HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group)

EHES has an insightful new working paper by FabioGatti and Joel Huesler.

The paper is "Text Analysis Methods for Historical Letters, The case of Michelangelo Buonarrotti"

👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...

🚨Only 10 days left to sign-up to our summer school in Odense on historical economics. Highlights: Keynote lectures by Christopher Meissner on the global economy in the past. Further expect courses on project design, ML methods for data processing, and the recent DiD literature

Et land, der flyder med mælk og smør Et land, der flyder med mælk og smør. Eliter og grundlæggelsen af det moderne danske mejeribrug. Paul Sharp, Markus Lampe. ISBN 978-87-408-3360-7

📘 New release coming soon!
"Et land, der kom fri – En økonomisk historie om Danmark" by Paul Sharp & Markus Lampe will soon be published.
An accessible and insightful journey through Denmark’s economic history.

Get yourself a copy:
🔗 www.universitypress.dk/shop/et-land...

An Economic History of Europe | Higher Education from Cambridge University Press Discover An Economic History of Europe, 3rd Edition, Karl Gunnar Persson, HB ISBN: 9781009613989 on Higher Education from Cambridge

📢 Coming soon!
Paul Sharp, alongside coauthors Gunnar Persson and Markus Lampe, will soon publish the third edition of their book: "An Economic History of Europe".

Get yourself a copy:
🔗 www.cambridge.org/highereducat...

In *The Road to Freedom*, Stiglitz argues that markets alone cannot guarantee liberty. True freedom, he contends, requires strong institutions, community, and public investment—ideas more relevant than ever for the future of democracy.

The backdrop is sobering. In @nytopinion, Stiglitz shared how the Trump administration abruptly cut funding for this very lecture series - over a DEI clause. SDU stepped in to ensure it could still go ahead.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Freedom, Inequality, and the Economy of the Future: Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz visits SDU on 14th May How do we create a society where freedom applies to everyone?

🔗https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/dias/news/news/stiglitz-event-2025

We’re looking forward to joining Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz at SDU on **14 May** for his talk *Freedom, Inequality, and the Economy of the Future*.
Thanks to @sdu.dk and DIAS, Word Festival, and the Center for American Studies for organizing this timely event.

HEDG PhD-student Christian Nielsen and Lasse Aaskoven have an interesting new essay on Danish political dynasties as part of the Magtudredningen project.🇩🇰

👉Check it out here (Danish only): ps.au.dk/fileadmin/St...

🚨 We're hiring (again)! @sdueconhist.bsky.social is looking for both a Predoc and a Postdoc (3-yr fixed-term AP) to join our growing team.

Predoc:
👉 Apply by May 16 here: bit.ly/hedg-predoc

Postdoc / Assistant Professor
👉 Apply for by May 22 here: bit.ly/hedg-ap

#EconSky #EconRA

Torben Johansen will present "Optimal Treatment Allocation Under Constraints" at the Nation Scale Project workshop in Copenhagen (May 15) and at the Danish Econometric Society meeting at Sandbjerg Gods (May 22–23).

EHES has an insightful new working paper by Attila Ulrich👏

The paper is "The Rákóczi family’s estate wine production, wine trade, and wine prices at the end of the 17th century"🍷🇭🇺

👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...

K-Live | "Meta-ekspressen buldrer forbi" | DR LYD Forfatterne Kim Fupz Aakeson og Kaspar Colling Nielsen fortæller, hvordan det føles, når ens ord risikerer at blive brugt til at fodres Metas sprogmodeller. Rettighedsalliancen har før konfronteret de...

🎙️ Karol Borowiecki joined P1 K-Live to talk creativity, culture, and the unstoppable rise of the "meta express."

Catch the full interview here: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...

Science and Beers: What makes a great musician? 1000 years of data | Studenterhus Odense Details Start: april 11 - 19:00 End: april 11 - 21:00 Website: Event Website Venue Studenterhus Odense What makes a great musician? With one thousand years of data up his sleeve, Professor Karol Jan B...

🎶 What makes a great musician?
Professor Karol Borowieki took the stage at Science & Beers in Odense to explore 1,000 years of musical greatness through the lens of economic history. Cheers🍺

Details: www.studenterhus.dk/facebook-eve...

