Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics (IPECE) Workshop 2026 29th and 30th of January 2026, Maynooth University Call for papers We invite early career economists and PhD students to submit

Women are under-represented across most facets of economics. One under-investigated area of research is their participation in the media. The absence of female representation may contribute to the perception of economics as a largely male dominated discipline, with consequences for role modelling, influencing public debate, and ultimately policy decisions. Using an online self-reported survey, this study investigates levels of news media engagement among economists in Ireland and the supply-side factors influencing barriers to engaging with the media. We find that women economists are less likely to be invited to participate in news media events compared to their male counterparts. Women are also more likely to refuse to participate and require longer to prepare for an interview. While there are no gender differences regarding feeling equipped to deal with the media, women are less confident and more likely to state that media engagement is not an important part of their working lives. Despite this, women feel a greater responsibility to inform the public about the implications of their research, and to act as role models for junior economists. Our findings suggest that a multi-faceted approach is required to achieve greater gender equality – by economists themselves, who could build media networks and promote their research through different channels; by employers, who could give women economists more time to engage with the media; by journalists, who could better foster and build relationships with women economists; and by representative bodies, who could better communicate the depth and diversity of economists’ areas of expertise.

The ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute) is seeking to recruit a Research Analyst on a three-year, fixed-term basis to join its Taxation, Welfare and P

The Economic and Social Review is inviting papers for a special issue on “Energy, Environment and Climate Change Economics” edited by Dr. Niall Farrell (Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland) Dr. Kelly de Bruin (Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland) and Dr. Jason Harold (University of Galway, Ireland). This special issue seeks to highlight research which develops our understanding of economic questions relating to climate change, the environment and energy. We are particularly interested in papers with immediate policy relevance and welcome papers from all economic disciplines addressing topics relating to climate change, the environment or energy.

The Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee is running its mentoring programme for early career women working/studying in academia.