Announcing a short course! ifp.org/economics-of-i…

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Matt Clancy (@mattsclancy)
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Ina Ganguli (@inaganguli)
Ben Jones (@bfjo)
Chad Jones (@ChadJonesEcon)
Kyle Myers (@KRoyMyers)
John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)
+ me (@heidilwilliams_)

I could not be more excited about Institute for Progress's new partnership with U.S. National Science Foundation to help them design and execute experiments on improving scientific grantmaking.

NSF has shown tremendous leadership in this area, and we are thrilled to support their efforts.

📢 Future episodes of Programme on Innovation and Diffusion The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast have interviews with Heidi L. Williams Petra Moser Ben Jones Ufuk Akcigit Pierre Azoulay Xavier Jaravel Naomi Lamoreaux
buff.ly/3PwkiA7 (Spotify) buff.ly/46te8HT (Apple) Ruveyda Nur Gozen

Great piece - and great advice for those looking for high return research directions.

Are ideas are getting harder to find? Join Andrea Valdez, Adam Alter, Dashun Wang and I this morning to discuss! Online access to the Atlantic Progress Summit is here:
theatlantic.com/live/progress-…

A 🧵 about voting rights, judicial elections, and an informed electorate:

Chicagoans: If you never know what to do in the ballot box when you get to all those judges….

When you and your collaborator show up wearing exactly the same thing.  We must be aligned. Or are we missing a novel perspective?
Thankfully Dashun Wang did not wear a scarf

Here is the latest magazine issue from the
National Center for Women & Information Technology. Lots of discussion around age/ageism in technology and innovation, incl a nice summary of some of my research.

The U.S. and the world greatly underinvest in R&D.

See “Science and Innovation: The Under-fueled Engine of Prosperity,” which reviews the stakes, the latest evidence, and the policy opportunity: kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/jones-…