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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🆕 How does organised crime take over a city – and can mayors act before it does? @chrisblattman.bsky.social joins Kurtis Lockhart and I on Ideas in Development to discuss: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKF3...

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Chris Blattman on how crime captures a city, Medellín, and the future of African cities

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

New paper alert! 📣 @chrisblattman.bsky.social, Arthur Yu, and I reexamine the autocratic growth penalty—the finding that autocracies systematically underperform democracies in economic growth. TL;DR, the penalty is concentrated in personalist, not institutionalized autocracies. Details👇 1/X

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Clear case of bsky confirming my low expectations. I at least received a little info and DMs from X. In case you are interested, however…

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I’m amazed: On the foreign assistance freeze, I’m astonished not to see major State Dept and USAID recipients challenge the disruption in court. An injunction? Where is World Vision, SAVE, Red Cross, etc on this? Or the Beltway bandits (Chemonics etc) Is there activity happening?

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Come work for me at UChicago @beckerfriedman.bsky.social ! I'm hiring a full-time pre-doc to start this April/May/June for data analysis on crime, education, mental health, and organized crime, mostly on projects in Latin America. Details & apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...

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Research Professional – Christopher Blattman (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible)

Chicago, IL

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Chicago, IL

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Recommendations for Vegas with tweens? We are actually spending most days in Red Rock Canyon but evenings and some days could go to the strip or a day trip. (Unless you count get-out-the-vote door knocking in 2004, I’ve never been. For day trips: Hoover Dam looks dull. Am I wrong? What’s better?

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Brad Shapiro @btshapir.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

If you receive a ref request and can't finish in the allotted time, you have options: - Decline the review. - Ask editor for more time. Then turn in report close to your new proposed deadline. Don't do: - Ghost the request - Agree to request then go months past the due date w/no communication

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Truly amazed at the number of students I have heard zilch from all quarter who would now like to advise me on how I should calculate final grades.

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

If you zoom, you can see the Olmec head is crushing a Tesla

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Anyone celebrating or condemning the ICC this week should temper their expectations. I posted this exactly 14 years ago today and, sadly, i have not seen much reason to raise my opinion of the court af4.cf3.mwp.accessdomain.com/blog/2010/11...

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Just when you think the ICC could not bungle things worse - Chris Blattman

Now, deep into the trial, the defense has produced new evidence that may undermine the entire case, namely claims by several witnesses that Congolese researchers for the prosecution enlisted some witn...

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

UChicago Harris School of Public Policy is searching for development economists at the Associate and Full level. We are open to untenured faculty ready or near ready for promotion too. More info and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/158745 EOE/Vet/Disability

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Cambridge folks (the Massachusetts ones): I'm giving a public book talk on Nov 28th @harvard.bsky.social. Come! My first book talk since Oct 7th, in which I have managed to delude/convince myself that all sides will find my take reasonable. You should join just to see if that bubble pops.

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

We’re hosting the Midwest International Development Conference @UChicago April 5-6. Submit your papers! The world is welcome. Registration fees include most meals at the university’s new conference venue. Learn more and submit papers here: t.co/SJpFMF5oQj

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Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Ben provides some helpful links to similar advice at the bottom of the page. I'd also add/endorse @chrisblattman.bsky.social's advice page (covering several career stages): chrisblattman.com/phd-advice/

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

This, except the concept of file trees. We keep hiring interns who have no idea what subfolders are, and it's like having to teach a 90 year old how a computer works.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/10/2023

The White House Council of Economic Advisers is hiring for multiple roles. GREAT GREAT opportunities for U.S. citizens interested in economic policy. Can't recommend them strongly enough. 📉📈 - Staff economists, PhD students on leave from PhD for a year... www.whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for...

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The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is currently recruiting Staff Economists for the upcoming academic year (starting in summer of 2024). The CEA provides the President with objective economic anal...

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Great website with LaTeX templates for slides, papers, and referee reports

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

In understanding Hamas’ horrific attacks, we leap to external motives, like interrupting the Saudi-Israel talks. Surely true in part. But we shouldn’t overlook internal motives—a desire to delegitimize Palestinian Authority, rally support, or distract own people from their dissent.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

What would you say if you saw it in another country?

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

"The mutual suspicion between the military and the prime minister runs so deep that civil servants have barred the military from bringing recording equipment into cabinet meetings.... [a possible] attempt to limit the amount of evidence that could be presented to a national inquiry after the war."

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

someone want to invite me to give a talk in Milwaukee?

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Prospective PhDs: Register for this webinar tomorrow (Tuesday) for prospective applicants to Chicago’s fantastic PhD program in political economy. Please join us if you can!

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Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Pretty amazing how much the NYT watered down Thomas Friedman's recent column. There's no longer any mention of the fact that US aid goes directly into funding settlers. It also cuts Friedman stating that Netanyahu deliberately stymied US interests. Weak wills I guess web.archive.org/web/20231020...

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Opinion | To Win the War, Defeat Hamas and Stop Settlements

Both Israelis and Palestinians must behave in ways that we can support. No more blank checks.

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Will be using this for my causes of conflict class

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Blog your job market paper: our annual opportunity for job market candidates in development to share their work is now open for submissions blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...

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Blog your job market paper 2023: submissions now open

Our annual call for PhD students on the job market to summarize and share their research

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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Recorded this @foreignaffairs.bsky.social podcast a couple of days ago. Holds up pretty well, sadly. Check out the part towards the end about Arab regimes and their fears of a mobilized public because that’s happening now. www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/tur...

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Turmoil in the Middle East

A Conversation With Suzanne Maloney and Marc Lynch

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Hi folks - I will be hosting a webinar next week for prospective students to discuss Chicago’s great new(ish) PhD program in political economy, joint between Harris and Political Science. Please forward/join! Here is the link (not active in the attached image): uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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