Curriculum Vitae

Prashant Garg

Economist working on science, innovation, production, and media using machine learning, causal inference, and network science.

prashantgargib@gmail.com · prashantgarg.org · @Prashant_Garg_

Education

PhD in Economics (incl. MRes, Distinction) · Imperial College London 2022–2026
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

Research Associate · University of Cambridge current
Associate Fellow · INET Oxford current
PhD Economics · Imperial College London past
Postdoctoral Researcher (from Sept 2026) · Bocconi University incoming

Publications & Working Papers

Published

Political Expression of Academics on Twitter

with Thiemo Fetzer · Nature Human Behaviour · 2025
Local Decline and Populism

with Thiemo Fetzer, Jacob Edenhofer · Economics Letters · 2025

Forthcoming

Uneven Patterns of Cross-Border Media Coverage Following Natural Disasters

with Thiemo Fetzer · Nature Human Behaviour

R&R

AI Health Advice Accuracy Varies Across Languages and Contexts

with Thiemo Fetzer · BMJ Health & Care Informatics

Working

Global Automation Atlas

with Tommaso Crosta, Jasmin Baier
Causal Claims in Economics

with Thiemo Fetzer
What Should Economics Ask Next?
Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter

with Eleonora Alabrese, Francesco Capozza
AI-Generated Production Networks: Measurement and Applications to Global Trade

with Thiemo Fetzer, Peter John Lambert, Bennet Feld
Simple Contagion Drives Population-Scale Platform Migration

with Dorian Quelle, Frederic Denker, Alexandre Bovet

Best Student Paper, NetSciSci2025
(How) Do Health Shocks Reallocate Research Direction?

with Hongyu Zhou, Thiemo Fetzer

Essay

Mapping Bob Dylan’s Mind

· Aeon · arXiv

Awards

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

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.

Talks

2026

4 Dec 2026 Universitat de València Seminar · València
11 Jun 2026 Oxford INET Meeting · Oxford
13–14 Apr 2026 MPWZ–CEPR Text-as-Data · Virtual
12 Mar 2026 MIT FutureTech Seminar · Virtual
20 Jan 2026 CMA Seminar · London
15 Jan 2026 U.S. International Trade Commission · Virtual

2025

5–8 Dec 2025 CEPR Paris Symposium — Growth Programme · Paris
20 Nov 2025 Long-Run Productivity Conference · Cambridge
12 Nov 2025 AYEW Big Data/ML Workshop · Virtual
11 Nov 2025 Imperial Finance Seminar · London
7 Nov 2025 Oxford Behavioural Group Seminar · Oxford
28 Oct 2025 C-SEB / ECONtribute Mini Course · Cologne
28 Oct 2025 University of Cologne Seminar · Cologne
24–25 Oct 2025 CESifo Area Conference on Behavioural Economics · Munich
9 Oct 2025 Imperial Economics Seminar · London
30 Sep 2025 LSE POID/PRINZ Seminar · London
15–16 Sep 2025 MPWZ–CEPR Text-as-Data · Virtual
15 Aug 2025 LSE QueerConf · London
7 Jul 2025 Public Governance Workshop, PSL · Virtual
1–2 Jul 2025 RES Annual Conference · Birmingham
30 Jun 2025 Metascience 2025 · London
19 Jun 2025 Imperial Economics Seminar · London
10–11 Jun 2025 Text as Data in Behavioural Economics · Potsdam
2–6 Jun 2025 Networks in Science of Science · Maastricht
29–31 May 2025 EAYE Annual Meeting · London
27 May 2025 University of Groningen · Groningen
21 May 2025 AYEW · Virtual
20 May 2025 ZBW Seminar · Hamburg
15–16 May 2025 LSE–IGC Environmental Populism Conference · London
8–9 May 2025 Economics of Media Bias Workshop · Frankfurt
8 May 2025 Workshop for Ukraine (charity) · Virtual
28–29 Apr 2025 MPWZ–CEPR Text-as-Data · Virtual
11 Apr 2025 AERE @ OSWEET · Virtual
7–8 Apr 2025 PolMeth Europe · London
13 Mar 2025 Text-as-Data (TaDa) Seminar · Virtual
3 Mar 2025 OECD Trade Seminar · Virtual
Feb 2025 HM Treasury · London
8–11 Jan 2025 STEG Annual Conference · Oxford

2024

12–18 Dec 2024 CEPR Paris Symposium · Paris
4 Dec 2024 RES PhD Conference · Portsmouth
25 Nov 2024 Leibniz Open Science Day · Berlin
18–19 Nov 2024 UniBZ Political Economy Workshop · Bruneck
6 Nov 2024 AYEW AI/Alternative Data Workshop · Virtual
5–6 Nov 2024 Causal Data Science Meeting · Virtual
25 Oct 2024 Cambridge Janeway Networks Workshop · Cambridge
17–18 Oct 2024 3rd KIEL–CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics · Berlin
10 Oct 2024 Imperial Internal Seminar · London
5–6 Sep 2024 Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) · London
25 Aug 2024 EUR–CEPR Trade, Geography and IO Workshop · Amsterdam
13–14 Jun 2024 7th CESifo Doctoral Workshop on Economics of Digitization · Munich
16–17 May 2024 QPE Early Career Workshop · London
19 Apr 2024 Workshop on Political Economy of Environmental Policy · Stockholm
25–27 Mar 2024 RES Annual Conference · Belfast
24–25 Jan 2024 PhD Workshop in Networks and Political Economy · Paris

2023

24 Nov 2023 2nd Digital Economy Network · Cambridge
1 Nov 2023 AYEW AI/Text-as-Data Workshop · Virtual
18–19 Sep 2023 6th MWZ Text-as-Data Workshop · Virtual
21–23 Jun 2023 XII IBEO Workshop in Complexity Economics · Corte, Corsica
25 May 2023 5th QMUL Economics and Finance Workshop · London
27–29 Mar 2023 RES Easter Training School · Bristol
13 Jan 2023 Warwick PhD Conference · Warwick