Tickets are going fast for this year's Public Policy Lecture w/ Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social discussing "Public Policy in the Age of Disruption", chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social 📅 Thu 20 Nov 🕠 17:30 – 19:00 📍 Jesus College 👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...

Join us at our virtual open day sessions this morning to find out about our two MPhil programmes running in 2026: 9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

Looking to advance your career in public policy? Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes: 🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social 🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Register & ask your questions bit.ly/4ohV9ck

Looking to advance your career in public policy? Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social for our Virtual Open Day – Tues 4 Nov - to find out more about our two Masters courses: 🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy 🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy Register & ask your questions: bit.ly/4ohV9ck

Join our Virtual Open Day sessions to learn more about our postgraduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social 📅 4 Nov 2025 🕒 9am—MPhil in Public Policy 🕒 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy Register to attend online: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

A few weeks ago, the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk was officially launched. How exciting to be part of the founding faculty of a new department, and at Cambridge U no less! Can't wait to see the BSPP grow to become a leading policy school worldwide

That is a lot of money, even for one of the richest countries in the world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This year's Public Policy Lecture will be delivered by Prof Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard Kennedy School, on “Public Policy in the Age of Disruption”, chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social 🕠17:30-19:00 📅Thu 20 Nov 2025 📍Jesus College, Cambridge 🎟️ Book here: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...

We're proud to share @terzibus.bsky.social from the Bennett School has joined the @weforum.org Global Future Council on Equitable Transition (2025–26) He’ll work with global experts to ensure the shift to a green economy is inclusive & equitable. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/alessio...

Join our Virtual Open Day to learn about our graduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social 📅 4 Nov 2025 🕒 9–11am Meet course directors, ask questions, and explore our MPhils in Digital Policy & Public Policy. www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

We're looking for two Research Assistants/Associates (RA) to join our team: - RA in the AI & Geopolitics Project – directed by @verityharding.bsky.social - RA to support policy response & knowledge transfer activities - led by @ojgarling.bsky.social Apply: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...

1/ 🌍🚨 Overcoming five key challenges to make the energy transition a just labor transition — now in @natcomms.nature.com. w/ @sharanburrow.bsky.social, @alanfinkshap.bsky.social, @ct-economics.bsky.social, @mauropucheta.bsky.social, @danielraimi.bsky.social, @terzibus.bsky.social + colleagues

A new piece by @terzibus.bsky.social et al. in @natureportfolio.nature.com identifies 5 key challenges to making the energy transition a just labor transition 1. Job/skills mismatch 2. Policy mismatch in the Global South 3. Informal workers ignored 4. Failed place-based policies 5. Lack of finance 🧵

Today, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy, @cam.ac.uk The Bennett School will continue to conduct leading public policy research, teaching & engagement, for the right kind of growth fairly shared. Please now follow our work here.

Connect with our leading team: go.bsky.app/UX4T67L

President Trump regards climate change as a hoax. This is no reason to give up for those who still worry about the future of the planet. In this column, @wederdim.bsky.social, @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social and I explain how and put forward concrete proposals. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

“Bridging the science–business divide — through research, teaching, outreach and engagement — can equip graduates with the skills to create a net-zero, nature-positive economy,” writes Matthew Agarwala in a World View article for Nature. 🧪

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

🚀 LIVE NOW: Autonomy in orbit: Europe’s place in the new #space economy ⌚ 13:00-14:00 CET ❗ Launching the new Bruegel Blueprint on the European space economy w/ experts Reinhilde Veugelers, Jordi Casanova, Matteo Cascinari, Charlotte Van Camp & Emilio Vez! 🔗 buff.ly/y5mF8uN

Extraordinary comments by CEO of Ford about China's EVs... "Their cost, their quality of their vehicles is far superior to what I see in the West." "If we lose this, we do not have a future Ford" "It's the most humbling thing I have ever seen" www.businessinsider.com/ford-ceo-chi...

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...

Just emerging from the WEF summer Davos. Three days of pure interactions between leaders in tech, policy, and academia from all over the world. In spite of all the challenges, there was still optimism (mostly driven by the potential of AI). Reasonable? I’m not so convinced

🚨Job Alert: We’re looking for a dynamic Teaching & Learning Coordinator to support established & newly developed postgraduate programmes at the new Bennett School of Public Policy. 🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025 🔗 www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...

