🚨We're hiring 2 part-time Research Assistants to join Professor Zach Parolin's research team working on economic and social inequality in high-income countries. You will be a PhD student in a social science discipline (or relevant data science field) with experience in data management and analysis.

This essay from Carter Powis will give you a framework for thinking about the possible futures between “AI destroys everyone” and “AI solves everything” #economicsofsustainability @cameronhepburn.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications...

No. 2026-17 - Policy Discussion Paper: Return from Erewhon - What I…

Every public conversation about AI seems to end in one of two places: the machines kill us, or the machines save us. Notice that both stories tell you to…

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Join me on May 29 for the concluding session of the Beyond Carbon UZH lecture series: Greening Growth, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Dioxide Removal. I'll be in discussion with Ottmar Edenhofer @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @inetoxford.bsky.social www.sustainability.uzh.ch/en/research-...

Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs ➟ the fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions @nickhanauer.bsky.social & @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social write for @theatlantic.com on economic paradigm change @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Economic Experiment That Upended Reality

Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs. The fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions.

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In our next #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 27 May, we're delighted to have Güven Demirel from @qmul.bsky.social here (and online) to talk about modelling global trade with optimal transport #EconSky @inetoxford.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/model...

Modelling global trade with optimal transport

Global trade is shaped by a complex mix of factors beyond supply and demand, including tangible variables like transport costs and tariffs, as well as…

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Are current housing policies enough to deliver meaningful change? 🏠 Join us for a panel discussion exploring some of the biggest questions facing housing policy today. 📅 28 May 2026 📍 Oxford Martin School & online 🔗 Register here: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/housi... @inetoxford.bsky.social

@inetoxford.bsky.social ED and Oxford economist @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social + entrepreneur, investor and economic thinker @nickhanauer.bsky.social have been building a new framework for how markets work—and who they work for. Beinhocker just took it to @HalSinger.bsky.social's Slingshot podcast. 🧵

If you're thinking about what comes after neoliberalism, this is the perfect conversation to start with. Full conversation at the link below ⬇ #EconSky

Slingshot Episode 29 - The Sling

Eric Beinhocker, Professor at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, discusses his forthcoming book, Market Humanism, which sets out a new economic paradigm to replace neoliberalism.

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Professor Jennifer Castle, Sir David Hendry, and Dr Andrew Martinez explain why the OBR’s forecasting model needs an overhaul ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4czvnfa

The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io

Economist Maxim Massenkoff @anthropic.com, makers of Claude and Claude Code, is the next speaker in our @inetoxford.bsky.social Inequality Working Group series Join host @zparolin.bsky.social and the team online via zoomon 14 May at 1600 BST ⮞ Register here ⮞ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/labor...

Which technologies will advance and are investment worthy? 📈 The Oxford Martin Programme on Forecasting Technological Change seeks to answer this question, and will create a new technological progress database, hosted by @ourworldindata.org. 🔗 Read more: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/forecasting-...

Published in Quantitative Finance ➤ Social contagion and asset prices: Reddit's self-organised bull runs Valentina Semenova & Julian Winkler @inet-complexity.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications...

Social contagion and asset prices: Reddit's self-organised bull runs

In recent years, online discussion platforms have amplified the impact of social forces on financial markets. This paper uses text data from Reddit's…

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Honoured to receive this year’s Barnett Prize for my paper exploring the relationship between council housing repairs and maintenance spending and residents’ wellbeing. I’m grateful to the committee for their recognition and @aaronreeves.bsky.social who helped shape and refine the paper!

Oxford Social Policy and Intervention@dspi-oxford.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations @neftalememanuel.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Barnett Prize for his paper: ‘Damp Places, Unhappy Faces: Analysing the Impact of Housing Repairs & Maintenance Expenditure on Local Authority Residents Wellbeing in England between 2013-2022’ 👏 www.spi.ox.ac.uk/article/barn...

