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The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality, and the Economy at the UCL Department of Economics launched on 26 May 2022.

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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We’re delighted to announce Jeevun Sandher MP will join us as respondent at this year’s Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture with LSE’s Stephen Machin. Date: Wednesday 21 October Time: Doors 16:30 Where: Woburn House, London Free registration: bit.ly/PublicLectur...
Jeevun Sandher
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social at @lmu.de is hiring a Junior Research Group Leader in Wealth #Inequality Research. Applications for the full-time, three-year role close on 15 November: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3...
Job announcement graphic for a Junior Research Group Leader in Wealth Inequality Research at ISI Munich. Apply by 15 November 2026. Shown over a blue-tinted aerial photo of central Munich, with the LMU and ISI logos.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stone Centre Co-Director Wendy Carlin addressed a packed room at @uclpolicylab.bsky.social's Big Tax Debate at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The panel discussed how to make the UK tax system fairer and more progressive while driving #growth and #productivity.
Stone Centre Co-Director Wendy Carlin speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Students often think they understand a concept better than they do, and instructors can miss the gaps. On 30 October, 12–1pm UK, EeCheng Ong of the National University of Singapore will show how concept checks can help. Free tickets to join online via Microsoft Teams: bit.ly/SC-CTaLE2026
Event graphic on a blue background with a faded London skyline. Text reads: Stone Centre and CTaLE workshop on The unknown unknowns: Concept checks to address illusions of knowing, with EeCheng Ong. Online, 30 October, 12pm to 1pm UK. A circular photo of EeCheng Ong, smiling, sits on the right. The CTaLE logo is in the top right corner and the Stone Econ logo is in the bottom right.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From labour market discrimination to monetary policy, the Stone Centre's four new 2026/2027 PhD Scholars are tackling different drivers of wealth #inequality: Vrinda Anand, Graham Mazeine, Guido Spanò and Zeyi Xiao. Read more: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
The new Stone Centre PhD Scholars: Vrinda, Graham, Guido, and Zeyi.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you beginning your career researching social or wealth #inequality? The 2027 @isi-munich.bsky.social Pipeline Program pairs early-career scholars on wealth inequality with a senior mentor abroad. Apply by 30 Sep: form.jotform.com/262431358048... Info: www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...
ISI Pipeline Program
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What's different about wage #inequality today? The Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture with Stephen Machin (LSE). 📅 21 October 2026 📍 Woburn House, London 🎟️ bit.ly/PublicLectur... Registrations now open.
Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture 2026
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
AI risks widening #inequality, not narrowing it, warned panellists at our July workshop on AI and graduate careers. Our recap covers both panels and the afternoon hackathon, read it here: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... Thanks to @uclpolicylab.bsky.social for their support.
Event recap: Stone Centre Workshop on AI, Analytics Disciplines, and Graduate Careers
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thanks to everyone who attended last month's Stone Centre and @uclpolicylab.bsky.social workshop on Al, Analytical Disciplines, and Graduate Careers. We'll share our full recap soon.
Workshop on Al, Analytical Disciplines, and Graduate Careers
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What does it mean for #inequality when households don't share resources equally between the people inside them? Valérie Lechene discusses her Stone Centre-funded project on inequality hidden inside households: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Valérie Lechene
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Stone Centre PhD Scholar Sebastian Espinoza's research shows better transport can shift bargaining power to workers. We spoke with Sebastian to find out more about his research on Santiago's metro, labour market power, and #inequality: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Stone Centre PhD Scholar Sebastian Espinoza Rojas
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Save the date: Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture 2026 📍Woburn House, London 🗓️Wed 21 October, late afternoon 🔔Speaker: Professor Stephen Machin (LSE, @cep-lse.bsky.social) Full details to follow #Inequality
Stone Centre Public Lecture, Weds 21 Oct 2026, London
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Challenging a 50-year consensus, research from Clement Imbert & @gulyssea.bsky.social suggests rural-urban migration is a route out of informality, with implications for how cities absorb climate-driven migration in the coming decades. Read the summary: www.stone-econ.org/research/rur... #Inequality
Clement Imbert & Gabriel Ulyssea
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Clara Martínez-Toledano's Stone Centre-funded and 2025 IIPF Musgrave Prize winning paper on private capital markets and US inequality is now under review at the AER. Read her reflections on the project: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #Inequality @cmtneztt.bsky.social
Clara Martínez-Toledano
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Three Stone Centre PhD Scholars land three Assistant Professorships across three continents. Congratulations to Brian Amorim Cabaço, Javier Boncompte Guarda, and Eric Klemm. We caught up with them to find out more about their job market successes: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #PhDLife
Stone Centre PhD Scholars Brian, Javier and Eric
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This Friday at @ucl.ac.uk: the Stone Centre & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social convene PwC, CFA Institute, ACCA & Jisc on AI and graduate careers. Two panels + a hackathon. A few spaces left. 📍UCL Main Campus 🗓️Fri 3 July 10am-5pm 🎟️https://luma.com/nrjukkx7 #HigherEducation #AI
AI, Analytical Disciplines, and Graduate Careers event at UCL this Friday
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Stone Centre grantee David Hope & co's new Doing Economics project tackles a policy puzzle: why are carbon taxes backed by 3,600+ US economists yet politically blocked? Perceptions of inequality and fairness are a big part of the answer. Find out more: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Stone Centre grant recipient David Hope, who has co-authored a new Doing Economics project for CORE Econ
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Tamo Halder's free AI tutor for first-generation economics students is 1–2 months from its student trial. A year on from our first conversation, he tells us where the project stands, and what's at stake when access to AI is unequal. www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #inequality
Tamo Halder “There is already a growing divide between students who can afford to use better models, versus students who can’t.”
