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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 1d

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 1d

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?

A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy

beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 2d

This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 2d

October’s ODNB update has four new articles on historic figures in Britain of African or part-African descent, including Yorke, Lecesne, Lewis, and Durham. Plus a survey of the sitters in the painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention.

Read the stories on #ODNB: oxford.ly/46VduWJ

Henry Redhead Yorke; Louis Celeste Lecesne; Edmonia Lewis; Jimmy Durham, and the painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention.

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 2d

That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 12d

🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 7d

The Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS) at @unihannover.bsky.social invites international researchers in science studies & higher educ research to apply for the fellowship program “Disruptions in Science and Society” (research stays: 1–18 months).

www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/fellowshi...

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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 7d

After some passive resistance (was it?), @cescoeco.bsky.social has finally joined Bluesky 😱

A great addition to the @rehpere.bsky.social team and a nice account to follow for those interested in the history of economics, as well as quantification and computer history! 🎆

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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 7d

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Maria Bach @mariabach.bsky.social · 7d

I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 12d

"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982)

Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 12d

Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...

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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 9d

The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social

For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Assistant Professor in Economic History

Assistant Professor in Economic History, , <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and tru...

jobs.lse.ac.uk

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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 20d

Article: Progressivism, socialism, and the role of the state, by Marianne Johnson
doi.org/10.1080/0967...

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Erwin Dekker @erwindekker.bsky.social · 19d

I will be writing about my research on Chicago once a week at this new Substack: Seeing like Chicago

Do subscribe, for a weekly note!

seeinglikechicago.substack.com

Seeing like Chicago | Erwin Dekker | Substack

Observations about Chicago economics, sociology, literature and more by Erwin Dekker. Click to read Seeing like Chicago, by Erwin Dekker, a Substack publication. Launched 11 minutes ago.

seeinglikechicago.substack.com

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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 29d

The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2.

Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.

Content of the special section on Central Bank Scientization:
Special section: Central bank scientization

Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics
Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi

Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England
Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan

From technical to academic central banking: The scientization of the Banque de France
Maxence Dutilleul

Scientization of central bank governance: A global study of governors’ biographies, 2000–2020
Aykiz Dogan, Frédéric Lebaron

Scientization: A self-critical afterthought
Martin Marcussen

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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 29d

A new academic year begins for Oeconomia (journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/) with a renewed team of editors for the book review section.

Welcome to the new editors - I look forward to working with them!

If you’d like to submit a book review or a proposal, feel free to contact me.

Aurélien Goutsmedt, UC Louvain et ICHEC, BELGIQUE, éditeur en chef

Maria Bach, Université de Lausanne, SUISSE

Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, London School of Economics and Political Science, ROYAUME UNI

Nathanael Colin-Jaeger, Université Catholique de Lille, FRANCE

Tom Duterme, ICHEC Brussels Management, BELGIQUE

David Gindis, University of Warwick, ROYAUME UNI

Claire Silvant, Université Lumière Lyon 2, FRANCE

Sarah Small, University of Utah, USA

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · Sep 12

This paper shows that empirical economics research often lacks credibility because of low statistical power and publication bias. About 80% of reported effects are overstated, typically by a factor of two, and sometimes by four or more.

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Sep 12

A fascinating read. In "The Unnatural Trade" @brycchancarey.bsky.social shows how almost all early accounts of the slave trade - which British abolitionists later used as evidence - were written by naturalists.
And these same natural histories were then used to argue for the colonisation of Africa.

The cover of The Unnatural Trade by Brycchan Carey

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · Sep 9

NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: With the attempted firing of Lisa Cook by Donald Trump, the first Black woman appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, I think its important to examine the @federalreserve.gov's history of Racial Segregation. This is a long one

www.crisesnotes.com/the-federal-...

The Federal Reserve’s Neglected History of Racial segregation

Recent events regarding Lisa Cook’s attempted firing by Donald Trump have convinced me to do a premium series on the history of racial segregation and the Federal Reserve. This is for a few reasons. F...

www.crisesnotes.com

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · May 5

The dataset of this survey (data anonymised) is open and available to anyone. Please use it! Federico and I conceived of it and carried it out in 2021 while at @crasshlive.bsky.social. Part of Expertise Under Pressure project. Many UK colleagues, namely 1188, completed it. Thank you! #openscience

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · Aug 29

Harvard departmental exam in economics, 1942

1/2 General essay questions:
1. Economic imperialism
2. The pre-requisites of lasting peace
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6. The relation of economics to sociology and political science
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20. Planned economies and human liberties

www.irwincollier.com/harvard-unde...

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Jul 15

📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky

To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Department of Economics of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name.

Ghazala made important contributions in a large number of fields, spanning the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics. The award will promote work in those fields by young scholars.

The first edition of this award will consist of a 5,000 euro prize for the best paper in this set of fields by junior researchers. The selection of the laureate will be carried out by a scientific committee composed of Pierre Cahuc, Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo.

Eligibility for the prize requires that all authors have obtained their PhD after 1 September 2018. Papers written jointly with more senior researchers will not be considered.

The prize will be awarded at SciencesPo during the event organised in memory of Ghazala on 10 December 2025. One of the authors of the prize winning paper will present the work at this event.

Applications must be submitted by 31 August 2025.

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Zoe Thomas @zoethomas.bsky.social · Jul 16

Reposting our CfP for the “Power Couples” workshop - now with a new poster advertising the event kindly made for us by designer Marta Bartkowska!

Poster of “Power Couples Workshop” with a picture of Marie and Pierre Curie. He is holding up a glowing specimen of radium. Colour lithograph by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son after J. M. Price [Imp, JMP], 1904. Wellcome Collection.

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