Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The promise of AI is constrained by my ability to review that huge and fast-growing pile of stuff it produces. Which is tragically low. 010
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 16/06/2026IE is building one of the best polisci and PE groups in Europe. 0153
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Happy birthday to the Republic of Italy, who turns 80 today. Ditching the king was and remains a good idea. Viva l’Italia 070
Reposted by Carlo PratoGiovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Excited to finally share the program for the Columbia–Bocconi Political Economy Conference 🔥 Columbia University, June 4–5, 2026 Co-Organizers: @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (Columbia), Shigeo Hirano (Columbia), @carloprato.bsky.social (Columbia), @aalrababah.bsky.social (Bocconi) 0134
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I keep thinking about this song. It’s about the shelling of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, and the obliteration of a nation’s cultural heritage. Cautionary tales are becoming blueprints. music.apple.com/us/album/cup...music.apple.comCupe vampe by C.S.I. & CSI: on Apple MusicSong · 1996 · Duration 5:15 000
Reposted by Carlo PratoCarl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I'm very excited that you all can now read about Itinerant Rule in the Holy Roman Empire from 919-1519 in the @ajpseditor.bsky.social! Thank you @claranw.bsky.social, @andrejkokkonen.bsky.social and Jørgen Møller for a great collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 86722
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Very attractive postdoc opportunity at the University of Padua. While the position is advertised as Econ, the group has strong interests in political economy and would consider seriously quant polisci students. inomics.com/job/two-year...inomics.comTwo-year Postdoctoral Research Position in Economics | INOMICSThe Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padua invites expressions of interest from outstanding young scholars for a two-year, research-oriented postdoctoral position in Economi... 175
Reposted by Carlo PratoGwyneth McClendon @gmcclendon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters! Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica... Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...wp.nyu.eduAnnual NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference 11819
Reposted by Carlo PratoGiovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Last day to submit: Democratic Resilience and the Politics of Belonging Columbia, June 4-5, 2026 Co-Organizers: @aalrababah.bsky.social (Bocconi), @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (Columbia), Shigeo Hirano (Columbia), @carloprato.bsky.social (Columbia) Submit: lnkd.in/eiPgt_w5 Details ⬇️ 023
Reposted by Carlo PratoSean Gailmard @sean-gailmard.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Working on a paper on this with @anthlittle.bsky.social and @carloprato.bsky.social. Would welcome suggestions for papers that explore similar point. 2152
Reposted by Carlo PratoSimon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 16/12/2025📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣 This does NOT happen everyday. THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n 15036
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 11/12/2025So six academics decided to read the same book together and did not realize how long the book was. Middlemarch took us almost a year and to discuss it we used slides. Anyway, my one sentence summary of the discussion is that it's a book about self-deception. 020
Reposted by Carlo PratoLauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · 09/12/2025I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...open.substack.comHow Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through itI wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power. 44898362
Reposted by Carlo PratoSara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025🚨Job News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department 🚨 Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 14332
Reposted by Carlo PratoBrian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥 5682879811201
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Where willpower fails, a rolling pin-brandishing grandmother may still succeed 000
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Call for Submissions: Democratic Resilience and the Politics of Belonging Columbia, June 4-5, 2026 Co-Organizers: @aalrababah.bsky.social (Bocconi), @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (Columbia), Shigeo Hirano (Columbia), @ginvernizzi.bsky.social (Bocconi) Submit: lnkd.in/eiPgt_w5 Details ⬇️ 0137
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 27/09/2025A prophecy from “The Makers of American Wine,” 2012. 020
Reposted by Carlo PratoBen Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/ 2732187
Reposted by Carlo PratoMacartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... 🚨Please share widely! #Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.socialwzb.eu 03338
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 24/04/2025April 25, 1945 marks the end of the Nazi occupation of Italy. We honor those who chose to resist and those who died fighting. The Benedicta massacre occurred between April 6 and 11, 1944, a few miles from my hometown. It’s the largest mass killing of the Italian Resistance, taking over 150 lives. 090
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 06/04/2025From a proud veteran of EITM 2011: do apply to this! 000
Reposted by Carlo PratoMacartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025🚨 please share! We will be running our annual workshop on the political economy of development in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social in June. This is a really fun workshop doing deep reads of a small number of new papers. Call for papers / participants below! ⬇️ www.wzb.eu/en/events/mo...wzb.euMoPED WorkshopBerlin Meeting on the Political Economy of Development (MoPED) -- The MoPED workshop offers an opportunity for scholars who focus on the political economy of development, broadly defined, to build... 05541