Join us today online for Alexandra Roulet's talk on "Making Labor Markets Work for Workers and Businesses", hosted by @zparolin.bsky.social @inetoxford.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social. I'll be moderating the event and look forward to a vibrant discussion. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/makin...

New materials published on market humanism! Visit the new microsite and download Markets Built for Humans by @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social & @nickhanauer.bsky.social Watch back their @oxmartinschool.bsky.social lecture here www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHmK... www.marketsbuiltforhumans.org

Markets Built for Humans

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A reminder that the deadline to apply to join us @oxfordeconnet.bsky.social is today!

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Speakers Reveal! We’re excited to share the next set of speakers joining OSSEN 2026! This group includes internationally recognised researchers in network science, social networks, and human mobility. More speakers coming soon — stay tuned! Apply by 6 March www.maths.ox.ac.uk/events/summe...

No one can fault @doynefarmer.bsky.social's ambition. The American economist is confident that, with the right funding, he can build a computer simulator of the world’s economy. As it sounds, this is no mean feat. #complexity @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ec...

The economist trying to save the planet with his own crystal ball

No one can predict the future... yet. Will Rogers-Coltman speaks to Professor Doyne Farmer about his lofty aims to build the world’s first super-simulator

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Smart Talk: Land, Housing, and the Economy John Muellbauer @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social talks to Ed Dodson @hgsssnyc.bsky.social about the interactions between the housing market and the wider economy. @oxmartinschool.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vf...

Smart Talk: Land, Housing, and the Economy

YouTube video by Henry George School of Social Science

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The economist trying to save the planet with his own crystal ball: read @doynefarmer.bsky.social's interview in The Standard #ComplexityEconomics #EnergyTransition @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @inetoxford.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ec...

The economist trying to save the planet with his own crystal ball

No one can predict the future... yet. Will Rogers-Coltman speaks to Professor Doyne Farmer about his lofty aims to build the world’s first super-simulator

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Are we measuring economic progress the right way? INET Oxford founder @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social and entrepreneur and philanthropist @nickhanauer.bsky.social argue it's time for a new approach. Learn more on Thursday 5 March 👇 https://tinyurl.com/23djt3m2 @inetoxford.bsky.social

Developing a Complexity Model of the Global Economy @doynefarmer.bsky.social @inet-complexity.bsky.social outlines his plan for a super simulator: An economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that

Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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Economics has failed the climate crisis: this complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan - @doynefarmer.bsky.social says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world #climatecrisis Interview by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a plan to fix that

Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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Great @theguardian.com piece on my colleague @doynefarmer.bsky.social and his "mind blowing" plan to model the global economy www.theguardian.com/environment/... @inetoxford.bsky.social

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that

Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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Shiny new paper: Virtuous and vicious cycles in the energy transition We explore how feedback loop dynamics are shaping the energy transition and what it means for decision makers. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Virtuous and vicious cycles in the energy transition - Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Feedback loops shape the pace and direction of the clean energy transition by accelerating or resisting change. Researchers and practitioners can draw on these feedback loops as practical heuristics t...

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Sara AlMahri @ifmcambridge.bsky.social is the next speaker in our @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar series! Join us on Wednesday 11th February @14:30 GMT in person or online, Register ➼ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/from-...

We are looking forward to hosting @cesifoti.bsky.social @tse-fr.eu for an @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar on Wed 11th March at Manor Road Building, to discuss his new book!

On Feb 17, our @inetoxford.bsky.social team will launch the INET Oxford Inequality Working Group, an online seminar series that invites discussion on inequality and public policy. Our first speaker: @drodrik.bsky.social presents his new book. Details & registration: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/share...

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

Dani Rodrik of Harvard University will present his new book, "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global…

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Our first @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar of the year is coming up, featuring a book talk from @maxkasy.bsky.social! Don't forget to register to watch in person or online ➸ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-m... @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

An opportunity to join @zparolin.bsky.social's growing #Inequality team @inetoxford.bsky.social @dspi-oxford.bsky.social ➸ Apply by 6 February ➸ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies