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Tasos Kitsos

@tasoskitsos.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Aston University #resilience #entrepreneurship #innovation #urban #creative and #digital economies and others.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Economic geographer? Come work with us. @lsegeography.bsky.social is hiring a Fellow in Economic #Geography: 2-year post, starts Sept 2026. Recent or soon-to-be PhDs in econ geography, #economics or related fields. £43,277–£55,497 inc. London allowance. Closes 31 May. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM347/l...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
👀👀 Come find out more about funding opportunities in #gambling research and hear me talk about our work with Francisco Nobre, Emmanouil Tranos and Chiara Paola Donegani on the #economic #geography of #gambling venues and gambling #harms.
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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Europe's innovation problem New WP with Herbertson, Storper, Soskice, and Pardy researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...
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Income, sovereignty, and cohesion: the political economy of Europe’s first mover innovation deficit
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Probably a decade and a half late but Aesop's the fox and the monkey is uncomfortably close to our political reality
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Good to see calls for stricter #planning regulations on gambling shops. We find #evidence that #proximity to gambling shops is linked to increased probabilities of #gambling and problematic gambling osf.io/preprints/so... @byrobdavies.bsky.social @paulbradshaw.bsky.social @afsguk.bsky.social
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
It is the 5th of January and I still have more citations (overall) than Acemoglu (in 2026). A win is a win
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NEP-ICT: Information and Communication Technologies @repec-nep-ict.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Fast and furious: the productivity effects of the geography of experienced internet speeds: Tranos, Emmanouil; Kitsos, Tasos; Wolf, Levi John
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NEP-SBM: Small Business Management @repec-nep-sbm.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ business creation and closure: Evidence from the urban micro-space: Pylak, Korneliusz; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Kitsos, Tasos
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NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics @repec-nep-ure.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Don't shoot the pianist: creative firms, workers, and neighborhood gentrification: Kitsos, Tasos; Nathan, Max; Gutierrez-Posada, Diana
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🙏many thanks! #proximity to dense #gambling environments and gambling #harms. Grateful for funding from @afsguk.bsky.social Do have a look and let us know 👇 osf.io/preprints/so...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🚨📣 We have a new paper with Emmanouil Tranos & @levijohnwolf.bsky.social in the Journal of #Economic #Geography linking #internet speeds to #firm level #productivity benefits. There is a 2% productivity boost pulling slowest to fastest speeds across #UK LAs 👀👇 #geosky #econsky 📈📉 shorturl.at/NJ4rE
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Fast and furious: the productivity effects of the geography of experienced internet speeds
Abstract. The link between digital technologies and productivity has long intrigued researchers. Key to unpacking this relationship is detailed data connec
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RSAI-BIS @rsaibis.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Our annual online Early Career and Doctoral Research Colloquium will take place on January 21 and 22 2026. Call for abstracts is now open. Details here: www.rsai-bis.org/early-career... #EconSky #GeogSky #AcadSky #RegionalScience @spatialeconomic.bsky.social
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Early Career Colloquium 2026
Our popular Online Early Career Colloquium is returning on the 21st and 22nd of January 2026 . This is a great opportunity for PhD researchers and early career researchers (within 3 years of their...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📢 You’re invited: “Regional Inequalities in the UK: A Research Showcase” Join us for an #Festival of #Social #Science showcase of #research and evidence on #regional #inequalities of opportunity and #wellbeing. When: Friday 24/10, 2-4 Where: Library of Birmingham Register 👉: tinyurl.com/bdx77a3u
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Regional Inequalities in the UK: a Research Showcase
Join us for an afternoon of insight and discussion on regional inequalities with a special focus on the West Midlands.
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Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility" authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
📣 I've got Google Notebook to make a briefing note of our recent #research paper with Korneliusz Pylak and @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social "KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ #business creation and closure: evidence from the #urban micro-space" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/3
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KIBS’ and non-KIBS’ business creation and closure: evidence from the urban micro-space
Our study explores the factors influencing the creation and closure of firms in urban micro-spaces, highlighting the relationship between knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and non-KIBS s...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
📢📢 We have an #academic #job ( #lectureship) in #International #Business at @astonpress.bsky.social. Would particularly suit a quantitative oriented scholar that will benefit from and contribute to our great local environment. #econsky #geosky 👀👇 jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Vacancy at Aston University: Lecturer
Aston Business School, located in the heart of Birmingham – England’s second largest city – seeks to appoint a highly motivated, ambitious and committed academic with a passion for making a positive c...
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Adam Brown @adamlbrown.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A major new report published for anyone interested in #innovation, #productivity, #industrialstrategy, #econsky. I'll now do a short thread that pulls out the main findings and recommendations...
