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Diane Coyle

@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

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Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist

Dame Diane Coyle is a British economist. Since March 2018, she has been the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, co-directing the Bennett Institute.

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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 7h

Great blog from my @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk colleague @alwalker.bsky.social on the government's new pride in place programme.

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/unpacki...

Unpacking the pride in place programme - Bennett School of Public Policy

The government's new ‘pride in place’ strategy promises to empower communities to restore local spaces and revive high streets. The widened and rebranded regeneration scheme forms a key pillar of its ...

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 19h

I love the Manchester Collective!

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#sophiefromromania and @rorycj.bsky.social discussing Amber’s #strictly performance

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 19h

Our new paper on the challenges of measuring AI is online @nber.org www.nber.org/papers/w34330

Making AI Count: The Next Measurement Frontier

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 1d

This was #sophiefromromania at 6.30 being told it was far too early for a walk. Soon after 7 we were out with her

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s #sophiefromromania taking @rorycj.bsky.social for his morning stroll

Rory and Sophie dog next to one of her favourite sniff-stops

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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1996, Edith Penrose died. We have to admit, we didn't know much about this remarkable woman until @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social recommended her for a podcast episode. Her work on firms is as relevant now as they have ever been. Have a listen. #EconSky open.spotify.com/episode/3rpp...

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Edith Penrose

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 1d

“As the U.S. & other countries are finding out, statistics on global supply chains are sparse, although the Trump administration’s tariffs & haphazard economic policies are making it all too clear which imports were crucial.”

— @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

The Urgent Need For Revolutionizing Economic Statistics | NOEMA

Donald Trump’s abandonment of honest economic statistics highlights what’s been true for a while: The way we measure economic activity has long been inadequate for modern political challenges.

www.noemamag.com

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

The people's AI? www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...

The people’s AI? | The Enlightened Economist

www.enlightenmenteconomics.com

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 1d

🎉 We were delighted to celebrate the official launch of the Bennett School of Public Policy earlier this week at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Our goal is to equip the policymakers of tomorrow with the skills, insights, and experiences they need to tackle the complex challenges of our time.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

Very pleased my colleagues
@bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
are one of the teams selected for this excellent
@ai.cam.ac.uk
initiative to streamline university ops: www.ai.cam.ac.uk/news/eight-t...

Eight teams awarded funding to pioneer AI in University operations

From cutting exam administration time by 90 percent to helping researchers bring medical software to regulators 60 percent faster, eight new AI for University Operations projects will use artificial i...

www.ai.cam.ac.uk

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Alex Walker @alwalker.bsky.social · 2d

New blog for @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk on the pride in place strategy

I explore why the government is going quite big on this and has adopted the language of pride in place, and look at whether it marks a real shift in power away from the centre

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/unpacki...

Unpacking the pride in place programme - Bennett School of Public Policy

Labour’s new ‘pride in place’ strategy promises to empower communities to restore local spaces and revive high streets. The widened and rebranded regeneration scheme forms a key pillar of its response...

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 2d

Join our Virtual Open Day to learn about our graduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social

📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9–11am

Meet course directors, ask questions, and explore our MPhils in Digital Policy & Public Policy.

www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

High-profile departures from the US - congrats to @econ.uzh.ch

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 2d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 2d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 2d

What counts as "the economy"? How can we factor in unpaid work and everyday life?

A new discussion paper by @ucl.ac.uk's Jonathan Gershuny explores how time-use data can reveal this hidden economy: tinyurl.com/4ev8x5fc

Beyond the market: Measuring unpaid work and everyday life - ESCoE

By Jonathan Gershuny When economists measure growth, they often focus on the money economy – […]

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 2d

#sophiefromromania doing her morning stretches

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 2d

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"

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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.

It's not just AI. And education still matters

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

On the far bank, if you zoom in

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

#sophiefromromania says she just wants to be friends…

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 3d

The map below shows how far behind France and Germany we are in mass transit. In France, every place with over 150,000 people has some form of tram or metro.

But if mayoral areas can 'become builders' as @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social puts it in the foreword, we can turn this around.

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The UK has very few mass transit systems compared to peers

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Josh Martin @joshmartinecon.bsky.social · 3d

New #productivity data - we build labour productivity estimates for over 180 industries in the UK, more than doubling the detail available from official stats. #econsky

Paper with @escoeorg.bsky.social - www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...

Blog - www.escoe.ac.uk/uk-labour-pr...

UK labour productivity estimates for 184 industries - ESCoE

New research from ESCoE and The Productivity Institute produces UK productivity estimates for 184 industries.

www.escoe.ac.uk

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 3d

The prof restored order on a fine morning to the walk with #sophiefromromania though we had to scoot quickly past the film crew’s location catering truck

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 3d

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Got a fun story this morning about a triumph for AI in healthcare that isn’t quite what it seems. Subscribe to my Substack to get it in your inbox soon

Rory’s Always On Newsletter | Rory Cellan-Jones | Substack

A tech notebook with a focus on health - and occasional glimpses of a dog called #sophiefromromania. Click to read Rory’s Always On Newsletter, by Rory Cellan-Jones, a Substack publication with tens o...

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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 3d

🎉 Policy and Politics, Vol 53 Issue 4 is live!

We are happy to share our latest Issue featuring many fantastic articles by our authors: @samwarner.bsky.social sky.social , David Richards, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social coyle1859.bsky.social , Martin J. Smith...

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d

This is on a par with discovering you can send wireless signals through rock, Cave Link www.cavelink.com/cl3x_neu/ind...

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d

Alas, not possible up Station Road …

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d

On the way from my office to the station today

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NBER @nber.org · 3d

Abundant AI geniuses will be great, but only if we can work out what to use them for, from Ajay K. Agrawal, @joshgans.bsky.social, and Avi Goldfarb https://www.nber.org/papers/w34316

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI - excellent column by @johnthornhill.bsky.social. "Instead of hyperventilating about AI ushering in a new era of abundance, wouldn’t it be better to drop the rhetoric and build AI systems for more defined, realisable goals?" www.ft.com/content/3474...

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI

Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence

www.ft.com

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