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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · 6d

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

Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the title to browse this journal

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · 11d

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

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · 25d

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!

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Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social · 26d

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!

Entrance to the exhibiton featuring a large sign saying Guildhall Library 600

Two of the display cases holding 14th and 15th century manuscripts and printed books.

A selection of the books on display, Top left, modern illuminated manuscript, the Chronicles of France from 1399, a 16th century chained Bible, A tiny 19th century dictionary, John Stow's Survey of London, and the Library's oldest book, an 800 year old Bible! Our only book owned by the original library 600 years ago!

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Sep 1

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!

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Aug 24

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

#EconSky #AcademicSky

Christian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Fall seminar season is upon us. Advertise yours on the Economics Virtual Seminar Calendar.

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#RePEc #EconSky

Economics Virtual Seminar Calendar | IDEAS/RePEc

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Aug 11

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...

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 20

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

b-eichengreen.bsky.social @b-eichengreen.bsky.social · Jan 31

Orkun Saka has produced an AI-hosted podcast describing our "Revenge of the Experts," in the _Journal of Public Economics_. Amazing what this AI can do
open.spotify.com/episode/3Jaa...

3. Revenge of the experts: Will COVID-19 renew or diminish public trust in science?

Marginal Futility · Episode

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 11

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...

University campus with bike racks, one bike, sidewalks, trees, ivy

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 6

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

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Brendon McConnell @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Jun 30

🆕 RFBerlin-CReAM Discussion Paper: @corradogiulietti.bsky.social, @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social propose a new way to fight urban crime by integrating network theory into policing strategies. 🧵

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

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Maria Cubel @cubel.bsky.social · Jun 14

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...

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Jun 10

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...

anikandrova - Economics of Competition and Regulation Workshop 2025

About the workshop

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Christian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · Jun 10

ConfWatcher, a new tool to discover economics conferences

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ConfWatcher

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Jun 6

The City St George’s Economics Department, Bayes Business School, & the LSE Financial Markets Group are jointly organizing the 3rd London Political Finance wksp.

🗓️ 10 June

🎙️ Keynote: Anat Admati (Stanford)—“Financial Power, Public Trust, and Democratic Erosion”

🧭 sites.google.com/view/londonp...

Home

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Anat R. Admati The George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics Stanford University

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Jun 5

💥New: #Collaboration with non-academic partners boosts citation #impact, especially for scientists with strong academic reputations, survey of Spanish scientists shows. By Carolin Nast, @ollop.bsky.social‬, @dima-yankova.bsky.social‬ & Pablo D’Este👇

#Research

Does collaboration outside academia lead to greater scientific impact? - Impact of Social Sciences

Collaborations with non-academic partners can boost research impact,especially for well-known scientists, argue Carolin Nast, Oscar Llopis, Dima Yankova and Pablo D'Este.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨 Funding alert: apply for a PhD in Economics with us!
✔️ Tuition waiver (UK or international) for 3 years
✔️ Paid teaching offer (up to 180 hrs/year), subject to a competency interview
✔️ £1,500 total research expenses

Open to MSc holders. Deadline: 31 July.
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH005/p...

#EconSky

PhD in Economics at City St George’s, University of London at City St George’s, University of London

Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD in Economics at City St George’s, University of London Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Jun 2

In the latest Science Sessions episode, Hugo Spiers, Pablo Fernández Velasco, and Eva-Maria Griesbauer share insights on human route planning gleaned from their conversations with London taxi drivers. Listen now: www.pnas.org/post/podcast....

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · May 27

CITY-QMUL Theory wksp

Robert Evans, Cambridge
Tan Gan, LSE
Nenad Kos, Bocconi
Sophie Kreutzkamp, Manchester
Elliot Lipnowski, Yale
George Mailath, Penn
Paula Onuchic, LSE
Francisco Poggi, Mannheim
Ludvig Sinander, Oxford
Aidan Smith, Edinburgh
Leeat Yariv, Princeton
sites.google.com/view/qmul-ci...

City-QMUL Theory Workshop

Details Date: 9-10 June 2025 Location: City St George's University Clerkenwell Campus Tait Building Room C312

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · May 27

Apply to attend the 6th edition of the Economics Job Market Bootcamp in Tuscany. Open to final-year PhD students in economics who will enter the academic job market in Fall 2025.

Organised by Tommaso Sonno and supported by the UniCredit Foundation.
cepr.org/events/econo...
#EconSky #Research #PhD

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · May 21

28 May, 2:30–3:45 pm | Room D427 (Rhind)

Join us for the final external seminar of the term, featuring Rajkamal Iyer, Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School:

“Distortive Effects of Deposit Insurance: Administrative Evidence from Deposit and Loan Accounts”

Hope to see you there!

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Alessandro Sontuoso @sontuoso.bsky.social · May 10

Join us on May 16 at the City University (City St George’s, University of London) for our Theory & Experiments workshop—bringing together leading researchers in micro theory and behavioral economics.

Registration, venue details, and program sites.google.com/view/theory-...

#EconSky #AcademicEvents

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · May 8

Last Thursday, we hosted the Behavioural Insights for Policy workshop — a fantastic day with voices from policy, industry & academia (CMA, Ofcom, Ofgem, BIT, Oxera, Google DeepMind, Alan Turing Institute, LSE, City St George’s). Missed it? Some slides are now online!

Behavioural Insights for Policy - Schedule

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