For all researchers in economics in Stockholm and Uppsala, I have compiled a list with (almost) all economics seminars in the region:

jansauermann.github.io/seminars.html

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Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

This looks super cool

Saying “everything that matters in politics is driven by the economy” is a sign of moral rot and the absence of any real and genuine societal norms or values. If that is indeed where we are, our democracy is already beyond broken.

Bluesky came with a machine gun to a pillow fight

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.

CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome!

Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza

Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).

Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline 23 Jan.

🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷

Pushing for open access is not enough. We need a push to end profit.

Important new paper on mental health in PhD programs finally published: from @EvaRanehill @Sanna_Bergvall @annahsandberg, evidence that in Sweden, use of psychiatric medicine sharply ⬆️ after enrollment in PhD compared to other highly educated ind, up to a peak of 40%

Excited to see the new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (Volume 6), edited jointly with Dave Donaldson come out: www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han.... Fantastic set of chapters on recent advances and pointing the way to exciting further research @treballen.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social

We usually rely on GDP, trade, or wages to study the past. This amazing paper flips the script.

It analyzes 630,000 paintings (1400-2000) to extract emotions and shows how art tracks living standards, wars, inequality, and even climate shocks.

(How is this economics? Everything is economics!)

It uses centroids for any amenity represented by a polygon, including urban parks. But the very large ones are typically not urban parks so are not included in the analysis (see my other answer)

Thanks Ely! And yes, the map misses those. It considers urban parks (tag:leisure=park), but not green areas outside the strictly urban space (e.g., Nackareservated is tagged leisure=nature_reserve). I am still thinking about how to deal with those.

Pay gap between nationals and migrants mainly due to unequal access to high-paying jobs Recognizing foreign qualifications and providing language training could improve immigrants’ access to better-paying positions.

Excited to see our paper on the immigrant–native pay gap featured in @nature.com’s new policy brief pilot, please take a look!

Andreas Diemer - Other Other Materials

I recently had some fun mapping access to urban amenities in Sweden at a granular scale. It's work in progress, but I decided to share some of it on my website today. Check it out!

sites.google.com/view/andreas...

#EconSky #GeoSky #GISChat

The submission deadline for our October conference in Montréal is tomorrow!

Submit at editorialexpress.com/conference/n...

Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.

On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.

This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)

europa.eu/!6Vdgmp

Coming Soon: The American–Scandinavian Foundation offers fellowships for US citizens and permanent residents who want to spend up to a year in the Nordics: www.amscan.org/.../grants-a... Highly recommended!

Bizarre is an understatement

I am going to be giving a keynote lecture (online) on April 28 at 12:30 (EDT--New York) with my advice for young economists.

Register here for the keynote and get more information about the conference, which looks like a great lineup!

sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

@econmentoring.bsky.social

📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
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Nordic Urban Economics The Second Nordic Meeting in Urban Economics will be held on September 8-9, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland. The purpose of this meeting is to foster exchange and collaboration between researchers in the N...

*Call for papers* for the Second Nordic Meeting in Urban Economics, to be hosted in Helsinki, Finland, Sept 8-9! sites.google.com/view/second-...

This piece is as lucid as it is ominous: "[...] we may already have experienced what amounts to a 21st-century coup. There may not be tanks in the streets, but effective control of the government may already have slipped out of the hands of elected officials."

Good idea. I'm hoping someone in Brussels is reading this too and taking notes

Holy forking shirt balls

"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "

Visiting @sofi.su.se this week and next and happy to report that rumours of delightful and delicious Wednesday fika are not exaggerated

🚨 Closing soon! Research assistant to explore the economics of cities. Ideal for someone looking for hands-on research before starting a PhD.

Closing date: Mon 27 Jan.

#econsky

cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/a...

Why do firms in poor countries not adopt new technologies? One reason: they're too small. We show in a recent paper that the "invention" of the the modern corporate form historically enabled marginal firms to grow and adopt new technologies. Paper forthcoming in the JEH and @voxeu.org column here: