SH72. Productivity and Spatial Economic Disparities in the UK Project Details: datacdt.org/projects/produ… Partner Org: Dept. Levelling Up, Housing, Communities, @luhc Supervisors: Jesse Matheson @EnricoVanino Andrew Bell 3/7 Sheffield Economics Sheffield Methods Institute - University of Sheff

SH73 The Role of R&D and Innovation in Promoting Growth across Sectors, Firms and Regions Project Details: datacdt.org/projects/the-r… Partner Org: Dep Bus. Energy & Indust Strateg (BEIS) Supervisors: Jesse Matheson @EnricoVanino Andrew Bell 4/7 Sheffield Methods Institute - University of Sheff Sheffield Economics

SH74 The Social Care Workforce in Wales Project Details: datacdt.org/projects/the-s… Partner Org: socialcare.wales Social Care Wales Supervisors: Liam Foster, Gwilym Pryce Matt Bennett 5/7 Sheffield Methods Institute - University of Sheff Sheffield Economics SocStudiesShef Centre for Care

Delighted to announce a 6th PhD Studentship: SH76 Understanding the local and regional impacts of immigration on local educational and labour market trajectories Weblink: datacdt.org/projects/under… Partner Org: UK Home Office Supervisors: Gwilym Pryce Aneta Piekut Gurleen

Interested in doing a fully-funded PhD with integrated MSc on the local impacts of immigration, working with the Home Office Managed Migration team? Deadline: 10th Apr Apply: datacdt.org/projects/under… Sheffield Economics Warwick Economics Warwick Economics Society LSE Department of Economics Migration Research Jonathan Portes

**Please circulate** Over 300 migration scholars have signed an open letter challenging the UK's Illegal Immigration Bill on the basis that it's not evidence based, workable, or legal under human rights law. Full version of the letter here: bit.ly/3JgbZVL 1/5

Excited to be presenting in my old department Urban Studies & Social Policy on 17th May 3pm: "Life at the Frontier: Theory and Evidence on Neighbourhood Boundaries and their Impacts" -- do join us if you can make it. gla.ac.uk/schools/social… SocialFrontiers Sheffield Spatial Analysis Network @[email protected]

Attending Ferham Festival to discuss community life and our work part of SocialFrontiers research with Lora V Krasteva and Henry Staples

Looking forward to presenting our large scale (7,233 responses, spanning 4 towns) randomised audit study of ethnic and gender discrimination in the UK rental market: AREUEA Conference Cambridge, 10.30am Fri 21 July. conftool.org/areuea-cambrid…

Our latest article on Social Frontiers just out in E&PB: "The conflicting geographies of social frontiers: Exploring the asymmetric impacts of social frontiers on household mobility in Rotterdam" with Dan Olner Maarten van Ham and Heleen Janssen. …ls-sagepub-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.11… 1/

Is segregation falling in the E&W / UK? What do we know from 2021 Census? I’m aware of the Catney et al. paper: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Any others, either in print or as working papers / reports? Spatially variable (Prof Rich Harris) 🌍🌎🌏 David Manley Gemma Catney Chris Lloyd

Forthcoming at EJ: ‘Gender Differences in Reference Letters: Evidence from the Economics Job Market,’ by Markus Eberhardt, Giovanni Facchini, Valeria Rueda doi.org/10.1093/ej/uea… Markus Eberhardt GiovanniFacchini @valiguaran Royal Economic Society @OUPEconomics #EconTwitter #OpenAccess

🚨New paper out in Social Networks 🚨 I study the nexus between #socialcapital (measured with the position generator), voluntary involvement, and socioeconomic inequalities. (1/6) Sociology at Oxford Nuffield College doi.org/10.1016/j.socn…

Superb 3 year postdoc opportunity to work with Andrew Bell and a great research team in Sheffield. Apply now using the link below! jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynp… Further info on Andy Bell's thread below:

Very interesting new working paper by Raj Chetty et al, NBER, 2023: DIVERSIFYING SOCIETY’S LEADERS? THE CAUSAL EFFECTS OF ADMISSION TO HIGHLY SELECTIVE PRIVATE COLLEGES nber.org/system/files/w… 1/

NEW: don’t let the ULEZ chatter mislead you. The British public is much more supportive and united on Net Zero policies than the public in peer countries, with Conservative voters frequently as green as the centre-left elsewhere on.ft.com/453oWeT

SMI's Aneta Piekut and Henry Staples are co-organising #BlurringtheEdges performance with visual artist Uzma Rani & Lora V Krasteva at ROAR on Thurs 07 Sept 7.30pm Book Now: …rring-the-edges-roar.eventbrite.co.uk

Impatiently awaiting a new iteration of SocialFrontiers creative performance with Lora V Krasteva & Uzma Rani Henry Staples Gwilym Pryce at ROAR

Great to be part of the "Blurring the Edges" Rotherham event last night, exploring the concept of "social frontiers" (places of sharp difference in social/ethnic characteristics between neighbouring communities) through performance, visual art, & debate. 1/