George W Kinkead
@georgewk3.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Applied public policy. Teacher, researcher, behavioural science. Econ, policy, sustainability and society. Views are stunning
New nerdy blog on the economic narratives that shape our lives: The Watchers Conference: Certainty, Stories, and the Boundaries of Economic Orthodoxy open.substack.com/pub/georgeki... @kingsei.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #boeconf2025
The Watchers Conference: Certainty, Stories, and the Boundaries of Economic Orthodoxy
Thoughts on how narratives shape our economic world
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New nerdy blog on the economic narratives that shape our lives: The Watchers Conference: Certainty, Stories, and the Boundaries of Economic Orthodoxy open.substack.com/pub/georgeki... @kingsei.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #boeconf2025
What are we seeing? A shift of the traditional right of politics towards a new populism (like everywhere else in the world) and progressives changing places amongst themselves..?
May 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What are we seeing? A shift of the traditional right of politics towards a new populism (like everywhere else in the world) and progressives changing places amongst themselves..?
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"...there is a tangible sense that your research is being used in real time to inform decision making"
💬 George Kinkead on his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doctora...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
💬 George Kinkead on his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doctora...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"...there is a tangible sense that your research is being used in real time to inform decision making"
💬 George Kinkead on his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doctora...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
💬 George Kinkead on his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns
➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doctora...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
"...there is a genuine buzz in seeing a question you have written asked in the chamber, or hearing a comment you crafted influence the direction of a debate".
✍️ @georgewk3.bsky.social writes about his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
✍️ @georgewk3.bsky.social writes about his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"...there is a genuine buzz in seeing a question you have written asked in the chamber, or hearing a comment you crafted influence the direction of a debate".
✍️ @georgewk3.bsky.social writes about his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
✍️ @georgewk3.bsky.social writes about his experience as one of our parliamentary research interns @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
@policyatkings.bsky.social have written about how our work supports policy in light of the release of the curriculum and assessment review this week
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-cur...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-cur...
The curriculum and assessment review: how research can help education work for every learner
Reflections on the interim findings from the government-commissioned review
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@policyatkings.bsky.social have written about how our work supports policy in light of the release of the curriculum and assessment review this week
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-cur...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-cur...
Another term tutoring with the parallel academy hosted by @simonsinghnerd.bsky.social with resources curated by @ridermeister.bsky.social. For teachers looking to be inspired by the next generation of talent, I would highly recommend it. #MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat #iteachmath #MathSky
March 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Another term tutoring with the parallel academy hosted by @simonsinghnerd.bsky.social with resources curated by @ridermeister.bsky.social. For teachers looking to be inspired by the next generation of talent, I would highly recommend it. #MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat #iteachmath #MathSky
Great seminar from @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social yesterday for us @policyatkings.bsky.social sharing
her work into the causal effects of youth clubs on education and crime. The paper highlights the long-term negative financial effects of austerity policies. ifs.org.uk/publications...
her work into the causal effects of youth clubs on education and crime. The paper highlights the long-term negative financial effects of austerity policies. ifs.org.uk/publications...
The effects of youth clubs on education and crime | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.
ifs.org.uk
March 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Great seminar from @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social yesterday for us @policyatkings.bsky.social sharing
her work into the causal effects of youth clubs on education and crime. The paper highlights the long-term negative financial effects of austerity policies. ifs.org.uk/publications...
her work into the causal effects of youth clubs on education and crime. The paper highlights the long-term negative financial effects of austerity policies. ifs.org.uk/publications...
Why do we regulate helmets in Sport? or ban performing enhancing drugs? Should we regulate free work and internships? And is the politician's playbook of thrashing red tape and regulation misplaced? Read the next blog to find out.
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Regulation, Red Tape, and the Never-Ending Political Football of Greater Efficiency Nonsense.
Starmer, Musk, Farage and Trump. Is the call for widespread deregulation misplaced?
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February 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Why do we regulate helmets in Sport? or ban performing enhancing drugs? Should we regulate free work and internships? And is the politician's playbook of thrashing red tape and regulation misplaced? Read the next blog to find out.
open.substack.com/pub/georgeki...
open.substack.com/pub/georgeki...
Making your sustainable choices visible is important for businesses. That’s why who gives a crap, distinctive wrapping pops up more and more in restaurant toilets. Clear obvious signs that we use recycled toilet tissue. #behaviouralscience #signalling #sustainability
February 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Making your sustainable choices visible is important for businesses. That’s why who gives a crap, distinctive wrapping pops up more and more in restaurant toilets. Clear obvious signs that we use recycled toilet tissue. #behaviouralscience #signalling #sustainability
With the ever-increasing encroachment of Facebook marketplace and vinted on my buying habits, I've written some thoughts of second-hand Markets. georgekinkead.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on Behaviour in Second-Hand Markets:
Facebook, Vinted and Crap Art in Chazzer shops
georgekinkead.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With the ever-increasing encroachment of Facebook marketplace and vinted on my buying habits, I've written some thoughts of second-hand Markets. georgekinkead.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
There was a time when education was a top priority for UK policymakers. Not any more. The healthcare budget dwarfs education budget.why?
1) older people use healthcare and old people are more likely to vote..
1) older people use healthcare and old people are more likely to vote..
January 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There was a time when education was a top priority for UK policymakers. Not any more. The healthcare budget dwarfs education budget.why?
1) older people use healthcare and old people are more likely to vote..
1) older people use healthcare and old people are more likely to vote..
