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Apurav Bhatiya

@apuravbhatiya.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Economics, Birmingham; J-PAL (Invited Researcher) and CAGE (Affiliate); PhD Economics from Warwick'22. Areas: political economy, development economics, migration. sites.google.com/view/apuravbhatiya

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW - Calculation and Conscience: Motivations for the Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities - cup.org/46DrjI7 - Stephanie Zonszein, @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social, @william-dinneen.bsky.social & @guygrossman.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing a study on minority legislators in the UK Parliament. It examines motivations and electoral incentives, comparing minority candidates to non-minority ones, using regression discontinuity design.
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Call for Papers: 8th POLECONUK Annual Conference @unibirmingham.bsky.social, June 8 to 9, 2026. This year we have a special session for graduate students and a Best Graduate Paper Award. Submission deadline is February 28, 2026. Details below:
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Joël Machado @joelmachado.eu · 24/11/2025
‪ With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the 4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain. Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Very happy to see my research featured on VoxDev.
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Santiago Sanchez-Pages @sanpages.eurosky.social · 16/10/2025
Hoy, en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social publicamos un texto de @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social sobre la imposibilidad de que las politicas de disuasion migratoria sean efectivas. nadaesgratis.es/admin/por-qu...
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¿Por qué nadie consigue detener las pateras?
Por Apurav Bhatiya. La migración irregular es uno de los temas más politizados de Europa. Aunque la mayoría de las personas migrantes llega por vías legales, los cruces maritimos, ya sea por el Medite...
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Why can't anyone stop the boats? Those who have faced extreme hardship will not be deterred by threats of detention or deportation. Deterrence cannot work as migration policy: it cannot compete with hope of a better life. Escribo para el Nada Es Gratis. nadaesgratis.es/admin/por-qu...
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¿Por qué nadie consigue detener las pateras?
Por Apurav Bhatiya. La migración irregular es uno de los temas más politizados de Europa. Aunque la mayoría de las personas migrantes llega por vías legales, los cruces maritimos, ya sea por el Medite...
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Ismael Peña-López @ictlogist.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"¿Por qué nadie consigue detener las pateras?" @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social "Cuando pierdes la vida muchas veces, el miedo se vuelve pequeño. Quien ha soportado dificultades extremas, no se va a frenar por amenazas de detención, deportación o cárcel." nadaesgratis.es/admin/por-qu...
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¿Por qué nadie consigue detener las pateras?
Por Apurav Bhatiya. La migración irregular es uno de los temas más politizados de Europa. Aunque la mayoría de las personas migrantes llega por vías legales, los cruces maritimos, ya sea por el Medite...
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Klaudia Wegschaider @wegschaider.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020) 📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661 📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c... 💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
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MER Migrant Electoral Rights dataset
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
British politics has become fluid. Only 42% of voters have stayed loyal since 2019 (vs 70% a decade ago). Major changes are within ideological blocs rather than across them. Even Reform UK is not immune to churn: only 54% of early supporters have stayed with them. More here: tinyurl.com/29y55d85
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
UK’s plan for digital ID cards to curb illegal migration has sparked backlash—over 2.7M signed a petition against it. Opposition is highest where trust in MPs is lowest. Reform voters oppose digital IDs most—anti-establishment sentiment outweighs anti-immigration stance More here: shorturl.at/lr1cs
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Digital IDs and the Politics of Control
Why are Digital IDs so unpopular and why do Reform UK supporters, who want tougher borders, oppose them the most?
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“When you lose your life many times, you become not so afraid” Why has every government attempt to deter small boat crossings been so ineffective? I explore why detterence can not work as migration policy. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/poleconn...
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The Hope That Outweighs Fear
Why has every government attempt to deter small boat crossings been so ineffective?
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
How effective is the UK’s one-in-one-out migrant deal with France? And what should the UK government be doing instead? My research was featured in Al Jazeera, where I spoke about why the scheme is unlikely to deter crossings and why safer, legal routes matter. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Are we living in an age of constant crisis or are we overusing the word? I track how often news outlets used the words crisis, issue, and challenge. Maybe COVID-19 left a linguistic inertia, where even serious challenges are quickly labelled as crises? More here: open.substack.com/pub/poleconn...
