Bu yıl Dünyada sosyal bilimler alanında ilk defa verilen Max Planck-Humboldt Araştırma Ödülünü kazandığımı büyük bir mutlulukla öğrendim. 1,5 milyon avro değerindeki ödül “inovasyon ve ekonomik büyüme” konularındaki araştırmalarıma çok büyük destek olacak:

Geçen yıl Daron Hoca'nın yaşattığı inanılmaz gururun ardından, dün de nihayet beklenen mutlu haber geldi! 🎉 Nobel Komitesi, 2025 Ekonomi Nobel’ini uzun yıllardır birlikte çalışmaktan gurur duyduğum sevgili dostlarım Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt ve muhteşem ekonomi tarihçisi

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: "The Marshall Plan: Then and Now". What happened during postwar Europe’s recovery—and what lessons can we draw for growth today? Joel Mokyr (@NUEconomics) highlights strategies, policies, and attitudes that shaped a turning point in #EconomicHistory.

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: “Can AI Transform Public Service Delivery?” Michael Kremer (@DILatUChicago) walks through the possibilities of developing more efficient public services worldwide. #PublicServiceAI

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: Innovation needs venture capital—but policy is the wild card. @realjoshlerner (@HarvardHBS) explains why fueling startup ecosystems takes smart investment and even smarter governance in "Growing Entrepreneurial Clusters and Innovation". #GlobalVenture

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @profjamesevans (@UChicagoSSD) explores how countries are advancing in the AI landscape, highlighting their diverse strategies and contributions to global AI leadership. #AIleadership

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: Chang-Tai Hsieh (@ChicagoBooth) compares the behavior of top conglomerates across various countries his lecture "Scale vs. Scope". #GlobalBusiness

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @ufukakcigit (@UChi_Economics) digs deep into smart economic growth concepts from the @WorldBank_IEG's 2024 World Development Report, The Middle-Income Trap. #Ideas4Impact

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25, Day 4: @somikcities (@WorldBank_IEG) builds on yesterday's energy crisis session with "Energy, Emissions, and Creative Destruction", outlining the need for global energy efficiency and cooperation. #EnergyEfficiency

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: Prof. Michael Greenstone (@UChiEnergy) discusses "The Economics of the Global Energy Challenge," emphasizing how nations must balance reliable energy, clean air, and climate goals—and the importance of pricing energy’s true costs. #EnergyEcon

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @BrentNeiman (@ChicagoBooth) unpacks "Global Capital Allocation" and the forces that define “who owns what” around the world. #GlobalCapital

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @Susan_Athey (@StanfordGSB) explores AI's applications for economies as well as timely policy responses to AI's labor market disruptions in her lecture “AI and The New Economy”. #AIPolicy

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @PennyG_Yale introduces “The Global Gender Distortions Index”—showing how the GGDI helps pinpoint and measure hidden barriers for understanding gender gaps in labor markets. @YaleEGC #GenderEconomics

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @IndermitGill, Chief Economist of the @WorldBank, discusses the “Middle Income Trap”—highlighting how developing economies can break stagnation and achieve real growth. #MiddleIncomeTrap

#GrowthAcademy25 Day 2 ended with @Furkan_Kilic (@UChi_Economics), Christian Posso (@cpossosu) (@BancoRepublica) and Seyit Mümin Cilasun (@TED_Uni) sharing insights from a research collaboration that began at the inaugural Growth Academy in 2024. #EconomicResearch

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @heckmanequation (@UChi_Economics) presents on global fertility trends. Key insights on family, education, and economic opportunity. #HumanDevelopment

HE @BAlkhorayef reflects on his visit to @UChicago and the #GrowthAcademy25 (original post in Arabic):

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: Prof. Fabrizio Zilibotti (@YaleEconomics) delves into “Creative Destruction and Distance to Frontier: Implications for Emerging Economies"—exploring how firm dynamics shapes economic growth in developing nations. #DevelopingEconomies

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @UncertainLars (@UChi_Economics) examines “Uncertainty, Social Valuation, and Climate Change Policy”—a deep dive into how different types of uncertainty shape the sense of urgency and direction of climate action. #Uncertainty

#GrowthAcademy25: Day 1 ended with a fireside discussion with HE @BAlkhorayef, Minister of Industry & Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, @ufukakcigit of @UChi_Economics and @SomikCities of @worldbank. Key insights on industry and regional development.  Follow for Day 2 updates!

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @PAghion shares insights on the “Economics of Creative Destruction”—how the dynamic force of innovation can address countries’ biggest challenges. Can new ideas spark real change? #Innovation