AI tools have become widespread since news of ChatGPT-3.5 prompted me, in early 2023, to make an OpenAI account. I remember sitting in a coffee shop, sipping on a latte, and holding a half-dozen “conversations” with the newly released model.I asked it a series of math questions. I asked it about politics and about poetry. I asked it to write me a short story. I even asked it questions about niche topics like Settlers of Catan to see if it “understood” strategy in the context of a game. And, of course, I asked it about economics.

Stefanie Stantcheva, an accomplished economist, has been named the Clark Medalist for 2025 for her significant contributions to the field of public economics. 

John N. Friedman has been named as the inaugural dean of Brown University's Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs. 

Maxi Günnewig, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bonn, has won the Philipp Sandner Award in Digital Finance Research from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and WM Gruppe. 

Julia Cagé (Professor of Economics, Science Po) and David Yanagizawa-Drott (Professor of Economics, University of Zurich) have been honored with the 2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Award for their impactful research on political economy and media. 

Princeton University's Economics Department has been busy hiring in recent months. Now four prominent new faculty members join for the Spring 2025 semester: Simon Jäger, Pauline Carry, Kevin Dano and Fedor Sandomirskiy.

Morris Davis, a professor at Rutgers Business School specializing in real estate, has been appointed to the White House Council of Economic Advisers as the chief housing economist. The news follows the high profile appointment last week of Stephen Miran as head of the CEA.

King Felipe VI of Spain has presented the "King of Spain Economics Award 2024" to economist Roberto Serrano for his outstanding scientific and professional work in the field of economics. 

Dr. Reka Juhasz, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, has been named the recipient of the Bank of Canada's 2025 Governor's Award. 

Winta Beyene, a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in banking and finance at SAFE (Germany), has been granted a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship for her work on household finance and financial resilience.