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

Special Issue Captures Vibrant Moment in #ComplexityEconomics Editorial team: @jennabednar.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @maria-drc.bsky.social @doynefarmer.bsky.social @francoislafond.bsky.social +J.Kaszowska-Mojsa, P.Mealy, M.Pangallo & A.Pichler #EconSky www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/vibrant...

We're hiring! Michael Wooldridge, Ani Calinescu and I are looking for a Senior Research Associate in Robust, Large-Scale Agent-Based Modelling. Applications by 7 July. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2454-fu... #ABM

Don't miss out!

JOB OPPORTUNITY ⇢ Research Assistant – Macroeconomics of the Seventh Carbon Budget ⇢ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies An opportunity to work under the supervision of Principal Investigator @doynefarmer.bsky.social and become an integral member of the @inet-complexity.bsky.social research group

Well done @linusmattauch.bsky.social 💪

Great work @linusmattauch.bsky.social for winning the 2025 European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics Under the Age of Forty @eaere.bsky.social @cameronhepburn.bsky.social says Linus' work has had an impact on European climate policy making ⇢ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/linus-m...

What can we learn from the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee pilot for designing effective labor market and social policy? @maxkasy.bsky.social and I have a new @inetoxford.bsky.social policy brief that summarises the results of the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee. oms-inet.files.svdcdn.com/production/f...

@inetoxford.bsky.social‬ is hosting a talk by Bill Ferguson (Grinnell College) on authoritarian kleptocracy in Russia and the collapse of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas in Oxford's Manor Road Building - 2pm, 5 June. Book now: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/ev...

We're looking forward to Prof David Vines @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @ballioloxford.bsky.social giving a talk on how to build a simple model of optimal policy responses to a temporary rise in energy prices 12 June at 14:00 BST 🔗https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/inet-oxford-seminar-trinity-term-25-w7

Very much looking forward to Bill Ferguson @grinnellcollege.bsky.social visiting Oxford on Thursday 5 June 2025 @ 2:00pm BST 🔗 Join us online or in person for Bill's talk www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/inet-... @politicsoxford.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

The next @inet-complexity.bsky.social Seminar Series event is with Benjamin Moll (LSE) on Wednesday 4 June 2025 @ 2:30pm BST (Hybrid) 🔗https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-trouble-with-rational-expectations-in-heterogeneous-agent-models #EconSky

New book from @carlbfrey.bsky.social incoming in September! Details of a launch event @oxmartinschool.bsky.social to follow in the near future #EconSky

Multilateralism in a Changed World 🌍 Dennis J. Snower and @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social bring New Economic Thinking to the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin 🔗 www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/multila...

Karolina Bassa @inet-complexity.bsky.social - Dynamics of sovereign debt: credit risk and sustainability analysis - youtu.be/U9l3GISXpQ4?... #complexity #EconSky

Coming up on Thursday 29 May 2025 @14:00 BST, @linusmattauch.bsky.social on 'New thinking on climate change policy and endogenous preferences' 🔗 www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/inet-...

Complexity Economics Seminar Series, 21 May 2025 @ 2:30pm BST (Hybrid) Macro-financial dynamics in energy transitions: a stock-flow consistent, input-output approach with Andrew Jackson 🔗 www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/macro... With @inet-complexity.bsky.social #econsky

Austrian government announces €50 million to expand the Job Guarantee scheme in new budget by Finance Minister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social Based on the evidence of the pilot initiated by @svenhergovich.bsky.social and our evaluation with @maxkasy.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/austria...

Check out the latest newsletter from @inetoxford.bsky.social . New work on welfare reform, healing political divisions, AI and jobs, the green transition, and much more! mailchi.mp/inet/trinity...