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!

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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/...

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

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...

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...

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

I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join us at the University of Oxford and our @inetoxford.bsky.social Inequality team. Ideal candidate has experience in the fields of inequality, social mobility, and/or public policy. We can sponsor visas for non-UK applicants. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Academics from across @socsci.ox.ac.uk reflect on the #UKBudget25 including changes to income, electric vehicle, and property taxes, as well as the lifting of the two-child benefit cap. ⤵️ www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11... @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @inetoxford.bsky.social @dspi-oxford.bsky.social

Land, housing and the British economy: background paper www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications... @inetoxford.bsky.social working paper by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow John Muellbauer

The Upjohn Institute announces its 2025 Dissertation Award winners. First Prize: Lukas Lehner (@lukaslehner.bsky.social) “Beyond Unemployment: An Investigation of Social Policies to Empower Workers in a Changing World of Work” for Oxford University www.upjohn.org/Upjohn-Insti...

Just out in the New York Times: My op-ed on the limits of data-privacy and the need for democratic control in the age of AI. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o... @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Lukas Lehner Wins International Awards For Dissertation ➽ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/lukas-lehner-wins-international-awards-for-dissertation @lukaslehner.bsky.social has received two international awards for his dissertation completed @ox.ac.uk @dspi-oxford.bsky.social

Fresh paper from @jordantkemp.bsky.social @inet-complexity.bsky.social

We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher to join a new Oxford Martin programme led by renowned innovation scholars: Prof @maxroser.bsky.social, Prof @doynefarmer.bsky.social & Dr @francoislafond.bsky.social. Help shape global insights into how technologies evolve. Link in thread ⬇️

I am glad to be back at @ox.ac.uk to present the research of my team at @csh.ac.at on cities at @inetoxford.bsky.social! See you later today! 🌇 www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/citie...

Welcome to Our New Era. What Do We Call It? In @nytimes.com, @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social comments on 'the decisive test of our age' What’s changed? In a word: complexity. Read the @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social column ➽

My column: We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...

We too are very excited about Karolina Bassa's new paper with Rama Cont on Dynamics of sovereign debt: credit risk and sustainability analysis www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications...

In our next #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 12 Nov, Rafael Prieto-Curiel @csh.ac.at will explore the challenges of making cities work for everyone while facing dual challenges of managing both expansion and contraction at a time of rapid future population expansion www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/citie...

⚠️ Debt and deficits are exploding 📉 Financial market trust has been shaken 🏦 Federal Reserve independence has been eroded 🌍 Geopolitical trust has collapsed @inetoxford.bsky.social's Dennis Snower explains how the dollar became the world’s pillar - and why it’s now cracking ⬇️

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Economics of Technological Change (2yr) ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies Join the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social Prog. on Forecasting Technological Change, led by @francoislafond.bsky.social , @doynefarmer.bsky.social & @maxroser.bsky.social

FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford! @zparolin.bsky.social is hiring: 🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility 🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

When @doynefarmer.bsky.social was a student, he walked into a Vegas casino, sat down at a roulette table and beat the house! LISTEN to BBC interview to hear how he's using his powers of prediction @inetoxford.bsky.social to resolve how best to prevent climate change. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A new Q&A + Working Paper to accompany @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social John Muellbauer's property tax reform proposal published ➡️ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/property-tax-reform-proposal-gains-momentum-ahead-of-uk-budget @econchange.bsky.social @sheltercharity.bsky.social

#WIFO Research Seminar with Karolina Bassa (@inetoxford.bsky.social; @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social) – A Quantitative Model of Sovereign Credit Risk and Debt Sustainability Date & Time: 01 October 2025, 12:30 pm Register now: [email protected] ▶️ Join us: buff.ly/auvhpnG

Additional role for for @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social  announced Eric has been appointed to the Science Board of @sfiscience.bsky.social as its Chair The role advises on scientific strategy for the Institute. https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/eric-beinhocker-to-chair-santa-fe-institute-science-board

Want to keep up-to-date on new policy-relevant research from @ox.ac.uk ? Want to know about the latest opportunities to engage with Oxford researchers on #policy-academic collaborations? The Oxford Briefing offers all this and more! Subscribe here: lnkd.in/eWy88agr

John Muellbauer's w/e opinion for @financialtimes.com has generated 1K comments 🡂 Replace top 2 council tax bands with annual wealth tax of 0.5% 🡂 1% tax on agricultural &unoccupied land valued above £40K p/ha @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @econchange.bsky.social @neonuk.bsky.social

▶New guide to modelling the net zero transition is published; ▶Gives clarity to a plethora of available modelling options becoming increasingly relevant Led by @cameronhepburn.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/most-ef...

💷 'Council Tax is probably the most regressive property tax in the world.' @inetoxford.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social's Prof John Muellbauer proposes a two-part solution to the fairer taxation of property in the UK ⬇️

Terrific news for @inetoxford.bsky.social & @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social!

This fall, I'll join the University of Oxford as Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity. I'll also become the Director of the Economics, Inequality and Opportunity Program at INET Oxford, and will join @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a Professorial Fellow.

Lessons from chaos theory on Trump tariff bottlenecks - feat. @doynefarmer.bsky.social @inet-complexity.bsky.social "Farmer looks at economies as complex networks, drawing on the ideas of chaos theory to model interactions between the players." #EconSky @risk.net www.risk.net/our-take/796...

New Op-ed: "Welfare for the 21st century" ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07... @maxkasy.bsky.social discusses British welfare reform, what we have learned from #basicincome and #jobguarantee experiments, and argues that we should create a truly comprehensive safety net for all. #EconSky

New Op-ed: "Welfare for the 21st century" www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07... I discuss British welfare reform, what we have learned from #basicincome and #jobguarantee experiments, and argue that we should create a truly comprehensive safety net for all. cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @INETOxford

We’ve got a new paper out on “Learning Likelihood-free Reference Priors”, forthcoming at #ICML2025. In this paper, we consider how reference priors (RPs) can be constructed for arbitrary simulation models. 🧵

Was great to have @friesenbichler.bsky.social @ascii-at.bsky.social visiting @inet-complexity.bsky.social this term! Great collaboration on supply chains and ABMs with @doynefarmer.bsky.social @francoislafond.bsky.social & Christian Diem

It was great to visit @inetoxford.bsky.social for the term. Our interdisciplinary supply chain research paves the way for better economic models. In particular, I was working on firm-level surveys and how they can augment large network models and ABMs with reaction functions. Thanks for having me!

Incredible work from Cephas Svose, who makes a great contribution @inet-complexity.bsky.social @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social His current research focuses on the interaction between different trading strategies of traders on the stock market using Agent-Based-Modelling to understand complex systems