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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Heads up! If you're working on skilled migration and innovation, submit your papers to our GeoInno 2026 sessions in Budapest, 28-30 January 👇 Closing date or papers or extended abstracts: 14 July 2025. www.geoinno2026.com/session/s8-g... ##EconSky 📉📈 #geosky
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S8 – Geographies of Skilled Migration, Innovation and Knowledge diffusion – GeoInno2026
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨 🚨 Interested in #regional #economic #inequalities in the #UK? Have a look at the video that came out of our project on the drivers of #wage disparities across English #cities. #econsky📉📈 #geosky @astonpress.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 24/06/2025
Our latest report by @emilyfry.bsky.social @tasoskitsos.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @dalilariba.bsky.social Richmond Egyei and Enrico Vanino looks at the impact of place in regional inequality.
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PBE @pbe.co.uk · 20/06/2025
Calling economists, analysts & researchers! If you have experience in Excel spreadsheet creation or data analysis, these charities could use your help: 📈 Map data & make an impact with Hackney Foodbank 🔢 Help Leukaemia Care understand its reach Find out more here 👇 pbe.co.uk/get-involved...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
‪📣📣 Very happy to see our work on #regional #pay #disparities in the UK out. #econsky📈📉 #geosky @astonpress.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social Have a look at the event and the report and stay tuned for more! 👀👇 www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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The power of place • Resolution Foundation
Tracking English early-career workers using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset, we show one-third of regional wage gaps arise from place, not people. Identical full-time workers earn about £1...
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 23/06/2025
Great insight from @xiaoweixu.bsky.social in her presentation of new ‪@theifs.bsky.social‬ research - why overall job mobility across the UK is declining, for young graduates geographic mobility is increasing. Young people know where the high paying labour markets are...‪
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 23/06/2025
Starting at 9.30am! The pay postcode lottery: What is driving Britain’s place-based wage divides? Watch our event with @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @henrimurison & Rachel Taylor, PWC here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...
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The pay postcode lottery • Resolution Foundation
Britain is racked by pay divides – on gender, race, age and education status. But one of its starkest inequalities centres on geography, which is far more complex than Londoners earning more than ever...
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RSAI-BIS @rsaibis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
All ready and looking forward to welcome attendees to our annual #conference in #Cork next week! #RSAIBIS25 @decjordan.bsky.social @calvjones.bsky.social www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
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Cork 2025 Conference Information
51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Cork, Ireland ​ 18 and 19 June 2025
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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This is going to be so much craic the Grand Canyon gonna scuttle off to the gym and get on the 'roids to beef up.
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Verónica Díaz @verodiaz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Happy to see my article published now in JEMS @scmrjems.bsky.social ! Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you. @warwick-smlc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Emotion work and the children of the Chilean exile, 50 years on
Despite recent attempts to broaden the scope of migration research beyond its adult-centric focus, the experiences of forced displaced children remain underexplored. This article aims to address th...
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Dalila Ribaudo @dalilariba.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Great as always attending the #RSA25 conference @regstud.bsky.social in Porto (amazing city)! Glad for the feedback I received on my work with @tasoskitsos.bsky.social S Grabner & Delis on #transformative #resilience through #innovation
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🚨🚨 We have a #PhD #studentship with @ibprofaston.bsky.social (Centre for Business Prosperity (CBP), Aston Business School) and Miroslav Palanský @taxjustice.net on the #impact of #Tax #Policy on #MNEs funded by @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social #econsky📈📉 📅 Deadline: May 19! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMW972/p...
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PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises. Explore our diverse range of PhD opportunities today.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here 👇👇👇 stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"At what point is cities changing just part of the general flux that makes places interesting to live in and when is it a problem?" Holly Lewis of We Made That talks creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification in the latest episode of City Talks🎧 Listen now 👇 buff.ly/1DItntB
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Anastasia Panori🍀 @anpanori.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
📣📣 Do you work at the intersection of #digital transitions and #space? Do consider submitting to our (@tasoskitsos.bsky.social‬ & I) special issue in REGION 👀👇 "#DIGITAL #DISRUPTIONS OF SPACE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR #REGIONS AND #CITIES" #econsky #geosky #geoinno tinyurl.com/3msaceys
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"We are tackling the link between creatives and gentrification." @tasoskitsos.bsky.social of Aston Business School talks his latest paper on creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧 Listen now 👇 buff.ly/yAT0yKA
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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
👂📚 Great to hear Tasos talking on our paper with Holly and Andrew!
