| CHASM Spring e-Bulletin 2019 |
Welcome to the CHASM e-bulletin, bringing together all the latest news and events from the Centre over the last four months.
Let us know what you think via twitter, email or find out more about the work that we do on the CHASM website.
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e-Bulletin Round-up
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From CHASM Director Andy Lymer
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CHASM continues to be busy across a range of exciting and innovative projects that we hope are bringing real change to the areas of our interests. Our financial inclusion research has been recognised and showcased as part of its University wide ‘Heroes of Birmingham,’ campaign. If you are on the Northern Line or at Westminster underground stations at any time this month and into April do look out for our adverts! If you see any please do take a photo and tweet about it (using @UoBCHASM please so we can see it too) – that would be great.
We have also included details and updates of various other projects we are involved with in the rest of this newsletter – including a recent event we co-hosted with Birmingham City Council building on the project we did for them last year on Problem Gambling in the city. Karen Rowlingson and I will be working with various groups across the city over the next few months to help develop a strategy to address this growing personal finance challenge that negatively affects far too many people at present.
We are also pleased to announce the second cohort of our International Research Fellows following the success of the 2018 Fellowship scheme. Thank you for all the great applications received for the programme this year – it was a tough choice to select the ones we picked. We hope to run the scheme again for 2020 – watch this space if you are interested in visiting us and collaborating on relevant research.
Do also watch out for further details of our forthcoming annual conference (27th June in London 10am – 2pm ). We are looking to provide fuller details on this very shortly as we secure an interesting line up of speakers again.
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News
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CHASM Heroes!
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CHASM’s financial inclusion research and activities are being showcased across the nation in the University of Birmingham ‘Heroes’ campaign 2019.
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Capital Gains Tax in New Zealand?
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Professor Andy Lymer was interviewed on Radio New Zealand (RNZ) in February for a UK perspective on the hotly debated possible introduction of a Capital Gains Tax in New Zealand.
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CHASM co-hosts Birmingham Problem Gambling Summit
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| On 27 February CHASM held the ‘Tackling gambling related harm’ summit alongside the Birmingham Financial Inclusion Partnership. It was agreed at the event that a task group, including CHASM members, would be set up to help the City of Birmingham develop a strategy to tackle harmful gambling. |
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Educating our students on financial capability
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CHASM has secured funding from the University’s Alumni Impact Fund to deliver a pilot project, assessing the financial capability needs of graduating students.
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People
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CHASM International Fellows Scheme 2019
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CHASM has secured funding from the University’s Alumni Impact Fund to deliver a pilot project, assessing the financial capability needs of graduating students.
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Research
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Your Home, Your Wellbeing
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| Dr James Gregory has developed a fascinating infographic in partnership with East Devon District Council and LiveWest Homes, summarising the first year results of their three year project examining links between social tenancies and personal wellbeing. |
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Upcoming Events
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CHASM Annual Conference 2019: Housing, Wealth and Wellbeing
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| At this year’s conference on 27th June, we will present and contextualise our recent work with Registered Social Landlords on the links between homes and wellbeing, related to social homes. We will also share and discuss recent interesting research from the Housing and Communities Research Group now that they are part of the Centre.
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| Credit Where It’s Due: Rethinking Financial Citizenship |
| 21 March 14:00-16:00 |
| Professor Frederick Wherry, Professor of Sociology from Princeton University is delivering a talk based on his book due to be released in April. Professor Wherry uses the case of the Mission Asset Fund in his book, to explain how credit visibility, credit scoring, and consumer credit markets serve as arenas for struggle over dignity and belonging. This event has been organised by the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
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| Empty Homes – Community Solutions: International Perspectives |
| 30 April 14:00-16:30 |
| Experts from Spain, Japan and England will provide fresh perspectives on the scope and benefits of community engagement with empty homes to promote regeneration, renewal, skills and training outcomes, new housing supply and sustainable community organisations. This event is part of the Housing and Communities Research Network Seminar Series.
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| The missing Billions: Measuring Top Incomes in the UK |
| 1 May 13:00-14:00 |
| Speaker Dr Andy Summers from the London School of Economics, identifies missing sources to measure wealth that cast doubt on the prevailing narrative that UK income inequality has stabilised or fallen since the last financial crisis. He will present initial indications that once these sources are added, the top 1% share may be seen to have risen since 2008 and could be closer to US than conventionally thought.
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| Payday Denied: Exploring the lived experience of declined payday loan applicants |
| 21 May 12:30-13:30 |
| Dr Lindsey Appleyard, our CHASM Associate from Coventry University, presents her research exploring the impact of the 2015 cap of High-Cost, Short-Term Credit (HCSTC). She will examine the behaviour and strategies of borrowers as a result of not having access to payday loans and the implications for borrowers, credit and policy.
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