Reposted by Nils HIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I've been profoundly aware of urban design the last couple of days: how parks and trees on streets make the city tolerable in these temperatures. 591024297
Reposted by Nils HDemography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026“Mobility Framing Effects”: @nmurken.bsky.social @jaspertjaden.bsky.social & Schewel show that elicitation of migration aspirations has a dramatic effect, finding a 12-ppt drop in intention when asked abt intention to stay. @rwi.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a... 183
Reposted by Nils HInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 01/04/2026🧵1/ Our first meta-science paper (with 350+ coauthors) is published today in Nature. It presents one of the largest-ever reproducibility projects in economics & political science. Here’s what we found 👇 216989
Reposted by Nils HJörg Ankel-Peters @jrgptrs.bsky.social · 21/12/2025We have a new DP @i4replication.bsky.social. It's on IVs - the credibility revolution’s workhorse in economics. To show how problematic they are, we look at what IV aficionados do & think. IV users can dismiss our assessment as too critical, but not theirs, right? 1/6 www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10... 173
Nils H @niliz93.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Seminarwandern“ in Berlin (03.–05.12.): Promovierende und Postdocs des @rwi.bsky.social trafen sich in der Jugendherberge Berlin Ostkreuz zu einer zweitägigen Klausurtagung mit Forschung, traditioneller Wanderung und informellem Austausch. Highlight: der Besuch im Berliner RWI-Büro. Voller Erfolg! 021
Reposted by Nils HAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 30/08/2025The Economist data team is ten years old!! Thank you so much to @misssarahleo.bsky.social for hosting, and for the incredibly on-point drinks menu 5664
Reposted by Nils HPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Val Kilmer has died at 65nytimes.comVal Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade. 42664611817
Reposted by Nils HMartin Böhmer @martinboehmer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Man kann gar nicht genug betonen, wie wichtig #Phoenix und die Streams aus dem Bundestag für die #Demokratie sind. Partizipation hilft! 213321
Reposted by Nils HNick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · 25/02/2025After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Sources of Researcher Variation in EconomicsWe use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically data cleaning, research design, and the interpretat 13345158
Reposted by Nils HInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 14/03/2025#GDRI_rep Update 5: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Partisan Effects of Information Campaigns in Competitive Authoritarian Elections: Evidence from Bangladesh" by Ahmed, Hodler and Islam published at the Economic Journal. See below for links to report and authors' responses. 11813
Nils H @niliz93.bsky.social · 16/01/2025One of my favorite scenes in one of David #Lynch 's best movies: Mulholland Drive youtu.be/h2XnBsLP9lE?...youtu.beMulholland Drive - I've Told Every Little StarYouTube video by Green Grass 000
Reposted by Nils HVariety @variety.com · 16/01/2025David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...variety.comDavid Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78. 7438151543
Reposted by Nils HNatascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Die extreme Rechte wird nicht gewählt, weil Menschen nicht WISSEN wie sie drauf sind, sondern weil es diesen Menschen egal ist oder sie es gut finden. Im Jahr 2025 kann die politische Strategie nicht sein die extreme Rechte inhaltlich zu entzaubern oder zu entlarven. Nein,… 492815703
Reposted by Nils HCurd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025In case you were wondering how things are going in Germany & on X, after Elon Musk announced his support for the far-right "Alternative für Deutschland" (AfD) in the upcoming Federal election: The chart below shows sums of tweets x impressions by members of parliament over the past 7 days...🧵⤵️ 18611367