East Inner City area, which was launched in 2016.
Breaking Point
Barnardos commissioned Just Economics to undertake research on the impact of the current funding environment on their services.
Youth Work Ireland
YWI uses an innovative Integrated Youth Service Model with the aim of ensuring that young people receive a high quality, efficient and effective service that treats them as a ‘whole person’.
The Pedestrian Pound
This research report presents evidence that investment in better streets and places can deliver commercial returns to businesses and investors, as well as improve consumer’s perceptions of high streets.
Emmaus
Emmaus Communities offer homeless people companionship, a place to live and work, and an opportunity to integrate back into mainstream society.
The value of integrated working
There is an established need for women-oriented services, particularly in relation to violence, abuse and mental health, and an emerging evidence base on the benefits that gender-sensitive services can bring.
An economic appraisal of the Youngballymun initiative
Just Economics and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth were commissioned to carry out an area-based impact assessment of the Youngballymun project.
An SROI of Fifteen London
Started by the Jamie Oliver Foundation, Fifteen London is a social enterprise that trains disadvantaged young people in culinary skills with the aim of improving their employment outcomes.
Digital Inclusion Evaluation Toolkit
Developed for the Government Digital Service, this toolkit by Just Economics supports NGOs working on digital inclusion to carry out impact evaluations.
Technology in health services in Africa
Just Economics supported BT to measure the impact of its investments in health and education projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.