POID Public Events

Monday 07 October 2024 18:00 - 19:00

LSE Department of Economics

Inclusion Week

What Makes an Inventor? Finding the Lost Einsteins and Marie Curies

John looks at the ways of raising growth and innovation through increasing the supply of inventors. The focus is on evidence that there are barriers by gender, class and race to becoming and inventor. Reducing these coul...Read more...

Monday 23 September 2024 - Thursday 26 September 2024

Hosted with STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme and the International Growth Centre at LSE

LSE Environment Week 2024

The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) within the LSE Economics Department is convening the third Environment Week at t...Read more...

Friday 12 July 2024 - Thursday 18 July 2024

NBER

NBER Innovation Research Bootcamp 2024

The economics of innovation touches all fields of economics. Innovation is a key force in economic growth, firm dynamics, inequality, and labor market outcomes. It interfaces with public finance, international trade, t...Read more...

Thursday 04 July 2024 23:00 - 23:45

LSE Election Night 2024

The state of the British economy

POID deputy director Anna Valero will participate in this key panel which will focus the discussion on the state of the British economy, covering issues like low growth, future inflation, the constraints on public spendi...Read more...

Tuesday 18 June 2024 15:00 - 16:15

The Royal Society, London

2024 CSaP Annual Conference: UK science and technology for innovation, growth and society

Is supporting green investment for the UK really a growth strategy?

The CSaP Annual Conference brings together an audience of policy professionals, academic experts and business leaders for a day of talks and presentations, and to share and discuss issues and ideas on a range of topics f...Read more...

Thursday 13 June 2024 13:00 - 14:00

How much does management matter in an era of disruption?

Countries and businesses have struggled to recover robust growth since the Covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis. The UK has much lower productivity than many of its peers. The event will address what role managem...Read more...

Wednesday 05 June 2024 15:00 - 17:00

World Bank

Europe and Central Asia Productivity Conference

Growth and green industrial policy: European perspective

Since the global financial crisis, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is the region with the largest drop in productivity growth. ECA is now facing multiple challenges and opportunities, including the urgent need for climate ...Read more...

Friday 31 May 2024

Editori Laterza

3rd International Festival of Economics, Turin: "Who owns knowledge?"

The case for growth: What should Europe do?

The world is in a funk. Slow average income growth over many years has caused many Western citizens to believe their economic prospects will be worse than their parents. Their anger has fed authoritarian  movements that ...Read more...

Tuesday 21 May 2024 17:00 - 18:45

University of Bocconi

Economic Seminar Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)

Management and the Wealth of Nations

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Monday 20 May 2024 12:30 - 13:45

University of Bocconi

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Department of Economics

Ray of Hope? Chinese innovation, green industrial policy and the rise of solar energy

The rapid decline in global cost of solar panels from the early 2000s coincided with China’s growing dominance in solar photovoltaics (PV) and its adoption of green industrial policies. We evaluate the effectiveness of l...Read more...

Thursday 02 May 2024 - Friday 03 May 2024 00:00

Hosted with STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme and the International Growth Centre at LSE

LSE Environment Camp 2024

LSE Environment Camp was a two-day conference designed to provide PhD students from all fields of economics the opportunity present new research on environmental issues, interact with future colleagues, and receive valua...Read more...

Monday 22 April 2024 13:30 - 15:00

Northwestern University

Labour Seminar Series

Ray of Hope? Chinese innovation, green industrial policy and the rise of solar energy

The rapid decline in global cost of solar panels from the early 2000s coincided with China’s growing dominance in solar photovoltaics (PV) and its adoption of green industrial policies. We evaluate the effectiveness of l...Read more...

Thursday 18 April 2024 09:00 - 10:40

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Stigler Centre for the Study of the Economy and the State

How much does antriturst enforcement affect productivity growth?

Panel: How much does antriturst enforcement affect productivity growth?...Read more...

Wednesday 03 April 2024 14:30 - 15:30

Harvard Business School

Entrepreneurial Management Unit

Ray of Hope? Chinese innovation, green industrial policy and the rise of solar energy

The rapid decline in global cost of solar panels from the early 2000s coincided with China’s growing dominance in solar photovoltaics (PV) and its adoption of green industrial policies. We evaluate the effectiveness of l...Read more...

Wednesday 27 March 2024 13:30 - 14:45

Royal Economic Society 2024 Conference

Perspectives on the UK's productivity problems

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the UK has experienced historically weak productivity growth. Boosting productivity growth is a core aim of the UK government, and key to ensure rising living standards and to fund future...Read more...

Tuesday 26 March 2024 16:30 - 17:45

Royal Economic Society 2024 Conference

The Resolution Foundation

Policy for inclusive and sustainable growth in the UK: taking forward the Economy 2030 Inquiry

The Economy 2030 Inquiry established a radical economic strategy for inclusive and sustainable growth in the UK. Its December 2023 Final Report, was produced by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Resolutio...Read more...

Tuesday 19 March 2024 16:40 - 18:00

National Bank of Belgium and CEPR

Joint research workshop on Reaching Net-Zero: Electricity Markets, Carbon Pricing, and Firms' Responses

The National Bank of Belgium and the CEPR are organising this joint research workshop to be held in Brussels on 19-20 March 2024. This event will commemorate the CEPR’s new programme area on climate change....Read more...

Tuesday 12 March 2024 09:45 - 10:45

UK Parliament

Business and Trade Committee - Oral evidence

Industrial policy: has the UK lost its competitive edge?

Major industrial policy programmes in the US and EU – the Inflation Reduction Act and Green Deal, respectively – have prompted debate in the UK about whether the Government could emulate these approaches, and what kind o...Read more...

Wednesday 06 March 2024 11:30 - 12:45

University of California, Los Angeles

Economics Seminar, Anderson School of Management

Ray of Hope? China and the rise of solar energy

Abstract: The rapid decline in the global cost of solar panels coincided with China’s growing market dominance in solar photovoltaics (PV) from the early 2000s. We evaluate the effectiveness of local, city-level policy e...Read more...

Tuesday 05 March 2024 18:30 - 20:00

LSE School of Public Policy

Beveridge 2.0: changing labour markets and the future of social protection

The combined effects of globalisation, deregulation and automation have changed the employment relationships and patterns on which our social protection systems are built....Read more...