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Sloan Foundation awards Economics a grant for meso-economics 

The co-principal Investigators Professor Vasco Carvalho, and Professor Matthew Elliott, have been awarded a grant of a quarter of a million US dollars by the Sloan Foundation to bring towards the mainstream of economics a branch of research on meso-economics.

Published on - Thursday 14th September 2023

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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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Philosophy

Politics

Teaching



Bracken Bower Prize 2021 Winners 

Ines Lee and Eileen Tipoe have won the £15,000 Bracken Bower Prize with their proposal for a book about the future of higher education, Failing the Class. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 8th December 2021

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Early Life Skills and Human Capital Development Mini Conference 

Cambridge-INET, the Centre for Macroeconomics and the Cambridge Faculty of Economics are holding a Mini Conference on the "Early Life Skills and Human Capital Development Mini Conference". It will take place on Wednesday 12th May 2021, 2.00pm-5.50pm BST (UK) and will be held online. See the event page for more details.

Published on - Thursday 22nd April 2021

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Human Capital

Education

Dynamic Models

Life Skills



Healthcare, Education, and Labour Markets Mini Conference 

Cambridge-INET and the Faculty of Economics, Applied Microeconomics group are holding a Mini Conference on "Healthcare, Education, and Labour Markets". It will take place on Tuesday 18th February 2021 at 3PM - 6.15PM GMT (UK) and will be held online. See the event page for more details.

Published on - Monday 25th January 2021

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Healthcare

Education

Labour Markets

Applied Microeconomics



COVID Economics Alumni Webinar Series 

Cambridge-INET and Dr. Meredith Crowley are hosting a series of public lectures for Cambridge Alumni. The sixth of these webinars "Inequalities in Education and Labour Market Outcomes Under COVID", will take place on Friday 19th June 2020, at 1.00pm and feature talks by Professor Anna Vignoles and Dr Christopher Rauh. Please see the Cambridge-INET COVID Economics Alumni webinar series webpage for details.

Event Date - Friday 19th June 2020

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Inequalities

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COVID Economics Alumni Webinar Series 

Cambridge-INET and Dr. Meredith Crowley are hosting a series of public lectures for Cambridge Alumni. The fifth of these webinars "How do Personal Attributes Affect an Individual's Engagement with Society Under COVID?", will take place on Friday 12th June 2020, at 1.00pm and feature talks by Dr Sriya Iyer and Dr Weilong Zhang. Please see the Cambridge-INET COVID Economics Alumni webinar series webpage for details.

Event Date - Friday 12th June 2020

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COVID-19

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Education

Health



Research Horizons 

Prof. Sheilagh Ogilvie's research is featured in the latest University's Research Horizons magazine. Read the article "How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories of economic growth" or download the latest issue of Research Horizons.

Published on - Wednesday 4th July 2018

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Education

Economic History

Women in Economics

Human Capital



Coffee, Economics and Education 

The Faculty's Athena SWAN members organised a coffee morning at Newnham College with Prof. Caroline Hoxby, the 2018 Marshall lecturer.

Published on - Saturday 14th April 2018

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Marshall

Education

Women in Economics




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