Mr Ben Cooper
Knowledge Exchange Associate
Economics
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Publications
- The Economic Contribution of Colleges in Scotland
- Spowage Mairi, Cooper Benjamin, Milne Katherine, Connolly Kevin
- (2023)
- Economic commentary [March 2024]
- Spowage Mairi, Cooper Benjamin, Sousa Joao P, Congreve Emma, Crummey Ciara, Gillan Brodie, Milne Katherine, Fox Calum
- Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary Vol 48 (2024)
- Drink, death and driving : do blood alcohol content limit reductions improve road safety?
- Cooper Benjamin, Gehrsitz Markus, McIntyre Stuart G
- Health Economics Vol 29, pp. 841-847 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4016
- Scottish Business Monitor, 2024 Q2
- Sousa João, Gillan Brodie, Cooper Ben
- (2024)
- Scottish Business Monitor, 2024 Q1
- Spowage Mairi, Sousa Joao P, Gillan Brodie, Cooper Benjamin
- (2024)
- Exploring the Impact of Mentoring-based Throughcare, an Update
- Cooper Ben, Congreve Emma
- (2024)
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Professional Activities
- Cautious optimism remains as Scottish businesses seek economic certainty
- Contributor
- 27/6/2024
- The Wise Group Justice Futures Event
- Speaker
- 10/4/2024
- Poor but improving: economy slowly recovers in line with expectations
- Contributor
- 28/3/2024
- Economic Futures x Cults Academy: Economics Masterclass
- Presenter
- 25/3/2024
- Economic Futures x Women in Economics: EmpowerHER, Connecting Women in Economics
- Host
- 20/3/2024
- Scottish economy expected to improve after slow growth in 2023
- Contributor
- 7/2/2024
Projects
- Estimating the economic impact of the Caledonian Sleeper service in Scotland
- Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 01-Apr-2024 - 30-Sep-2024
- Using applied materials and the Economic Futures Hub to teach Economics
- McGeoch, Adam (Principal Investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Co-investigator) Fox, Calum (Co-investigator) Williamson, Jack (Co-investigator)
- Full day session with teachers from Cults Academy, helping them to understand how to use applied materials and resources available on the Economic Futures Hub to teach both Higher and National 5 Economics.
- 01-Nov-2023 - 01-Nov-2023
- Socio Economic Study - Benefits of the Ardrossan to Arran Ferry Service
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Co-investigator)
- 16-Oct-2023 - 01-Dec-2023
- Scottish Business Monitor 2023-24
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Sousa, Joao (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator)
- The quarterly Scottish Business Monitor, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard, provides a snapshot of activity in the Scottish economy, as well as monitoring the optimism levels of a range of businesses. The Scottish Business Monitor analyses corporate confidence across a number of key criteria, including business activity, concerns and investment.
- 01-May-2023 - 30-Apr-2024
- Consumer Scotland: Analysing the affordability of water and sewerage charges in Scotland
- Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator)
- 3 month secondment with Consumer Scotland working on project that analysed the affordability of water and sewerage charges in Scotland.
- 20-Mar-2023 - 19-May-2023
- Scottish Business Monitor 2022-23
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) McGeoch, Adam (Principal Investigator) Cooper, Benjamin (Principal Investigator)
- The quarterly Scottish Business Monitor, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard, provides a snapshot of activity in the Scottish economy, as well as monitoring the optimism levels of a range of businesses. The Scottish Business Monitor analyses corporate confidence across a number of key criteria, including business activity, concerns and investment.
- 01-May-2022 - 30-Apr-2023
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Contact
Mr
Ben
Cooper
Knowledge Exchange Associate
Economics
Email: benjamin.cooper@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6079