🚨 Job alert We’re hiring 5 permanent faculty positions at Assistant Professor level: • 3 x Open field • Health Economics • IO Come work in a large, research-intensive department! ⏰ Applications reviewed on a rolling basis (deadline 18 Jan 2026) #econjobs econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

Great to announce that Alejandro Riaño (@alejandroriano.bsky.social) and Orkun Saka (@orkunsaka.bsky.social) have both been promoted to Reader 🎉 They’re exceptional scholars whose work has made a real impact across research and teaching. Big congratulations to both — ad maiora!

Our first-year Data Analysis 1 students presented their research this week. Using data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, they carried out original analyses of the university sector. Statistically significant levels of enjoyment are observed in the figure (courtesy of Gabriele Vecchio).

Congratulations to our colleague Caroline Liqui Lung, who has secured a Keynes Fund grant with Rebecca Heath for research on how imitation and personal feedback shape individual learning. www.keynesfund.econ.cam.ac.uk/projects/jhcd

A duo of PhD students’ talks coming up: Wang Yufeng — How Do First-Gen Immigrants Respond to Banking Crises in Their Countries of Origin? Joachim Bukenya — Reorienting Trade in Developing Regions 10 Dec, 12–1 pm, D220 Check out some of our student profiles www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...

The City Health Economics Centre (CHEC) & the Economics Dept. are excited to host Prof. @mylene-lagarde.bsky.social (London School of Economics) in our upcoming seminar: “Ordeals and (In)efficiency in the Allocation of Free Care” 📍 D220, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

On my way to the beautiful Sevilla to present our paper on the power of satire to shape attitudes towards refugees @sanpages.bsky.social

🚨 Publication alert: Our colleague @fboeri.bsky.social has a new article out in the Journal of Regional Science that offers fresh insights into the short-run effects of access to high-speed internet on educational disparities.

𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙨 continue with a new session 🚀 🗣️ Mara Faccio (Purdue University) 📝 “The externalities of corporate political ties: Evidence from the supply chain” 📆 10/12/2025 🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom 🤔 -> [email protected]

Congrats to Anushree Parekh, who successfully defended her PhD with minor amendments this week, with a doctoral thesis on information and algorithms in online markets. Anushree’s on the job market this year, with her JMP, “Algorithmic Exclusion by Large Language Models” (w/ Arina Nikandrova).

As a Council member of the Royal Economic Society (@resmedia.bsky.social), I would like to remind RES members to consider nominating deserving colleagues and sharing this call within your networks. 🗓 Deadline: 9 Dec 2025 (5pm) res.org.uk/res-prizes-a... #Economics #Support #Promoting #Diversity

We’re delighted to host Professor Friederike Mengel (University of Essex) in our upcoming external seminar: “Innovator Networks Within the Firm and the Quality of Innovation” 📍 DLG20, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm All welcome to attend.

🎉 Congrats to Hantao Jiao, who successfully defended his PhD with minor amendments yesterday. His doctoral thesis examines information asymmetries in the digital economy, and was supervised by Xiaogang Che and Giulia Iori. Well done, and all the best ahead! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...

In a new Faculti segment, our colleague Claudia Cerrone and Yoan Hermstrüwer of UZH examine EADAM (an efficiency-adjusted extension of the Deferred Acceptance mechanism) and its implications for efficiency–fairness tradeoffs in admissions policy. 👉 Details here: faculti.net/balancing-fa...

Our next internal seminar will feature @orkunsaka.bsky.social, who’ll discuss his work on media polarization & inflation expectations. (See below for his broader research.) “Polarized Media and Inflation Expectations” 📅 26 Nov, 12–1 pm 📍 D113, Rhind Building www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...

We’re excited to host Prof. @fgerard.bsky.social (University College London) in our upcoming external seminar: “Mitigating the Consequences of Job Loss in Low-Income Countries:  Evidence from Ethiopia” 📍 D104, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

New article by our colleague Keith Pilbeam (with T. Boonman & I. Litsios) in the International Journal of Finance & Economics on “The Impact of Changes in Real Income and the Real Effective Exchange Rate on Trade in Goods and Services” #InternationalEconomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙨 continue with a new session 🚀 🗣️ Kjetil Storesletten (University of Minnesota) 📝 “Fiscal Progressivity of the US Federal and State Governments” 📆 26/11/2025 🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom 🤔 -> [email protected]

Our next internal seminar will feature Kiran Tariq—one of our PhD students—who’ll share her work on migration & labor markets. “Highways, Migration, and Labor Market Gains: Who Benefits from the M2 Motorway in Punjab?” 📅 19 Nov, 12–1 pm 📍 F302, Whiskin St www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...

We’re delighted to host Dr. Liliana Varela (London School of Economics) in our upcoming external seminar: “Segmented Financial Integration” 📍 DLG03, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

Research by @fboeri.bsky.social, a recent addition to our faculty, is cited in the Parliament report linked below. We’re very pleased to see this work informing public policy. ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/home-based-w...

Our next internal seminar will feature Vittorio Siracusa (bio below), one of our PhD students, who’ll share his latest work on EU-issued securities. “Eurobonds in the Repo Market: A Potential Safe Asset?” 📅 12 Nov, 12–1 pm 📍 D113, Rhind Building www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...

