Women in Investment Awards 2022
Congratulations to distinguished alumna Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff who has received an award from Investment Week magazine, which was delighted to honour the winners of the Women in Investment Awards 2022. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 1st December 2022
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How did Treasury policy-makers approach the economic response to Covid-19?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has published an article in the Economics Observatory. With the worst of the pandemic now behind us, it is time to take stock of how the government dealt with the crisis and to learn important lessons for the future Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 24th November 2022
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The economics of electricity generation
The Faculty’s Assistant Professor Alexander Rodnyansky has recently been interviewed on CNN from Kyiv, on the economics of electricity generation. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 18th November 2022
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The history of inflation
The Faculty's Victoria Bateman takes part in a new BBC Radio 4 economics series on “Understand: the economy”, presented by Tim Harford. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 7th November 2022
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Slowing the spread of the next epidemic
VoxTalks have released a podcast based on Dr Flavio Toxvaerd's recent paper, "Epidemics in Space: Control, Targeting and Delegation". Read More>>
Published on - Friday 21st October 2022
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Policy coordination and geographical targeting during pandemics
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd and Darren Hoover (Faculty of Economics, PhD student) have published an article for VOXeu that considers whether countries coordinate control measures during pandemics and should policies be locally targeted? Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Nobel Prize in Economics and The Keynes Fund
Director of the Keynes Fund, Dr Toke Aidt congratulates Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, for winning the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2022. The Keynes Fund provides generous grants for work in the subject area of policies that prevent financial crises.
Published on - Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Ukraine ‘must revamp labour laws and step up privatisation to fix economy’
Dr Alexander Rodnyansky from the Faculty of Economics has been extensively quoted in the UK’s Guardian Newspaper about the cost of rebuilding Ukraine. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 4th October 2022
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Gift set to expand Entrepreneurship Lab
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's Entrepreneurship Lab has been awarded a generous gift of £1.5 million from David Sainsbury and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, to expand their activities. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 3rd October 2022
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A more expansive definition of herd immunity
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for The Deepness, an online dive deep into the world of science. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Fighting climate change will help economic growth
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's research into long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change, has been featured in an article on the University of Cambridge news site. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Boris Johnson leaves a mixed legacy with his Brexit gambit
The e-book, “The Economics of Brexit: What Have We Learned?”, which Prof. Meredith Crowley provided a chapter for, has been quoted in a New York Times article about Boris Johnson's prime ministerial legacy. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Using machine learning to study parenting styles
Dr. Christopher Rauh and Laëtitia Renée (Université de Montréal) have published an article for VOXeu that uses unsupervised machine learning to measure parenting styles applied to a panel of Canadian children from age five months to just over two years. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 11th July 2022
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Productivity survey for Project CAPER
The Faculty's Prof. Chryssi Giannitsarou has sent out a survey in Qualtrics Cambridge for her ongoing research project on Covid-19 and academic productivity in economics research. Please do respond if you receive an invite. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Decentralized Finance and ESG Panel - Video
Watch the video of the "Decentralized Finance and ESG: Better or Worse?" Panel event, featuring Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Annette L. Nazareth, Lin Peng and Wei Xiong. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Is a UK-US trade agreement getting closer?
Professor Meredith Crowley discusses US tariffs on UK steel replaced by quotas on the BBC TV News World Business Outlook. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 6th June 2022
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Keynes Fund 21st Call for Projects
The Keynes Fund has announced it's 21st Call for Projects. The deadline for project proposals is 30th September 2022. Please see the Keynes Fund site for the criteria and details of the project applications process. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 25th May 2022
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COVID and Economics, Explain it to a Comedian - Video
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed by Comedian Sammy Obeid, for his "Explain it to a comedian" video series. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 24th May 2022
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Predicting Conflict - Sustainable Development Talks
Dr. Christopher Rauh spoke to the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks series about his research into conflict prediction. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 23rd May 2022
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Monetary Policy in a High Inflation and Volatile Environment - Video
Dr Petra Geraats gave a presentation on "Taking the Right Path: Monetary Policy in a High Inflation and Volatile Environment" at an event organised by the Resolution Foundation and the Money, Macro and Finance Society. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Weak links in supply chains are weaponised
An article in Nature magazine this week notes that weak links in finance and supply chains can be easily weaponised. It quotes the paper Prof. Vasco Carvalho, Prof. Matthew Elliot and John Spray, Supply Chain Bottlenecks in a Pandemic. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 10th May 2022
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How would an energy embargo affect Germany’s economy?
Professor Vasco Carvalho's research on Production Networks and Professor Matthew Elliott's research into Supply Network Formation and Fragility has been quoted in The Economist. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 29th April 2022
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Building resilient supply chains
Professor Vasco Carvalho's research on Production Networks, has been extensively quoted in the 2022 Economic Report of the US President, on 'Building Resilient Supply Chains'. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 28th April 2022
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Conversations with Sebastian Galiani: Episode XLV - Video
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed by Sebastian Galiani, for his 'Conversations' video series (in Spanish). Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 7th April 2022
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National Poetry Competition has its youngest ever winner
Faculty of Economics student, Eric Yip’s National Poetry Competition win, has been featured in the Guardian. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 31st March 2022
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The Ukraine conflict is an economic catastrophe
Dr Alexander Rodnyansky, who is currently an economic adviser to President Zelenskyy, has been speaking to news outlets about the effect of the current conflict on the Ukrainian economy and people. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 4th March 2022
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Behaviour and Policy During Pandemics Workshop - Videos
Watch videos from the Behaviour and Policy During Pandemics: Models and Methods Workshop, hosted by Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd and the Isaac Newton Institute. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 4th March 2022
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Better UK sick pay will help us live with Covid
Dr. Christopher Rauh's research into the value of sick pay, has been mentioned in a Financial Times article. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 1st March 2022
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Economics Observatory (ECO) – Special Issue on Decolonisation and Economics
Dr Carolina Alves will be editing a series of articles for the Economics Observatory (ECO) on decolonisation and economics along with Dr Ingrid Kvangraven (King’s College London, D-Econ) and editorial managers Ashley Lait and Charlie Meyrick. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 14th February 2022
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What is ‘the Cambridge difference’ in teaching economics?
Professor Tiago Cavalcanti explains what matters is studying economic problems and their issues, plus additional training in political philosophy. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 10th February 2022
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Strain on health services led to extra non-covid deaths
Dr. Christopher Rauh and Thiemo Fetzer's (University of Warwick) research into the pressures put on public health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been picked up by a range of media sources. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Tackling Covid by talking to each other
In the Financial Times Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd argues that we can’t tackle Covid unless economists and epidemiologists talk to each other. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Kamiar Mohaddes paper runner-up in FT awards
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper, "Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness", was named runner-up in the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 20th January 2022
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Impact of Omicron on UK economy expected to be modest
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was quoted in the Financial Times newspaper's article on the economic impact of the Omicron variant. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 14th January 2022
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