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First Year Challenge 2025 winners announced
The UCL Department of Economics and CTaLE announce the winners and runners-up of this year's First Year Challenge
14 Nov 2025
Attila Lindner awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Professor Attila Lindner, Professor of Economics at UCL's Department of Economics, has been awarded one of just thirty prestigious 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prizes.
21 Oct 2025
Celebrating UCL Economics’ Former Colleague Philippe Aghion's Nobel Prize Win
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 has been awarded to former UCL Economics colleague Philippe Aghion.
13 Oct 2025