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
📊 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 1 year since 2024 election: 👉 Reform UK — 5 MPs, yet ~16× more coverage per MP than Labour. 👉 Lib Dems — 72 MPs, but least coverage per MP of all major leaders. 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 punches far above its weight, while the 𝗟𝗶𝗯 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝘀 are overlooked despite their size.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
With record Channel crossings and protests outside asylum hotels this summer, small boat migration is at the centre of UK politics. Accounting for <2 per cent of total migrant inflows, it has an outsized impact on attitudes to #immigration. @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
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Small boat crossings have a disproportionate impact on immigration attitudes - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Though small boat crossings represent only a small share of total migration, their visibility and media attention reduces support for all forms of immigration
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
With record Channel crossings & protests outside asylum hotels this summer, small boat migration remains the centre of UK politics. Thanks to @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social for featuring our research on how these visible events shape wider public attitudes. Full Paper: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Recently, it feels like every news story on UK migration is about small boats. Is our national conversation being shaped more by visibility than scale? Since 2021, small boat arrivals made up less than 1.5% of UK net migration—yet accounted for ~20% of all migration-related media coverage. #EconSky
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
📢 Google Scholar's 2025 Scholar Metrics are out! h5-index is largest number h such that h articles published in 2020-2024 have at least h citations each. See how Economics journals rank 👇 #EconSky 📊 Rankings: scholar.google.co.uk/citations?vi... 📢 Announcement: scholar.google.com/intl/en/scho...
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Bjarne Norum @bjarnenorum.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Migrants will not stop at last hurdle when they have invested so much to reach The English Channel. In @kristeligt-dagblad.dk @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social @fpalondon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/udland/aftal...
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Aftale mellem Frankrig og Storbritannien skal bremse migrantstrøm over kanalen
Kritikere tvivler på, at aftale mellem Storbritannien og Frankrig vil afskrække migranter fra at krydse Den Engelske Kanal
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
"For UK policymakers, the key lesson is that controlling the story may matter as much as controlling the border." ✍️ @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social and Shanta Kadam analyse public opinion around small boat crossings and the impact it has on UK politics
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How small boat crossings shift public opinion - UK in a changing Europe
Apurav Bhatiya and Shanta Kadam analyse the impact of small boat crossings on public opinion towards migration in the UK.
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Trying to stop migrants at final stage of their long, costly journey across the Channel misses the point. Many spend months and most of their resources just to reach northern France. Deterrence at the last hurdle will not work. The real fix is to reduce the need for such journeys in the first place.
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
An announcement is expected today from Starmer and Macron about a “one in, one out” migration deal on small boat crossings Read @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social & Shanta Kadam's blog on public opinion and small boat crossings in the UK and the impact it has on UK politics ukandeu.ac.uk/how-small-bo...
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How small boat crossings shift public opinion - UK in a changing Europe
Apurav Bhatiya and Shanta Kadam analyse the impact of small boat crossings on public opinion towards migration in the UK.
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
As #smallboats dominate the news once again, @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears how the headlines stir up more hatred against ALL migrants. With @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...
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Byline Podcast: Small Boats - And The Rising Tide Of Racism
The latest figures show that more than 19,000 migrants have arrived in the UK from France this year after crossing the channel in makeshift vessels, despite government pledges to destroy smuggling ...
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Small Boat crossings is one of the key agenda points on French President's visit to the UK this week. My new research shows that irregular migration in the English channel increases anti-immigration sentiment among the British public even towards legal migration routes. Read more in our blog below:
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CAGE Research Centre @cagewarwick.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
“.. welfare cuts are felt most strongly by those who are already economically vulnerable and can therefore exacerbate existing inequalities.” Research by @ericmelander.bsky.social and Martina Miotto analyses the impact of the 1834 reforms – the largest welfare cut in British history. buff.ly/5CdCJWw
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The impact of welfare reforms - lessons from history
Many in opposition to the government's proposed welfare cuts describe the bill as 'Dickensian' and 'from another era'. While the debate continues, we highlight the work of CAGE Research Associates Eri...
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Immigration is going to happen anyway. Currently it is being extremely poorly managed..." @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social a join @goldbergradio.bsky.social to talk about small boats & migration From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...
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Byline Podcast: Small Boats - And The Rising Tide Of Racism
The latest figures show that more than 19,000 migrants have arrived in the UK from France this year after crossing the channel in makeshift vessels, despite government pledges to destroy smuggling ...
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great discussion on latest figures of people crossing the Channel in small boats, & how hostility towards them has us caught in a doom-loop that prevents the sane, humane management of immigration #r4today Thank you @bylinetimespod.bsky.social 😊
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Illegal migration tops the political agenda. Trump vows mass deportations. Starmer wants to “Smash the Gangs”. Sunak pledged to “Stop the Boats”. Yet its hidden nature makes it hard to track and harder to study its impact on public attitudes. My new paper digs in. 🧵 #EconSky
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"Although they account for a small fraction of total migration....their visibility and symbolic weight give them disproportionate influence over public perception" Media coverage of 'small boat" crossings @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/06/19/h...
