Today was the ONS and Alan Turing Institute closing meeting on the development and use of payments data for the UK. Thanks for the invitation!

A directed graph of every Chess opening

Looking forward to participate in a Round Table at the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) in Brussels tomorrow on "Do Horizon Programs help bridge the competitiveness gap?". Very timely given the role of the EU in a changing global landscape! #ULB #ECARES

Join us for this great public lecture by Prof. Meredith Crowley (Cambridge University) on the uncertain future of trade and integration. Registration (and reception) is free but required!

RIP to the 10th world champion, Boris Spassky, here looking over my shoulder at my match with Hübner in 1985. Boris was never above befriending and mentoring the next generation, especially those of us who, like him, didn’t fit comfortably into the Soviet machine. (He emigrated

Multinational networks and trade participation By Paola Conconi, Fabrizio Leone, Glenn Magerman and Catherine Thomas Read at: ow.ly/y04650VfslH

Are you a PhD student working on topics related to globalization? Come hang out with us at Dartmouth for a term as a Globalization Ph.D. Fellow! We're now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year: globalization.dartmouth.edu/programs/globa…

Oops. Ricardo had more than one idea!

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20014 Multinational Networks and Trade Participation Paola Conconi University of Oxford, Fabrizio Leone ECARES Université libre de Bruxelles, Glenn Magerman ECARES Université libre de Bruxelles, Catherine Thomas LSE ow.ly/FO4v50VeF7B #CEPR_ITRE #EconTwitter

We’re honoured to host Meredith A. Crowley tonight ECARES IEE-ULB (Bruxelles) as chair of Fondation Wiener-Anspach this year. Full house!

What an amazing crowd to be part of!

Looking forward to talk about our research on global value chains and EU policy at the European Sea Port Association in Thessaloniki! espo-conference.com/en

OK if I catch up on some canonical AGI?

Walras’ law…

Romeo & Juliette, Western, Shakespeare’s Globe, St Paul’s, London.

A tale of intergalactic supply chains! The construction of the Death Star: gizmodo.com/star-wars-deat…

Call for papers The CEP/LSE – Warwick Junior Trade Workshop will bring together PhD students in the field of international economics for a day of job market paper presentations and discussions. Submit papers by 27 July. More ➡️ cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/ev…

Didn't take a wrinkle. Joliet, 1970.