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Stephanie Wang @sweiwang.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🚨Elsevier forces out Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) Editor, entire editorial board has resigned, current board only handling new submissions until Nov. 14 #econsky

Dear Advisory Editor of GEB
We are very sorry to be the bearers of bad news for GEB.
I learned from Elsevier on Wednesday July 28 that, contrary to my expressed willingness to continue, my 3-year contract will not be renewed.
"Moving towards a closer alignment with Elsevier strategic priorities and publishing policies" was offered as the motive for this decision. Requests for explanations, first by me, then in a collective letter by the other six Editors, were dismissed by Elsevier which simply reaffirmed its legal power to make such decisions.
Elsevier then started precipitously its own search for new Editors without input of the Editorial Board.
By Friday August 14 all seven Editors have sent their resignation, requiring a 3-month advance notice.
Therefore, we will continue to manage as before the papers currently under review and the new submissions until Saturday November 14. After this date we will only complete the evaluation of papers still waiting an editorial decision.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Great and sobering.piece on what AI might mean for universities by @rorytruex.bsky.social rorytruex.substack.com/p/will-ai-br...

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Will AI Break the University?

Field Notes from a Tough Year

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Er zijn nadelen verbonden aan bloktarieven (huurders, meerdere gebruikers op een meter, ondoorzichtigheid), maar experimenteren kan geen kwaad.

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Tim Donaghy @timdonaghy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The figure in this paper is fascinating. It's the opposite of the famous image of how renewables growth was always under-estimated in energy projections.

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Paul van de Vijver @paulvdvijver.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#DrogeVoeten | NL betaalt voor het eerst mee aan projecten in België om water vast te houden, om te voorkomen dat Geul in Z-Limburg overstroomt: tinyurl.com/ynjnddc9 💧Gaat om her-meanderen van beken en aanleg van waterbuffers, kades en dijken. In vervolg op ⬇️ Zie ook het mooie: tinyurl.com/4556dwd6

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David Van Dijcke @packlesshepherd.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I coded up an open-source, not-for-profit AI paper reviewer that rivals the performance of @reviewer3com.bsky.social, Refine.ink, and Stanford Agentic Reviewer (according to Gemini 3.1). Costs <$2! Live @ coarse.ink. Plug in paper, @openrouter.bsky.social key, and email. #econsky

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If you haven't yet changed how you teach and evaluate thanks to AI, you probably need to. This is not something that educators asked to happen, but it is worth noting what is out there - in this case an OpenClaw tool designed to cheat.

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Lassi Ahlvik @ahlviklassi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I am looking for a PhD student in energy economics starting in the fall, focusing on household-level energy use and energy poverty. More info: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Doctoral researcher, ENERPOL MSCA Doctoral Network

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

On AI & water, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling datacenters alone. So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf.

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Paul van de Vijver @paulvdvijver.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

#Watertijdreis | 150 jaar Nederlandse watergeschiedenis in beeld, aan de hand van de Waterstaatskaarten @rijkswaterstaat.nl van 1865 tot 1992: watertijdreis.nl?c=51.976_4.8... 💧Geïnspireerd op www.topotijdreis.nl

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Karine Nyborg @karinenyborg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

We're hiring! Postdoc positions in environmental econ, political econ, microeconomic theory, U of Oslo: econjobmarket.org/positions/12.... Brilliant & friendly colleagues, lovely city, beautiful nature, family friendly norms, Oslo's best views from our lunch room!

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EJM - Econ Job Market

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Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

After Elsevier cut off the tap for the journal Water Resources and Economics in 2024, the research is flowing again, with the launch of the independent new journal, Journal of Water Economics. Edited by the same team, backed by U. Waterloo. #Econsky 😃 openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...

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Journal of Water Economics

The Journal of Water Economics publishes theoretical and empirical research on the economics of water resources. Topics include allocation, governance, pricing, regulation, policy instruments, valuati...

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

If I was a tutoring company and I wanted to convince you that I could teach your kids maths, I would probably not have an advert that said “3=2” on it! That’s just me though.

