Events

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.

Assessing Cycles and Structural Changes in Markets

Join us as Andrew Smithers and Peter Oppenheimer discuss some of the themes from their recent books: The Economics of the Stock Market (Smithers) and Any Happy Returns (Oppenheimer). In a conversation chaired by Gillian Tett, a Financial Times columnist and Provost of King's College, Cambridge, both Peter and Andrew…
Event time
17:00 to 18:30
6 March, 2024
6 March, 2024

Investing for Growth: boosting productivity through higher public and private investment

The causes of, and solutions to, the woeful productivity performance of the UK economy since the Global Financial Crisis has been the subject of much analysis in the last 15 years.  Is it just the result of an economy maturing, or is there something more underlying? And, does this slower…
Event time
11:00 to 13:00
12 March, 2024
12 March, 2024

Governor Talk with Bridget Rosewell

In this informal talk, Bridget Rosewell will discuss the role of the UK Infrastructure Bank, with a focus on how to show additionality. Bridget Rosewell, CBE, is a British economist with vast experience in both the public and private sector. She is a senior adviser of Volterra Partners, which she…
Event time
12:30 to 13:30
14 March, 2024
14 March, 2024

NiGEM Workshop: Introducing Macro-Pru to NiGEM

This intermediate/advanced level workshop will guide users in systemic risk and macroprudential policy in NiGEM. Macroprudential considerations are introduced into NiGEM via loan to value ratios and capital adequacy requirements. Please note, all times are GMT.
Event time
11:00 to 12:00
21 March, 2024
21 March, 2024

NiGEM Workshop: Modelling Complex Scenarios

This intermediate/advanced workshop is designed to help users create complex scenarios using different channels in NiGEM. Please note all times are in GMT
Event time
14:00 to 15:00
21 March, 2024
21 March, 2024

NiGEM Workshop: Adding and Evaluating Fiscal Packages in NiGEM

This intermediate/advanced NiGEM training session will provide an introduction to fiscal block in NiGEM, alongside fiscal multipliers and several practical examples of how to introduce fiscal plans into NIGEM. It will cover the point and click wizard, as well as more complex edit variable function of the model. Please note…
Event time
11:00 to 12:00
22 March, 2024
22 March, 2024

NiGEM Workshop: The Climate Model in NiGEM

This intermediate/advanced training session will provide a guide to implementing the NGFS Phase IV transitions scenarios in the latest version of NiGEM (v1.24).  This model will form the basis for NGFS 2024 release. Includes useful pointers of where the NGFS climate model and related files can be found within the…
Event time
14:00 to 15:00
22 March, 2024
22 March, 2024

Business Conditions Forum

Ahead of the publication of our Spring 2024 UK and Global Outlooks in early May, the Business Conditions Forum offers an opportunity for NIESR researchers to share some of their findings with select industry representatives and gather their feedback. More information on the topic and speakers will be released closer…
Event time
09:00 to 10:00
10 April, 2024
10 April, 2024

Dow Lecture with James Talbot: Climate Change, the Macroeconomy and Monetary Policy

Climate change – and the policy response of governments at home and abroad to it – will affect the macroeconomy in a number of ways.  If climate shocks, or climate-related policies influence output and inflation in the short-run, monetary policy makers will need to consider their impact.  Research on the…
Event time
16:30 to 18:00
25 April, 2024
25 April, 2024

Spring 2024 Press Conference

Ahead of the publication of our Spring 2024 UK and Global Economic Outlooks, this press conference is an opportunity for journalists to hear directly from the researchers, ask questions and gain insight into what our findings mean for policymakers and the wider public. With an election getting ever closer, NIESR’s…
Event time
11:00 to 12:15
8 May, 2024
8 May, 2024

Spring 2024 Members’ Roundtable

We are delighted to be hosting our Spring 2024 Members' Roundtable. The Roundtable represents an opportunity for our Members to have an in-depth insight into our quarterly UK and Global Outlooks ahead of general dissemination, and to discuss the findings with our researchers. With an election getting ever closer, NIESR’s…
Event time
09:00 to 10:30
9 May, 2024
9 May, 2024

Spring 2024 Economic Forum

With an election getting ever closer, NIESR’s Spring Quarterly Outlook provides a closer look into the year's economic prospects. Domestically, inflation looks to be coming back to target and economic growth is showing some signs of recovery, although the medium-term trend is still one of the same sluggish performance, we…
Event time
11:00 to 12:00
10 May, 2024
10 May, 2024