The Econ Job Market is an emotional rollercoaster. But nothing lifts your mood like realizing your master’s thesis is cited in the Handbook of Labor Economics. 😭

Castro, R., Lange, F., & Poschke, M. (2025). Labor force transitions. Handbook of Labor Economics, 6, 819-881.

Few things make an interdisciplinary social scientist happier than recognition from an interdisciplinary committee. My dissertation received the Elinor-Ostrom Prize for Socioeconomic Education and Research.🏆 #GSÖBW

Announced my UCL visit… 2 minutes later a union demo marched past my office. I swear I had nothing to do with it. 😂

I am excited to spend this Fall in London at UCL/@sriucl.bsky.social. I already had the chance to provide first insights into Captured by Conflict.

I love this place! They have a monthly coffee RCT, randomly pairing people up for chats. Worse places to be for a coffee loving experimentalist.

Honored to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the Schleswig-Holstein University Society for my PhD in economics and social sciences! 🎓🙏
Many thanks again for your incredible support during (and after) the PhD, @menuschkhadjavi.bsky.social and @jruhose.bsky.social. Photo: © Schaller 2025

"This means it will no longer operate its own research institutes. In this context, DPS has made the difficult decision to discontinue operations at the @iza.org as of December 31, 2025." newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/n...

Pretty sure my Dropbox worked harder than I did this week.

After the recent rejection of my grant application, this advertisement looks less like a trap and more like an opportunity. 🤔

Thrilled to announce that I've defended my dissertation, Essays on Management Opposition and Unionization! Huge thanks to my amazing committee: @menuschkhadjavi.bsky.social, @jruhose.bsky.social, and Jana Friedrichsen, as well as @natewilmers.bsky.social for the external evaluation. #PhDone

🚨🚨 I am excited to finally share my JMP 🚨🚨

Management Opposition, Strikes and Union Threat

Link to the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#PoliSky #EconSky #SocSky