Throughout the year, we run a range of public lectures, workshops, roundtables, press briefings and seminars to share the findings of our research, and facilitate the debate of these important issues.
On 2 June 1938 with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pilgrim Trust, the Leverhulme Trust and the Halley Stewart Trust, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research was formed. Now, 85 years to the day, we will be marking this occasion with a panel discussion on "The Failure…
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is holding a one-day workshop on "Finance and Growth". Following the Edinburgh reforms announced by the Government, we are considering the relationship between financial stability and growth in the UK as part of our work on productivity for the ESRC-funded Productivity Institute.…
Designed for subscribers to our macro-econometric model - NiGEM - this training workshop covers additional examples of trade shocks in NIGEM, including adjustment to trade shares (an approach that was used in our analysis of Brexit and the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war). The session will incorporate a step-by-step guide…
This training workshop, designed for users who are already familiar with NiGEM, will include examples that illustrate the difference between endogenous and exogenous shocks, how default expectations can be changed and what the implications of the change. The workshop will look at how income constraints can be changed in the…
Aimed at users who are familiar with NiGEM, this workshop offers a guide to implementing the NGFS transitions scenarios, as well as modifying transition inputs to investigate alternative possibilities. It includes useful pointers of where the NGFS climate model and related files can be found on NIGEM website.
Forecasting is central to macroeconomic policy making and risk management, and it is now routine to exploit data on a large number of variables to produce the forecasts. There are many techniques that can be used, such as penalized regressions, principal components, neural networks, ensemble, Bayesian and other forecast averaging…
Our June Governor Talk will be given by Ed Conway on his new book 'Material World'. We are in the early stages of a new industrial revolution (and energy transition) – an attempt to replace fossil fuels with renewable alternatives. Around the world, many countries – most notably the US…
NMITE and the Political Economy of Higher Education The 2023 Parliamentary Lecture will be given by Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP. Jesse will be talking on the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) and the Political Economy of Higher Education. About the Speaker Jesse has been a Governor…
This event is for students who are interested in possibly pursuing a career in Economics or Social Research. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research will be holding a half-day event where you are able to come and hear from some of our research staff about their journeys to…
An evidence session of the Productivity Commission, which focuses on what and how productivity can be improved, particularly looking at 'Examining the role of International Investment'. The Commissioners will ask questions to our witnesses