Advice from Economists in the Public Eye

What advice do some of the UK’s top economics communicators have for their fellow economists?  At the recent Economics Network event… Read More

Setting up and running a policy blog that thrives

When India’s government decided to remove high-value banknotes from circulation in late 2016, the print and broadcast media turned to ‘Ideas for… Read More

How to write a press release

The first thing to do when thinking about how to communicate economic research to a wider audience is to write a short… Read More

An interview with Evan Davis

Newsnight presenter Evan Davis was an economic researcher before he joined the BBC. In this conversation recorded in May 2008, he discusses… Read More

Economics: the profession and the public

Alvin Birdi and Ashley Lait report a recent event on the public’s understanding of economics and the relationship between economists and the… Read More

Lessons from Marginal Revolution

We spoke to mega-blogger Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution) about running a blog, the usefulness of blogging and whether expert opinions are… Read More

Explain Your Research in 15 Seconds

Can you explain a research paper in only fifteen seconds? We worked with Tommaso Sonno (CEP) to turn his award-nominated research… Read More

Publishing Books & the Role of Economists

We spoke to Sarah Caro (Princeton University Press) about why academics should look beyond publishing journal articles. Going… Read More

Good Economic Journalism? Spreadsheets & Shoe Leather

We spoke to Sarah O’Connor (Financial Times) about the work journalists really need to go into and why experts shouldn’t fear… Read More

Six Rules for Writing About Economics (and Maths)

Criticising economics is en vogue. This may be partially be due to the discipline’s limitations and failures; at other times such… Read More

Did Brexit make us better at communicating economics?

The referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU was a watershed moment for research communication. Despite a near total academic consensus… Read More