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Earlier this week staff and students took part in the sixth annual undergraduate research conference Explore Econ. Professor Anthony Smith (Vice Provost, Education and Student Affairs) opened the event and Professor Sasha Roseneil (UCL Economics) presented the awards ceremony.

Please join us in congratulating the winners and runners up of Explore Econ 2020:

Winning Paper:

Winner - Cezary Klimczuk 鈥淟etting the machines do the maths: An AI predicting cryptocurrency movements鈥�

Runner up 聽- Dong Yi Wu 鈥淯nderstanding the impact of remittances and diaspora driven FDI on poverty reduction in developing countries鈥�

Winning Poster:

Winner - Shivam Gujral 鈥淒irect Benefit Transfers: A way forward to transform the Indian Education system?鈥�

Runner up 聽- Charles Graham 鈥淒erivatives: are we immune from another crisis?鈥�

Winner for the #whateconomistsreallydo Ignite Session:

With the theme of 鈥淯sing (and abusing) data in economics鈥� -聽Tien-Jen Kao

The energy and commitment of the staff and students involved made this year鈥檚 Explore Econ an inspirational event. Congratulations everyone.

Explore Econ 2020 took place on Wednesday 26 February and was organised by and sponsored by .

The conference showcases independent work undertaken by students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. Work was showcased through posters and presentations and the conference presented聽the winning contributions. Information about Explore Econ 2020 and previous year鈥檚 conferences can be found here.

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