Just found the entire open course content for economics @mitofficial.bsky.social here ocw.mit.edu. With more institutions removing barriers to content without any loss of demand for their exorbitant fees, it highlights the role of signalling and accreditation in what they offer the individual.
MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials
MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity
ocw.mit.edu
January 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just found the entire open course content for economics @mitofficial.bsky.social here ocw.mit.edu. With more institutions removing barriers to content without any loss of demand for their exorbitant fees, it highlights the role of signalling and accreditation in what they offer the individual.
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🎉 As a hugely eventful year in politics and policy draws to a close, catch up on some of the highlights from our work in 2024 💡
➡️ bit.ly/policyinstitute-2024-in-review
➡️ bit.ly/policyinstitute-2024-in-review
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM
🎉 As a hugely eventful year in politics and policy draws to a close, catch up on some of the highlights from our work in 2024 💡
➡️ bit.ly/policyinstitute-2024-in-review
➡️ bit.ly/policyinstitute-2024-in-review
www.jstor.org/stable/44154... A reminder that doing your Christmas shopping in with cash can support budgeting. It’s all monopoly spending at this point in December so add a little #sludge to help you avoid overspending. #mentalaccounting #fungiblilty #behaviouralscience
Cash versus Debit Card: The Role of Budget Control on JSTOR
LOLA HERNANDEZ, NICOLE JONKER, ANNEKE KOSSE, Cash versus Debit Card: The Role of Budget Control, The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Spring 2017), pp. 91-112
www.jstor.org
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
www.jstor.org/stable/44154... A reminder that doing your Christmas shopping in with cash can support budgeting. It’s all monopoly spending at this point in December so add a little #sludge to help you avoid overspending. #mentalaccounting #fungiblilty #behaviouralscience
www.bi.team/publications... in a saturated market, it seems no one can do #behaviourscience without first designing their own acronym and framework. Do we need them? BIT have revamped their EAST framework. Not the most comprehensive, but easily the most accessible. IMHO
4 Easy Ways to Apply EAST Framework to Behavioural Insights
Explore 4 simple ways to use the EAST Framework, in order to apply behavioural insights to your business or project with The Behavioural Insights Team.
www.bi.team
December 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
www.bi.team/publications... in a saturated market, it seems no one can do #behaviourscience without first designing their own acronym and framework. Do we need them? BIT have revamped their EAST framework. Not the most comprehensive, but easily the most accessible. IMHO
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NEW: The current system for funding special educational needs in England is broken.
Our new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, shows how recent big funding increases haven’t been sufficient to cover rising need, and why the system needs urgent change:
[THREAD: 1/9]
Our new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, shows how recent big funding increases haven’t been sufficient to cover rising need, and why the system needs urgent change:
[THREAD: 1/9]
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM
NEW: The current system for funding special educational needs in England is broken.
Our new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, shows how recent big funding increases haven’t been sufficient to cover rising need, and why the system needs urgent change:
[THREAD: 1/9]
Our new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, shows how recent big funding increases haven’t been sufficient to cover rising need, and why the system needs urgent change:
[THREAD: 1/9]
Does #creativity predict academic performance? Some interesting findings from PISA's most recent set of assessments where they tested creativity with questions like,
"Describe three different things you could do to save water"
Here's what they found:
"Describe three different things you could do to save water"
Here's what they found:
December 10, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Does #creativity predict academic performance? Some interesting findings from PISA's most recent set of assessments where they tested creativity with questions like,
"Describe three different things you could do to save water"
Here's what they found:
"Describe three different things you could do to save water"
Here's what they found:
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NEW: Beans and peas rank best as meat and milk replacements from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives, a study from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social school has found.
Read more ⬇️
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/beans-a...
Read more ⬇️
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/beans-a...
December 5, 2024 at 9:33 AM
NEW: Beans and peas rank best as meat and milk replacements from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives, a study from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social school has found.
Read more ⬇️
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/beans-a...
Read more ⬇️
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/beans-a...
Evidence from researchers at Oxford suggest serious societal externalities and personal internalities from meat and dairy diets when compared to their alternatives. #meattax #oxfordmartin www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A multicriteria analysis of meat and milk alternatives from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives | PNAS
Reducing meat and dairy intake has been identified as a necessary strategy for mitigating
the high environmental impacts food systems are currently...
www.pnas.org
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Evidence from researchers at Oxford suggest serious societal externalities and personal internalities from meat and dairy diets when compared to their alternatives. #meattax #oxfordmartin www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The strand group hosting a powerful lecture last night by Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary. Paying homage to the many outstanding civil servants across the country and the role of public service.
Chaired by Jon David
@policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Chaired by Jon David
@policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The strand group hosting a powerful lecture last night by Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary. Paying homage to the many outstanding civil servants across the country and the role of public service.
Chaired by Jon David
@policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Chaired by Jon David
@policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
The only ones still hard at it. Politically untouchable, economically Damaging, is the UKs position on Brexit the worst ever case of the #sunkcostfallacy? #brexit
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
The only ones still hard at it. Politically untouchable, economically Damaging, is the UKs position on Brexit the worst ever case of the #sunkcostfallacy? #brexit
Another long journey ahead from the West Country. We are told productivity what will bring prosperity to the UK economy, but we are limited with our transport infrastructure. We need WiFi services on buses, and directed bus lanes on motorways / around London to avoid traffic. Or subsidised trains!!
November 26, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Another long journey ahead from the West Country. We are told productivity what will bring prosperity to the UK economy, but we are limited with our transport infrastructure. We need WiFi services on buses, and directed bus lanes on motorways / around London to avoid traffic. Or subsidised trains!!