🚨 Call for Applications: 5th ACES Political Economy Summer School
@comparativeecon.bsky.social is pleased to accept applications for its 5th annual Summer School in Political Economy. This year's School will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 12– 14, 2026. www.acesecon.org/conferences/...
We are still taking applications. Looking for Portuguese speakers with an interest in field work. Thank you!!
Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
Please apply to this pre-doc position to work on projects related to culture, political economy, and development in DRC and Mozambique. Strong data analysis skills required. First round of applications reviewed Feb. 2. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
Applications for the Economic History Association Graduate Dissertation Fellowships are due in two days (January 14)
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Join us after lunch for "Policies and Polarization: How Economic and Social Interventions Shape Political Behaviour and Intergroup Dynamics in India" at 2:30 pm, Independence Ballroom III. #ASSA2026 Four excellent and relevant papers:
Presenting our paper with @nonsoobikili.com @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social and Ajuwon on Monday in the 10:15am session @assameeting.bsky.social, in case anyone wants to come listen to research on the effects of women's protests on gender gaps in political participation #ASSA2026 #Econsky
All ACES programming is in the Marriott's Independence Ballroom Salon III. Take the escalator upstairs, cross the bridge, and follow the signage. See you soon! #ASSA2026
Three SIOE @sioecon.bsky.social sessions on Sat 3rd Jan 2026 at @assameeting.bsky.social Philadelphia
0800-1000: Education, Immigration, and Knowledge Diffusion
1015-1215: Econometric Issues in Comparative Economics
1430-1630: Models of Autocracy
See you there!
Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new during our full slate of ACES programming at #ASSA2026! www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up.
Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
@aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky
DEADLINE THURSDAY: The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by December 11, 2025! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
🆕 Culture and economic development 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
I think it’s open for two more weeks !
Hiring a full-time pre-doc. Please apply! Thank you!! employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
Researcher assumptions shape not just how experiments run—but what questions we ask. Outlining best practices for designing context-aware lab experiments in non-Western settings, from Sara Lowes and @nathannunn.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w33981
Are you:
✅ A young scholar in econ, poli sci, or law
✅ Working on institutions, broadly defined
✅ Interested in spending a week in Italy with amazing faculty
If so, please apply to this year’s Coase Institute Workshop! It’s a transformative experience for many, and always fun. I’ll be there.
🆕 The @comparativeecon.bsky.social 4th annual ACES Political Economy Summer School (August 2025).
This 3-day summer school will expose participants to cutting-edge research in political economy, economic history & development economics
More details & application: www.acesecon.org/conferences/...
Please apply! Send your applications directly to us ☺️
Please consider applying for a summer RA position in Mozambique. Project with Fulvia Budillon and Andre Gray on traditional medicine. Must speak Portuguese. Job info: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel... Send materials to fbudillo@ucsd.edu and adgray@ucsd.edu, subject Mozambique Intern. Thanks!
ACES summer school in Zanzibar!! Please apply!
The deadline for submissions for the Workshop on Cultural Transmission and Persistence at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social in June 2025 is in 3 weeks. Kynotes: @ingelaalger.bsky.social @saralowes.bsky.social.
Submissions 👇
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#econtwitter #econsky #callforpapers #workshop
Call for Applications: 2025-2026 ACES Dissertation Research Fellowship. One-year fellowship includes stipend, tuition scholarship, and additional research/travel funding for PhD students advanced to candidacy. Applications accepted through April 15, 2025. www.acesecon.org/aces-dissert...
Please consider applying to a pre-doc position at UCSD. Projects at the intersection of development and culture in Africa with Eduardo Montero Nathan Nunn James Robinson & others. Possible fieldwork in DRC. French skills preferred. Thank you! employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
Today’s the day! Please submit your proposals for SIOE 2024 by 6 pm ET.
Interdisciplinarity + Chicago + gala blues cruise = great fun. AND we will have an AI bootcamp on Thursday for those who arrive early.
We can help grad students along every margin but travel. Please apply!
Our next seminar will take place on January 25th, exceptionally at 4pm (UTC+1). Sara Lowes (@) and Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma (@) will discuss the effects of culture and beliefs on health care utilization in Africa. Register here: listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
