Data | Faculty of Economics

Economics News | Published on Monday, 29 January, 2024

A student at the Faculty of Economics has been awarded the Gladstone Memorial Prize for his dissertation "An Investigation into the Distributional Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing".

Part 2B student James Legrand (Jesus College) said “I am delighted to win this award; it is very satisfying for my research to be recognised in this way. I would like to thank Alex Savu for his exceptional support and advice as my dissertation supervisor, as well as Toke Aidt for his guidance and care as my Director of Studies.

Keywords: Inequalities Prize Awards Data

Building an alliance to map global supply networks

Economics News | Published on Tuesday, 24 October, 2023

A new academic paper co-authored by the Faculty’s Professor of Macroeconomics Vasco Carvalho has been published by Science Magazine, and suggests that new firm-level data can inform policy-making.<

The new research shows it would be necessary to link trade data from different countries to create an accurate global map of supply relations.

Keywords: Supply Networks Trade Policy COVID-19 Data Networks Supply Chains

Economics Faculty launch MPhil in Economics and Data Science

Economics News | Published on Friday, 12 May, 2023

The Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge is to launch a new MPhil in Economics and Data Science, which will be both full and part time, from Autumn 2024.

The new interdisciplinary MPhil in Economics and Data Science is intended to expand the knowledge of economists to the tools of data science.

Keywords: Analysis Business Policy Data Financial Data Governments

National accounts in a world of naturally occurring data

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

Prof. Vasco Carvalho has been featured in the magazine for the Stone Centre which advances research and teaching to provide a clear understanding of the causes of wealth inequality, and its economic and political consequences.

Keywords: Algorithms Data Inequality National Accounts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Conflict in Networks: The Rise and Fall of Empires

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 26 April, 2018

Professor Sanjeev Goyal will give the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) Distinguished Seminar on Tuesday 1st May 2018, Cambridge, MA. See poster for details.

Keywords: Invited Lecture Society Systems Data Networks