Reposted by Andy EggersNBER @nber.org · 28/09/2026An LLM workflow that reproduces, improves, and extends economics research has been applied to over 4,000 published replication packages, from Matthew Schwartz, Isaiah Andrews, and Jesse M. Shapiro www.nber.org/papers/w35782 0197
Reposted by Andy EggersNuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Classification testing: A new framework for drawing qualitative conclusions from quantitative estimates osf.io/preprints/so... @socarxiv.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @aeggers.bsky.social and recent Junior Visiting Scholar @tzkli.bsky.socialosf.ioOSF 032
Reposted by Andy EggersJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It's specifically: what could *any* Democratic leaders (however willing they are to use their Green Lantern rings to steal the underpants) do with a 20-vote majority in the House and a 2-vote majority in the Senate (not enough to override vetoes or convict after impeachment) do about *these* issues? 11785
Reposted by Andy EggersEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Three weeks ago, the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference took place in Belfast. The enthusiasm, active participation and support from the community made this conference a huge success. 1369
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Reviewers sometimes point out a problem in an empirical project and say it needs "theorizing". I'm not sure what this means and I wish reviewers would be more specific. 150
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"This is a X, not a Y" is a perfectly good sentence structure. Also, it has become difficult not to suspect that Claude is involved when you encounter it. 000
Reposted by Andy EggersMiriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Bye bye #EPSS2026 - the GOAT of all conferences ♥️ @epssnet.bsky.social 0323
Reposted by Andy EggersEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Welcome to Belfast! 🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in. 2266
Reposted by Andy EggersOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Oxford academic Alexander Betts set a world record at the London Marathon yesterday for the fastest time while dressed as an academic, finishing the course in 2hr55m26 – an average speed of just under 9mph. He is Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the Refugee Studies Centre. 1272
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Spotted on a local windshield: an admirably thorough and polite critique of how the car had been parked 010
Reposted by Andy EggersMinas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...ergosphere.blogThe machines are fine. I'm worried about us.On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable. 1101781531
Reposted by Andy EggersDr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 21/02/2026For anyone looking for postdocs for their students, over the next few months LSE “fellow” positions will start being listed. Research + teaching but 2-3 year runway. The new Global School of Sustainability has 5 new ones posted now! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...jobs.lse.ac.ukGSOS LSE FellowGSOS LSE Fellow, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><spa... 087
Reposted by Andy EggersAlex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 27/01/2026🎺 Call for proposals 🎺 1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment 2️⃣ run a novel experiment on repdata.com 3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies 4️⃣ publish your study details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_... applications open Feb 1 please repost! 08071
Reposted by Andy EggersSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent 12688342652
Reposted by Andy EggersMichael Fuerstein @michaelfuerstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Saint Olaf College is making a tenure track hire in feminist philosophy. We have great students, a lively, collegial department, and are near the vibrant twin cities metro area. Great job! Drop me a line with any questions. philjobs.org/job/show/29582philjobs.org Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College An international database of jobs for philosophers 052
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Yes. If you don't have tasks for which this makes sense, then move along. 020
Reposted by Andy EggersEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 07/08/2025EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵 1183145
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 20/07/2025The endowment tax provisions seem to have been written by someone who likes RDD -- so many consequential and arbitrary cutoffs! 130
Reposted by Andy EggersAnton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025New working paper! - zikai.li and I look at the problem of assessing pre-trends using one of the "new" DiD methods - fixed effects regression imputation. tl;dr - don't use the same regression you used to impute post-treatment to also impute pre-treatment. osf.io/preprints/so... (1/14) 35716
Reposted by Andy EggersEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/ 27342
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 27/06/2025As an EPSA Council member I voted for the creation of EPSS yesterday and have been part of conversations about these issues for the past year. Others had a much bigger and longer-standing role, but I can answer questions, especially from those not at the conference. 2141
Reposted by Andy EggersEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵 4374208
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Whoa there, just tell your coauthors what regression you'd rather run -- no need to go to the NYT opinion pages about it 060
Reposted by Andy EggersMaya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025More polling just dropped -- by a pretty huge margin Americans think that having international students at US universities is good for the country, not bad -- 56% to 14% (+42) and for 18-29 YOs, nearly 1/2 say international students are "very good" 13641223
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 31/05/2025All over the US, Chinese students who have worked hard to get admissions spots at US universities and excelled in their programs are now considering whether it's safe to visit home or attend a conference abroad. They are wondering if they should transfer to a non-US program. What a ludicrous waste. 2439