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How Negative Media Headlines About Small Boat Crossings Are Turning Brits Against All Migrants
New research finds that disproportionate coverage of the relatively low numbers crossing the English channel is turning British people against all incomers
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Madeleine Sumption @msumption.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Calling UKRI-funded doctoral students interested in migration! Apply for an internship with the Migration Advisory Committee - deadline 8th Sept www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
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Matteo Gamalerio @matteogamalerio.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Applications still open for the 2025 @ubeconomics.bsky.social on "The Political Economy of Immigration." ☀️ 30 June – 4 July, 2025 | Barcelona 📅 Deadline: June 15th Lecturers: @andreassteinmayr.net and @tsurovtseva.bsky.social. More info: www.ub.edu/school-econo... #EconSky #polisky
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Summer School 2025 - UB School of Economics
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "When do voters ‘rally around the flag’? The salience of political messages" By Yatish Arya & @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky
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POLECONUK Webinar @poleconukinar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Our next seminar is on Monday, 2/June 2025. We welcome 👉Dean Yang👈 (Michigan), who will present "Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Mass Media, Identity, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India", joint with @pbrimble.bsky.social, @resuf.bsky.social, Akhila Kovvuri & Alessandro Saia
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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🎓 LAST CHANCE! Early Bird booking for #RES2025 ends TONIGHT (Fri 16 May)! ⏳ Join us this June in sunny Birmingham for: 🌟 Top keynotes 🤖 AI/ML session 📊 Special sessions from @nuffieldfoundation.org @bankofengland.bsky.social ADR UK & more 🤝 Networking + childcare 🔗 bit.ly/47D8h4y #EconSky #AI
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
India launched missile strikes into Pakistan, triggering a serious escalation following the #PahalgamTerrorAttack that killed 28 civilians. Our new paper in the @jpube.bsky.social offers a timely lens to understand the political consequences of such events. #econsky 🧵Here:
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Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Programme is out for 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, this year it's in Madrid! 👇👇👇
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Nico Ajzenman @nicolasajz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🚨 Call for papers! The second edition of the Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) will be in November in London. Organized by @clpennec.bsky.social Cevat Aksoy and me. The submission deadline is July 4, 2025. Apply here (and RT!): sites.google.com/view/tpec-mo...
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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
#IEBSeminars: Join us tomorrow! "Minority Political Representation and #Immigrant #Integration" 🗣️ @sschneiderstraw.bsky.social  📅 Tuesday 1 ⏰ 2:30pm ℹ️ f.mtr.cool/cthovipxdf
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We are very happy to start the RFBerlin Migration Forum with Leah Boustan as our first keynote speaker, presenting “Where are the Streets of Gold? Comparing Immigrant Assimilation in the US and Europe”. #MigrationForum
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Martín Fernández @martinfs23.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
What better way to start using this platform than to tell you about our Visiting Program on Migration 🌐. Every month a migration expert visits LISER for a few days. Among other things, we made short videos about their latest research, check them out here 👇: @liser.lu @liser-cb.bsky.social
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Looking forward to the next two days!
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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Updated OBR migration analysis: Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive. Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 27/02/2025
📣Last call for BÆM 2025! 💥Development Economics (May 6-7), Keynote: @saralowes.bsky.social (UCSD) 💥Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital (May 8-9) Keynote: Michèle Tertilt (Mannheim). Submissions close tomorrow, 28th Feb! More info 👇 bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 20/02/2025
📢 #CallForPapers for the 9th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop! Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome. Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer @pse.bsky.social 📆10/03/25 cepr.org/events/9th-m... #EconSky
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Looking forward to discussing Raisa Sherif’s work at the @UCSDGPSIndiaCenter seminar! Join us next week! Registration link below! #econsky
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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Increased news coverage of immigration in France pushed people with moderate views toward more extreme positions, says @sschneiderstraw.bsky.social of the University of Exeter. We spoke with her about how the media polarizes viewers. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/med...
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Media salience and polarization
Sarah Schneider-Strawczynski discusses how increased media coverage can polarize the views of moderate individuals.
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Martina Uccioli @martinauccioli.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
✨✨Important Updates!✨✨ 2nd Labour Workshop in Nottingham 🎵Amazing Keynotes: @schoefer.bsky.social and Alexandra Roulet 🗺️Where: @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 📆When: 16-17 June Submit by March 15 ➡️shorturl.at/TZqG0
text of the call for papers available at the link shorturl.at/TZqG0
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Matteo Gamalerio @matteogamalerio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#Econsky We are excited to announce the call for papers for the IEB Workshop on Political Economy. 📌 Submission deadline: March 16, 2025 🗣️ Keynote speaker: Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown Unversity) 📅 June 2-3, 2025 📍 Barcelona More information: ieb.ub.edu/event/worksh...
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Bouke Klein Teeselink @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢 Call for papers! We are organizing the 5th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London! Keynotes: Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick) and Peter van der Windt (NYU-Abu Dhabi). No fee, travel grants available! Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpeearly
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Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🚨🚨🚨 (Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT) BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW. If you can, give blood. ❤️ www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
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Blood donor appeal
There are spaces to donate blood at some of our city centre venues.
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