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New @nber.org WP out from Bocar Ba today. I edited several rounds on this paper and remain so impressed that while lots of economists have frozen or relabeled their research agendas related to racial equity, Bocar has held steady. He's brave and I'm proud to be his editor www.nber.org/papers/w34933

Nice! It would be nice to add a feature that allows users to filter grants by field.

CEPR Upcoming Conference

NOVAFRICA is proud to co-host the #2026CEPREconomySymposium will take place on
March 20–21 at @NovaSBE , Lisbon, Portugal.

Scholars from leading institutions will discuss key topics in political economy.

Information here: tinyurl.com/2rwpy7mh

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.

www.ft.com/content/ac77...

It happened a couple of weeks ago (and I have not used it since then...). For me it was after installing a couple of packages. Not sure what happened. I'll have to use it again from next week so I'll delve into that but if you find a fix before LMK! Good luck!

Tell us how you solve this because I am facing a similar problem! =)

Four years of fire—and Ukraine is still standing.
From Zmiinyi Island to today, the message hasn’t changed. Thank you to everyone helping shield Ukraine's sky and save lives.

Donate to air defence via @u24.gov.ua

Africa as a success story: Political organisation in pre-colonial Africa Theories from research in anthropology, history and African studies, combined with new data on independent political communities in pre-colonial Africa, provide an alternate view of the continent’s history. Africans succeeded in keeping the scale of political society small, but that left Africa vulnerable.

🆕 Africa as a success story: Political organisation in pre-colonial Africa

Today on VoxDev, Soeren Henn (University of Wisconsin-Madison) & James Robinson (Harris School of Public Policy) provide an alternate view of Africa's history: https://ow.ly/G89C50YkUmp

Apply for the ESSHC 2027 and come to visit us in Lyon!

📣📆 We are happy to announce our 2-day Summer school on Organizations in Developing Countries that will take place on June 24-25th. We will welcome two great keynotes: Manuel GARCÍA-SANTANA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social (Columbia University).

Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict* Abstract. We provide quasi-experimental evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate drought-induced co

Recently accepted by #QJE: “Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict,” by Gehring (@kaigehring.bsky.social) and Schaudt (@paulschaudt.bskz.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

📊How religiously diverse is your country?

🇸🇬Singapore is the most religiously diverse country in the world, according to a new Pew Research Center study on religious diversity in 201 countries and territories.

This study measures how evenly a country’s population is distributed among seven groups.

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...

More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...

Apply to present your work at the @novafrica.bsky.social PhD Workshop on Development Economics.

Organized by the fantastic Econ PhD students at Nova SBE!

Join us at CERGIC ! 💼

We offer a 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Applied Economics and Earth Observation Data. The position will start on September 1st, 2026. The successful candidate will be based at Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon.

For more information: www.cergic-lyon.fr/postdoctoral...

Field-Based Research Associate or Research Manager – Democratic Republic of Congo | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Research associate: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel...

Research intern: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/field-based-research-intern-democratic-republic-congo-job-105468

📣 Call for Papers | Riederau Workshop on People’s Understanding of and Support for Economic Policies

We are pleased to announce the Riederau Workshop on People’s Understanding of and Support for Economic Policies, taking place 8–10 September 2026 in Riederau am Ammersee (Germany).

💬 «On lui demande de justifier de revenus, mais il n’a pas le droit de travailler»

Tengiz Dalakishvili, lutteur médaillé d'origine géorgienne qui anime un club de sport à Nantes, est sous le coup d’une OQTF
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/zHa9

🚨Call for application for the ENS Lyon Summer School in Empirical Research Methods 🚨

The event is hosted by the cergic.bsky.social from June 30 to July 2, 2026.

Audience: PhD students in economics

📅 Deadline: 1 March 2026

#Econsky #Economics

📣 REMINDER - Call for Papers: The Economics of Migration Junior Workshop

💡 The event aims to provide an opportunity to junior researchers on #migration #economics to present and meet in-person.

📅 May 26-27, 2026 at @uc3meconomics.bsky.social

⏳ Submit by Feb 1st.

🔗 economig2026.sciencesconf.org

Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images UK prime minister says xAI will restrict the image generator as billionaire pledges to follow laws in all markets

Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images ft.trib.al/dSwqGnd

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Deadline for SIOE submission in one day! January 15. Come to Fontainebleau to hear about Inst and Orgs in one of the foremost historical (Fontainebleau castle) and sports (world-class bouldering) sites in Europe! www.sioe.org/conference/2...

📢 Less than 3 weeks left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). Come join us!

🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

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Senior researchers in History (291971) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: Senior researchers in History (291971), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026

#CFA: We are hiring 2 Postdocs and 1 PhD to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c.1750-1950). Join us in Trondheim!
2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: March 15)

Soutien à Sylvain Charley, journaliste sportif à ICI Nord

Ma principale résolution pour 2026 sera de réduire ma dépendance aux États-Unis.

J'annule mon voyage à Seattle entièrement financé par Microsoft, et je vais explorer des alternatives 🇫🇷/🇪🇺/🏴‍☠️ pour mes plateformes de streaming et autres services.

Questions par mois posé sur Stack Overflow.
C'est fort parce que ça montre 2 effondrements :

- L'effondrement actuel du développement informatique par des humains
- L'effondrement futur des modèles d'IA qui vont se mordre la queue quand tout ce qu'il y aura à manger c'est du code écrit par eux-même