We’re excited to host @ralphdehaas.bsky.social (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) in our external seminar series next week: “Violent Conflict and Cross-Border Lending” 📍 D220, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

Apply for a PhD with us! 🎓 Join a 45+ faculty community doing cutting-edge research in micro, macro, and beyond. Funding includes: 1️⃣ SENSS (info at the link) 2️⃣ Departmental studentships (tuition waiver, paid teaching, research expenses) 📅 Deadline: 12 Dec 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG428/p... #EconSky

Insightful new research from @ran-gu.bsky.social, one of our faculty members who joined the department this year!

Our next internal seminar will feature one of our talented PhD students, Anushree Parekh (bio below), who’ll present joint work with Arina Nikandrova on LLMs & predatory strategies. “Algorithmic Exclusion by Large Language Models” 📅 29 Oct, 12–1 pm 📍 F302 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...

We’re delighted to host Prof. Giacomo Calzolari (European University Institute) in our external seminar series this week: “Transparency and Competition for Influence” 📍 DLG03, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

The Head of the Department of Economics, Professor Emmanouil Mentzakis, has issued a statement condemning the recent harassment directed at Professor Michael Ben-Gad and reaffirming the values of mutual respect, open debate, and academic freedom. Full statement: www.linkedin.com/posts/emmano...

We’re excited to welcome Tommaso Reggiani (@tommasoreggiani.bsky.social) from Cardiff University, who will be visiting our department for the 2025–26 academic year! profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/reggia...

𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙨 continue with an **in-person** presentation 🚀 🗣️ @nandinigupta.bsky.social 📝 “Political Polarization and Firm Relational Contracts” 📆 29/10/2025 🏫 @cityeconomics.bsky.social + Zoom 🤔 -> [email protected]

We’re excited to host Prof. @mdoepke.bsky.social (London School of Economics) in our external seminar series this week: “Protection for Whom? The Political Economy of Protective Labor Laws for Women” 📍 FG06, Whiskin Street Building 📅 Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

📢 #CallForPapers - 24th Workshop on Macroeconomic Dynamics: Theory and Applications Deadline: 31 October 2025 CEPR and LUISS University invite submissions on dynamic macroeconomics, both theoretical and applied. cepr.org/events/24th-... #EconSky #EconConf

We’re delighted to host Dr Constantin Charles (LSE) in our external seminar series this week: “Causal Narratives” 📍 DLG03 📅 Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

Why do citizens sometimes overlook corruption when it comes from politicians who feel like “one of us”? @cubel.bsky.social , @citystgeorges.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/why-voters-f... #economics

We’re excited to host Dr David Rojo Arjona (University of Leicester) in our external seminar series this week: “An Analysis of Strategic Allocations in Weighted Networks” 📍 DLG03, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social

We’re delighted to host Prof. Sonia Bhalotra (University of Warwick) in our external seminar series next week: “Firm responses to legislation on workplace sexual harassment” 📍 D220, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 1 Oct 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm

We’re very pleased to welcome Prof. Marine Carrasco (Université de Montréal), who will kick off our seminar series next week: “Regularized estimation of dynamic panel models” 📍 DLG02, Rhind Building 📅 Wednesday, 17 Sep 2025, 2:30–3:45 pm All welcome!

Please share! Our new FREE exhibition celebrating 600 years since the founding of Guildhall Library is up! Opening Monday! It'll be open Mondays-Thursdays 10-4 as well as Saturday 20th for Open House! Includes the history of the original library, medieval manuscripts and early printed books!

With the start of the new academic year, the Department of Economics is pleased to welcome five new faculty members: Filippo Boeri (@fboeri.bsky.social); Loren Fryxell (@lorenfryxell.bsky.social); Ran Gu; Caroline Liqui-Lung; Itzhak Rasooly. We’re delighted to have them join us!

Seminar season is starting. Here’s a great resource from RePEc for finding upcoming online economics talks across the world. #EconSky #AcademicSky

It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊 Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

Great podcast — and yes, @orkunsaka.bsky.social is now on Bluesky.

The application deadline is July 19 for our 2025 Dissertation Award, given to the best Ph.D. dissertation on employment issues. The dissertation may come from any academic discipline, but it must have a substantial policy focus. Details at www.upjohn.org/dissertation...

Two great events coming up this week: — 1st Women in Behavioural and Experimental Economics Workshop, 7–8 July. More info: sites.google.com/site/mariacu... — Workshop on Economics of Maternal and Infant Outcomes, 10 July. Details: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #Econsky #AcademicEvents

nice little thread of our recent work highlighting the crime-reducing benefit of combining hotspot policing methods with spatial network models

2 recent rankings, 1 message: research strength & impact at City St George’s: • overall top 6 in London, top 126 in Europe, top 310 globally → QS World University Rankings 2026, driven by research and employability • 1st in London and 9th in England for social mobility → Social Mobility Index 2024

Join us for the Workshop on Economics of Maternal and Infant Outcomes at City St George’s, University of London. Thursday 10 July 2025, 9-5pm. For details of the programme and registration: citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Save the date: 3rd wkshp on the Economics of Competition & Regulation, 17–18 June at City St George’s Jointly organized with the CMA, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, & academics (Bocconi, CEU, Essex, Imperial, Lancaster, LBS, LSE, LUISS, TSE, UCL) sites.google.com/view/anikand...

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