A fascinating debate to celebrate the launch of the Janeway Institute discussed the future heading of research into economics, and examined the link between financial markets and the real economy.

A new study co-authored by Dr Ines Lee indicates that some people spent an extra hour a day on chores and childcare during lockdowns, while others got an added daily hour of solo leisure time -- and most of us reduced time spent on paid work by around half an hour a day.

Research by Professors Matt Elliott and Vasco Carvalho into supply chain issues has been quoted in a timely feature on supply chain disruption and published by Project Syndicate.

Disseminating research at the frontier of economics is just one of the roles of a new research institute which will shape young minds and transform economic research. Based within the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, the new Weslie and William Janeway Institute for Economics will be primarily funded by Weslie and William Janeway.

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta awarded Kew International Medal for work to protect nature and stop biodiversity loss. The Economist was selected by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to receive the prestigious award following his ground-breaking report The Economics of Biodiversity.

The Faculty of Economics and the University of Cambridge is saddened to announce that a former member of the Faculty, Professor Jayasri Dutta, has passed away at the age of 68.

A former University of Cambridge MPhil student at the Faculty of Economics has had part of his MPhil dissertation published in the academic journal, European Union Politics.

A University of Cambridge academic at the Faculty of Economics has researched the relationship between venture capital booms and startups. William Janeway has examined the way they are related to but also distinct from macroeconomic business cycles and stock market fluctuations.

The famous Cambridge economist and author of Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital, published in 1972, Professor Geoff Harcourt, is celebrating his 90th Birthday.

The number of zoonotic spillover events, when viruses jump from animals to humans, is accelerating, yet the world seemed to be caught off guard 18 months ago when Covid started spreading around the world. However, members of the faculty have warned of the likelihood and impact of a pandemic for many years. Dr Flavio Toxvaerd speaks to Julian Lorkin about the importance of the Faculty’s research into the current, and future, pandemics.

Econometrics Emeritus Professor Andrew Harvey at the Faculty of Economics has developed a new class of time series models that reflect epidemic trajectories and are able to produce good forecasts before new cases or deaths reach their peak.

A Cambridge economist is proposing a major shake-up of the university admissions system in the UK. The key to his Post-Qualification Admissions model is to have UCAS act as a ‘matchmaker’.

Mental health damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in significant problems for many. Women, the young, and the less educated have borne the brunt of mental health issues resulting from lockdowns, which has often exacerbated job and earnings losses, according to research by a University of Cambridge academic.

Professor Oliver Linton has been elected as President of the Society for Financial Econometrics for 2021-2023.