JI Call for Papers: 2nd Cambridge Alumni in Macro (CAM) Conference, 22-23 April 2027
Apply by 30th Nov 2026
Further details and submission link: https://t.co/4y8hVBVgiy
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SCORE Strand 3 has hosted a workshop at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, bringing together PhD students and researchers to present ongoing work, exchange ideas, and engage in stimulating academic discussions.
https://t.co/436KHyugNn
Congratulations to the Faculty's Professor Peter Bossaerts who has been selected to lead one of six University of Cambridge projects investigating how AI is changing teaching & learning in higher education in 'If AI writes the code, what should we assess?'
https://t.co/C4dkRg1TsS
Professor Goyal has been selected for the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad which recognises exceptional achievements and contributions to their professions which brought distinction to their alma mater.
https://t.co/hR2fXKGa4U
The Faculty's Professor @jagjit_chadha has been quoted in an opinion piece in the @NewStatesman about the UK's Budget which looks at the bigger picture of whether it's leaks and tweaks will help run the economy.
https://t.co/Q0NHAu48Qw
Over the last four decades, everyone got richer. So why does it feel like we're pulling apart?
In a new working paper Nancy Andrews (a Better Futures Programme participant) explores how widening economic distance hardened into social distance. https://t.co/LPVwnADqOx
In a new JI WP, Charles Parry (Imperial Business School) develops and estimates an equilibrium model of the VC market to quantify market distortions and explain cross-country differences in VC activity
➡️https://t.co/ulLTAna0f9
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Congratulations to the Faculty's Oleg Kitov who has been awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, recognising a decade of innovative, evidence-based teaching, building in the "desirable difficulties" that make learning last.
https://t.co/4jy77u1e9r
The Faculty's Professor @jagjit_chadha is quoted in a @BBCNews article about the level of debt in France asking what is the snowball effect of debt and what role it plays in the economic situation in France.
It notes a growing distrust of French bonds.
https://t.co/8uU6ciLGiT
New JI Working Paper published by Oliver Linton @CamEcon and C. Michalopoulos: 'Grid Bootstrap Inference for Threshold Quantile Regression'
https://t.co/K4p6aWzwIh
How can fiscal policy amplify or dampen monetary policy? @sb_lavender shows how govt debt & fiscal policy shape 3 channels of monetary transmission: a debt service channel, a debt composition channel & a fiscal cyclicality channel
https://t.co/kfgJJhwOJn
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Leaving Cambridge is bittersweet.
Five years at one of the world’s great universities, with wonderful colleagues and students.
I’m especially grateful to the @janewayinst and the community that grew around it, and for the warmth and friendship I found at @clarehall_cam.
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Delighted to to CEMFI Madrid as Professor of Economics.
CEMFI does exactly what I care most about (macro, heterogeneity, inequality, monetary) and has a close connection with the Banco de España.
I’ve admired it from a distance for most of my career, so this is a real thrill.
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The Faculty welcomed researchers to the #KeynesFund Research Day.
The event brought together academics to present their work, receive feedback & engage across a broad range of topics, including family economics, political behaviour and financial modelling.
https://t.co/iKZhg6gOn0
NEW JI WP by P. Lastauskas et al: firm-level evidence on Africa’s continental free trade area, the world’s largest by membership, shows that firms w/ prior international trading experience, particularly outside Africa, benefited most.
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The Faculty's Distinguished Affiliated Professor @jagjit_chadha writes in an OPED in @unherd that the prospect of a French default is a crisis... and it might trigger more widespread collapse in government debt markets. https://t.co/7zGy8g8ATQ
The Faculty Chair Professor Crowley has welcomed staff and students, highlighting the importance of the Faculty as an intellectually ambitious community, bringing together research, teaching, professional expertise and student engagement.
https://t.co/8UuB3JebBq