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This is a problem.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I messed up on my teaspoon conversion, it is 9 teaspoons of water for a query (OpenAI reported 1/15 of a teaspoon). So equivalent to 0.001875% of a hamburger.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/06/2025

'Forever chemicals' are seeping into waterways across Europe. A vanishingly small, man-made molecule resists all attempts of removal. How will the EU eradicate the pollution? www.ft.com/content/a36c...

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This Chatham House report notes the Indus supplies 80% of Pakistan's irrigated agriculture -- a system already under grave threat due to climate change. Last year, a severe drought hurt several crops in the country's breadbasket, while Pakistanis were still recovering from previous flooding.

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Over 11 million Pakistanis face acute food insecurity amid erratic weather changes — FAO

Get the latest breaking news and headlines from the largest Arab News website. Get world news, sport news, business news, entertainment, lifestyle, video and photos.

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Uitstekend rapport van de rekenkamer over schaarste drinkwater. Drie knelpunten: 1) onzekere gedragsverandering, lage prijselasticiteit, en te trage technische ingrepen. www.rekenkamer.nl/publicaties/...

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Drinkwater onder druk

Drinkwaterbesparing: tijd voor resultaten Het is onzeker of de doelen die de minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat stelt voor de besparing van drinkwater zullen worden gehaald. Dat zegt de Algeme...

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Just received my first hallucinated cite, a "hallucite"? I am pretty sure this paper does not exist: Brouwer, R., Koundouri, P., Linderhof, V., Birol, E., and Ansink, E.. (2018). Evaluating the impact of climate change on flood risk in the European Union. Environ. Sci. Pol. 83, 1–11.

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Just a few days left to apply to this 3-year postdoc position in environmental economics at @vusbe.bsky.social to work with me on the economics of water management (drought, contract design, nature based solutions, experiments, etc). Application deadline: May 15. workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...

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Vacancy — Post-doc in Environmental Economics

A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available at the Department of Spatial Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, starting in Fall 2025. Are you interested? Please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amster...

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ICAE @icae.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

@icae.bsky.social seminar on Wed 7th May (this week) @erikansink.bsky.social (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) presents in person "Environmental regulation without centralized enforcement". Link to seminar series and online broadcasting in the bio. Hope to see you there!

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Als Shell niet verantwoordelijk is voor CO₂-uitstoot door verbranding van hun olie (Scope 3), hoe kun je dan farmaceuten verantwoordelijk maken voor medicijnresten in het riool? fd.nl/bedrijfsleve...

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Farmaceutische industrie begint rechtszaken over kosten waterzuivering

De EU heeft een richtlijn aangenomen voor schoner rioolwater. De rekening gaat naar producenten van geneesmiddelen en verzorgingsproducten. Die vinden dat oneerlijk.

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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN. The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper. The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Title Authors Abstract (Decision under Risk are Decisions Under Complexity: Comment)

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Just think, this could have all been avoided if he had just done a PhD in Sweden

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Ryan Fonseca @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Where did that dam water go? Trump celebrated dumping billions of gallons from two dams in Tulare County, saying it was headed to farmers and Los Angeles. But that's not where it went. @ianjames.bsky.social reported on where it ended up. www.latimes.com/environment/...

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The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn't help farms or L.A.

The Trump administration abruptly sent water flowing from two California dams. The action could leave less water in dams for the summer, when farmers typically use it.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I've been meaning to read this paper on mass extinctions (pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...), and today, I came across this great write-up about it in VoxDev (voxdev.org/topic/energy...). It's a great paper. I am glad I found the time to read it. Below is a short thread.

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management @jeem-econ.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Recently accepted in #JEEM: 'Agreeing on public goods or bads' by Erik Ansink, Hans-Peter Weikard. #econsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/01/2025

When I was a young man there were whispered rumors among the elders that they could remember their own elders talking about a time when getting grants had been a means for doing science, rather than vice versa.

