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Applying leading-edge thinking from social & physical sciences to major economic & social challenges. Starter pack to connect with our researchers ⇢ https://go.bsky.app/G4R3Gza
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...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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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
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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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
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
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December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Land, housing and the British economy: background paper
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@inetoxford.bsky.social working paper by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow John Muellbauer
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…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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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

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Upjohn Institute announces 2025 Dissertation Award honorees
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November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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
Opinion | A.I. Is Deciding Who You Are
In the age of A.I., personal data is anything but personal.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Cities are dynamos of demographic change, however our data practices can often hide this fact. In this paper, we explore growth in Chicago, a city purportedly burdened by a stagnating population. Using methods from population ecology, we show that not only is Chicago undergoing rapid, spatially...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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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 ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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!
🌇
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November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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 | 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.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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My column: We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
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Opinion | We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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We too are very excited about Karolina Bassa's new paper with Rama Cont on Dynamics of sovereign debt: credit risk and sustainability analysis
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November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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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
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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…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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⚠️ 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 ⬇️
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
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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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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.
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Discovery - The Life Scientific: Doyne Farmer - BBC Sounds
Doyne Farmer on how predict the future to help prevent climate change and win at roulette.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#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: veranstaltungen@wifo.ac.at

▶️ Join us: buff.ly/auvhpnG
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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
September 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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
September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
▶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

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Most Effective Models To Guide The Net-Zero Transition
A new guide for climate and finance ministries on the most effective ways to model the Net-Zero Transition has been published in the Oxford Review of…
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August 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM