Stephen P. Jenkins

@stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social

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Applied economist and quantitative generalist. Professor of Economic & Social Policy, LSE. 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 All views expressed are my own.

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 23h

Blogged: some similarities between policy-making and gardening. chrisdillow.substack.com/p/policy-mak...

Policy-making as gardening

Policy-makers must be more like gardeners than mechanics.

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lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

📣 In our seminar this week, @zparolin.bsky.social will present evidence on why certain cash transfers toward families with children have failed to reduce intergenerational poverty.

📆 19 Feb

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Department of Social Policy | seminar series | global research on social policy topics

The International Social and Public Policy seminar series presents cutting-edge research on global social policy topics.

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LSE School of Public Policy @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social · 3d

We’re hiring a Research Assistant at LSE’s School of Public Policy!

Support research in applied microeconomics, development and political economy with Professor Sandra Sequeira, working with big data and experimental methods.

Apply by 22 March 2026 (23.59 UK time):
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Thijs Bol @thijsbol.bsky.social · 3d

I’m looking for three PhD students for my new ERC project, starting 1 September. The goal is to understand how firms shape inequality in workers’ careers—using population registers.

Please spread the word! Deadline is March 8, more info here (see projects 4-6):

ics-graduateschool.nl/vacancies/

Vacancies | ICS

ICS Sociology PhD positions vacancies Graduate school program Social Sciences Methodology

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing analysis of pub closures in the UK, by @laurenleek.eu, and the corporate interests behind them. Some important political and policy implications open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?

How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

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Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · 4d

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
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Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?

How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

open.substack.com

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 6d

New blog post about the age-period-cohort identification problem!

In which, for the first time ever, I ask "What's the mechanism?" and also suggest that sometimes you may actually *not* be interested in causal inference.

www.the100.ci/2026/02/13/o...

One approach to the age-period-cohort problem: Just don’t.

Just to cause yourself more problems, you seek for something. But there is no need for you to seek anything. You have plenty, and you have just enough problems. Shunryū Suzuki in a 1971 talk A ...

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 7d

We’re growing! 🚀

The Bennett School is hiring an Associate Professor in Public Policy and an Assistant Professor in Public Policy.

Join us and make an impact in public policy.

More details: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...

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Pedro Salas-Rojo 🍉 @psalasr.bsky.social · 7d

📢We are hiring Research Assistants at @cunef.bsky.social. Join a dynamic, international, and research-oriented environment. Competitive salary and a wide range of topics:

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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 7d

📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research

Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 14d

Join us next week for a conference launching our new book on lower income families in Britain and the challenges they face today.

Alongside discussions on work and the cost of living, we will have keynote speeches from Andy Burnham @andyburnham.bsky.social & Ken Murphy.

Register ➡️ buff.ly/2tG8LsY

Flyer for Unsung Britain Final Conference: A portrait of the country's poorer half

Tuesday 10 February 2026
9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Central Hall Westminster

Flyer for Unsung Britain Final Conference: A portrait of the country's poorer half

Tuesday 10 February 2026
9:00 am - 1:30 pm

We will hear keynote speeches from the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Chief Executive of Tesco Ken Murphy.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 14d

April 2026 will mark a true milestone for the UK benefits system: the end of the thirteen-year rollout of Universal Credit that has brought together all means-tested working-age benefits.

But there are still further improvements to be made ⤵️ buff.ly/TjrE4OW