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Sara Lowes

@saralowes.bsky.social
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UCSDEcon | Ph.D. Harvard | Development, culture, political economy, and economic history

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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fulvia Budillon and I are looking for a Portuguese-speaking field RA in Mozambique to start ASAP. More information here: tinyurl.com/2cs6jtjw. Please apply!!
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Nathan Nunn 🇨🇦 🇰🇷 @nathannunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Only a few more days left to submit a paper for the NBER Economics of Religion conference --> fall 2026 in San Francisco... www.nber.org/conferences/...
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Economics of Religion, Fall 2026
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🚨 Call for Applications: 5th ACES Political Economy Summer School @comparativeecon.bsky.social is pleased to accept applications for its 5th annual Summer School in Political Economy. This year's School will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 12– 14, 2026. www.acesecon.org/conferences/...
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
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Resources
If you would like a letter of recommendation, please review the posted instructions and use the template: [ Instructions ] [ Template ] [ Release Form ].
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please apply to this pre-doc position to work on projects related to culture, political economy, and development in DRC and Mozambique. Strong data analysis skills required. First round of applications reviewed Feb. 2. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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Research Assistant - 137867
Research Assistant - 137867 | Careers at UC San Diego
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James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Applications for the Economic History Association Graduate Dissertation Fellowships are due in two days (January 14) eh.net/graduate-dis...
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Graduate Dissertation Fellowships – EH.net
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ACES: Association for Comparative Economic Studies @comparativeecon.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Join us after lunch for "Policies and Polarization: How Economic and Social Interventions Shape Political Behaviour and Intergroup Dynamics in India" at 2:30 pm, Independence Ballroom III. #ASSA2026 Four excellent and relevant papers:
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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Presenting our paper with @nonsoobikili.com @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social and Ajuwon on Monday in the 10:15am session @assameeting.bsky.social, in case anyone wants to come listen to research on the effects of women's protests on gender gaps in political participation #ASSA2026 #Econsky
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ACES: Association for Comparative Economic Studies @comparativeecon.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
All ACES programming is in the Marriott's Independence Ballroom Salon III. Take the escalator upstairs, cross the bridge, and follow the signage. See you soon! #ASSA2026
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Three SIOE @sioecon.bsky.social sessions on Sat 3rd Jan 2026 at @assameeting.bsky.social Philadelphia 0800-1000: Education, Immigration, and Knowledge Diffusion 1015-1215: Econometric Issues in Comparative Economics 1430-1630: Models of Autocracy See you there!
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ACES: Association for Comparative Economic Studies @comparativeecon.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new during our full slate of ACES programming at #ASSA2026! www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
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American Economic Association
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
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If you would like a letter of recommendation, please review the posted instructions and use the template: [ Instructions ] [ Template ] [ Release Form ].
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Caitlin Myers @caitlinmyers.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up. Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... @aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky
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CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
DEADLINE THURSDAY: The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by December 11, 2025! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
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Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
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Pauline Grosjean @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
SIOE 2026 at INSEAD Fontainebleau! 13-15 July. Call: www.sioe.org/conference/2...
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SIOE 2026 : Call for papers | SIOE
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🆕 Culture and economic development 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Please apply!! RA for research on culture and development. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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Research Assistant - 135955
Research Assistant - 135955 | Careers at UC San Diego
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Hiring a full-time pre-doc. Please apply! Thank you!! employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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NBER @nber.org · 07/07/2025
Researcher assumptions shape not just how experiments run—but what questions we ask. Outlining best practices for designing context-aware lab experiments in non-Western settings, from Sara Lowes and @nathannunn.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w33981
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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Are you: ✅ A young scholar in econ, poli sci, or law ✅ Working on institutions, broadly defined ✅ Interested in spending a week in Italy with amazing faculty If so, please apply to this year’s Coase Institute Workshop! It’s a transformative experience for many, and always fun. I’ll be there.
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Ronald Coase Institute: What's New
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🆕 The @comparativeecon.bsky.social 4th annual ACES Political Economy Summer School (August 2025). This 3-day summer school will expose participants to cutting-edge research in political economy, economic history & development economics More details & application: www.acesecon.org/conferences/...
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2025 Summer School
Call for applications: 4th ACES Political Economy Summer School The Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES) is pleased to present the 4th annual ACES Political Economy Summer School in Aug...
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Please apply! Send your applications directly to us ☺️
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Please consider applying for a summer RA position in Mozambique. Project with Fulvia Budillon and Andre Gray on traditional medicine. Must speak Portuguese. Job info: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel... Send materials to fbudillo@ucsd.edu and adgray@ucsd.edu, subject Mozambique Intern. Thanks!
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Field Research Intern - UC San Diego Economics | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
ACES summer school in Zanzibar!! Please apply!
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Arcangelo Dimico @quartino.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The deadline for submissions for the Workshop on Cultural Transmission and Persistence at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social in June 2025 is in 3 weeks. Kynotes: @ingelaalger.bsky.social @saralowes.bsky.social. Submissions 👇 hhdi.co.uk/nide-qub-joi... #econtwitter #econsky #callforpapers #workshop
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HHDI-NIDE Joint Workshop
HHDI-NIDE Joint Workshop on Cultural Transmission and Persistence This workshop aims to provide a venue for the presentation and discussion of frontier research on the persistence and transmission …
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ACES: Association for Comparative Economic Studies @comparativeecon.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Call for Applications: 2025-2026 ACES Dissertation Research Fellowship. One-year fellowship includes stipend, tuition scholarship, and additional research/travel funding for PhD students advanced to candidacy. Applications accepted through April 15, 2025. www.acesecon.org/aces-dissert...
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ACES Dissertation Fellowship
The ACES Dissertation Research Fellowship, launched for the 2020-2021 academic year to encourage research on comparative economics supports an emerging scholar in the field with a generous stipend and...
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Please consider applying to a pre-doc position at UCSD. Projects at the intersection of development and culture in Africa with Eduardo Montero Nathan Nunn James Robinson & others. Possible fieldwork in DRC. French skills preferred. Thank you! employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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Research Assistant - 133553
Apply for Research Assistant - 133553 position at UC San Diego in Remote, National on https://employment.ucsd.edu/
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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Today’s the day! Please submit your proposals for SIOE 2024 by 6 pm ET. Interdisciplinarity + Chicago + gala blues cruise = great fun. AND we will have an AI bootcamp on Thursday for those who arrive early. We can help grad students along every margin but travel. Please apply!
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3D Seminar @3dseminar.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Our next seminar will take place on January 25th, exceptionally at 4pm (UTC+1).  Sara Lowes (@) and Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma (@) will discuss the effects of culture and beliefs on health care utilization in Africa. Register here: listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
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