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This podcast aims to create easily accessible academic talks with leading thinkers on innovation and diffusion. Hosted by @ruveyda_gozen & @johnvanreenen

Joined May 2023
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🎬✨That's a wrap on the first amazing season!🎉 Huge thanks to all our incredible guests who made it great🌟@johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen @ufukakcigit @pierre_azoulay @PMoserEcon @heidilwilliams_ @benjones #NaomiLamoreaux @XJaravel @DAcemogluMIT @S_Stantcheva #PhilippeAghion
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🎃 A Halloween treat! 🌟Our new episode with Eric Zwick (Chicago Booth) is out now! We dive into 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨, his new book with @omzidar, entrepreneurship, inequality, and more. Enjoy! #econtwitter @johnvanreenen @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @ruveyda_gozen
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🌟New semester, new episode! 🥳 Our guest is Harun Alp (FED) and we talked about his academic journey, role models, who becomes a transformative entrepreneur, macroeconomic determinants and more! Enjoy! 😊 @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter
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🌟🎙️New episode is out! Our guest is Alexander Whalley from @EconCalgary and we talked about his academic journey, fav econ papers, Cold War and space race between the US and USSR, large R&D programs and more! Enjoy😊 @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter
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The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast retweeted
VoxTalks Economics: Who Really Drives Innovation @timsvengali speaks with Paolo Surico (@LBS), co-author of the first systematic empirical study examining which innovations have driven US productivity growth, and where they come from. As public science funding faces major cuts and AI is increasingly driven by private capital, what does this mean for future growth? Listen: ow.ly/A0kP50YP4zB Read more: ow.ly/oUMQ50YP4zA
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The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast retweeted
State-organsed knowledge transfer, centred on improved #education and translation of texts into Japanese, propelled the rapid development of #Japan starting in the 1880s. @juhreka13 @UBC, @deweinstein @columbia_econ ow.ly/zWh950T6lYY
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Register now for the CEPR RPN on Growth, Innovation, and Social Model in Europe - Inaugural Workshop 📆 4 June 2026 📍College de France, Paris @cdf1530 Registration deadline: 22 May Keynotes: @johnvanreenen & @ufukakcigit Organisers: Philippe Aghion & @alexandraroulet ✍️ow.ly/phCH50Z25qx
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🎙️New episode is out! 🥳Our guest is Fabian Waldinger (U of Munich) and we talked about his academic journey, science, WW1, boycotts, knowledge diffusion, socio-economic background & academic success, and more! Enjoy!😊@johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE #econtwitter
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🌟Our new episode is out! Our guest is @BaslandzeSalome from @AtlantaFed and we talked about her academic journey, product vs process innovations, firm strategy and growth, political connections, and more! Enjoy🥳 @POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen
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Great job opportunity to work with me and @POID_LSE team at @LSEEcon @CEP_lse. Apply now! @https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/6939/0/462693/15539/research-assistant-poid
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🌟The new episode is out! Our guest is @ThomasPHI2 and we talked about his academic journey from physics to economics, his book "The Great Reversal", superstar firms, competition, Europe vs US, and more. Enjoy!🥳@POID_LSE @CEP_LSE @johnvanreenen @ruveyda_gozen #econtwitter
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