Reposted by Carlo PratoVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Please spread the word: Reminder that, together with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and Joan Ricart-Huguet, we are organising a pre-EPSA workshop on Culture on June 25th at IE University. The deadline to submit papers is next week (Feb 15th). More details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comEPSA Pre-Conference on CultureWe invite submissions for a pre-EPSA workshop on the topic of “Culture”. The event will take place on June 25th, 2025 at IE University Madrid. The study of culture has a long-standing tradition in pol... 0911
Reposted by Carlo PratoVicki @vickiboykis.com · 04/01/2025Yes. arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536arxiv.orgPhase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce"Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ... 1014536
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Early this morning I saw a pineapple liying on the sidewalk and the image has been haunting me since. 240
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 14/12/2024[CONFERENCE ALERT] Political, Social, and Economic Inequality Organizers: A. Alrababah and G. Invernizzi (Bocconi), S. Hirano and C. Prato (Columbia) The conference will be held at Bocconi University on June 19-20, 2024. Submit here before 12/31: shorturl.at/fDyoDshorturl.atGoogle Forms: Sign-inAccess Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use). 071
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Where Ian Turner and I argue that weakening congressional oversight may actually undermine presidential attempts to influence bureaucrats 1173
Reposted by Carlo PratoAla Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 27/11/2024With @ginvernizzi.bsky.social, @carloprato.bsky.social and Shigeo Hirano, we're thrilled to announce the inaugural Bocconi-Columbia Conference on Political, Social, and Economic Inequality. 📅 Mark your calendars: June 19-20, 2025 at Bocconi University! 14023
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 23/11/2024This is interesting. One can also interpret this in terms of aspirations—and maybe the connection between aspirations and expectations is cohort-specific. But still. 020
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 17/11/2024A counterexample: in my first election as a US voter, I supported the adoption of RCV in NYC based (among other things) on what I thought was a very compelling intuition. The math showed that the intuition was spectacularly incorrect 162
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Also, if you are looking for a balanced, ungated, and accurate source of Italian news, I recommend ilpost.itilpost.itIl PostGli articoli, le rassegne, i blog, le foto, tutto quello che arriva dal mondo e dalla rete. 131
Reposted by Carlo PratoSam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 16/11/2024they’re called tweets, it’s generic now, like bandaid and kleenex 4347
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 14/10/2024It is not a coincidence that the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics this year recognizes a body of research centered around the importance of well-functioning institutions. For me it’s a bit like my team won the world cup but I cannot really celebrate. Bittersweet. 020
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 23/06/2024New website, still rather spartan but I updated food recs. carloprato.comcarloprato.com- Carlo PratoWelcome! I am an Associate Professor (without tenure) in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, where I am also a Lavine Scholar. I received a PhD in Economics from Northwestern U... 030
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 30/04/2024One of the things I will remember about these days is the wonderful contrast between the soothing jazz music played by the Columbia radio and their really high-quality coverage of the campus events 110
Reposted by Carlo PratoSimone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · 25/04/2024Today is the perfect day to share that my article with Juan Masullo "The Political Legacies of Wartime Resistance: How Local Communities in Italy Keep Anti-fascist Sentiments Alive" is forthcoming at @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! A preprint is available at osf.io/ve8w4 polisky 1379
Reposted by Carlo PratoMichael Jacobs @abogadomike.bsky.social · 30/03/2024I don’t know where this originated but it’s too good not to share. 3456103
Reposted by Carlo PratoArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 13/03/2024My favorite Kate theory so far, from threads 732974
Reposted by Carlo PratoGwyneth McClendon @gmcclendon.bsky.social · 02/02/2024Register for the Rebecca Morton Experiments conference at NYU on March 1 and 2: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... We have a great lineup of papers and posters — schedule and more info on the conference website: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica... Please join!nyu.qualtrics.com 1816
Reposted by Carlo Pratoweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 20/01/2024how your email finds me: 112517573
Reposted by Carlo PratoCarly Wayne @carlynwayne.bsky.social · 15/01/2024What happens when a formal modeler and a political psychologist walk into a room? …Very excited that my paper with @keithschnak.bsky.social, Anger and Political Conflict Dynamics, has been accepted at APSR! 1/7 45312
Reposted by Carlo Pratotim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 18/12/2023Two-year post-doc in Russian Politics at the Harriman Institute at Columbia. Deadline Jan 8. Applications from all social sciences accepted. Come work with us. apply.interfolio.com/135397 01520
Reposted by Carlo PratoWZB Democracy @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social · 13/12/2023❗Job openings in our unit ❗ We currently have two job openings: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Deadline for applications: 14.01.2024 www.wzb.eu/de/node/80075 Student Assistant Deadline for applications: 02.01.2024 www.wzb.eu/de/node/80074 Please share widely.wzb.euPostdoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 228)For its research department Transformations of Democracy (TD) (Director: Professor Daniel Ziblatt) the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID... 01717