News in 2026

A year of ideas: workshops and seminars at the School of Economics, 2025/26

19 June 2026

The 2025/26 academic year has been one of the busiest yet for research events at the School of Economics. Across the year, the School hosted fourteen research workshops and welcomed around eighty seminar speakers from leading international institutions. This roundup brings the year's programme together in one place.

Bristol student start-up tackling phone addiction among winners as enterprise competition marks 25 years

19 June 2026

A student start-up aiming to tackle rising mobile phone addiction was among the winners at the University of Bristol’s flagship New Enterprise Competition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Social venture co-founded by Bristol academic receives multi-million dollar funding

8 April 2026

A social venture co-founded by a University of Bristol academic has received $40million funding from leading algorithmic trading firm, XTX Markets

Bristol School of Economics Researchers in the News

5 January 2026

Our faculty members' research has been making headlines in major media outlets. Here are some recent highlights.