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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to Valentina Antonaccio Guedes for having her evidence referenced in the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Climate, Nature and Security Inquiry report. @inetoxford.bsky.social www.appgclimsec.uk/inquiry

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inquiry — All-Party Parliamentary Group for Climate and Security

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I'm looking for a new postdoc - details below.

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Another new term, another series of #ComplexityEconomics seminars! We start with Lucas Irwin from the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social AI Governance Initiative presenting Token taxes as a mechanism for reducing AI-driven power concentration on 21 October www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/token...

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Token taxes as a mechanism for reducing AI-driven power concentration

Token taxes – surcharges on model inference applied at the point of sale – are a promising contender for such a mechanism as they are more likely to be…

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My conversation wtih Greg Lablanc at the unSILOed podcast is now online. Among other things we dicuss why complexity science has not displaced mainstream economics and how we can better understand complex economic systems #Complexity www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekEJ...

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682. Exploring Complexity: From Physics to Economics with J. Doyne Farmer

YouTube video by unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Join me on May 29 for the concluding session of the Beyond Carbon UZH lecture series: Greening Growth, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Dioxide Removal. I'll be in discussion with Ottmar Edenhofer @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @inetoxford.bsky.social www.sustainability.uzh.ch/en/research-...

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Greening Growth, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Dioxide Removal

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'm looking forward to Luis Bettencourt (University of Chicago) visiting us @inetoxford.bsky.social next month - and especially to introducing when he gives a lecture on a new geographical framework for development @oxmartinschool.bsky.social www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/frame...

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'Cities all the way down: a new geographical framework for…

REGISTRATION To register to attend in-person at the Oxford Martin School, please scroll down to the registration form at the bottom of the page To…

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'm very much looking forward to meeting Isaak again.

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Can we finally simulate the climate economy? I discuss this with Tim Mohin and Sophia Davies www.sustainabilitysimplified.eco/p/can-we-fin...

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Can we finally simulate the climate economy?

A conversation with Prof. Doyne Farmer and Sophia Davies

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We're happy to announce our final Complexity Economics seminars for this academic year (all online as well as in person). We start on 29 April with Neave O'Clery @casaucl.bsky.social on Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm transactions. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/decip...

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Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm…

European industrial nations and China dominate critical intermediate products such as metals, common components and tools, while industrial complexity is…

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Which technologies are likely to make advances? Which ones might develop so fast that they pose risks to humanity? How quickly will new technologies to be deployed? I'm looking for answers with @francoislafond.bsky.social @maxroser.bsky.social in our new program on forecasting technological change

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"I like doing things that people think are impossible" - Doyne Farmer's interview in ARA now available to read (in Spanish and Catalan as well as English) en.ara.cat/science-tech...

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J. Doyne Farmer, physicist: "I like doing things that people think are impossible"

The scientist argues that we cannot predict the future, but we can create better economic models through physics.

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In our final #ComplexityEconomics seminar of the term on 11 March, we're delighted to welcome @cesifoti.bsky.social to talk about The Infinite Alphabet, exploring the many principles that govern how knowledge grows, moves and decays. @tidecentre.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-i...

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Book Talk: The Infinite Alphabet

This event is co-organised by The TIDE Centre We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are…

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Now available online: Liquidity Spirals - new working paper co-authored with Garbrand Wiesema @ecb.europa.eu and Esti Kemp (IMF) investigates how the (pecking) order in which institutions liquidate assets in response to shocks affects financial stability. www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpw...

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In our next #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 4 March @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's Peter Gal will be talking about the macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across the globe. Online and in person www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/mirac...

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Miracle or Myth? The macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across…

The presentation will focus on the expected macroeconomic productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence (AI) over a 10-year horizon in OECD and G20…

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Podem predir el futur mitjançant les matemàtiques? Què ens diu la teoria del caos? Quins són els límits de la nostra capacitat de predir la complexitat? Parlarem amb Doyne Farmer, un dels pares de la teoria, i amb la matemàtica Eva Miranda @evamirandag.bsky.social museuciencies.cat/activitats/2...

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This Thursday I'll be at @museuciencies.cat discussing chaos theory, time and its implications with @evamirandag.bsky.social and @ricardsole.bsky.social. Looking forward to it! museuciencies.cat/activitats/2...

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Teoria del caos: el món és predictible? | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

New book by SFI Press: The Economy as an Evolving Complex System IV, a two-volume collection of contributions from leading scholars examining the unprecedented complexity of the global economy. You can download PDF chapters for free, or purchase physical copies here: sfipress.org/books/eecs-iv

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Economics has failed the climate crisis: this complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan - @doynefarmer.bsky.social says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world #climatecrisis Interview by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a plan to fix that

Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

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Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Sara AlMahri @ifmcambridge.bsky.social is the next speaker in our @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar series! Join us on Wednesday 11th February @14:30 GMT in person or online, Register ➼ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/from-...

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Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Our first @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar of the year is coming up, featuring a book talk from @maxkasy.bsky.social! Don't forget to register to watch in person or online ➸ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-m... @oxfordecondept.bsky.social

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Here's the announcement you've been waiting for - our Complexity Economics seminar speakers for this term! We start on 4 Feb with @maxkasy.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social discussing his new book The means of prediction: How AI really works (and who benefits) www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-m...