Solar + storage is now $104 per MWh in Las Vegas or similar regions for nearly 100% clean firm power. There is no way new nuclear can compete with this. Even new gas plants will struggle and that is assuming access to cheap gas over the life-cycle of the plant, which is kind of a crazy gamble TBH.

Chinese investment patterns in Europe have changed dramatically over past ten years • Inflows of Chinese FDI have dropped five-fold compared to 2016 peak, which was fuelled by M&A operations • Chinese investors now focus on greenfield investments, in particular for EVs in bid to dodge EU tariffs

1/Markets are watching London to see outcome of US-China trade negotiations. But they should be more concerned about Los Angles. finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-...

"Dear Prime Minister, there is no trade-off between net zero and economic growth," write UK academics in a letter aimed at dispelling some of the political narratives that are starting to gain traction. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: The energy transition is more disruptive—and could move much faster—than most people think. It’s not just about swapping old tech for new. Shift to clean energy is a complex web of feedback loops, tipping points & surprises. Our new 📖 👇 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications... 🧵

Henrik Enderlein, former President of the Hertie School and founding Director of the @delorsberlin.bsky.social‬, passed away four years ago today at the age of 46. We remember Henrik as a visionary leader, professor, teacher and mentor. Our thoughts remain with Henrik's family and friends today.

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

Youth mobility (by 2024 vote) General public: Support 63% Oppose 13% LibDem: Support 80% Oppose 6% Labour: Support 69%, Oppose 10% (Neither 18%) Conservatives: Support 65%, Oppose 15% Reform UK: Support 42% Oppose 31% (Neither 25%) (Focaldata for British Future, May 2025)

Why are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap? High levels of automation, cheap energy, and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. It's less about low salaries than many people think. My latest Substack: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-chea...

📢Here it is! The Call for Papers is out for the 4th Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics! Join @pantras.bsky.social, Ken Rogoff, Silvana Tenreyro + @nityanayar.bsky.social, @ikuziemko.bsky.social & more in Paris more in Paris to present your geoeconomics research 👉 ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev...

New research by @johnlpoquiz.bsky.social & Nghi Nguyen shows that excluding top earners from real GDP per capita greatly reduces the perceived US growth advantage, despite high earners benefiting most in other advanced economies too. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/whose-e...

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with the team for three weeks this summer. Deadline: 02 June, 9AM BST Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/ypeV1mr

Europe has the freest media in the world according to Reporters Without Borders’ annual press freedom ranking — though Southern and Eastern Europe are lagging behind.

American students turn to UK as Trump takes aim at US universities https://www.ft.com/content/ebb2b7e7-5dea-47a2-8386-f12eda692c0f

“We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.” ~ Carl Sagan

Not news, but new coverage of an impt story. "The country’s decision ... is partly in response to a planned European Union tax on imported products that generate high emissions when made. Importers can avoid the tax if their home country has a carbon pricing policy." www.eenews.net/articles/bra...

People underestimate their fellow citizens' willingness to contribute to mitigating climate change. Information about others' willingness to contribute increases their own willingness to contribute.

JUST RELEASED: US economic growth is likely to stall this year, Karen Dynan says at our semiannual Global Economic Prospects event. She puts US recession odds at 40%.

A study in Nature Communications estimates income inequality in the Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Empire and finds that the Han Empire was, overall, more unequal and extractive than the Roman Empire, with the respective one-percenters earning 26% and 19% of total income. 🏺 🧪

It took Ed Roberts over a year to find a senior scientist to work at his cancer research laboratory in Scotland, a delay he blames on high UK visa costs that made it harder to attract international workers reut.rs/4cxPeuB

📢 Bruegel welcomes applications from all areas of economic research for positions as Research Assistants! Expected start date: 01 September 2025. Apply before April 27th 2025, 23:59 CET! 🔗 buff.ly/HSmAQQp

Canada joins Horizon Europe programme

Trade Wars Are Easy to Lose My latest. Escalation with China will be Trump's economic equivalent of the Vietnam War. The US will lose bigly. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... via @foreignaffairs.com

Some country’s economy will surely tank due to the Trump mayhem. Which do you think it will be and why? Russia due to oil prices and war? US due to fighting too many fronts? China due to export reductions? Some EU country due to debt problems? Some LDC as collateral?

Excellent seminar by @terzibus.bsky.social today on his research about the long-term decline in space launch costs. Read his paper on current and future economic uses of space: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications... @campolis.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social