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“If students lose trust in the ability of universities to award individually differentiated degrees, why should they come?” This challenge from UCL Vice Provost Kathleen Armour kicked off the day’s work in a packed room at the Institute of Education.

Charlie Harrison won the Explore Econ 2025 Stone Centre Prize. We caught up with Charlie following the event for a quick chat about his paper, the Stone Centre, and his hopes for the future.

We are proud to announce that Filippo Pallotti has recently completed his Stone Centre-funded research and branched out into a new sector to expand his economic expertise.

We’re delighted to say that, following a successful Stone Centre PhD scholarship, Linda Wu has accepted a job as Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. We spoke with Linda to offer our congratulations and to find out more about her next moves.

We’re delighted to announce the arrival of the newest Stone Center at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.

We’re proud to see the CORE Econ project mentioned by Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen in an article for The Atlantic. Danielle commended CORE's efforts to make the teaching of economics more relevant to present day economic realities.

Wendy Carlin and Arjun Jayadev's interview in Maeil Daily, following a CORE Econ seminar at the Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea in December 2024.

Five PhD students from the UCL Department of Economics have been appointed Stone PhD Scholars. Find out more about their research and the Stone PhD Scholarship scheme.