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Congratulations to Charyl Kong, winner of the 2026 Explore Econ Stone Centre Prize, for her dissertation on women's political empowerment in Brazil: "The policy moves women closer to political participation, but stops short of representation." www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... #inequality
Charyl Kong winning the Explore Econ Stone Centre prize
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Many thanks to Pedro Carneiro for a fascinating Stone Centre breakfast on the links between childhood victimisation, mental health and adult crime.
Pedro Carneiro
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
How is AI reshaping graduate labour markets? How should disciplines, universities, and sector bodies respond? The Stone Centre & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social will bring together two expert panels to discuss. 📍 UCL Main Campus 🗓️ Fri 3 July 10am-5pm 🎟️ luma.com/nrjukkx7 #HigherEducation #AI
AI, Analytical Disciplines, and Graduate Careers: Opportunity, Risk, and Institutional Responsibility event, Fri 3 July, 10am-5pm, UCL Main Campus
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New #inequality research co-authored by Stone Centre PhD Scholar Ararat Gocmen: "The top 0.5% wealth share would have grown by 26% less from 2010 to 2022 if U.S. HNWIs had invested in the NASDAQ 100 rather than U.S. early-stage companies." Full summary: www.stone-econ.org/research/pri...
The top 0.5% wealth share would have grown by 26% less from 2010 to 2022 if U.S. HNWIs had invested in the NASDAQ 100 rather than U.S. early-stage companies.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Stone Centre scholar Javier Boncompte on the UK sugar tax: "much of the policy's impact comes from firms reformulating their products to reduce sugar & avoid price increases, rather than consumers switching products." Javier discusses his research on our blog: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Javier Boncompte
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Celebrating the work of the @ucleconomics.bsky.social team.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Much of what we know about #inequality depends on getting the empirical methods right. Stone Centre grant recipient Liyang Sun is developing better tools for causal inference, so researchers & policymakers can draw on more reliable evidence. Find out more: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
UCL's Liyang Sun
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
At this morning's Stone Centre breakfast François Gerard presented his work on how financial barriers shape access to justice in Brazil. We'll share a full research summary on the Stone Centre website soon. Thanks François!
François Gerard at the Stone Centre breakfast
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Following his presentation at the Stone Centre breakfast, we sat down with UCL Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the IFS-CPP Attila Lindner to talk about minimum wages, labour markets, and inequality: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Attila Lindner
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🎉 Welcoming the newest Stone Centre: the Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality at @lseechist.bsky.social. The centre will be co-directed by Camille Landais and Kate Smith, and will focus on entrepreneurship and wealth inequality. Launching Autumn 2026. www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
LSE economics building
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"We’re providing everything free... to anyone, anywhere in the world, which is the economically rational thing to do". Stone Centre director Wendy Carlin on tackling inequality in economics teaching. Read the full interview with Anya Pearson for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social bit.ly/4d5VISe
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“In the World of AI, Answers are Cheap. But What's Really Scarce are Good Questions”: Interview with Wendy Carlin
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Wendy Carlin about a new way of teaching and learning economics.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Thanks to Attila Lindner for his Stone Centre breakfast presentation today. Attila shared detailed insights into consumer responses to price increases of minimum wage goods.
