Programme on Innovation and Diffusion

"Measuring national technological trajectories using 200 years of international patent data" Read the latest @cepr_org blog by @a_bergeaud, Ruveyda Nur Gozen and @johnvanreenen cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Enough negativity! Underlying UK productivity is stronger than thought and policy has helped blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

"Catalysing climate resilience" Read the latest @CEP_LSE report by Raffaele Della Croce, Daisy Jameson, Maxwell Read, Esin Serin and @asvalero poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS/a…

Register now for the CEPR RPN on Growth, Innovation, and Social Model in Europe - Inaugural Workshop 📆 4 June 2026 📍College de France, Paris @cdf1530 Registration deadline: 22 May Keynotes: @johnvanreenen & @ufukakcigit Organisers: Philippe Aghion & @alexandraroulet ✍️ow.ly/phCH50Z25qx

Measuring national technological trajectories using 200 years of international patent data By @a_bergeaud @ruveyda_gozen & @johnvanreenen via @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Polarization is not a myth: it is reflected in the creation and spread of new technologies, @gaiagdossi and @MorandoMarta write for the LSE United States Politics and Policy @LSEblogs blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2026…

Remote work can blunt the fertility decline, by Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, @I_Am_NickBloom, Katelyn Cranney, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls and Pablo Zarate Via @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

How Much Are Firms Spending on AI (and What Will Happen to Headcounts)? @I_Am_NickBloom & his co-authors investigate AI adoption in firms to understand how much companies are spending on AI & what the impact will be on the composition of their workforces atlantafed.org/research-and-d…

Listen to @raffasadun discussing what drives productivity in modern organisations, how leaders should think about managing in a hybrid world, & why the real impact of AI may be less about automation & more about how work gets coordinated #TransformWork podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tra…

I finally got to sit down with @I_Am_NickBloom , @Stanford economist and one of the leading voices on how work is evolving. Grateful for the chance to dig into what the data actually says about remote and hybrid work. Thanks, Nick. More to come. Listen: open-assembly.com/podcasts/trans…

🎙️New episode is out! 🥳Our guest is Fabian Waldinger (U of Munich) and we talked about his academic journey, science, WW1, boycotts, knowledge diffusion, socio-economic background & academic success, and more! Enjoy!😊@johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE #econtwitter

Read our latest #POIDWorkingPaper "Spillovers from science" by @mondpanther, Arjun Shah, @asvalero & @dvh147 poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS/a…

✨ March-special episode is out! ✨Our guest is @landais_camille (LSE) and we talked about his academic journey, family economics, gender inequality, child penalty, gender roles and more. Enjoy! 🥳 @CEP_LSE @POID_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter

Is quality upgrading in agriculture a path to poverty reduction? Read the @vox_dev article by @BernaMario, Patrick Farrell, Rocco Macchiavello, Josepa Miquel-Florensa, Eric Verhoogen and @nico_de_roux voxdev.org/topic/agricult…

Watch @I_Am_NickBloom explaining how remote work is redefining our lives, via #EconToGo and @SIEPR youtube.com/watch?v=S7LCjC…

Read the latest @LSEblogs post "Everything you thought you knew about local markets is wrong" by @CGenakos and @thkampouris blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

New @voxeu blogpost on firms predicting an #AI productivity boom is coming @Jose_MariaRD @I_Am_NickBloom Philip Bunn, Steven Davis, Kevin Foster, Aaron Jalca, Brent Meyer, @MizenPaul Michael Navarrete, Pawel Smietanka @GregoryThwaites Ben Zhe Wang @iyotzov cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Ray of hope? The rise of solar energy in China Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, Robin Burgess, Dávid László, Pol Simpson, @johnvanreenen & Yifan Wang outlined their research on China's green industrial policy (@LSEEcon @LSEnews @STICERD_LSE @The_IGC): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

At an event celebrating his Nobel Prize award, @Ph_Aghion shows how the Schumpeterian growth paradigm can shed light on debates around secular stagnation, the middle-income trap, European decline & the impacts of AI, & can be used to rethink capitalism. youtube.com/watch?v=5KidWF…