What can history teach us about the global food supply? In the upcoming series of 10ThingstoKnowAbout About, Amy Hassett meets Dublin's fresh produce guru Justin Leonard🍊🍒 and discusses opportunities and challenges of #foodsecurity with Chris Colvin from Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH)

In their new working paper, Chris Colvin, Irish Famine Project, and eoinaldo.bsky.social find out what happened to Ireland's indigenous language, when and why ceph.ie/article-re/min… 1/13 QUBBusiness Economics @ Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt #Econtwitter #Economics #NSRPproject

NEW 🚨 | Median FTSE 100 CEO pay reaches new record of £4.2 million - 120 times the annual pay of a typical UK worker, according to our latest research. theguardian.com/business/artic…

The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia, writes Professor Douglas Hedley in our weekly Critic essay thecritic.co.uk/revolution-in-…

An important chance to assess the state of the economy at the start of the new government's term of office. September 11th UofG Adam Smith Business School. National Institute of Economic and Social Research Anton Muscatelli Graeme Roy John Turner The Productivity Institute Scottish Economic Society

The behavior of post-pandemic inflation was nearly identical in the US and the Euro area. In both cases, it was mainly driven by unexpectedly strong demand forces, from Domenico Giannone and Giorgio Primiceri nber.org/papers/w32859

How do we solve the economic problems we face? The 2024 Festival of Economics - a legacy project of Bristol Ideas - brings together world-leading economists and the public to debate questions and help find solutions. Full programme here: economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-ec…

There is still time to apply for the 2025 Datini-Ester seminar on "Finance in History"! All PhD students working on these topics are welcome to apply! Join us in beautiful #Prato (#Tuscany) for this fully-funded experience! #EconHist (deadline October 25) istitutodatini.it/ester/htm/call…

🚨 New Pivotal report published this morning The report looks back at the first seven months of the restored Northern Ireland Executive and suggests priorities ahead Read it here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Publi…

Delighted to share that the first tranche of statistics digitized by Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) are now live on Central Statistics Office Ireland. Twelve are live today, including the number on the Live Register 1923-1997 (below). Over the coming months, there will be hundreds - and we're adding Northern Ireland too!

How has the Executive done in the last seven months since its return? Some comments from Ann Watt on @bbcnolan this morning Read Pivotal's new report here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Publi…

But wait, there's more! Another 12 Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) series have gone live on Central Statistics Office Ireland today, including number of gardaí (police), shown below per capita. Big increase in gardaí 1970-1990, likely related to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. data.cso.ie/product/CEPH

Don’t forget the CfP for our Annual Conference is still open The Nee Research Prize is also back again this year, so a great opportunity for any PhD researchers

A really good initiative by Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) delivering a free online course in Irish economic history. It's a great line-up so highly recommended to anyone interested ceph.ie/the-developmen…

As my daughter starts a school year that raises eyebrows abroad, I write about Ireland’s “TY” The Irish schools experiment: a year for students to find themselves ft.com/content/178bf3… via @ft

Really pleased to have been able to contribute to this Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) free course on Irish economic history, including the performance of Northern Ireland's economy during the first 50 years of devolution. More info: ceph.ie/the-developmen…