Reposted by Anja Prummer21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Three golden rules of university management 1 Never look into anything you don’t have to 2 Never set up an enquiry unless you already know what its findings will be 3 Never let the facts get in the way of the outcome you’ve already decided upon 0156
Reposted by Anja PrummerInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Takeaways from the discussion? Not sure... Maybe the replication crisis may not be solved by better code, more data sharing, or better statistical practices alone. Those things matter enormously, but reproducible analysis still needs theories that generate meaningful and falsifiable predictions. 121
Reposted by Anja PrummerEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 08/09/2026AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH 1172
Reposted by Anja PrummerGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Join us! 🤓🎓 (Full professorship in int't econ, together with Kiel Institute, application deadline 15 Oct) 11311
Reposted by Anja PrummerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/08/2026The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her online and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement. nyti.ms/3Sqb2mk 512228
Reposted by Anja PrummerWomen in Economics Initiative @womeninecon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026📅 Mentoring Programme: November 2026 – July 2027 ⏰ Applications close: 14 September 🔗 Apply via the link! form.jotform.com/262114506070... 079
Reposted by Anja PrummerGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 317254966965
Reposted by Anja PrummerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/07/2026Infighting at the United Automobile Workers burst into public view after Shawn Fain, the union’s president, responded angrily to accusations that he had abused his position to seek special favors for his fiancée and her sister.nyti.msU.A.W. President Says He’s the Victim of ‘Bogus Allegations’A grand jury is investigating whether Shawn Fain used his position to seek favors for his fiancée and retaliated against the union official who denied them. 106813
Reposted by Anja Prummer🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Praying that I hear once in my lifetime, "The most common crime in America, the one every worker is most likely to be victimized by, is wage theft. And will everything I do to stop you from being ripped off before you get your paycheck." 543685
Reposted by Anja PrummerWomen in Economics Initiative @womeninecon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This Pride Month, we're highlighting research by Erwan Dujeancourt, Anne Boschini, and Anna Nordén on wealth, gender, and sexual orientation. academic.oup.com/ser/article/... #pride #research #WomenInEconomics 032
Reposted by Anja PrummerFreie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🎉Sommerfest und Campus Run an der #FUBerlin 👥 Für FU-Angehörige & Freund*innen der FU 📍 Vorplatz Holzlaube, Fabeckstraße 🆓 Eintritt frei 🎵 Live-Bands, Kinderlauf, Campus Run Wir freuen uns auf viele Besucher*innen! Mehr zum Sommerfest ♾️ blogs.fu-berlin.de/sommerfest/ 042
Reposted by Anja PrummerMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Lauren Southern's story of being raped by Andrew Tate is sad on so many levels. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 23673521704
Reposted by Anja PrummerKatja Knuth-Herzig @kknuth-herzig.bsky.social · 11/06/2026www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft...hessenschau.deProfessorin berichtet über Morddrohungen an Uni: "Marburg ist für mich zum Angstort geworden"Schmierereien mit Mordaufrufen, Störungen in Seminaren und wachsender Druck: Die Marburger Historikerin Christina Brüning spricht erstmals öffentlich über Bedrohungen gegen sie, warum sie sich an ihre... 044
Reposted by Anja PrummerJoanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Awesome. Literally didn’t see that coming. Somehow still a little proud. #AIEthics #AILaw #Deutschland Cc @hertieschool.bsky.social 0134
Reposted by Anja PrummerKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long. 353734824
Reposted by Anja PrummerHanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Last year I broke the story of how the Berlin immigration authority moved to deport four young foreign residents over allegations tied to protests against Israel’s genocide – amid intense political pressure from the Berlin Senate. Yesterday, a Berlin court struck down the last deportation order. 213843
Reposted by Anja PrummerMonika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 13/05/2026Der wissenschaftliche Stab des @svrwirtschaft.bsky.social sucht zwei engagierte Ökonominnen oder Ökonomen für unseren Standort in Berlin: eine/n Mikroökonomen und eine/n Makroökonomen mit dem Schwerpunkt Öffentliche Finanzen. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung! 054
