Simon Burgess

BÆM is back! Submit and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers: Development Economics, 5-6 May Economics of Migration, 6-7 May Fairness in the Economy, 8 May Calls for papers👇baem.info

This is an incredibly important paper that I think all professors TAs, curriculum designers, EdTech developers working on AI tutoring tools, educational policy makers, academic administrators and et al. should read it

International Women's Day 2025 calls for us to #AccelerateAction for gender equality 🌍 Dr Danielle Guizzo, Associate Professor in Economics Education, shares how her work is doing just that. More 👉 brnw.ch/21wRf71 #IWD2025 #BristolUniWomen #WomeninEconomics

📢You are interested in social-science genetics, equality of opportunity, social mobility, and skill formation? 🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference! 👉When? May 22-23, 2025 👉Where? Bristol! 👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-conferen… 👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/

💥Apply and join us for our Gender, Diversity and Human Capital workshop in May! 💥

Congratulations to our Head of School, on her appointment as Editor of the Economic Journal this month. Well done @PaolaManzini 👏

Last chance to see … 😢 Park Street, Bristol.

Dimensions of Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review @TheIFS The whole evidence volume of the Review, including all the remarkable articles examining the many dimensions of inequality, published open access by OUP academic.oup.com/ooec/issue/3/S…

How can we build a sustainable planet? 1345-1500, Tuesday 1 October 2024 | Watershed, Bristol Join our expert panel as they discuss the intersection of economic growth and sustainability—in the context of escalating environmental challenges. The panel will explore how economic policies can drive sustainable development and create a future where our planet is protected. As the world grapples with the dual challenges of economic progression and environmental preservation, it is imperative to understand how economics can be leveraged to foster sustainability. Speakers: Amy Coulthard (EnTrade, Avon Bristol Catchment Market), Claire Pearce (Real Growth) and Alessio Terzi (Bennett Institute) BUY TICKETS HERE: buff.ly/3Xf2bCB

It was a pleasure to host this Discover Economics event, encouraging young people from under-represented backgrounds to study economics. Roedd yn bleser cynnal y digwyddiad ‘Darganfod Economeg’ hwn i annog pobl ifanc o gefndiroedd heb gynrychiolaeth ddigonol i astudio economeg.

From studying economics at @BristolUni to launching her own fashion brand and shaping the next generation of sustainable entrepreneurs. Discover Anisa's story and how studying economics can lead to amazing opportunities. 🌍 brnw.ch/21wLZLU

There is overwhelming evidence that the education system in England leaves too many young people behind. Education inequalities | Christine Farquharson, Sandra McNally, Imran Tahir | IFS Deaton Review | ⁦@TheIFS⁩ academic.oup.com/ooec/article/3…

@Samfr Hope you have a great day!

Made it. Beautiful morning in Paris...

I've seen people criticized for using the words "effectiveness" and "efficiency" in education. Whatever you think education should do, if you don't care about effectiveness, you don't care about students, and if you don't care about efficiency, you don't care about teachers.

@dynarski @annaklewis @SusannaDW If you could find some tasks to keep him busy and fully occupied for, say, a decade or two, I and my country would be very grateful.

I worry that we are in danger of misrepresenting the truth about modern Britain. We are a lot kinder and more tolerant than many would have us believe. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🎟️Festival of Economics 2024 🗣️Asking economists and experts from around the world the key economic questions of our time. 📅 30 September - 3 October 2024 📍Taking place across Bristol city centre, @wshed, @BrisUniEvents, @BristolUniEcon economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-ec…

📍 London, United Kingdom 📆 July 25th & 27th LONDON, YOU ARE NEXT! But sadly last too. The EU tour ends this weekend in London, the European city where Bruce has played the most and where it all began in 1975. Almost 50 years later, London is ready one more time

I'm just home from seeing Springsteen at Wembley- I took this shot just before Last Man Standing.

@DattaJon @suttontrust Hi Jon, thanks!! yes indeed!! We are working with them, providing some of our data, and insight, to help this really important project building up from individual schools.

@profsimonb Hi Simon, I’m assuming you’ve seen @suttontrust work on this? Almost 80 schools on board to review their policies: suttontrust.com/fair-school-ad…

New Sec of State for Education, @bphillipsonMP : “… we'll build a country where your background is no barrier to getting on in life.” I fully support that goal! Part of problem is school admissions: where you live affects chance of getting into an effective school. We …