“Susan Strange saw the financial crisis coming, Your Majesty”
The time is ripe to find the trail blazed by Susan Strange and put a great female thinker back into the story of financial globalisation and its discontents
Leading the debate on a new political economy
SPERI develops and promotes new analysis and understanding of contemporary capitalism, and of the major economic and political challenges arising from it.
Recent News
Social care research centre: new £10 million funding award for University of Sheffield
SPERI Deputy Director Tom Hunt will be part of a new ESRC-funded Centre for Care
Event: Beyond COP26: the political economy of net-zero | 17 November 2021
After the conclusion of COP26 join us for a discussion on the political economy of net zero.
Event: Continuity and Change in Social Contestation: The role of activism in shaping the global economy | 1 December 2021
Join us for an online event to discuss how different types and forms of social contestation determine how political and economic power is reworked and resisted
‘Navigating Storms’: New report published as part of Challenge Poverty Week 2021
A new report from the ESRC funded ‘Food vulnerability during COVID-19’ research project outlines people’s experiences of accessing food during the pandemic.
Our Research
SPERI is an international research centre at the University of Sheffield. We explore how contemporary economies work and the public policies which could achieve a more equal and sustainable society. Our research is focused around four priority themes.
Research Themes
Labour & Decent Work
The nature of labour and work in the global economy is changing fast. Rapid reconfiguration of business models, new technologies, […]
Corporate Power & the Global Economy
As corporate control over global production, consumption, and distribution systems increases, so too does business actors’ economic and political influence. […]
Finance, Debt & Society
This research theme explores the political, institutional, economic, technological and cultural dynamics of change in the financial and monetary sphere, […]
Capitalism, Democracy & the State
Sustained low growth, weakening US leadership, resurgent protectionism, environmental degradation, and the so-called rise of populism all challenge the liberal […]
Our Impact
We work closely with policymakers and partners from around the world to develop our research and ensure it has real impact.