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davidbowkett.bsky.social
Head of Productivity and Growth at ESRC. I am interesting in new technologies, how they are used, how people interact with them, and how they lead to economic growth. I like also happily talk to you about cricket, bikes and heat pumps He/him. Views my own
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How are UK businesses navigating digital transformation? A new blog by @alliancembs.bsky.social's Silvia Massini & Mabel Sanchez-Barrioluengo examines the data on adoption of advanced digital technologies and finds a wide variation across regions and sectors: www.productivity.ac.uk/news/still-a...

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CAGE Research Associate Alexander Klein with @timleunig.bsky.social writes in the FT on the lessons that history provides when determining a ‘what works’ approach to economic growth. 📰

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A great thread on the challenges of measuring public sector productivity.

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Kicking off #NationalProductivityWeek by partnering with @iofw.org on their closing event on the #PissaridesReview into the Future of Work and Wellbeing. With @productivity.bsky.social participation in #Shard London and AMBS in Manchester.

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Are you interested in how the use AI as a research tool is (and isn't) changing the practice of science? If the answer is "yes!" and you also happen to be an early career researcher, then the following fellowship opportunity might be for you. www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

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Cannot recommend this BBC piece highly enough for anyone interested in productivity, growth, infrastructure and regional economics. This is deeply personal for me as the road cuts right through my village. I learned to drive in these road works nearly 20 years ago! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This was a fascinating lunchtime read.

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Firm #climate investment: A glass half-full | Read the latest CEPR @voxeu.org column by Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, @prachisrivas.bsky.social, Gregory Thwaites and @iyotzov.bsky.social poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLI...

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