Reposted by Anja Prummer21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Unrepresented academic wins at Employment Tribunal against a university represented by KC & Hon Fellow of St Johns, Oxford Nottingham Uni discriminated against Dr Saad on grounds of race/religion Academics can often succeed without representation as most University processes are rarely lawful 0115
Reposted by Anja PrummerChristian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · 27/04/2026My colleague Felix Weinhardt @bsoeberlin.bsky.social just released a short but important note that might make you rethink how you interpret your OLS estimates. Worth a look @paulgp.com @p-hunermund.com @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social @conjugateprior.org 👇 opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/f... 2248
Reposted by Anja PrummerDepartment of Economics, Uni of Bath @econuniofbath.bsky.social · 27/04/2026It's been great to host the PEPE Workshop 2026! Many thanks to all speakers and participants for two very stimulating days of presentations and discussions, and for making the workshop such an engaging event — already looking forward to the next edition! 012
Reposted by Anja PrummerWomen in Economics Initiative @womeninecon.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Latest in academia 📚 In “Parenthood and the Career Ladder: Evidence from Academia,” the authors examine how parenthood shapes academic careers. Their key finding: parenthood marks a sharp turning point with around 1 in 3 women leaving academia. #womenineconomics #academia #genderequality 174
Reposted by Anja PrummerJessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Sobering finding #econtwitter : in Spanish unis (across disciplines), narrowly missing out on tenure has asymmetric consequences for women, nearly *60* pp less likely to be tenured (anywhere) 15 yrs later; 2X the male effect size. From @manuelbagues Giulia Vattuone @natazino 1124
Reposted by Anja PrummerAsk a Manager @askamanager.org · 08/04/2026It's the annual Ask a Manager salary survey! Every year, vastly fewer men fill this out than women. Men, please share your salary info (anonymously) so we have concrete salary comparisons to inform pay negotiations and fight the pay gap 9174193
Reposted by Anja PrummerSascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 04/04/2026ASREC Europe Venice 🇮🇹 Fri/Sat 25/26 Sep 2026 co-organized with @valerueda.bsky.social 3 keynotes: Mara Squicciarini 🎉 @saumjha.bsky.social 🎉 Joel Mokyr 🎉 Submit here by 30 April 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 1187
Reposted by Anja PrummerMax Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Interview zum Thema Wohnen in Deutschland in der @taz.de. Entstanden im Kontext eines von der @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social geförderten Projekts zum Thema Wohnraummangel, gemeinsam mit @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social & @simonvoss.bsky.social. 0159
Reposted by Anja PrummerAnne Sophie Lassen @ansolassen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica... 13617
Reposted by Anja PrummerChristian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Delighted to see "Swiftness & delay of punishment" (joint w/ @libordusekeu.bsky.social) published online @theeconjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a... Open access 👉 www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/5_... Longer thread with summary👇academic.oup.comSwiftness and delay of punishmentAbstract. We study how the swiftness and delay of punishment affect behaviour in the context of speeding offences. Using rich administrative data from auto 1176
Reposted by Anja PrummerLukas Mergele @lukasmergele.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Working fron home is polluting, study finds: Additional residential emissions > commuting emmissions 182
Reposted by Anja PrummerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 12/02/2026“Women get sent to the gulags first, obviously. Which women? All women. Every woman. Every woman and girl is sent to the gulags. We will determine who the good ones are after the fact. Well, what about the good ones? What about the trad ones? First of all, there are no trad ones or good ones.” 24313
Reposted by Anja PrummerBerlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026🏫 Can “efficiency upgrades” really fix #schoolchoice outcomes? 👥 A new study by Josué Ortega, @gabrielziegler.bsky.social, R. Pablo Arribillaga, and Geng Zhao shows why improving the Deferred Acceptance algorithm may still leave key problems untouched. 📑 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new... 023
Reposted by Anja PrummerKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Whether Blake Lively is a good or likeable person is not on trial. Whether women should be allowed to report sexual harassment in their workplaces without facing retaliation is what’s on trial 5916129
