Productive & Inclusive Net Zero (PRINZ)

PRINZ links productivity and two other important government priorities: phasing out greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) and improving economic prospects at the regional level (levelling up). Bringing these objectives together emphasises that the UK's productivity challenge is as much about the quality of economic growth as it is about the amount of growth.
We are trying to answer questions such as:
•    How can we achieve the transition while ensuring equitable economic growth? 
•    How can we ensure there are good jobs for all? 
•    Which skills are needed to facilitate the transition and how can we provide for the necessary vocational training? 
•    Is it possible to make the economy cleaner while levelling up? What kind of industrial policy is needed to facilitate the transition? 
PRINZ adopts a broad, multi-disciplinary perspective, nested in the social sciences. It features statistical analysis, qualitative social science methods and mathematical modelling as well as insights from innovation, finance, education, labour market and climate change policy. The team is located in business schools, economics departments, geography departments, environmental research centres and innovation think tanks.
We look at the impacts on and interactions between main drivers of clean and equitable productivity growth:
- Innovation: 
- Jobs and skills
- Finance: 

This project establishes new connections between researchers and research institutions that have previously not collaborated. We expect that this is an opportunity to trigger new insights and mutual exchange of ideas that will be fruitful beyond the lifetime of this project.

The Leeds team brings a variety of qualitative data and methods to the project, including case studies of whisky production and cement manufacture.
 

Publications and outputs

Publications by PRINZ team as submitted by research team are here

Blog contributions are in the “Recent Posts” part of the project website: https://www.prinzproject.io/

Project website

https://www.prinzproject.io/