Johns Hopkins University and NBER. Current research focuses on the history and political economy of U.S. S&T policy, the economics of the NIH, and pharmaceutical patent policy. Website: bhavensampat.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3mdyqya6u6c2ghttps://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/02/03/g-s1-107994/5-papers-from-the-super-bowl-of-economics04 Feb 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdyqya6u6c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3m7day3drcc2wCall open for an NBER conference on Medical Innovation Policy I'm co-organizing with @dusetzinas.bsky.social. Friday the 13th, naturally! Open to anyone (not just economists) working on the issues, and papers at different stages. https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/assessing-us-medical-innovation-system-conference06 Dec 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7day3drcc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3m2wc7a2z6k2lThe new School of Government and Policy at Johns Hopkins University (sogp.jhu.edu ) is hiring, including in science and innovation policy: • Junior: https://facultyjobs.jhu.edu/Home/Position?reqId=A-173959-36 • Senior: https://facultyjobs.jhu.edu/Home/Position?reqId=A-173960-36 Please share with anyone who may be interested. https://sogp.jhu.edu/11 Oct 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wc7a2z6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3ljkgia4hik24A wonderful appreciation of Dick Nelson. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004873332500040X04 Mar 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkgia4hik24https://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3lj2dj2to2k2yCall for papers EPIP2025: “Turning IP Ambitions into Action: Creating Connections, Collaborations, and Communities”. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7297021175937839105/26 Feb 2025 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2dj2to2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3likctlupts2xNBER Innovation Information Initiative (I3) Upskilling Session: BigQuery for Patent & Innovation Data Join us Feb 21, at 11 AM ET for the first I3 Upskilling session: Using Google BigQuery for patent and innovation data/analyses. Register here: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/hYJeY9pkTNGE3LIjKAKm2w#/registration #EconSky19 Feb 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3likctlupts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sampat.bsky.social/post/3lik2tuapmk2phttps://www.wipo.int/en/web/economics/w/blogs/richard-nelson-s-legacy-for-the-economics-of-innovation-and-ip19 Feb 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:yktnf6af6yyqubspbba773bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lik2tuapmk2p