Centre for Evolution of Global Business and Institutions (CEGBI)
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CEGBI/SPRU/SBS Seminar Autumn 2026/27
"The Great British Housing Disaster: A Short and Unhappy History of the Failure of the Housing System"
2nd December 2026 (13:00-14:30) location CL/A/025, Church Lane Building
A sustained and effective attempt to improve the housing of millions of people across the UK began to collapse after 1980. Ideology, gigantic financial interests, history and culture have all contributed to the great British housing disaster. This is a story of the privatisation and commodification of a basic human right and the way in which an increasingly socially destructive financialization of housing has undermined the cohesion, equality and basic functionality of many aspects of British society. York is used as a lens to explore why and how access to stable, adequate and secure housing in attractive neighbourhoods has become increasingly stratified by wealth and why the great British housing disaster now serves as one of the ultimate expressions of profound and debilitating inequality permeating every aspect of society.
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CEGBI-SBS Summer Conference 2026:
'The End of the Rules-Based Order? Institutions in Crisis'
Friday, 4th September 2026, 09:15 - 17:45, Heslington Hall
The CEGBI Summer Conference 2026 welcomes submissions from scholars across disciplines whose work engages with the theme “The End of the Rules-Based Order? Institutions in Crisis.” We invite contributions that explore how institutions are being reshaped, challenged, or reconfigured in response to political, economic, social, technological, and environmental pressures.
The conference aims to bring together scholars from across the School for Business and Society and beyond to reflect on one of the defining challenges of our time: the apparent erosion of the rules-based international order and the growing strain placed on political, economic, legal, and social institutions.
Across business, government, and civil society, long-standing institutional arrangements are being challenged by geopolitical fragmentation, economic nationalism, climate change, technological disruption, and growing societal polarisation. This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum to examine how institutions adapt, fail, or are reshaped under these pressures, and what this means for business, policy, governance, and society more broadly.
The conference also provides space to reflect on teaching, research, and engagement in times of institutional uncertainty, including questions of pedagogy, inclusion, academic practice, and the role of universities in shaping future leaders.