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International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

IDEA is just getting started. Coming up: an inaugural IDEA Research Seminar featuring Dilip Mookherjee and regional listening sessions to hear directly from members. More details and registration at idea.devecon.org 🌍

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International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

What makes IDEA distinctive is who's in it. 40% of our members are based in low- and middle-income countries — from Nigeria and Kenya to Pakistan, the Philippines, Colombia, and beyond. A professional home built for development economists everywhere. idea.devecon.org/community.html 🌍

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Greetings, #econsky! We’re gathering feedback to help improve AYEW, and your opinion means a lot to us. Whether you've attended, presented, or both, we'd love to hear about your experience. The form takes about 5 minutes to complete: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thank you!

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AYEW Feedback Questionnaire

Thank you for helping us improve the Applied Young Economists Workshop (AYEW). This should take about 5 minutes. Your responses will be used to improve future sessions and, with your permission, may b...

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

IDEA's regional reps are coming online — and Oceania is in great hands. Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social brings the energy and the vision. Development economists anywhere in the world, this is your invitation: idea.devecon.org 🌏

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International Development Economics Association

IDEA is a global professional association advancing inclusive, rigorous research in development economics.

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Why do development economists finally need an association of their own? IDEA Board member Owen Ozier makes the case for @ideadevecon.bsky.social on the World Bank's Development Impact blog — development's most-read blog. Read it, then join us! blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

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Introducing IDEA – the International Development Economics Association

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Super excited to be part of @ideadevecon.bsky.social as the Oceania Rep! Development economists in any part of the world, join us at idea.devecon.org Lots of good things, planned by the best, to look forward to 🤩

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#econsky That’s a wrap on our 12th AYEW!🎉 Amazing presentations and great energy from YOUNG ECONOMISTS, with input from Senior Economists too! Thanks for all your support. We hope to see you in next season! -- Feedback form coming soon👀Your feedback will help us improve.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We are live. A packed two-day programme, a great set of speakers, and a wide range of topics. Our 3rd #SCoPE workshop at @sydney.edu.au has a lot to look forward to. Register and stop by if you are in town. sydneyscope.org

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3rd SCoPE Workshop

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thank you, honoured to have received this award.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It has been one year since the January 2025 suspension of USAID. In our new paper (with Annabelle Tan and @ashani.bsky.social), we treat this suspension as a natural experiment and examine how foreign aid withdrawal affects conflict dynamics. A thread: [1/7] papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Aid, Interrupted: Conflict Dynamics Following the USAID Suspension in Africa

Foreign aid withdrawal may put the stability of aid-dependent states at risk. Yet short-term conflict responses to donor-side aid disruptions remain poorly unde

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

It’s that time of the year! Send in your submissions to the next Social Conflict and Political Economy Workshop at the University of Sydney! 😊 Deadline 15 Jan 2026. sydneyscope.org

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

After nearly 10 years since we started working on it, our paper “How natural disasters spread conflict” (with @raschky.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social and Junjie Zhou) is now published in the European Economic Review 🤩 doi.org/10.1016/j.eu... 🍾🍾

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We have a superb lineup of 18 speakers representing 10 universities from across four countries. Really excited about this one!

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The day is here! Looking forward to the 2nd edition of SCoPE at the University of Sydney today 🤩 @davidubilava.bsky.social Program sydneyscope.org

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Today at sydneyscope.org (organised by @davidubilava.bsky.social and @ashani.bsky.social). With @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

TOMORROW (30 April): AYEW Environmental Economics Workshop! Join us at 7:00pm AEST to listen to Xiaoxin Zhang (@usc.edu) & Manisha Mukherjee (UNU-MERIT) Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

TOMORROW (16 April): AYEW Gender & Development Economics Workshop! Join us at 7PM AEST to listen to Avenia Ghazarian ( @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social), Vanshika Chaudhary (IIM Indore) and Shahid Majeed Dar (IIT Kanpur) Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...

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Yves Zenou @yveszenou.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...

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Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025

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Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Come join me in Zurich! We’re hiring a Professor of Health Economics (deadline April 30). DM me if you have any questions about our department, ETH 🏫, or Switzerland🇨🇭 ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

TOMORROW (9 April): AYEW Culture & Economic History Workshop! Join us at 11:00am BST to listen to @langluo-sociology.bsky.social (Peking University), Victoria Biagi (@liverpooluni.bsky.social) and Luca Vitale (@nyu.edu) Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

TOMORROW (26 March): AYEW Urban Economics Workshop! Join us at 11:00am GMT to listen to Jorge Páscoa Ferreira (Nova SBE), @cosentinopol.bsky.social (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social) and Yutong Guo (@bristoluni.bsky.social) Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

TOMORROW (19 March): AYEW Narrative Economics Workshop! Join us at 7:00pm AEDT / 8:00am GMT to listen to Hanh My Le(@tubraunschweig.bsky.social), Hao Geng(Chinese University of Hong Kong), @laraberger.bsky.social(@unicologne.bsky.social), @prashantgarg.bsky.social(@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social)

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Season 10 is here!🎊🎉 TOMORROW (12 March, 11:00am GMT): Gender Economics Workshop! @sarthakjoshi.bsky.social (@warwickecon.bsky.social), Yifan Lyu (@sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social), @akanksha-vardani.bsky.social (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) Sign up for Zoom details: monash.edu/business/imp...

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

FINAL REMINDER: AYEW Season 10 Call for Papers🌟 Deadline in 2️⃣ Days (28 February)! Submission details below⬇️⬇️

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Applied Young Economists' Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

REMINDER: 1 week left to submit your paper for AYEW Season 10!🎉 Don't miss your chance to present to a worldwide audience!🌟 Submission details below⬇️⬇️

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

If you're the kind of person who waits until the last minute, the wait is over. Submit your paper or extended abstract for the 2nd SCoPE workshop to be held in Sydney on 3-4 June by the end of the day.

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

New WP! “Getting along or getting ahead? The domestic roots of status-seeking in international relations” By @ashani.bsky.social and @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social ideas.repec.org/p/syd/wpaper... Comments welcome!

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Don’t forget to submit your papers to the 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) workshop at the University of Sydney School of Economics! Deadline: 31 January More info: sydneyscope.org Join our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @davidubilava.bsky.social

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Global Capital Allocation Project @gcaproject.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Our end-of-year newsletter is out! GCAP's latest research on economic coercion and currency competition, event recaps from our Big-Data Initiative and Annual Conference, new resources, and more. Read the newsletter: shorturl.at/EZM17 Subscribe: shorturl.at/qU0Ia

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

📢Workshop Announcement The 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) Workshop will take place at the University of Sydney on June 3-4, 2025. Please submit your papers by email to scope.conference@sydney.edu.au by 31 January 2025. dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...

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