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025From end-of-quarter reflection essay by student: "Overall, I’ve realized that social science is more fundamentally flawed than I thought." Success I think? Then, "All science is imperfect in some way, and the act of generating knowledge despite the limitations of research is admirable." Success! 050
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Great news. Much more of this. Can't wait to hear that she's home safe and free again. 030
Reposted by Andy EggersJohanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵 7386198
Reposted by Andy EggersJohanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · 09/05/202510/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation! Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...econstor.euRe-Analysis of Ciacci, R. (2024). Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden.EconStor is a publication server for scholarly economic literature, provided as a non-commercial public service by the ZBW. 110039
Reposted by Andy EggersDani Gilbert @danigilbert.bsky.social · 27/04/2025If we know where they were sent, but it isn’t to detention: exile. If we know where they are & it’s in detention: extraordinary rendition. If we don’t know where they are, but we know someone’s holding them: kidnapping. Otherwise, if we don’t know where they are: disappearance. 2252141
Reposted by Andy EggersDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025So far, about 1000 students have had their visas revoked. Rubio has claimed these are activists that have vandalized libraries, taken over campuses, and done all sorts of crazy things. But Rubio or the State Dept refuses to get into the details. So lets do that. 19680261
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Great Swedish humor here: youtu.be/kF5Skmb6p1o?...youtu.beSwedish third tier team Torns IF find offside rule loopholeYouTube video by Guardian Football 020
Reposted by Andy EggersCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 29/03/2025This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime. 20175623027
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Absolutely unacceptable, and would be even if it stopped at non-citizens 0849
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Next Friday April 4 at 4pm DocFilms at UChicago will be showing "From Where We Stand" (dir Lucy Kaye), a profile of three post-industrial northern English towns fromwherewestand.co.uk I'll be moderating Q&A with producer/sociologist Adrian Favell, so good chance to get your Q infromwherewestand.co.ukHome - From Where We StandFrom Where We Stand 010
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Anyone have recommended readings (appropriate for undergraduates) about the challenges of obtaining representative samples, in online surveys or more broadly? 121
Reposted by Andy EggersJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Some of my Columbia Law School colleagues and I offer our thoughts on legal issues with the Administration's March 13, 2025 letter to our University's president, and its threat to academic freedom. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...balkin.blogspot.comBalkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics 321075427
Reposted by Andy EggersDr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Job alert! 🚨 PLEASE SHARE! I'm hiring a LSE Fellow (postdoc) in the School of Public Policy! To provide teaching support on our core political science course (which is what I teach) + time for individual research. Closes March 31: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Questions? Email me! 29265
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Really, all bodies of literature are growing - it's just a question of how fast 180
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Many gems in this piece on mentoring student research (in ecology, but applies elsewhere). esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... e.g. on the value of asking questions with more than one conceivable answer, making explicit the theory behind the researcher's expectations 100
Reposted by Andy EggersBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Author self-promotion seems to be the thing to do this week because, you know, Xmas. So grab yourself a handy paperback of Why Politics Fails - a book whose title remains undefeated by this year’s events. Perfect for ornery teens, parents, friends and foes. www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Politics...amazon.co.ukWhy Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World & How to Escape ThemWhy Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World & How to Escape Them eBook : Ansell, Ben: Amazon.co.uk: Books 2295
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I have a vague memory of a meta-study showing that variation in findings in a crowded empirical field (minimum wage effects? something in corporate finance?) reflected researcher ideology, somehow measured. Am I imagining this? 000
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Are any other political scientists receiving a bunch of emails from French high school kids asking why Trump won? I must be on a list for some ill-conceived contact-an-expert homework assignment. 020
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Not long before I'll be in the first 5% - recruit your friends please! 140
Reposted by Andy EggersAnton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · 17/08/2024Hey all! We're hiring this year at UChicago Political Science for an open rank position in quantitative methods! Happy to answer any questions. See the Interfolio ad here: apply.interfolio.com/151969 EOE/Vet/Disabilityapply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 0105
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 30/07/2024Loving this meditative fiddle tune by Christian Sedelmyer: open.spotify.com/track/3WCVVO...open.spotify.comPushin' ThroughListen to Pushin' Through on Spotify. Song · Christian Sedelmyer · 2020 100
Andy Eggers @aeggers.bsky.social · 04/06/2024Looks like some spatial policy diffusion of the city-manager form of government (City Manager Yearbook, 1923) 010