Attila Lindner at the Stone Centre Breakfast
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
We’re hiring a CORE and Stone Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics Education and Inequality. More details and how to apply: tinyco.re/3618199
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Our three key takeaways from the @cepr.org, INSEAD Stone Centre, and Stone Centre at UCL Workshop on AI and inequality reveal the tensions felt as firms integrate AI into the workplace. Read the full recap: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
A quote from the workshop: Engineers proactively seek extra training, while senior leaders show low uptake of AI tools.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
An insightful day in Paris at the Stone Centre at INSEAD, Stone Centre at UCL, and @cepr.org's workshop on Inequality, AI, and the Role of Firms. Many thanks to all who contributed to this event!
Professor Imran Rasul
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Another great Stone Centre breakfast this morning with @ucleconomics.bsky.social’s Marta Morazzoni. Marta shared fascinating insights from her research on entrepreneurial teams. More info on her work coming soon!
Marta Morazzoni
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Sam Bowles’ recent comments at @ucstonecenter.bsky.social with @durlauf.bsky.social & @ethanbdm.bsky.social critiquing the idea that economists can’t compare utility across people sparked over 500,000 views. We spoke with Sam to get his thoughts on going viral: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Sam Bowles
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Introducing 2025/2026 Stone Centre PhD scholar Clara von Bismarck-Osten @clarabismarck.bsky.social. We're thrilled to see Clara contribute to the Stone Centre’s mission of rigorous, policy-relevant inquiry into inequality and wealth dynamics. Read about her work: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Clara von Bismarck-Osten
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“The best conference on public economics I have attended in a long time. It brought together the best scholars working on taxation & redistribution.” Read the Stone Centre Conference on Optimal Taxation Policy recap: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo... @theifs.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social
the Stone Centre Conference on Optimal Taxation Policy & Redistribution recap
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Another excellent presentation at today’s Stone Centre breakfast. Many thanks to our new PhD scholar, Clara von Bismarck-Osten. Read Clara and Matt’s research summary here: www.stone-econ.org/research/who...
Clara von Bismarck-Osten
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
💡 How do carbon pricing policies affect employment across local labor markets? Stone Centre postdoc Ossian Prane caught up with us for a chat following his recent Stone Centre breakfast presentation. www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Ossian Prane
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Congratulations to our 2025/2026 internal research support grant recipients, @ucleconomics.bsky.social Pedro Carneiro, Valérie Lechene, and Sun Liyang. Find out more about our grants here: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
2025/2026 internal grant awardees
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A big thank you to Ararat Gocmen for presenting his work-in-progress paper, Immigration and Firm Investment, at this morning's Stone Centre breakfast. The next breakfast will take place on 11th February.
Ararat Gocmen
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
From the Stone Centre to the classroom, see what PhD Scholar Damian Phelan has been up to since working with us: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Damian Phelan
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🎉 Congratulations to co-director of the Stone Centre at @ucl.ac.uk Wendy Carlin, on being honoured as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of her dedication to improving economics education 🎉
Wendy Carlin, DCE
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UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Tax Reform and the British Economy. Experts from the US, Europe and Asia will gather at UCL for a two-day conference supported by @ucleconomics.bsky.social @stoneeconucl.bsky.social helping explore ideas to support tax reform in Britain and around the world. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
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Tax Reform and the British Economy
Leading experts from the US, Europe and Asia will gather at UCL for a two-day conference, helping build momentum and ideas to support tax reform in Britain and around the world.
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If you teach or study inequality, Sam Bowles and Weikai Chen’s new book of problem sets, Allocation, Distribution, and Policy, is out now (for free!). Full of current, real-world data on inequality. Full details and an interview with Sam on our website: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Sam Bowles and Weikai Chen
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Inaugural Stone Centre PhD scholar Thomas Lazarowicz has gone on to co-author a paper for the @bankofengland.bsky.social. Thomas stopped by for a quick chat about what he's been up to: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Thomas Lazarowicz
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thanks to Stone Centre postdoc @gabydesch.bsky.social for an insightful breakfast presentation on 'Motherhood and Violence'. We'll soon be catching up with Gaby to share more about her research. Stay tuned!
Gabriela Deschamps
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"The Stone Centre community was a key part of the support I received... people are consistently open to discussing research... I can only recommend applying." Stone Centre PhD scholar Eric Klemm shares his experience: www.stone-econ.org/news-and-blo...
Stone Centre PhD scholar Eric Klemm
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The Stone Centre Inequality Dialogue recap & full replay are now live. Huge thanks to @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social for your contributions & to all who joined us. Recap: bit.ly/Dialogue-recap
Stone centre online dialogue screenshot
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The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
📢 Calling all researchers! 📢 Don’t miss your last chance to submit a paper for the International Economic Association World Congress. Many from the Stone Centre community will be presenting. Join them by submitting before Saturday, Nov 15. More info here: ieawc2026.org/submission/
IEA submission deadline
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