British Growth and the Graduate Premium. tomforth.co.uk/graduateprem...

Do you want to directly influence how the European Commission supports policymakers to try new ideas? Help the European Commission understand how policymakers try new ideas in R&I policy by completing a 10-minute survey and see how your views compare to others. 📝: shorturl.at/VZQ5V

We're officially on Bluesky! 🥳 The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL)'s purpose is to increase the impact of innovation and productivity policies through novel ideas, experimentation, data, and evidence. Learn more about IGL: www.innovationgrowthlab.org Subscribe to our newsletter: shorturl.at/Jxd9q

Do you work in an EU or UK public organisation responsible for the design, delivery or evaluation of R&I policy? If so please consider taking 10 minutes to share your views on the approach to new ideas and evidence, also see how your views compare to others. eu.mar.medallia.com?e=461456&d=l...

A bit late posting it, but the latest round of our seed grants programmes is currently open to support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas, which could inform research, innovation and business growth policy. www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...

At #metascience2025 for day 2 Come find me if you're interested in: - tracking the impact of funding on the direction of science - AI in science - open source code and science

A nice start to the Metascience conference in London today! It's good to be among this niche but rapidly growing community focused on making research more impactful. Great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new, brilliant minds.

Does anyone know how this stat is calculated "There are over 34,000 scale-ups in the UK — just 0.6% of SMEs — yet they generate a staggering £1.4 trillion in turnover, contributing 55% of all SME revenues."? www.gov.uk/government/n...

What’s the return on government support for R&D? To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.

🚨 Hiring news! 🚨 I’m looking to hire five really important new roles. Each will lead a major new innovation programme to tackle one of five major national challenges.

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

Very excited to announce the launch of the IGL Masterclass Series: Designing Field Experiments, an opportunity to gain insights from leading experts in the fields of science, innovation and productivity. IGL and CFXS have teamed up to bring you a pilot version, starting in March 2025

📢 The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended by one week! Proposals are due by 23:59 GMT on Friday, 14 Feb. We are accepting proposals for virtual pre-conference symposia, in-person panel sessions, and talks or posters on any topic related to metascience: metascience.info/call-for-pro...

New post! Looking at who benefits more from technologies that make discovery easier; literal maps, genome wide association studies, and machine learning.

Only a few hours until IGL launches our “Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration” Handbook. Enough time to change you plans and join us or at least sign up to get a copy

Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

Our Metascience Unit is funding a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how AI is changing the research landscape, and how governments, businesses and funders should respond. Applications open on 13 Feb 2025! www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Only six days left to apply for the IGL Seed Grants, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! These grants are designed to support researchers in developing and piloting experimental ideas that could evolve into full-scale Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs).

New post! Gene-disease maps, software for science, and AI/ML are all forms of prediction technology. How do they impact innovation? open.substack.com/pub/mattscla...

During a panel at the ASSA meetings I presented field experimental work in partnership with firms. Many have asked for my slides and those can be found here (via 2024!): ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...

Stuck for things to do between Christmas and New Year celebrations? Then let me remind you about this new position at IGL. Perhaps something for you, family member or a friend

A new firm-level database integrating real outcomes with business owner characteristics and business financing information, from J. David Brown, Steven J. Davis, Lucia S. Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, and John Sabelhaus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33254

One problem with attending CFXS just before the Christmas Break is that I only have a few hours on the Eurostar to write down all the papers, methodological points, ideas and connections that came up over a packed two days! cfxs.org

We're hiring! If you’re a data scientist who wants to put your quant skills to work for social good, come join us at the Innovation Growth Lab in London. You’ll have a chance to do research, develop open-source tools, and support public policy. www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...

Wondering what to do over the Christmas break? Why not consider applying for the new Data Scientist post at IGL You'll play a major part in our TREMORS project (details under wraps for now but I applaud @georgerichardson.bsky.social choice of project name)

I'll not try and capture all the insights at CFXS, but I certainly want to read this paper in more detail. As always, it would be great to see more research like this in the UK and similar - context business platform with outcomes relevant to economic policy goals jpronconi.github.io/website-file...

Excited to be at INSEAD Fontainebleau today for CFXS 2025, we're starting with the PHD workshop and an introduction to the Strategy experiment canvas cfxs.org

A bit early... but if your New Year's resolution will involve developing a new field experiment to inform innovation and business policy then our new Seed Grants programme could get you off to a great start! #Econsky

I would LOVE to hire someone awesome to lead UKRI’s work on data and how we use it to understand the R&D system. Great opportunity for someone with strong data skills who cares about technology, research and progress! t.co/pItvynXWfn

The call for proposals for Metascience 2025 is open! We’re after ideas for sessions, talks, posters & online symposia. Deadline 7 February metascience.info/call-for-pro... And if you haven’t already, save the date! 30 June to 2 July #Metascience25 @briannosek.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social

Help the civil service out of the "tepid bath of managed decline" and into the bracing shower of experimental success..

Have I created this account just to promote some of the activities underway at IGL.... Perhaps but will see how it goes

Call for Nominations: IGL Annual Research Prizes! Alongside our new seed grants, I'm also pleased to introduce our prizes to celebrate outstanding experimental research in science, innovation, and productivity. Details, including categories and how to nominate, are on our website. #Econsky

We’re doing this again! If you’re a PhD student going on the job market and want your innovation-related paper to be included in the list, email a title, abstract, and link to [email protected] by the end of November mattsclancy.substack.com/p/innovation...

Hello all. As someone who's experienced the challenge of finding opportunities for experimental research. Very happy that my first post here can be to promote IGL's new Seed Grants (up to $8K) to help early-career researchers break through those barriers. Apply by Jan 15, 2025 #Econsky