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Prashant Garg

Economist working on economic and social measurement of science, innovation, production, and the media, with machine learning, econometrics, and network science.

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Prashant Garg

Education

  • PhD in Economics and Public Policy · Imperial College London 2022–2026
  • MRes in Economics · Imperial College London 2022
    Distinction.
  • MSc Economics · University College London 2019
  • BSc Economics · Cardiff University 2018
    First-class honours; Helen Robinson Memorial Prize for the highest score in microeconomic theory.
  • International Baccalaureate · GD Goenka World School, Gurgaon 2015
    Chairman's Award for the highest overall score in the school (43/45), 99th percentile globally.

Affiliations

  • Postdoctoral Researcher (since September 2026) · Bocconi University current
  • Associate Fellow · INET Oxford current
  • PhD Economics · Imperial College London past

Publications & Working Papers

Published

  1. Political Expression of Academics on Twitter
    with Thiemo Fetzer · Nature Human Behaviour · 2025
  2. Local Decline and Populism
    with Thiemo Fetzer, Jacob Edenhofer · Economics Letters · 2025
  3. Uneven Patterns of Cross-Border Media Coverage Following Natural Disasters
    with Thiemo Fetzer · Nature Human Behaviour · 2026
  4. How much do language and context affect the accuracy of AI health advice?
    with Thiemo Fetzer · BMJ Health & Care Informatics · 2026

R&R

  1. Simple Contagion Drives Population-Scale Platform Migration
    with Dorian Quelle, Frederic Denker, Alexandre Bovet · Nature Communications
    Best Student Paper, NetSciSci2025
  2. Health shocks reallocate the direction of medical research
    with Hongyu Zhou, Thiemo Fetzer · Nature Health

Working

  1. Global Automation Atlas
    with Tommaso Crosta, Jasmin Baier
  2. Causal Claims in Economics
    with Thiemo Fetzer
  3. Measuring the Prevalence and Direction of Innovation: A Pilot Approach Using LLMs
    with Peter John Lambert, Ralf Martin, Denis Medvedev · CEP Discussion Paper No. 2216 · 2026
  4. What Should Economics Ask Next?
  5. Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter
    with Eleonora Alabrese, Francesco Capozza
  6. AI-Generated Production Networks: Measurement and Applications to Global Trade
    with Thiemo Fetzer, Peter John Lambert, Bennet Feld

Essay

  1. Mapping Bob Dylan’s Mind
    · Aeon · arXiv

Awards

  • Astera Essay Competition ($15,000 award) 2026
    For "Where Should Science Go Next?" Competition theme: Identifying Systemic Bottlenecks to Science.
  • Best Student Paper · NetSciSci2025 2025
    For "Simple Contagion Drives Population-Scale Platform Migration".
  • Helen Robinson Memorial Prize · Cardiff University 2018
    Highest score in microeconomic theory.

Teaching

  • Mini-course: Retrieving and Generating Data using LLMs · C-SEB / ECONtribute, University of Cologne 2025
  • Research & Teaching Assistant · Imperial College London 2019–2021
    Executive MBA managerial economics; MSc Economics & Strategy for Business (digital economics & strategy); BPES managerial and business economics.

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher · Bocconi University 2026–
    Since September 2026.
  • Research Associate · University of Cambridge 2026
    Postdoctoral appointment beginning in May 2026.
  • Visiting Researcher · University of Cambridge, Computer Science Department 2025–
    Hosted by Neil Lawrence.
  • Visiting Researcher · International Finance Corporation (IFC), Paris / Washington DC 2024–2025
    Economics Research Unit; hosted by Ralf Martin.
  • Research Assistant · Institute of Welsh Affairs, Cardiff 2017
    Three-month appointment at a policy think tank.

Talks

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