The first joint event took place online on the 21st of April 2023. There were 70 registered attendees (PhD candidates, Research Assistants, established researchers) from the following institutions: LSE, The Alan Turing Institute, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Oxford, Toronto University, Indian Institute of Technology Indore India, University Mohammed VI, Imperial College London, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, University of York, Govt. College-Pakistan, Paris-Saclay University, in3 – Dutch FinTech, University of Warwick, University of Stavanger-Norway, Johns Hopkins University, Aarhus University, Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland, UKHSA, Imperial College Business School, King’s College London, University of Edinburgh, Faculdade de Ciancias da Universidade do Porto, Glasgow University, University of St Andrews, TU Dortmund University, Copenhagen University, University of Trento (Italy), University of Manchester.   

This event aimed to introduce the NeST programme research agenda stemming from the research interests of the programme investigators (Ed Cohen, Nick Heard, Marina Knight, Guy Nason, Matt Nunes, Gesine Reinert, Patrick Rubin-Delanchy, Almut Veraart and Qiwei Yao). Talks angled towards relevant methodological background and challenges were followed by questions and