Off to the park early with @sociabledog.bsky.social and #sophiefromromania before the roads close for the Ealing Half Marathon- we deserved a #bigbreakfast but runners are advised to just have a banana
Diane Coyle
@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
#EconSky #MITeconomics Peter Diamond and Eric Maskin co-taught the economics of uncertainty at MIT in the Fall of 1978. Their five page course reading list has been transcribed and posted. www.irwincollier.com/m-i-t-readin...
If you want to hear Mike Emmerich talking both about his forthcoming book on Howard Bernstein and on the need to (re) build capacity in local government then there’s an excellent interview by @andrewcities.bsky.social here youtu.be/rP3DT04mlmk?...
City Talks: Mike Emmerich
YouTube video by Centre For Cities
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Another excellent piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social (English) Devolution, like so much else is turning into a binary issue where you either think it a waste of time and money, or a silver bullet to solve all our problems. www.ft.com/content/067a... The dangers of devolution dogma
The dangers of devolution dogma
Viewing decentralisation as a silver bullet could lead to an unthinking rush to pass down power as fast as possible
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When #sophiefromromania Is on border patrol we remember why we got the garden fence heightened
I totally agree with the point about the OBR by construction never taking the long-term into account - the future beyond max 5 years never "scores"
Dan Davies@dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 2d agoat the 'stack, I round off this week's series by arguing that the OBR is fundamentally incapable of the task assigned to it, and this isn't the fault of anyone except Claude Shannon. backofmind.substack.com/p/a-question...
Freshly published in Data & Policy, our article with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social presents an empirical framework of AI archetypes for policy analysis. We ran different approaches to policy analysis and compared what each produced, and what it cost in time, money, contextual depth and oversight.
Governing the evidence base: An empirical framework of AI archetypes for policy analysis | Data & Policy | Cambridge Core
Governing the evidence base: An empirical framework of AI archetypes for policy analysis - Volume 8
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We had a lovely dinner with old friends in this fantastic city
New blog by @alturobov.bsky.social on how civil servants can use AI while preserving accountability - links to our new open access paper www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-arch...
AI archetypes for policy analysis - Bennett School of Public Policy
Civil servants are increasingly using language models to read and analyse policy documents. Dr Aleksei Turobov and Prof Dame Diane Coyle tested four ways of doing this on a corpus of 63 United Nations...
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Still no yellow trainers…
National Institute of Economic and Social Research@niesrorg.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's wrap-up time at the #LMPF2026 A very timely panel to conclude the day on the Macroeconomics of #AI, including Kanishka Narayan MP, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social , chaired by Jonathan Haskel. Thanks to all the speakers and delegates that have engaged with this year's #LondonMacroPolicyForum!
I hope somebody one day writes the panda perspective on panda diplomacy.
Reuters@reuters.com · 3d agoChina's Xi says pandas will soon arrive in Atlanta reut.rs/3VtS4fO
Looking forward to taking part in PPL's series of conversations on Neighbourhood Resilience on Monday. Do sign up! ppl.org.uk/ppl-launches...
PPL launches Neighbourhood Resilience conversation series - PPL
In September, PPL is launching a series of exploring what makes neighbourhoods resilient and what this means for communities, public services and the future of place-based working. In recent years, co...
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Come work at the IFS! You’ll get to work on the big issues facing the country with colleagues whose passion, smarts and helpfulness humble me every day. Deadline: 8 November.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies@theifs.bsky.social · 3d ago📢 Interested in working at the Institute for Fiscal Studies? We are currently recruiting Research Economists to join the IFS team in Autumn 2027. ➡️ Apply via this link by 8 November 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/udmayp...
It was a really good discussion- but James cut my nice yellow trainers out of the pic
JamesSmithRF@jamessmithrf.bsky.social · 3d agoFinally, it’s all things AI related here at the NIESR #LMPF2026. Great panel including Kanishka Narayan and @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social and chaired by Jonathan Haskel. Mostly focused on growth potential rather than the end of humanity. Mostly…
📢 Interested in working at the Institute for Fiscal Studies? We are currently recruiting Research Economists to join the IFS team in Autumn 2027. ➡️ Apply via this link by 8 November 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/udmayp...
Could this finally be a way to free the Postcode Address File?
kate conger@kateconger.com · 3d agoThe latest update in the rogue A.I. saga: OpenAI agents that were supposed to be performing mundane data requests for things like health data, historic photos and wait times at theme parks resorted to hacking attempts when they couldn't access the data they wanted www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
My latest Guardian long read is about the people trying to get their ideas into Britain’s new government and whether Burnham is really prepared to be that radical. Grateful to the many people who spoke to me for this - read it online or in Saturday’s paper: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?
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My research assistant #sophiefromromania is already shattered. Maybe an AI agent could do her job? (Maybe not… )
This is not AI agents going rogue, but OpenAI. This hack took the company months to notice and then they notified a public email address rather than the appropriate government agency. www.ft.com/content/5613... OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website
OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website
AI lab took months to spot the problem, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called ‘obviously unacceptable’
ft.com
Apparently I'm giving an inaugural lecture - all very welcome! Thurs October 8th, 5pm, drinks to follow.
Chris Brooke@chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 5d agoProf. @josephinequinn.bsky.social's inaugural lecture, "Anarchical Antiquity", will be at 5pm on Thursday 8 October in the Old Divinity School Main Lecture Theatre, St John’s College, Cambridge. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Our project on Mapping AI Safety needs a research assistant for six months. Please do pass on to anyone you think would be interested www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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NEW on the Economics Observatory - How has the UK’s trade changed over the past 100 years? by Brian Varian buff.ly/H3mf1Jc
How has the UK’s trade changed over the past 100 years? - Economics Observatory
Debates about globalisation and trade policy have deep historical roots. Patterns in the goods and services bought and sold by the UK have shifted over the past century, alongside the framework that…
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