iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 09/09/2026

Hillary Turinawe is a @malengo.org scholar from Uganda. Within a year of arriving in Germany, he taught himself C1 German and was accepted for medical school at @unibonn.bsky.social. This week, he passed his "Physikum", the tough two-year exam on the way to becoming a doctor. Congratulations!!

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Paper Skygest Team @paper-feed.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network

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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · 13/07/2026

Looking forward to have you at FU, Kamila @cyganrehm.bsky.social!

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today I have put up my 10th annual look at development journals, which works with journal editors to put together statistics on submission numbers, acceptance rates, review times, and more. This is the post that takes me the most time to do each year blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

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The State of Development Journals 2026: More than 16,000 submissions, over 1,000 published papers, and more details.

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Manuel Santos Silva @m-santos-silva.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Big thanks to all participants of the 4th FUB Internal PhD Workshop in Applied Micro. @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social. Co-organized with @danzernatalia.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, @janmarcus.de. Lots of exciting research projects! 👏👏

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Delighted to see our work with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @lucastella.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social on overcrowding in Germany published open access in @houspoldebate.bsky.social Crowding among families and migrants, empty rooms elsewhere: a story of unequal space. doi.org/10.1080/105114

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Axel Dreher @adreher.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Here is a short Perspective on the article in case you don't want to read the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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When aid stops

How aid ends may matter as much as what aid does while it is there

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FU Berlin Economics @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

With the start of the new semester, the Research Seminar in Economics returns!🎉 Every Thursday, guest speakers will share their latest research on various topics. Pieter Bakx will open the seminar by presenting his research on „Physician prescribing style and the economic cost of health shocks“

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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Apply and join us for this year’s @NovaSBE PhD Summer School in Development Economics!

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This map overlays Germany over northern Brazil. Germany is tiny (1:24 is the ratio and not 7:1 as many Germans might think 😉 ). Source: buff.ly/nDHOKv7

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Manuel Santos Silva @m-santos-silva.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

📢 2nd Junior Workshop Economics of Latin America - Call for Papers! Aimed at PhD students & post-docs working on development economics with a regional focus on Latin America. 9-10 July 2026 in Berlin. Submission deadline: Feb 28. (details below) #EconConf #EconSky

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Anja Prummer @anjaprummer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🚨Conference Announcement Join the @mecila.bsky.social Centre Conference 2025, 11–13 Dec at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. 🔗Register: mecila.net/en/mecila-berlin-conference-2025 @calascenter.bsky.social, @miasa-ug.bsky.social, MECAM, @giga-hamburg.de, Humanities Centre: Futures of Sustainability.

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Happy to share that our research brief on housing space inequality in Germany will soon be published by the Progressive Politics Research Network! This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

📢 Call for Applications: 2026 PhD Program Opportunities across four different PhD tracks: 🔹 PhD in Economics 🔹 PhD in Accounting 🔹 PhD in Finance 🔹 PhD in Management ❗ Application Deadline: January 15, 2026 More information👇 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/phd-program/... #phdcallforapplications

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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · 24/10/2025

🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new tenure-track Assistant Professor @philippbach.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.

Peter Mohr, Philipp Bach, Jochen Bigus, Shushanik Margaryan

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FU Berlin Economics @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The new semester is here, and so is the Research Seminar in Economics! 🎉 Every Thursday, a guest speaker will share their latest research on various topics. We are starting tomorrow with Oleg Nivievskyi; he will talk about his research on „Impact of Tax Incentives on Industry Performance and Growth“

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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I really enjoyed joining the "Our Long Walk" podcast to discuss my research on migration in Africa and its role in structural transformation and development — among other migration & development topics. Plus, an AI-generated music of my research findings! 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/4jOb...

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What returns when talent leaves? with economist Catia Batista

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

My opinion about the historic verdict coming out of Brazil, with @stevelevitsky.bsky.social, is in the @nytimes.com today. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

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Opinion | Brazil Just Succeeded Where the U.S. Failed

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I continue to be struck by the degree of heterogeneity in development economics courses! This is from coding "over 200 courses in 56 developing countries and the United States." documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/6... from @dmckenzie.bsky.social & Paffhausen

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Sarah Langlotz @langlotzsarah.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Together with @lennartkaplan.bsky.social, we are looking for a student assistant to support our @3dseminar.bsky.social. This is a great opportunity to get in touch with influential researchers and practitioners working in the field of development from around the globe. See below for more details.

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Jörg Ankel-Peters @jrgptrs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Replication Games @i4replication.bsky.social coming to Berlin! @janmarcus.de Register here. www.surveymonkey.ca/r/I4R_Replic...