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Han Olff @hanolff.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Prima analyse van @bosdaan.bsky.social en Wouter Ubink: het gaat over de schaarse ruimte in Nederland, waardoor echte langetermijn keuzes steeds sneuvelen in debatten die de politiek vooral langs lijnen van economie en identiteit wil voeren

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Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Vanaf vandaag kan een doctorsgraad worden ingetrokken, vanwege schending van wetenschappelijke integriteit.

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Secured a research grant—only to spot a typo in the project title now.

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ESB @esb.nu · 04/12/2024

Als gevolg van klimaatverandering en milieuvervuiling dreigen er in Nederland drinkwatertekorten te ontstaan. Beleid dat inzet op waterbesparing via technische aanpassingen lijkt wel kansrijk, schrijven Ansink en Bremer. esb.nu/dreigend-drinkwatertekort-no…

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Accounting is boring, but this seems important.

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

For the Dutch-speaking: Here is a piece I wrote on the claimed drinking water shortage in the Netherlands. Together with Leon Bremer I summarize the problem (is it even a problem?) and sketch some possible solutions. esb.nu/dreigend-dri...

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Dreigend drinkwatertekort noopt tot vraagreductie - ESB

Als gevolg van klimaatverandering en milieuvervuiling dreigen er in het waterrijke Nederland drinkwatertekorten te ontstaan. Aan de aanbodzijde valt weinig winst te behalen en het is niet zeker dat pr...

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Yet another research idea that would not pass the "ethics" criteria when applying for funding

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.

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Daniel Spiro @danielspiro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This is an interesting question. Haven't read the papers, only your thread and have some reservations. 1) GDP is a very good proxy for welfare (e.g., explaining 90% of variation in HDI). Testing it causally is always an issue, but near certain causal claim in poor countries. -->

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper. What is this all about? We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape. Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵 www.economist.com/science-and-...

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Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever

Concerns about some of their business models are building

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Yes, I've heard of MIT's Fishbanks, but nothing beats an analog version of a fishing game.

A `primary school' adaptation of a fishing game, featuring paper sheets as fishing seas and small paper fish that students can 'catch' or harvest.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/11/2024

The gov't of Denmark has reached a landmark agreement among parties that will dramatically reduce the use of nitrogen in fertilizer, take a bunch of land out of agricultural production, & plant 250K hectares of new forest. Transformational. cphpost.dk/2024-11-18/n...

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Danish government strikes major green deal - The Copenhagen Post

The political agreement is the legislative consequence of the agreement on a green tripartite, which the government entered in June with several organizations, including Denmark’s Nature Conservation ...

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Erik Ansink @erikansink.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

One of my co-teachers just used ChatGPT to provide a summary of one of our student course evaluations. Highly recommended, for two reasons: 1) ChatGPT ignores isolated nasty comments (if any); 2) The overall supportive tone.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

1/ I’ve been living in the Netherlands for almost 10 years and working in its higher education sector. In this time, I’ve witnessed a major shift: from growth and openness to foreign talent, to cuts and backlash against internationalization. How did we get here? 🧵

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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

What could possibly go wrong...? Tap water in France and Flanders (Belgium) heavily contaminated by TFA (trifluoroacetic acid), a molecule from the PFAS family ("forever chemicals"). While health effects are unclear, some scientists say there's reason for concern, esp. as TFA exposure is widespread.

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Lara Williams @lararhiannon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

At first glance, Shell's successful appeal against a landmark judgment by a Dutch court looks like a blow to those wishing to advance corporate climate action. But the devil is in the details... via @opinion.bsky.social

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Big Oil Shouldn't Celebrate Shell's Dutch Court Win

Climate litigation is slowly but surely changing the landscape for corporate environmental responsibilities.

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

To celebrate my moving to BlueSky I am giving away LaTeX goodies. Always wanted to have a clean, nice-looking, readable, complete and supporting visual track changes reply to referees? Look no more: the template you're looking for is here: github.com/paolocrosett... Happy BlueSkying to everyone.

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

I'm often asked what I see as the point of being on social media as an academic (no one ever asks me this but let's go with it). For me, the motivating driver even at the beginning was scale. 1/

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