Grateful to our editing team Jonathan A. Parker Nina Pavčnik Timothy Taylor and especially our authors for this issue, including a fantastic symposium on how research informs policy analysis. All articles available open-access here: aeaweb.org/issues/762

Our first Metascience research grant call is now open!

In partnership with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Economic and Social Research Council is offering £5m of funding for research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting R&D. Individual projects can be up to £300k. More info here:

ukri.org/opportunity/uk…

I would love for more economists (and others) to write these types of pieces when they rotate out of government positions.

Let me also take this opportunity to post a favorite of mine in this genre, from Doug Elmendorf: ifp.org/how-to-transla…

This is an exceptionally clear and insightful paper by Zachary Liscow, whose expertise and experience make him the perfect person to have written this piece.

I could not recommend this paper more highly for researchers, for anyone interested in infrastructure policy, and as a…

EVENT: Professor Heidi L. Williams will give the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on ‘Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective’

Wednesday 15 May | 6:30-8pm | The View, London

Register to attend in person here: ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-ann…

It is hard to communicate in words how deeply I respect Alec Stapp Caleb Watney Institute for Progress's commitment to rigorous research and evidence-based policy analysis on the incredibly important topic of how best to support innovation, productivity, and growth.

See below for job openings.

We've sent invites for this year's 3rd Innovation PhD Boot Camp, run with Heidi L. Williams Kyle Myers Ina Ganguli 🇺🇦 🌻 Ben Jones (and thanks to Open Philanthropy for funding!). Lots of great talks coming! For full transparency, here's our unusual selection rule, which we encourage others to use!

Please circulate broadly and consider submitting!

This topic is incredibly important and -- in my view -- is currently under-researched relative to its importance. I expect this workshop to be very valuable in catalyzing new collaborations and research projects.

The formal hosts for Arnaud Dyevre's post-doc are Pierre Azoulay and J-PAL, but Paul Niehaus and I are thrilled to be supporting from the wings via J-PAL's Science for Progress Initiative.

Arnaud's work is fantastic; I wish I would have written this paper :)…

I could not be more thrilled to hear this absolutely fantastic news about Neale Mahoney and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Neale is a fantastic researcher with a deep commitment to public service, and also an incredibly kind, insightful, and thoughtful person.

Re-posting this thread with a reminder that the deadline to apply is midnight EST next Thursday 29 February.

Apropos of this week's great Jordan Dworkin piece in Nature, this a great opportunity for (funded) 'policy sabbaticals' for PhD students :)

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Grateful to our editing team Erik Hurst Jonathan A. Parker Nina Pavčnik Timothy Taylor and especially our authors for this issue, which includes fantastic symposia on immigration and taxation. All articles available open-access here: aeaweb.org/issues/752

Re-posting this as a reminder: the deadline to apply for this one-week PhD summer school on the economics of innovation is midnight EST this Thursday February 1.

Travel, lodging, and meal costs for participants generously covered by Open Philanthropy.