Ireland in a Danish mirror: A microlevel comparison of the productivity of Danish and Irish creameries before the First World War The relative success of the Danish and failure of the Irish dairy industries before the First World War is often contrasted. The traditional narrative assumes that the Irish failed because they wer...

Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 New publication alert!

Paul Sharp, @christianvedel.bsky.social e, @xenia-tsoukli.bsky.social , and Eoin Mclaughting have published a new article:
"Ireland in a Danish mirror: A microlevel comparison of the productivity of Danish and Irish creameries before the First World War"🇮🇪🇩🇰🐮

Golddiggermyten Ægteskab. Det er en indgroet forestilling i samfundet, at kvinder i højere grad end mænd gifter sig til status og velstand. Men det er en myte, viser nyt studie.

🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢

The “golddigger” myth gets a reality check! 💰📉 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history.

👉 Read the article here: www.weekendavisen.dk/2025-15/idee...

#EconHist #SocialMobility

👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...

EHES has an insightful new working paper by Ramon Ramon-Muñoz from @ub.edu, Guillermo Esteban-Oliver from @udl.cat and Josep-Maria Ramon-Muñoz from @um.es 👏

The paper is "Transport and Biological Living Standards: Evidence from Late 19th-Century Catalonia"🇪🇸

EHES has an insightful new working paper by
@erikstrobl.bsky.social and Costanza Maria Fileccia👏

The paper is "Climate adaptation in early Australian wheat farming (1860-1960)"🇦🇺👨‍🌾

👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...

@sdueconhist.bsky.social also has made historical tariffs and their impact the topic of this year’s summer school -> see here for more: bsky.app/profile/juli...

Puls | Han har fået lavet en usynlig statue af sig selv | DR LYD Violinisten og underviseren Alexander Zapolski boede og arbejdede i Danmark i 33 år, og han fik enorm betydning for dansk musikliv. I fredags døde Zapolski. Puls tegner et portræt. Vi fortæller også ...

Listen to the full program here: www.dr.dk/lyd/p2/puls/...

🎶 Mentioned in the media: Classical composers created more music during wartime, especially under foreign attack.

Hear HEDG Professor Karol Jan Borowiecki discuss his research on DR P2’s program Puls - "Han har fået lavet en usynlig statue af sig selv." 📻🇩🇰

🚨Last week to apply for a fully funded PhD position @sdueconhist.bsky.social!

#SophieYiwenLi @christianvedel.bsky.social #PaulSharp #TorbenJohansen @mjdcurtis.bsky.social #SarahWashbrook #GregoryClark @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social
are attending the @EcHistSoc conference at the University of Strathclyde on April 4-6.🇬🇧

#EHS2025

Of the bovine ilk: quantifying the welfare of dairy cattle in history, 1750–1900 - Cliometrica The costs, benefits, and ethical considerations regarding animal welfare are a central element in modern capitalist agriculture, yet systematic quantitative historical insights are lacking. To overcom...

✨ Exciting News!
Big congratulations to HEDG Professor #PaulSharp @Paul and #MarkusLampe from @wuvienna.bsky.social on their new paper, "Of the bovine ilk: quantifying the welfare of dairy cattle in history, 1750–1900"🐮🇩🇰

👉Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#EconHist #SDU

Christian Alexander Abildgaard Nielsen ‪PhD student, University of Southern Denmark‬ - ‪‪Cited by 3‬‬ - ‪Economic development‬ - ‪social mobility‬ - ‪democracy‬

Big congratulations to HEDG PhD student Christian Alexander Abildgaard Nielsen on being awarded an EHA Early-Stage Dissertation Grant for his project on persistence of Danish elites.👏🎉

Find him on scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

EHES has an insightful new working paper by @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social 👏

The paper is "Teacher-directed scientific change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution"🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👨‍🎓🧑‍🏫

👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...

EHES has an insightful new working paper by Professor Gregory Clark and @martinhorlyk.bsky.social 👏

The paper is "The Myth of Nordic Mobility: Social Mobility Rates in Modern Denmark and Sweden"🇩🇰🇸🇪

👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-pape...

Thursday and Friday was the 14th annual workshop on Growth, History and Development. But this year was different. This year marks the 150 year anniversary of women's access to university in Denmark. And what an obvious theme for a workshop on economic history. (1/x)
@sdueconhist.bsky.social