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Public policy research, teaching and engagement, enabling the right kind of growth, fairly shared. bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
Hear @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social discuss her latest book, The Measure of Progress, & explain why GDP increasingly fails to capture the reality of modern economies—& how we can measure real progress instead.

🎧Listen: buff.ly/7HrQ3Wi
GDP treats cigarette sales & cancer treatments as “good,” but caring for your kids or creating art doesn’t count at all.

@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to explain why GDP no longer reflects the real economy—and how we can measure true progress instead.

🎧Listen here: buff.ly/7HrQ3Wi
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Join @michaelkenny.bsky.social for an informal conversation & Q&A with @mikemcnair.bsky.social about his career, his advice & his top tips for creating a great career in policy.

Thu 27 Nov 2025
6-7pm
@fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social

All welcome—please register: www.tickettailor.com/events/fitzw...
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thank you to Prof Ricardo Hausmann for his sell out lecture on Public Policy in an Age of Disruption—including the secret to growth, the scrabble theory of economic development, & the value of knowledge capital, human capital & a school of public policy.
View photos: www.flickr.com/photos/19547...
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We're delighted to welcome Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social to deliver our annual lecture on Public Policy in an Age of Disruption - chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Nine years of G20 AI policy shows steady cooperation—not an ‘AI arms race’.

In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social examines how the G20 has built a cooperative, sector-based AI governance model that avoids great-power tensions but ignores deeper economic power issues.

Read: bit.ly/48pXbl6
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The UK’s fragmented approach to AI sovereignty creates vulnerabilities, warn @cam.ac.uk experts.

Only a fully integrated strategy—linking research, industrial policy & procurement—can secure the domestic AI capabilities needed to shape the nation’s economy, security & democracy.

bit.ly/3XoJblH
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Digitising transport = real productivity gains

New study by Filip Mandys & Diane Coyle shows modest investments in ICT can boost labour & energy productivity in the transport sector—though the benefits aren’t always evenly shared over time.

Read the blog www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
New blog: Does investing in ICT boost productivity & energy efficiency in transport?

Yes! Small ICT capital increases yield labour & energy gains; but those modest gains shift over time & aren’t evenly spread, writes Filip Mandys based on new research.

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New paper: Digitisation & productivity in the transport sector
by Filip Mandys & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social explores how greater investment in information & communication technologies (ICTs) can lead to greater productivity & energy efficiency in the transport sector.

Read: bit.ly/4qW42Kt
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.

The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.

Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We're delighted to welcome Dr William Warr OBE as an affiliated researcher.

William studied on the MPhil in Public Policy at Cambridge in 2014/15, and is currently Senior Vice President & Global Head of Health Strategy at BioNTech SE.

Read more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/per...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
From pies to policy: Measuring the social infrastructure that supports men’s mental health - Bennett School of Public Policy
In a new blog, Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that men’s mental health benefits from viewing community-led initiatives as vital social infrastructure, using the Bennett School’s framework t...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tickets are going fast for this year's Public Policy Lecture w/ Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social discussing "Public Policy in the Age of Disruption", chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social
📅 Thu 20 Nov
🕠 17:30 – 19:00
📍 Jesus College
👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎙️In this month's podcast, @jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg discuss what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/3497ac
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Join us for the 2025 Public Policy Lecture with Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social on how today’s policymakers can drive growth & prosperity in an age of disruption.

Thu 20 Nov 2025 | 17:30–19:00 | Jesus College, Cambridge

Book your place www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Join us at our virtual open day sessions this morning to find out about our two MPhil programmes running in 2026:

9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Looking to advance your career in public policy?

Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:

🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Check out the inaugural Bennett School of Public Policy e-newsletter!

📸 Launch event photos
🎓 MPhil programmes (2026 apps open)
💡 Research on start-ups & economic growth
🎧 Crossing Channels podcasts
📰 Latest blogs & more!
🗓️ Events

👀 Read: mailchi.mp/bennettschoo...

📨 Subscribe: bit.ly/4nB0Cdm
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New Crossing Channels podcast for November

@jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou debate what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.

pod.fo/e/3497ac
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Looking to advance your career in public policy?

Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social for our Virtual Open Day – Tues 4 Nov - to find out more about our two Masters courses:

🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy

Register & ask your questions:

bit.ly/4ohV9ck
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Millions now turn to AI for comfort, not just answers.

Yet regulation still treats chatbots as code, not companions.

In a new blog, Walter Pasquarelli argues: if AI acts like a therapist or caregiver, it should face the same standards.

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-comp...

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October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We’re pleased to welcome Rupert Oliver Allen as an affiliated researcher at the Bennett School.

Rupert is Head of Economics & Financial Analysis in the Cultural Affairs Sector at Canadian Heritage, leading work on the cultural economy, emerging technologies, & innovative financing.

bit.ly/4hDr5FJ
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions to learn more about our postgraduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social

📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9am—MPhil in Public Policy
🕒 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy

Register to attend online: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New paper by Ioannis Bournakis & Dimitris Christopoulos argues that falling corporate tax revenues in OECD countries stem from capital-intensive firms paying lower effective taxes, suggesting fairer policy should reward productive investment over mere capital accumulation.

bit.ly/4nseeau
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM