Paul Nightingale
@paulnightingale.bsky.social
Professor of Strategy at SPRU.
Associate Dean of Research, University of Sussex Business School. #1 in UK for research income.
Editor Research Policy.
Acting Director HSP.
Views mine, not my employer. Politics unfashionable since 1654
Associate Dean of Research, University of Sussex Business School. #1 in UK for research income.
Editor Research Policy.
Acting Director HSP.
Views mine, not my employer. Politics unfashionable since 1654
What do UK academics working on productivity (keyword removed) also work on (keywords connected by co-citation). Published in the last give years.
Interesting that innovation and trade now cluster together - which is I'm guessing down to a small shift in policy called Brexit.
Interesting that innovation and trade now cluster together - which is I'm guessing down to a small shift in policy called Brexit.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What do UK academics working on productivity (keyword removed) also work on (keywords connected by co-citation). Published in the last give years.
Interesting that innovation and trade now cluster together - which is I'm guessing down to a small shift in policy called Brexit.
Interesting that innovation and trade now cluster together - which is I'm guessing down to a small shift in policy called Brexit.
Which universities/institutions are working on the economics of productivity and how do their ideas overlap.
Interesting divergence (not sure that is the right term) between US and China. Data for last five years.
Interesting divergence (not sure that is the right term) between US and China. Data for last five years.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Which universities/institutions are working on the economics of productivity and how do their ideas overlap.
Interesting divergence (not sure that is the right term) between US and China. Data for last five years.
Interesting divergence (not sure that is the right term) between US and China. Data for last five years.
Not sure where this came from....
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Not sure where this came from....
And what are they focusing on now (last five years - keywords). Much bigger focus on innovation and R&D. But still strong showing from development economists, lots on inequality and the enviroment.
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And what are they focusing on now (last five years - keywords). Much bigger focus on innovation and R&D. But still strong showing from development economists, lots on inequality and the enviroment.
And what do economists and people in business schools work on in relationt to growth and productivity....
More focus on inequality, wages, international development, methods... and a little bit on innovation which is central
More focus on inequality, wages, international development, methods... and a little bit on innovation which is central
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
And what do economists and people in business schools work on in relationt to growth and productivity....
More focus on inequality, wages, international development, methods... and a little bit on innovation which is central
More focus on inequality, wages, international development, methods... and a little bit on innovation which is central
Same same for the Nexus nexus - not as integrated with distinct foci and more focus on CO2
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Same same for the Nexus nexus - not as integrated with distinct foci and more focus on CO2
What do academic degrowthers work on - a lot of stuff.
Bit worrying that CO2 is so isolated.
Keywords co-citation from the Nexus-Nexus work.
Bit worrying that CO2 is so isolated.
Keywords co-citation from the Nexus-Nexus work.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What do academic degrowthers work on - a lot of stuff.
Bit worrying that CO2 is so isolated.
Keywords co-citation from the Nexus-Nexus work.
Bit worrying that CO2 is so isolated.
Keywords co-citation from the Nexus-Nexus work.
Victim signalling isn't as innocent as it appears.
Most people are nice, so victims get looked after more, and Machiavellian personalities take advantage of this to access resources and get others to attack.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Most people are nice, so victims get looked after more, and Machiavellian personalities take advantage of this to access resources and get others to attack.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Victim signalling isn't as innocent as it appears.
Most people are nice, so victims get looked after more, and Machiavellian personalities take advantage of this to access resources and get others to attack.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Most people are nice, so victims get looked after more, and Machiavellian personalities take advantage of this to access resources and get others to attack.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very insightful on the complexities of AI and the relationship between technical change and economic realities.
Also v good strategy takes for firms.
braddelong.substack.com/p/bubbles-pr...
Also v good strategy takes for firms.
braddelong.substack.com/p/bubbles-pr...
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Very insightful on the complexities of AI and the relationship between technical change and economic realities.
Also v good strategy takes for firms.
braddelong.substack.com/p/bubbles-pr...
Also v good strategy takes for firms.
braddelong.substack.com/p/bubbles-pr...
This is very good and very clear about the need to move on from assuming we live in the 1980s and accept the world had changed.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is very good and very clear about the need to move on from assuming we live in the 1980s and accept the world had changed.
This is a wonderful data collection job on Rutland entrepreneurship from a wonderful and very smart team.
Important for understanding dynamics of firm formation in the UK.
Worrying on recent UK dynamics suggesting policy isn't working and needs to change.
Important for understanding dynamics of firm formation in the UK.
Worrying on recent UK dynamics suggesting policy isn't working and needs to change.
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is a wonderful data collection job on Rutland entrepreneurship from a wonderful and very smart team.
Important for understanding dynamics of firm formation in the UK.
Worrying on recent UK dynamics suggesting policy isn't working and needs to change.
Important for understanding dynamics of firm formation in the UK.
Worrying on recent UK dynamics suggesting policy isn't working and needs to change.
"Some material pertains to his friendships in Germany"
This is a laughably Orwellian euphemism...
This is a laughably Orwellian euphemism...
November 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"Some material pertains to his friendships in Germany"
This is a laughably Orwellian euphemism...
This is a laughably Orwellian euphemism...
"So your intellectual history of degrowth thinking in the 20th century is very good. But there seems to be a big gap in the 1930s"
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"So your intellectual history of degrowth thinking in the 20th century is very good. But there seems to be a big gap in the 1930s"
Great op ed from the Hindu Times on the Nobel Prize in economics, the importance of history, and understanding innovation today.
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Great op ed from the Hindu Times on the Nobel Prize in economics, the importance of history, and understanding innovation today.
Unsolicited brick pic
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Unsolicited brick pic
Second pair in two days.
*fumes*
*fumes*
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Second pair in two days.
*fumes*
*fumes*
Kinda annoying
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Kinda annoying
Key take away:
Supply of housing kept up with population but big demand shock in 1980s when banks entered loan market (Building Societies funded by members had limited funds which kept prices down).
Then Capital Adequacy regime made mortgage lending cheaper than industrial investment.
And boom!
Supply of housing kept up with population but big demand shock in 1980s when banks entered loan market (Building Societies funded by members had limited funds which kept prices down).
Then Capital Adequacy regime made mortgage lending cheaper than industrial investment.
And boom!
September 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Key take away:
Supply of housing kept up with population but big demand shock in 1980s when banks entered loan market (Building Societies funded by members had limited funds which kept prices down).
Then Capital Adequacy regime made mortgage lending cheaper than industrial investment.
And boom!
Supply of housing kept up with population but big demand shock in 1980s when banks entered loan market (Building Societies funded by members had limited funds which kept prices down).
Then Capital Adequacy regime made mortgage lending cheaper than industrial investment.
And boom!
New York photos from 1963
August 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New York photos from 1963