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Our World in Data (OWiD) is a research project based at the University of Oxford, led by Professor of Practice in Global Data Analytics Max Roser . Their research focuses on large-scale global issues like poverty, energy, education, and climate change. They collect data from…
The next CORE workshop will take place on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March 2026 at Loughborough University. The workshop has been organised by the CORE Econ team and Loughborough University’s Ruth Cufflin, Allyson King, Thomas Triebs and Justine Wood. Date: Monday 30th and…
Weikai Chen, Assistant Professor of Economics at Renmin University of China, made it to the city-level stage of the 13th Beijing Young Teachers’ Teaching Skills Competition. Weikai was also a student of Sam Bowles’. We sat down with Weikai and found out more about the competition, his life, and his career.
Accounting Streams is a new introductory textbook for accounting, inspired by CORE Econ. Prof Susan Smith, one of the project leaders, explains what drove the team.
Andrés Álvarez, Economist at Universidad de los Andes, very kindly created a fantastic video tour of CORE’s Income Shock Simulator. The simulator interactively visualises the effects of a household income shock on a country’s poverty indicators and income distribution. It also provides summary statistics…
Dr. Jan Verhoeckx is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Radboud University, Netherlands. He teaches several introductory economics courses using his own combination of CORE modules. We spoke with Jan to learn more about his courses and why CORE’s materials are integral…
Juan Pablo Castilla, María Pía Nieto and Paula Jaramillo are part of the TREES (Teaching and Research Equitable Economics from the Global South) initiative at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Together, they are developing new teaching resources that help economists strengthen their ethical and…
Luis Francisco Gómez López is an economics professor at Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Cajicá, Colombia. Luis has been a long-term supporter of CORE, and in particular our Spanish translation efforts. Luis kindly took some time out of his schedule to chat with us about…
Francesc Trillas is an Assistant Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He’s currently working with the economics department of the Catalan government. He also runs a blog on politics and economics, where he has frequently praised the CORE initiative and edited a unit…
