Researchers to investigate footballers’ heights in debate over goal sizes
Blocking those high potential goals isn’t easy during the best of times! But does being shorter make it even harder and create an unfair disadvantage? Well, University researchers are taking a look into it and the results could change football forever.
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A recently published research paper by ICMA Centre Professor Adrian Bell, Professor Chris Brooks and PhD researcher Tom Markham is gaining national attention in both the finance sector and the football industry. The paper titled "The performance of football club managers: skill or luck?" is now available online and freely downloadable in an open access Journal.
ICMA Centre academics collaborate with Climate Bonds Initiative on first Green Bond Investor Survey
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Dr Ivan Sangiori and Dr Lisa Schopohl supported the Climate Bond Initiative (CBI) with its Green Bond European Investor Survey, looking at how climate change could be addressed through investment decisions.