Economics Section

President 2019: Professor Hélène Rey, London Business School
President 2018: Professor Barbara Petrongolo, Queen Mary University
President 2017: Professor Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
President 2016: Professor Christian Dustmann, University College London
President 2015: Professor David Miles, Imperial College London and Bank of England
President 2014: Professor John Van Reenan, London School of Economics

Recorder: Professor Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, University of Birmingham
Past-Recorder: Professor David Dickinson, University of Birmingham
Treasurer: Donald Anderson, OBE

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British Science Festival 2021 goes green

For British Science Festival 2021, we’ve partnered with Anglia Ruskin University, an institution with a strong record of incorporating sustainability into every aspect of their University life. Together, we took a pledge to reduce our environmental footprint and amplify our social impact to deliver the greenest British Science Festival in its 190-year history!
Report on Equity in STEM Workforce published

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) publishes its second report: Equity in the STEM workforce.
From Shop Bots to virtual assistants, CREST pupils explore Machines of the Future

The driving force behind image recognition systems, Netflix suggestions, Siri and so much more, machine learning is playing an increasingly bigger part in our daily lives. To learn more about this fascinating form of artificial intelligence, school children across the UK have embarked on the CREST Awards' Machine Learning Discovery Day.
Request for Proposals: National research on inequity and science engagement

The British Science Association (BSA) is currently scoping a potential report into science engagement and inequity across the UK. We are looking for a freelance research professional or small agency to provide support for scoping this project.