Reposted by Anja PrummerDr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/ 7529021423
Reposted by Anja PrummerFreie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 29/01/2026„𝗪𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘇𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁“ Neues Promotionskolleg EQUALFIN: Promovierende erforschen Zusammenhänge zwischen Finanzpolitik, Klimawandel und sozialer Gerechtigkeit. Kooperation 🤝 @htwberlin.bsky.social 🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/campusleben/... 042
Anja Prummer @anjaprummer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Hat die Tagesschau gestern auch gemacht. Hatte irgendwie gehofft dass staatliches deutsches Fernsehen bei Propaganda vorsichtiger wäre…… 140
Reposted by Anja PrummerGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026👇🏼 with a very German, yet beautiful, expression: „Für Kurzentschlossene“ The application deadline was yesterday but surely my colleagues allow a weekend application. („For people who decide swiftly (to make a change)“) 054
Reposted by Anja PrummerMonika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 23/01/2026Der SVR Wirtschaft sucht für den neuen Standort Berlin eine Ökonomin oder einen Ökonomen mit einem großen Interesse an Wirtschaftspolitik - Schwerpunkt „Öffentliche Finanzen“. 👉 Reposts willkommen! Hier die Stellenausschreibung: www.sachverstaendigenrat-wirtschaft.de/karriere.html 01818
Reposted by Anja PrummerHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Becoming a member of a union has been one of the more radicalizing experiences of my adult life because what do you mean the majority of Americans raw dog capitalist employment? Support union efforts to protect there members here: 224240
Reposted by Anja PrummerManuel Santos Silva @m-santos-silva.bsky.social · 14/01/2026📢 2nd Junior Workshop Economics of Latin America - Call for Papers! Aimed at PhD students & post-docs working on development economics with a regional focus on Latin America. 9-10 July 2026 in Berlin. Submission deadline: Feb 28. (details below) #EconConf #EconSky 01010
Reposted by Anja PrummerJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026These authors wanted to know whether mothers face discrimination in hiring, even when they are equally qualified as other applicants. So they ran two experiments... 314766
Anja Prummer @anjaprummer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27! 11611
Reposted by Anja PrummerBen Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Heading to Philadelphia for the #ASSA2026. Presenting research you think our readers would be interested in? Working on something you think I should know about? Reach out here or by any of the ways linked in my bio: www.nytimes.com/by/ben-casse... #EconSkynytimes.comBen CasselmanBen Casselman is the chief economics correspondent for The Times. He has reported on the economy for nearly 20 years. 118429
Reposted by Anja PrummerOlle Folke @ollefolke.bsky.social · 29/12/2025❗ Help needed ❗ Please take our 5-minute survey about interpreting research graphs 📈 And please help us share this post with lots of people 🤗 supsy.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thank you!!supsy.eu.qualtrics.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 043
Reposted by Anja PrummerToman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 18/12/2025📢 Call for papers 📢 Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7! Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides. Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf 175
Reposted by Anja PrummerErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 07/12/2025One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power. 201863521
Reposted by Anja PrummerJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Um, ok... This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY. This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations. And the effect sizes are, truly, massive. 12382103
Reposted by Anja PrummerBerlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025 📣 Call for Papers Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026. 🗓 July 6-8, 2026 ⏰ Application deadline: 25 January 2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/event-detail... @wzb.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social #phdconference 01816
Reposted by Anja PrummerFreie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 11/12/2025🥳 Barbara Vetter, Professorin für Theoretische Philosophie an der #FUBerlin, erhält den #Leibniz-Preis 2026 der @dfg.de. 🎉 Wir gratulieren zum wichtigsten deutschen Forschungsförderpreis und einer Förderung von 2,5 Millionen Euro! www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor... 1359