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Fixing education for the AI age: Conrad Wolfram
No full textConrad Wolfram is the CEO and co-founder of Wolfram Research Europe and Strategic Director of Wolfram Research. He is a leading advocate for mathematics education reform and author of “The Math(s) Fix: An Education Blueprint for the AI Age”. He recently gave a public lecture at LSE on this topic. The following is an edited version of an interview by Neil Olver in the Mathematics Department
Emotions rule the entrepreneurial process
No full textPassion, fear, anxiety, compassion, and emotional intelligence can make or break a venture. Emotions don’t just accompany entrepreneurship — they actively drive it. Florencio Portocarrero lists four ways these emotions shape the entrepreneurial journey
The surprising leadership effect accelerators have on startup employees
No full textEntrepreneurship training programs across the world aim at boosting the success of startups. But even when startups fail, these programs bring positive results in the form of employee upskilling. Juanita González-Uribe writes that their newly acquired knowledge, confidence and skill flow into other firms and industries, fuelling broader productivity gains and boosting the economy
How to navigate the data jungle in emerging economies
No full textDigital transformation and artificial intelligence are sold as engines of inclusive growth. But how data is collected, stored and used can mean the difference between success and failure. Tim Dobermann and Shahrukh Wani discuss what leads to success. They write that governments in developing countries often don’t lack data. They simply struggle to use it
Philipp Rode: driving is not an unquestioned right
No full textAnimal metaphors have long been used in the startup ecosystem, but these figures of speech represent more than linguistic quirks to describe techno-industrial capabilities. Robyn Klingler-Vidra and George Iliev write that the unicorn has long been a problematic key performance indicator for entrepreneurial ecosystems. They believe now is the time to retire this (vanity) metric and emphasise the agility and resilience of the other animals in the global entrepreneurial zoo
How to master data visualisation for impactful storytelling
No full textIn an era of information overload, data visualisation is transforming how researchers communicate complex findings. From Victorian poverty maps to pandemic dashboards, visual storytelling bridges the gap between data and public understanding. James Abdey explores the art and impact of data viz – its tools, principles and power to amplify research reach in today’s digital landscape
An arc of time through crime: representations of Gypsies and Travellers in police killings
No full textThis paper examines newspaper stories reporting on the killings by Gypsy and Traveller offenders of PC Leslie Meehan in 1960 and PC Andrew Harper in 2019. These media representations are used as heuristic devices to explore differing media discourses about this white minority ethnic groupSixty years apart, these stories demonstrate supportive media commentary in the earlier period and more corrosive coverage in the recent period. Making a contribution to historical criminology and its consideration of race, this paper draws from extensive archival analysis and the extant literature. It highlights the political-economic significance of home ownership, the partial inclusion of Gypsies and Travellers in the multicultural polity, and broader trends towards increasing punitivism in criminal justice, as key explanatory factors in these different media and political representations
The impact on adolescent health and wellbeing from adding evidence-based soft skill lessons to the high school curriculum
No full textThrough a cluster randomised field trial, we evaluate the impact of an evidence-based, soft skills curriculum aimed at adolescents, referred to as Healthy Minds, that ran in 35 high schools in England over four years (2013/14 – 2017/18). We find supportive evidence that Healthy Minds positively augments the primary outcome of self-reported, physical health in the treated adolescents. Treated pupils have global health attainment that is 0.235 standard deviations higher than children in the control group, resulting in a ten-percentile increase in their measured health status. We also find evidence of positive impacts on behaviour. There is no evidence of systematic impacts on improved emotional well-being. We note significant gender differences in the effects found, strongly favouring boys. Given the acknowledged significance of well-being to character and soft skills development, we provide strong evidence that a designed taught life skills curriculum can improve related outcomes during the adolescent years, and that differential learning styles across visible aspects of diversity are worthy of consideration
Polarization, purpose and profit
No full textWe present a model in which firms compete for workers who value nonpecuniary job attributes, such as purpose, sustainability, political stances, or working conditions. Firms adopt production technologies that enable them to offer jobs with varying levels of these desirable attributes. Firms’ profits are higher when they cater to workers with extreme preferences. In a competitive assignment equilibrium, firms become polarized and not only reflect but also amplify the polarized preferences of the general population. More polarized sectors exhibit higher profits, lower average wages, and a reduced labor share of value added. Sustainable investing amplifies firm polarization
Mobile internet connectivity and household wealth in the Philippines
No full textMobile internet has become a fundamental component of modern infrastructure. In this paper, we consider the impact of mobile internet connectivity on household wealth in the Philippines. We construct a granular measure of local mobile internet connectivity using comprehensive information on approximately 0.27 million geocoded cell towers, and identify causal impact through a novel instrumental variable based on proximity to submarine cable landing points. Our results suggest that mobile internet connectivity significantly increases household wealth, with effects that persist across education levels and are more pronounced in urban areas compared to rural ones. Combining individual survey datasets with Points-of-Interest data, we investigate mechanisms and demonstrate that improved connectivity stimulates activities in several key economic sectors that create employment opportunities. Additionally, mobile internet connectivity enhances individual educational outcomes and promotes female labor force participation, though predominantly in occasional or seasonal roles