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Book Talk: The means of prediction - how AI really works (and who…

As economist Maximilian Kasy shows in The Means of Prediction , artificial intelligence, far from being an unstoppable force, is irrevocably shaped by…

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Highly recommended by all our team members who have attended in the past!

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

In our #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 3 December: How does government conduct analysis to meet its twin missions of Clean Power 2030 and Accelerating to #NetZero? Director of Analysis and Chief Economist at DESNZ Donna Leong will give her perspectives. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/missi...

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Mission analysis – how does the UK government model the transition to…

How does government conduct analysis to meet its twin missions of Clean Power 2030 and Accelerating to Net Zero?

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I had a chat with Brad Carr about how to bear roulette and predict the economy - you watch us talking at www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbdU... #ComplexityEconomics #Complexity

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Doyne Farmer: Roulette, Chaos Theory, Global Economics, Oxford University

YouTube video by Brad Carr

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Oxford Martin School @oxmartinschool.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher to join a new Oxford Martin programme led by renowned innovation scholars: Prof @maxroser.bsky.social, Prof @doynefarmer.bsky.social & Dr @francoislafond.bsky.social. Help shape global insights into how technologies evolve. Link in thread ⬇️

Job vacancy for Post Doctoral Research Associate in Economics of Technological Change at Oxford. Deadline: 5 Jan 2026.

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We too are very excited about Karolina Bassa's new paper with Rama Cont on Dynamics of sovereign debt: credit risk and sustainability analysis www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications...

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

In our next #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 12 Nov, Rafael Prieto-Curiel @csh.ac.at will explore the challenges of making cities work for everyone while facing dual challenges of managing both expansion and contraction at a time of rapid future population expansion www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/citie...

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Cities for everyone

In this talk, Rafael Prieto-Curiel will explore the challenges of making cities work for everyone. Previously, Rafael worked on urban dynamics as part of…

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We're looking for a postdoc for our new project on forecasting technological change - more details below

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

What if one model could realistically predict the economy of an entire country? The entire world? A month-long working group, co-organized by SFI External Professor @doynefarmer.bsky.social, made the case that agent-based models may bring this vision to life:

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Agent-based models move into the economic mainstream

In the 1980s and ’90s, SFI played laboratory to a promising new method known as agent-based modeling. In ensuing decades, agent-based models (ABMs) proliferated across many fields, including economics...

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Richard M. Bailey @rmbailey.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

How to improve LLM responses in domains we can’t score? Implicit signals from structured dialogue help LLM agents edit their own contexts, improving responses dramatically. “Self-evolving expertise in complex non-verifiable subject domains: dialogue as implicit meta-RL”. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.15772

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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Come work with us! We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Food System Transformations at the University of Oxford. This role is part of an ambitious, interdisciplinary project exploring rapid food system transformations. More details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Job Details

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Our #Complexity Economics Seminar series is back! We start next Wednesday 22 October with a talk from Cambridge University's @martagrzeskiewicz.bsky.social presenting an algorithm for uncovering a utility function based on observational consumption data. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/uncov...

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Uncovering utility functions from observational data

The algorithm, Preference Extraction and Reward Learning (PEARL) is able to uncover a representation of the utility function that best rationalises…

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Blas Kolic @blas-ko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🚨 Fresh from ArXiv: “Comparing Data Assimilation and Likelihood-Based Inference on Latent State Estimation in Agent-Based Models” with @marcopangallo.bsky.social, @c0rrad0.bsky.social, & @gdfm.bsky.social 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.17625

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Coming up on 1 October @wifo.bsky.social: Karolina Bassa will present on the impact of fiscal and public investment policies on the sovereign's borrowing cost and credit risk in the presence of stochastic output shocks and credit-sensitive funding from investors👇 www.wifo.ac.at/en/event/433...

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A Quantitative Model of Sovereign Credit Risk and Debt Sustainability

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

@doynefarmer.bsky.social spoke to Gregory McNiff at the New Books Network about his research and Making Sense of Chaos. You can listen at newbooksnetwork.com/making-sense... #Complexity #ComplexityEconomics

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J. Doyne Farmer, "Making Sense of Chaos" (Yale UP, 2024) - New Books Network

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I am at New York climate week, and at a reception put on by @ember-energy.org, who does great work in promoting the green transition. I had the pleasure of riding in an all electric boat built by Flux Marine - it moved silently through the water to the Statue of Liberty and back at an amazing speed!

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Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Additional role for for @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social announced Eric has been appointed to the Science Board of @sfiscience.bsky.social as its Chair The role advises on scientific strategy for the Institute. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/eric-beinhoc…

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

My summer at @sfiscience.bsky.social is coming to an end. Along with the people, I will miss the views and hiking in the hills. Watching the moonrise from Castle Rock is something to be recommended. See you again next year!

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Interested in climate change and the UK #CarbonBudget? Watch this space! @doynefarmer.bsky.social is heading up our latest project to fill evidence gaps ahead of the UK Government setting its Seventh Carbon Budget next year www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/sprint-...

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Sprint to Seventh Carbon Budget Commences

A project to fill macroeconomic and distributional analysis evidence gaps has started at INET Oxford this summer.

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Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

▶New guide to modelling the net zero transition is published; ▶Gives clarity to a plethora of available modelling options becoming increasingly relevant Led by @cameronhepburn.bsky.social www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/most-ef...

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Most Effective Models To Guide The Net-Zero Transition

A new guide for climate and finance ministries on the most effective ways to model the Net-Zero Transition has been published in the Oxford Review of…

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