Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford

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

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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 on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a plan to fix that Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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/...

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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

Virtuous and vicious cycles in the energy transition - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Feedback loops shape the pace and direction of the clean energy transition by accelerating or resisting change. Researchers and practitioners can draw on these feedback loops as practical heuristics t...

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-...

Book Talk: The Infinite Alphabet We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern its motion.…

Register to attend in person or online ➼ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-i...

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!

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World Dani Rodrik of Harvard University will present his new book, "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global…

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

Vacancies Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

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

Oxford academics comment on the UK Budget 2025 | University of Oxford The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, presented her Budget 2025 to the UK Parliament on Wednesday 26 November. Three Oxford academics provide expert comment on tax rises and new taxes being

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

No. 2025-25 - Land, Housing and the British Economy: background paper The multiple ways in which land and the economy interact underline the importance of entrenching socially beneficial policies for land and housing. Many…

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

Upjohn Institute announces 2025 Dissertation Award honorees

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...

Opinion | A.I. Is Deciding Who You Are In the age of A.I., personal data is anything but personal.

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

Looking like a big turn out for the Seminar today. Looking forward to it!

Job vacancy for Post Doctoral Research Associate in Economics of Technological Change at Oxford. Deadline: 5 Jan 2026.

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...

Opinion | Welcome to Our New Era. What Do We Call It? We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.

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 ➽

Opinion | We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?

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

@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social @brasenoseoxford.bsky.social
@oxmartinschool.bsky.social

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...

Cities for everyone In this talk, Rafael Prieto-Curiel will explore the challenges of making cities work for everyone. Previously, Rafael worked on urban dynamics as part of…

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...

@cepr.org @brookings.edu @cesifo.org @ucl.ac.uk

Expert Comment: Is the dollar’s dominance crumbling? | University of Dennis Snower, International Research fellow at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School and Professorial Research Fellow at The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin

⚠️ 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 ⬇️

Forecasting Technological Change The Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st…

Here’s a link to the new @oxmartinschool.bsky.social Programme on Forecasting Technological Change: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/forecasting-...

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