This paper extends a new line of research on urban squatting that focuses on the role of the squatter organizer. Among other things, the analysis shows that competition among squatter organizers has much in common with competition in a traditional industry setting.

The objective of this study is to identify ‘Fundamental Services’ in the context of new "Universal or Global" SOA approaches to the provision of eGovernment services. The key questions which it addresses are: at which level of granularity can ‘Fundamental Services’ be defined? Which ones have the highest potential for reuse? And what are the...

The symposium from which this publication has developed brought together a Nordic expert, and a small number of Australian experts including university academics and professional practitioners from community organisations, to focus on four related policy areas.

In this new Working Paper, Mark Thirlwell provides a beginner’s guide to the Eurozone crisis. He argues that the Eurozone experiment has rested on a series of big economic and political bets, and that it’s now clear that almost none of them have paid off. European Monetary Union is no longer sustainable in its current...

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) – the main cause of global warming – increased by 3% in 2011, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes in 2011. In 2011, China’s average per capita carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions increased by 9% to 7.2 tonnes CO2 . Taking into account an uncertainty margin...