The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) is hosting an in-person and online event this week to launch the Macroeconomic Policies for Wartime Ukraine Report and would like you to attend.

The European Economic Association (EEA) announced the recipients of its 2022 Award for Innovation in Teaching this past week. The 2000€ prize is awarded to an individual or group, who has demonstrated innovation in their teaching. The Award Committee received very strong applications from more than 15 institutions including UCL, University of St.Gallen, KU Leuven, and… Sciences Po!

Empirical economics sets out to fill the gap between economic theory and observed data. Relying on case studies and econometrics, it is useful to evaluate and improve public policies in areas such as labour, health, education, family and development economics. But in 1983, Edward Leamer took empirical economists to task: take the “con out of econometrics”! And pursued: “Hardly anyone takes data analysis seriously.

*The original article may be read on Sciences Po's institutional website*

In addition to our annual and semestrial visitors  - in 2021/22 we were thrilled to host Roland BÉNABOU (Princeton), Thierry FOUCAULT (HEC Paris), Basile GRASSI (Bocconi), Vishal KAMAT (TSE), and Costas MEGHIR (Yale) - we regularly receive short-term visitors in late Spring/early Summer. 

We extend the warmest welcome to Xavier ROUBAIX (Harvard), Cécile GAUBERT (UC Berkeley), Jonathon HAZELL (LSE), and David SRAER (Berkeley Haas) !