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Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🦇😢 Throwback 1970: Am 26. Juni tritt die noch nicht so berühmte Heavy-Metal-Band #BlackSabbath mit ihrem Frontmann Ozzy Osbourne im ausverkauften Audimax im Henry-Ford-Bau auf. Anschließend tun sie das, wofür Rockbands gefürchtet waren: Sie verwüsten ihre Garderobe. #RIPOzzy tinyurl.com/25a9qw5g

Illustration, Plakat und Tickets von einem Auftritt von Black Sabbath 1970 im Audimax der FU Berlin.

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Sebastian Kohl @sebastiankohl.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Deadline July 21st! www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

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JF-WiMi_JFKI_Soziologie_E

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Excited to welcome @zohalhessami.bsky.social from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de this thursday for a talk on migrant integration in our Research Seminar in Economics at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social - happening at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ! #EconSky #EconConf #Migration #Integration

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FU Berlin Economics @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🗓️ Thursday, June 12: We are very happy to have Andrés César at the Reasearch Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „Vietnam’s Industrial Automation: Drivers and Impacts on the Labor Market“ #EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/06/2025

South Korea gender divide update 😲 Young men lean right by 50 points (74% conservative vs 24% centre-left) Young women lean left by 22 points (58% centre-left vs 36% cons)

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Andreas Fuchs @fuchsa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

SUBMIT YOUR PAPER NOW: #Göttingen Workshop on #Ibero-American Development on September 24&25. Keynote speaker is @anamibanez.bsky.social, Vice President IDB.👉https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/events/659948.html. @unigoettingen.bsky.social @m-santos-silva.bsky.social #EconTwitter#MWKNiedersachsen

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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

New paper out in @science.org! “Brain drain” or “brain gain”? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

📣Glad to share the logo of {geocodebr}, a really fast, scalable and completely free #rstats package to geocode Brazilian addresses 🗺️📍 ipeagit.github.io/geocodebr/ The logo of #geocodebr was created by the talented Gabriela Momberg www.behance.net/mombergabri

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Natalia Danzer @danzernatalia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

👏👏👏 Thank you to all presenters & participants of the „3rd Internal PhD Workshop in Applied Microeconomics“ @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, jointly organized with @steinhardt.bsky.social, @janmarcus.de, @m-santos-silva.bsky.social. So great to learn more about all your projects and see your progress! 🥳

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FU Berlin Economics @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🗓️ Thursday, May 15: We are very happy to welcome Andreas Ferrara ( @andyferrara.bsky.social ) at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his work on „The U.S. Civil War’s Impact on Women’s Work and Political Participation “ @bsoeberlin.bsky.social

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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

New interview on the blog! Claudio Ferraz talks about the importance of understanding local context and political constraints when studying development policies, among other insights into his career research. Read the full interview here: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/04/etrm... #EconSky

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ETRM Interview Series – Claudio Ferraz

As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got t…

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David Zuchowski @zuchowskidavid.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

👇Have a look at our new working paper with timely insights, especially relevant in light of next month's Polish elections!

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Our next speaker is @danzernatalia.bsky.social, introducing work in progress on “Gender Attitudes in Times of Economic Uncertainty”. #LabourWorkshop

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Nikhil Garg @nkgarg.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Workshop "Immigration and Refugee Inflows: The Impact on Host Country Economies" was a great success! Thank you to all the participants for bringing all of your great ideas, presentations and discussions to FU Berlin (@fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, @bsoeberlin.bsky.social) See you next time!

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Economics Department J.-F.-Kennedy Institute @jfki-econ.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Fascinating new research in the poster session at our Workshop on Immigration and Refugee Inflows!

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Great insights from the keynote lecture by Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University) on "The Economic and Political Implications of Immigration: The Role of Local Fiscal Impacts in Reconciling Economics and Politics" at our Workshop on Immigration and Refugee Inflows #EconSky

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Manuel Santos Silva @m-santos-silva.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Few days left to submit your work! Deadline: Friday, 28.02!

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Jan Marcus @janmarcus.de · 18/02/2025

📢 I am looking for a new PhD student (Research Associate)📢 🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13) 🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics 🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting #EconSky www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

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WW-10020500-24-WM15

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FU Berlin Economics @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Today and tomorrow: The workshop “The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding” is taking place at the @jfki-econ.bsky.social!

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

*Extremely* timely EDCC article #econtwitter #econsky about effectiveness of foreign aid in building soft power. . .for China! Completion of Chinese foreign aid projects ⬆️ support for Chinese gov in recipient countries @elwellner @DreherAxel @fuchs_andreas @AustinMStrange

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Jörg Ankel-Peters @jrgptrs.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

We are looking for RAs to work with us on a new meta-science & replication project, joint with @i4replication.bsky.social, now with focus on environmental (economics) topics such as air pollution & carbon pricing. RAs can work remotely but must be located in Germany www.rwi-essen.de/fileadmin/us...

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