Least surprising news!

Go Hungary! I am keeping my fingers crossed 🤞

Noteworthy that young Hungarians leading the charge against the despot.

IS CHATGPT KOSHER? ...and who cares how many 'r's there are in 'strawberry'?

Just in time for Passover, my husband (@hirschland.bsky.social) has written eloquently on the subject of LLMs and the sanctity of human language. Much to ponder.

Happy holidays to all who celebrate!

open.substack.com/pub/joshuahi...

UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week Industry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...

Zitat: „Die Weigerung europäischer Staaten, den Angriff als Völkerrechtsbruch zu benennen, ist ein schwerer Fehler.“

Ist die Bundesregierung gut beraten, weniger stark auf das Völkerrecht zu setzen?

Oona A. Hathaway von der Yale Law School zählt zu den weltweit führenden Expertinnen für das Recht bewaffneter Konflikte.

Wir haben mit ihr über den Krieg gegen den Iran gesprochen:
verfassungsblog.de/die-weigerun...

Very excited to welcome @tinepaulsen.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series of the HU. Tine will give a talk about the fiscal consequences of ballot extensions.

Come and join us if you are in town!

Congratulations, Alba! 🎉

Jennifer Welch, Host of the Podcast “I’ve Had It,” Goes “Dark Woke” | The New Yorker Interview YouTube video by The New Yorker

Most important podcaster in the world?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGPY...

Has anyone written up best practices for data sharing and data protection in RCTs conducted with NGOs/partner organizations? Bonus if the best practices are informed by GDPR?

I am thinking Gerber and Green 2012 style, but more specific on the logistical details.

Ist das Papier schon zu lesen? 🙂

The EU really knows how to hide its light under a bushel. It has just passed the world's biggest trade deal (with Mercosur) - using a written procedure among ambassadors, making the public barely notices a huge strategic step forward for Europe. Contrast with Trump's made-for-TV signing ceremonies.

Read the full blog post. The headline alone does not convey how disturbing this is.

Imagine being a student asked to pay tuition for censored coursework!

The solution here would be collective action. Sadly, academics are proving themselves incapable of that.

On Thursday, I was at @hertieschool.bsky.social to discuss how legacies of autocratic state-building derailed Weimar democracy.

Thank you to @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social, @markkayser.bsky.social and the entire PE community for your engagement, feedback, and probing questions!

With autocrats and other losers attacking Wikipedia, I have now set up a monthly donation to the Wikimedia foundation, for the price of a latte macchiato in Berlin-Mitte.

Wikipedia has flaws, but it remains an exceptional resource worth supporting in our era of rampant bullshittification.

The decimation of American academia continues unabated.

Again, Europe, if anyone is paying attention: This is a generational opportunity.

Seeing my friends' countless IG stories from NoKings protests make me miss the US 😢

Do I have someone in my network who works with/knows someone at Emily's List, ideally in the United States, and would be willing to put me in touch for a research project?

Congratulations, Reto!

I worry this is too small a reform to pay electoral dividends, yet important enough to negatively affect the lives of (potential) immigrants. Lose-lose, in other words.

But I am glad you are more optimistic!

Deutschland schafft schnellere Einbürgerung ab – DW – 08.10.2025 Seit 2024 konnte man unter bestimmten Bedingungen schon nach drei Jahren den deutschen Pass bekommen. Nun wurde die sogenannte Turboeinbürgerung gestrichen. Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt freut sich...

Terrible decision. The prospect of rapid naturalization made moving to Germany very attractive.

A huge missed opportunity, especially as the US is desperate to kick out skilled people from abroad.

www.dw.com/de/deutschla...

US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out

"The great excesses that are now projected as a result of the new budget will likely cause a debt-induced heart attack in the relatively near future [...] I'd say three years, give or take a year or two."

Just a heads-up to my pension fund managers, if you are paying attention

on.ft.com/4mChOzi

Does not surprise me at all that New York City is the place where a new anti-fascist politics that brings people together in real, off-line ways is born.

In the best tradition of Fiorello LaGuardia.

Can Winegrowing Cause Rural Development? Evidence from Baden-Württemberg Abstract. Historical winegrowing shaped modern rural development, even in areas in which its cultivation was given up after the early modern period. We pro

Sipping on a glass of Chasselas while reading this fascinating paper:

academic.oup.com/ereh/article...

Wild to check in on Bluesky once a day to see the Trump admin set American academia on fire, step by step by step

Excited to host the 4th iteration of the Transformations of Democracy Junior Scholars Workshop at WZB Berlin together with Hanno Hilbig!
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..

Want to do cutting-edge research in an ambitious and supportive environment *and* live in a diverse, exciting city with outstanding quality of life?

Come join us at HU Berlin!

If you have questions about the position or the city, do not hesitate to reach out.

There is also "On the reliability of published findings using the regression discontinuity design in political science" by Stommes, Aronow and Sävje on RD: doi.org/10.1177/2053...

They are my favorite thing about surveys! Excellent for quality control and really insightful

Unsure which panel to finish your day with? Come join us in 0.A.02 for an exciting set of historical papers on violence, conflict and democracy. @dnsltr.bsky.social @franvillamil.bsky.social @golafs.bsky.social

Very happy to share the program for the 3rd edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.

Taking place at the University of Barcelona on June 30th and July 1st.

Really looking forward to it!

Cc: @didacqueralt.bsky.social