I’m hiring for a full-time one-year Research Assistant (“pre-doc”) position
Come work at LSE doing research on energy markets and environmental economics. Great opportunity to build research skills ahead of applying to PhD programmes
Deadline March 27th, apply here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Join the launch of our new course: Policymaking for Climate Action & Circular Economy!
February 17, 1-2 PM CET, free, online
Meet:
Adil Najam, President, WWF International
Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg
Chantal Line Carpentier, (UNCTAD).
www.efdinitiative.org/events/launc...
Please enjoy this message from the Norwegian consumer protection council
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
🚨 1 Week to Go! | #2026NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development
⏰Submit your paper by Feb 15, 2026!
🗓️ June 18–19 | Lisbon, Portugal
🎓 Keynotes: Abhijit Banerjee (@MIT), Isaac Mbiti (@NotreDame), Sandra Sequeira (#LSE)
🔗 Submit: bit.ly/4pKGkjs
#NOVAFRICA2026 #CallForPapers
EfD Nigeria secures $1m IDRC grant for #climate #finance project in #Africa.
”The project aims to strengthen government #policies, #financial #systems, and #regulatory #frameworks to attract financing for climate action,” said Prof Nnaemeka Chukwuone.
www.efdinitiative.org/news/efd-nig...
The new Energy Economics & Policy course in our Data, Economics, & Design of Policy online MicroMasters program is open for enrollment! 🌱 Explore how policy & economics shape energy markets & climate outcomes. It's free to audit—enroll today: https://bit.ly/3L56NJz
The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!
🎥 The recording of the Difference-in-Differences course by Prof. @cdechaisemartin.bsky.social , which I had the pleasure of organizing at @liser.lu , is now online!
📚 12 hours covering everything from the basics to advanced methods.
👉 Watch the course here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #EconSky
Finished teaching a new course on energy markets and the clean energy transition last month. Was a blast and have lots of thoughts for next year.
One takeaway is the value of going beyond academic journals/textbooks and incorporating media articles, podcasts, and video. Here's a few we covered... 🧵
📣 We’re hiring!
We're seeking a Country Office Administrator for the Zambia Evidence Lab in Lusaka.
If you’re an excellent organiser w/ strong communication skills apply now.
theigc.org/about/career...
🗓️Deadline: 15 Dec
#ZambiaJobs #Admin
Noise pollution from electric passenger rail harms babies' health.
"I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion."
Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs.
This is such a cool paper!
"On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator"
(by @dlmillimet.bsky.social and Marc F. Bellemare)
published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Most of us don't realize how many objects (payloads and debris) are in orbit around Earth.
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
How to Reproduce this Book Exactly with LaTeX - great resource for writing Latex #linkoftheday
github.com/BenjaminGor/...
Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility
Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer
A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...
UCD Graduate Studies and I have produced a Research Group Handbook template for supervisors and researchers.
The template outlines core topics, resources, and policies that groups can adapt to their needs.
➡️ Template and details: www.ucd.ie/graduatestud...
@ucddublin.bsky.social
1/2
How can time-use data help us better understand gender inequalities? Our latest article in Sociology Compass answers this question — have a look! dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4... Yucheng Wu, Muzhi Zhou #timeuse
The CRAN Spatial Task View just got a proper table of contents (thanks to Krzysztof Dyba) -- easier to navigate all those R spatial packages now. 🌍
> https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial
#RStats #RSpatial #OpenSource #gischat
The Traffic Noise Externality: Costs, Incidence and Policy Implications: Enrico Moretti; Harrison Wheeler
What does co-creation really mean for agroecological transitions?
Exploring theory and practice at the annual members forum meeting of the Agroecology TPP.
Read more: 🔗 https://bit.ly/47osWcJ
#aeTPP #Trees4Resilience
New publication: Designing Carbon Pricing Policies Across the Globe with Robert Schmidt and @moritzdrupp.bsky.social in Environmental and Resource Economics!
We present the largest international expert survey on carbon pricing design (400+ participants, ~40 countries). Some highlights.
It is interesting to see how horse fodder and food was as much a part of our energy mix (20%) in 1820 as coal is today. In 1920 coal was up at 70%. Note these are percentages not quantities.
visualizingenergy.org/americas-ene...
New Article: Heat Pump Performance for Normal People
A simple guide to how heat pumps work, why they feel different to gas, and how to run them efficiently at home.
energy-stats.uk/heat-pump-pe...
📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound Under Net Metering" by Matthew E. Oliver, Juan Moreno-Cruz ( @jmorenocruz.bsky.social ), and Kenneth T. Gillingham.
Read it here: buff.ly/v7T2nxE
📈📉 #Econsky
Would you be interested in an online heat pump class for homeowners?
There's so much jargon and conflicting information in the HVAC industry - it's hard to separate fact from fiction.
A structured course with easy-to-watch videos might help.
What do you think?
www.heatpumped.org/c/online-class
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Cooking, Health, and Daily Exposure to Pollution Spikes" by Susanna B. Berkouwer and Joshua T. Dean. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Read the VoxDev article on this by @sberkouwer.bsky.social & Joshua Dean: voxdev.org/topic/health...
For 15 years, the National Rural Livelihoods Mission has been transforming rural India. At its heart are women who are not just earning—they’re leading, deciding & shaping the communities.
Discover stories of dignity, equality & aspirations—told in their own voices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cB8...
📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky