Gallo quoted on AI dangers 

Professor Edoardo Gallo has been quoted in an article on the existential risk posed by AI in an article in El Pais. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 19th June 2023

AI

Artificial Intelligence

Technology

Human Extinction

Building a Prosperous Future: Diversification, Technology and Innovation Course 

The Bennett Institute for Public Policy is running an Executive Education course with IMF senior economists, Dr Reda Cherif and Dr Fuad Hasanov who will discuss a technology and innovation policy to ride the energy transition and build a prosperous future. Dr William Janeway will also join the event for the final panel session. The half-day course will take place on Monday 9th May 2022, from 9.00am - 2.15pm. 

Published on - Friday 25th March 2022

Technology

Innovation

Policy

The VC Effect: The Right Tech at the Right Time? 

William Janeway researches the relationship between venture capital booms and startups. He examines the way they are related to but also distinct from macroeconomic business cycles and stock market fluctuations.

Published on - Monday 5th July 2021

Finance

Innovation

Startups

Technology

The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology-enabled Learning Prize 

The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology-enabled Learning Prize has awarded a high commendation to Dr. Toke Aidt, Mr. Oleg Kitov and Dr. Vasileios Kotsidis for mastery-oriented active learning methods to complement traditional lectures. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 30th June 2021

Awards

Teaching

Learning

Technology

Why Has It Taken So Long To Take Climate Change Seriously? 

Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes took part in a Climate Change panel discussion event on 28th March 2021, as part of the University's Cambridge Festival. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 7th April 2021

Climate Change

Policy

Technology

Tipping Point

Venture Capital in the 21st Century 

Dr William H Janeway, an affiliated member of the Faculty of Economics, has launched a new video series that explores economic growth and development through technological innovation.

Published on - Monday 15th February 2021

Capitalism

Economic Growth

Technology

Venture Capital

Nobel Prize for Economist Who Gave Marshall Lecture 

Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have been honoured with the Nobel prize for economics for their work on auction theory. Professor Milgrom visited the Faculty of Economics to give the Marshall Lecture in 2019, when he explained how the tools of game theory were applied to auctions. Dr Matthew Elliott looks at his work, that was instrumental in getting governments to use auctions instead of procurement, and how those auctions have enabled governments to raise revenue around the world.

Published on - Monday 19th October 2020

Markets

Game Theory

Applied Economics

Technology

The (Political and Financial) Economics of Transformational Technology 

Bill Janeway will give a talk on "The (Political and Financial) Economics of Transformational Technology" at Wolfson College, Cambridge, on Wednesday 5th June 2019, from 6.00pm - 7.15pm. Please book a place.

Event Date - Wednesday 5th June 2019

Political Economics

Financial Economics

Transformation

Technology