The Royal Economic Society is deeply concerned by reports that an academic economist has been publicly harassed at a London university because they are Israeli. Targeting an individual in this manner is unacceptable. It undermines the safety and dignity of members of the academic community and has no place in a university setting. The Society […] The post Royal Economic Society statement on harassment of academic economist appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society
We’re sending our congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2025 for their work on innovation-driven economic growth. To mark the occasion, we’re pleased to share articles previously published by the winners in our Economic Journal. These articles will be available to enjoy for […] The post Hear from the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in economics appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society
The RES Summit is an annual RES member event with 2 parts. The first part draws together a panel of experts who will explore the event theme: Economics of the Justice System. The second part of the event will provide practical insight from educators into how we can embed teaching within core economics undergraduate units […] The post RES 2025 Summit: Bookings Open appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society
Editors: Alberto Bisin (New York University: alberto.bisin@nyu.edu) and Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich: ashe@ethz.ch) Artificial intelligence is transforming the toolkit of applied economists. By extracting information from text, images, audio, and other unstructured sources, AI techniques now permit fine-grained measurement of behaviors, expectations, and market dynamics that elude traditional approaches to measurement and data analysis. These […] The post Call for Papers – The Economic Journal...| Royal Economic Society
The RES Professional Development & Education Committee support economists at all stages of their careers. The committees main areas of activity include; supporting PhD students, providing training and resources for all economists and forging links with other organisations such as The Economics Network, CTaLE and the ESRC. The PDE Committee: Bring communities of economists together […] The post PDE Committee Seeks New Chair appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society
Joint report by the Royal Economic Society and CTaLE-Stone Centre Cloda Jenkins | Denise Hawkes | Parama Chaudhury | Antonio Mele Carlos Cortinhas | Ramin Nassehi | Silvia Dal Bianco | Stefania Paredes Fuentes The RES are pleased to have collaborated with CTaLE and The Stone Centre at UCL to deliver this important report titled: […] The post Report Launch: Rethinking Economics Assessments for a GenAI World appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society
Would you like to help develop the next generation of women in academic economics? The Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee are looking for women professors and senior economists (10+ years of experience post-PhD), to volunteer to mentor early-career women academics. The role is rewarding and will consist of organising just two online mentoring sessions. In […] The post RES Women’s Committee Mentoring Programme: Call for mentors appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society
The Royal Economic Society has joined the Royal Statistical Society, Sense about Science and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in writing to Simon Hoare MP, Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC). Our joint letter sets out shared concerns about the need to maintain and strengthen the independence of […] The post Royal Economic Society joins call to safeguard independence of UK’s statistical system appeared first on Royal Econom...| Royal Economic Society
The Econometrics Journal and EMCC invite submissions to a special issue on Econometric Modelling of Climate Change and the Green Transition. We welcome econometric and statistical work on all facets of climate change: econometric and statistical modelling of physical processes, energy transition, emissions and pollution, biodiversity loss, economic damages, migration, climate policy evaluation, and climate […] The post Call for papers: Special Issue on Econometric Modelling of Climate Chang...| Royal Economic Society
The Royal Economic Society (RES) today warned that serious problems with the quality of UK economic statistics are preventing economists from conducting the research needed to support evidence-based policymaking. Recent delays, revisions and errors in core datasets, including labour market figures and household surveys, have raised questions about the credibility of UK statistics. The Labour […] The post Royal Economic Society warns UK faces crisis in economic statistics appeared first on R...| Royal Economic Society
RES members are invited to propose names for both the RES Council (for the period Spring 2026–2031) and for President-Elect for Spring 2027–2028, then President 2028–2029. The latter will follow Professor Diane Coyle, who has been confirmed as President-Elect 2026–2027 and President 2027–2028. Any member of RES who would like to make a nomination should email […] The post Call for Nominations: RES Council 2026–2031 and President-Elect 2027–2028 appeared first on Royal Economi...| Royal Economic Society
The Royal Economic Society (RES) has welcomed a 5.5% rise in entries to Economics A-level in 2025, compared with a 0.5% decrease across all subjects. The growth also outpaced the 1.5% increase in all STEM subjects and contrasts with the 1.8% fall in SHAPE subjects (Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People and the […] The post Economics A-level entries surge 5.5% in 2025, climbing into UK’s top ten subjects appeared first on Royal Economic Society.| Royal Economic Society