Welcome to join Columbia Mailman seminar series on infectious disease modeling featuring Prof. Pejman Rohani from the University of Georgia on 4/21 Tue at 2 pm ET! Open to the public over Zoom.
For information and registration: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Congrats, Niko! Great paper.
Celebrating the ousting of Orban’s corrupt authoritarian regime in Hungary. Lots of work needed to tame the curse of rising nationalism, but this is a good day for both Hungary and the EU.
Katalin Karikó will be @jhu.edu's 2026 commencement speaker. Excellent choice!
www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2026...
If you have the experience required and an interest in serving as Minnesota State Economist, our department is hiring someone at the tenured level for that position: www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Thinking about a PhD in Economics? I have an opening for a pre-doc / research position at UPF in Barcelona. You’ll gain research experience and I help you apply for PhD programs
Highly relevant for Master’s students. Please share
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/420232
So weird: there's more than one scammy memorial site inviting donations or tree-planting in my dad's memory.
We are not asking for that, but if people feel moved, donations in lieu of flowers to www.aclu-mn.org, www.aclu.org, or www.eff.org
Econ folks, can you help get the word out?
David Gale passed away 16 years ago.
#econsky
www.facebook.com/groups/22394...
You must lead a United Europe strong stance. Appeasing and negotiating will just further empower the bullying. European leaders need to wake up. Any EU country alone is perceived as weak.
Simon Levin
What do financial markets, pandemics, and ecosystems management have in common? They're all complex systems that can be described by mathematical principles, as demonstrated in the research of CHW affiliate Simon A. Levin.
Read his interview with American Scientist: tinyurl.com/4c575keh
The NSF has played a key role in American science, and risks being collateral damage in the war against science.
#econsky #academicsky #NSF #science
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/hist...
The Energy Institute at Haas is looking for a new Associate Director to fill unfillable shoes when Karen Notsund retires in June. The AD manages financial and research admin, participates in policy outreach, and helps build the EI community. Info at haas.berkeley.edu/energy-insti...
Pitt three-year postdoc: primary responsibilities will be managing PEEL lab; postdoc will be an integral member of Econ dept. and join a large team of behavioral/experimental economists, attending/presenting in seminars, and pushing forward own research agenda #econsky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Amazing…
We use a coordination game to study repeated emergence and abandonment of mutualistic interactions. The game reflects that mutualisms must be widespread to generate robust benefits. Mutualisms can collapse even in the absence of cheating and even if they would result in higher fitness. rdcu.be/eWnIc
John List has a disturbing LinkedIn post on the job market for economists. Between trump's attack on university/research and his destruction of the government infrastructure for managing and evaluating policy, big hit on economics hiring.
www.linkedin.com/posts/johnal...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Next talk at the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was by Simon Levin, on The Mathematics of Consilience. Commentary by David Haig.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc0e...
Final plenary talk at the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was by Michael Tomasello, on What Makes Humans Human? Commentary by Claudia Passos Ferreira.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH-t...
A super interesting study on how ants alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics! Network topology metrics were used to measure the effect on disease transmission.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
David Gale’s work was diverse and impactful in math and econ
#econsky
Humphrey School at Minnesota is hiring an associate professor in "water resources, sustainable agriculture, or the nexus of food-energy-water issues." Come join me in the frozen north!
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
The five biggest meat and dairy producers are generating more methane than the largest oil and gas firms, according to a new report.
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