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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Here’s the full paper - it’s open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Don’t Shoot the Pianist: Creative Firms, Workers, and Neighborhood Gentrification
We examine links between creative activity and gentrification at the neighborhood level. These dynamics are both complex and important to understand. Artists may help upgrade inexpensive neighborho...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Had a great time doing a @centreforcities.bsky.social podcast on our new paper (joint work with @maxnathan.bsky.social and @diana-gupo.bsky.social). Have a read of the paper, listen to the podcast and get in touch for more info! links 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Don’t Shoot the Pianist: Creative Firms, Workers, and Neighborhood Gentrification
We examine links between creative activity and gentrification at the neighborhood level. These dynamics are both complex and important to understand. Artists may help upgrade inexpensive neighborho...
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
PODCAST | Creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🎧 @andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by @tasoskitsos.bsky.social, Aston Business School and Holly Lewis, We Made That to discuss creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification 🖼️ Listen now👇
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City Talks: Creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification - Centre for Cities
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dr Tasos Kitsos, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and International Business and member of the
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MGS ESRC DTP @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We are still recruiting for 3 studentships to commence in October 2025. Full details are available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
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Collaborative & Strategic Joint Studentships
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Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
An amazing @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social Collaborative PhD @lborouniversity.bsky.social: "Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood". Sadly due to funding, now only available to Home fee status applicants. Deadline 23/04 @ 11am: tinyurl.com/mr4582zh
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PhD Studentship: Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Discover a PhD Studentship: Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
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MGS Conference 2026 @mgsconf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We are extending the deadline for our call for abstracts! The deadline is now: midday on 31st March Submissions are invited for flash talks (5 minutes), presentations (15 or 20 minutes), and poster presentations For more information visit: www.mgsdtp.ac.uk/news/seminar...
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New #PhD #studentship in the Department of #Economics and #International #Business and the Centre for Business Prosperity. Focus is on #impacts of #trade #policy, #fdi and the #green economy. 🙏 share widely :) #econsky📉📈 #geosky @regstud.bsky.social @rsaibis.bsky.social shorturl.at/qx5qx
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Trade Policy, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Green Economy: Implications for the UK and its regions at Aston University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Trade Policy, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Green Economy: Implications for the UK and its regions at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This workshop looks superb - would recommend for anyone interested in think tanks / public policy 👇👇👇
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
"For Greeks this mass protest was unusual in that it was unrelated to the economy and their personal finances." That's a bit unfair when you are in charge of how Brits see the world. We demonstrate for democracy and justice at least three times a year www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greeks hold mass protests demanding justice after Tempi train tragedy
Fifty-seven people died in the disaster and protests are being held across Greece and beyond.
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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Our entry on The Geography of Drugs is now published in the newest edition of The Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Led by Sotiria Kyriakidou, and among some other great entries & authors! #DrugPoli #HarmReduction #PublicHealth link.springer.com/referencewor...
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Drugs, Geography of
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RSAI-BIS @rsaibis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨🚨 10 days left for your abstract submission to our annual #RSAIBIS25 conference organised by @decjordan.bsky.social at @ucc.ie. Expect a packed schedule with papers on #regional & #spatial science plus lots of great chats and fun! 👀👇 www.rsai-bis.org/cork-2025-co...
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Cork 2025 Conference Information
51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Cork, Ireland ​ 18 and 19 June 2025
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Tasos Kitsos @tasoskitsos.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🚨🚨 @ibprofaston.bsky.social, @taxjusticenet.bsky.social and I, have a funded #PhD studentship at @astonuniversity.bsky.social on #profit #shifting, #taxhavens, tax policy and #MNEs Please help us spread the word! #econsky📈📉 #geosky @gabrielzucman.bsky.social 👀👇 tinyurl.com/3cb4njau
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PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Discover a PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
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Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling @afsguk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
There's a studentship here on 'Digital Gaming/Gambling Harms and Students: Financial Literacy and the Transition to Adulthood'. Application deadline is soon, though - Friday 21 Feb.
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Alex Coad @coad.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
📢📢Research Policy 9th online conference for Early Career Researchers! Fri 25th April 2025, 2-4pm (UK time) Submit a 3 page abstract by Sun 23rd March Link: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese... @mariasavona.bsky.social @maryannfeldman.bsky.social @paulnightingale.bsky.social #EconSky
Research Policy 9th online conference for Early Career Researchers
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RSA Blog @rsablog.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🎲 Can games make cities more climate-resilient? Hendawy & Abdel-Moneim explore Debatable Urbs & CLAP NOW, showing how play sparks urban innovation! 🌍🏙️ Read more: bit.ly/3CGQdLF @regstud.bsky.social @rsa-regions.bsky.social @rsaeurope.bsky.social
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