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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

R&R

  1. Simple Contagion Drives Population-Scale Platform Migration
    with Dorian Quelle, Frederic Denker, Alexandre Bovet · Nature Communications
    Best Student Paper, NetSciSci2025
  2. AI Health Advice Accuracy Varies Across Languages and Contexts
    with Thiemo Fetzer · BMJ Health & Care Informatics

Working

  1. Global Automation Atlas
    with Tommaso Crosta, Jasmin Baier
  2. Causal Claims in Economics
    with Thiemo Fetzer
  3. What Should Economics Ask Next?
  4. Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter
    with Eleonora Alabrese, Francesco Capozza
  5. AI-Generated Production Networks: Measurement and Applications to Global Trade
    with Thiemo Fetzer, Peter John Lambert, Bennet Feld
  6. (How) Do Health Shocks Reallocate Research Direction?
    with Hongyu Zhou, Thiemo Fetzer

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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