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Category: Higher education

  • How professional economists are using AI – and what it means for teaching

    Higher education

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    25th June 2026

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    Ramin Nassehi

    Economists in business, policy and academia are deploying artificial intelligence across a wide range of cognitive tasks. The most important employability skill in this age of AI is not a single fixed capability, but the broader, layered meta-competence of ‘learning to learn’ with the new tools.

    How professional economists are using AI – and what it means for teaching
  • Rethinking economics assessments for a GenAI world

    Higher education

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    26th January 2026

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    Parama Chaudhury

    Ramin Nassehi

    A co-ordinated effort across the UK higher education sector will make it possible to integrate artificial intelligence into economics education in a way that enriches students’ learning experience while maintaining the rigour and value that makes degrees in the subject so much in demand.

    Rethinking economics assessments for a GenAI world
  • Understanding the landscape of race-related research in economics

    Higher education

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    2nd March 2026

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    Imran Rasul

    The discipline of economics lags behind other social sciences in its engagement with issues of racial and ethnic inequality. Strengthening the scientific foundation of race-related research is essential if economists are to contribute meaningfully to public debate about racial justice.

    Understanding the landscape of race-related research in economics

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