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We caught up with one of the Stone Centre at UCL's inaugural PhD Scholars, Joern Onken, to find out what he's been up to and how his PhD scholarship helped him.

Four PhD students from the UCL Department of Economics have been appointed Stone PhD Scholars for the 2025/2026 academic year, meet Clara, Ararat, Matthew and Elena.

We caught up with Gaby and Ossian to find out what they plan to do during their time at the Stone Centre and afterwards, what their research is about, and what they think are the most pressing issues economics should address.

Following the success of the Stone Centre funded Workshop on AI and Economics in June, the Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics has published their report via the Royal Economic Society.

Marcos Vera-Hernández will be discussing his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour Party Conference. UCL Professor of Economics Marcos was awarded a grant by the Stone Centre at UCL in 2022.

At the Stone Centre’s online dialogue on Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought, our panel will discuss how historical debates continue to shape contemporary discussions about inequality. Let’s meet the speakers.

Giovanni Immordino, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Naples Federico II, discusses his research into genetic alteration and what it could mean for the future of inequality.

Tamoghna Halder is developing an AI tool to help first-generation students from disadvantaged backgrounds studying economics. Tamo recently visited the Stone Centre at UCL, where we spoke about his work.