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A person's country of residence could have a significant role in shaping their spatial proximity preferences for different energy tech. Our new publication online at The Energy Journal IAEE Valentin Bertsch CREDENCE @nuigalway @NUIGCairnes Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @energy_rub

Excellent summary of our new WP examining disparities in accessibility to broadband among higher education students in Ireland. Key take home: this is an issue that HEIs need to urgently address given the major shift to online/blended learning.

A really nice thread by Donal Palcic discussing our new research examining accessibility to broadband for Irish higher education students which has important implications for our teaching and learning approach in the coming academic year.

NUI Galway Students' Union President @News2mey highlighting our recent research on broadband connectivity. Clearly an important issue for many students (and lecturers!) as we move to Level 5 restrictions.

Can't spot the specific locations of these but will be good to see these rolled out...recent research with John Cullinan Donal Palcic Jason Harold (highlighted below) showed the potential divide in BB access for HE students when living at home.

Our new paper in ETHE Journal on the #disconnected: "one-in-six students come from areas with poor broadband coverage, with large disparities by geography and by HEI".

Calling all #researchers! We have a number of vacancies for PostDocs within the Whitaker Institute @nuigalway! For more information on the jobs and to apply visit: whitakerinstitute.ie/vacancies/

We have a new Policy Brief! The brief, by Dr Jason Harold, is titled 'Preferences for curtailable electricity contracts: Can they benefit consumers and the electricity system?' and is no. 91 in the Whitaker Institute Policy Brief series! Read more ➡️whitakerinstitute.ie/preferences-fo…

Hi everyone, the University of Galway is hiring FOUR jobs on the econ job market. Come work with us! 😃 The four areas are: • Health & Ageing • Environmental • Financial Economics • Financial Markets and Data Analytics universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ (RTs appreciated.)

One of the objectives of this podcast was to provide economic explainers to aid informed debate. I never thought I would be highlighting this work on foot of a comment by President of Ireland. Here is a thread on some of the great work being done by economists on sustainability

Is it ever too early for econometrics?? Really useful paper by A Yadav (galway) for those using DID & event study design with count & binary outcomes. My takeaway, might avoid using a non linear outcome!! #IEA2023

📢 IEA CONFERENCE / CALL FOR PAPERS: The 37th Annual Conference (proudly hosted by Economics NUI Galway) will be held in May 2024. Speakers incl. Cass Sunstein and Lucrezia Reichlin. 📅 Conf date: 9-10 May 2024 📩 Submission deadline: 6 February 2024 👉 More? bit.ly/IEAConf2024

📢 IEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024 📢 Just four weeks to go to submit a paper [deadline 6 February] for the 37th IEA Annual Conference hosted by Economics NUI Galway. Speakers incl.Lucrezia Reichlin & Costas Meghir. 📅 9-10 May 2024 👉 More? bit.ly/IEAConf2024

📢 IEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024 - SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING 📢 Only one week to go to submit a paper [deadline 6 February] for the 37th IEA Annual Conference. 📷 For more see bit.ly/IEAConf2024. RTs welcome!

We are recruiting postdocs in energy economics. Two exciting behavioural projects involving lab and field experiments. In the hands of an ambitious candidate, there is potential to produce impactful work in top ranking journals. Please share widely.

📢 The 3-day 37th IEA Annual Conference #IEA2024 (host Economics NUI Galway ) is coming soon and the programme is now available! 🥳 📅 8-10 May 2024 📍 Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway 🎟️ Registration iea2024.exordo.com 🗒️ Programme (and more) bit.ly/IEAConf2024 👏

📢 PhD Scholarship! 📢 We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for a full-time funded PhD scholarship in Economics starting in September 2024 and based at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at the University of Galway. See more: bit.ly/4dA9Qma

Excited to be editing a special issue of the Economic and Social Review with my colleagues Niall Farrell and Kelly de Bruin. We invite submissions of papers related to energy, the environment and/or climate.

Please note that the deadline for submissions to the special issue below relating to Energy, Environment and Climate Change Economics has been extended to March 7th Jason Harold Niall Farrell Irish Economic Association