My first year as a PhD student has been exciting, intense, and full of lessons. My research brought me to Barcelona, Naples, Vancouver, Madrid, Geneva, Lausanne, and Trieste. Each place gave me the chance to share ideas and get feedback.

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Reposting the reporting of the reporting

Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change. Streets for people are good for business.

Although I’m sad for Italy, I’m happy for the attendance. Unlike the men’s team, we had a real chance, and we fought with determination. Brave ragazze!

Policies are not enought, unfortunately. We need good politicians in addition to good intentions and policies.

Narrative 1: China is dumping cheap solar panels onto the world by unfairly subsidizing its solar industry. Narrative 2: US, Russia, Saudi are dumping cheap oil and gas onto the world by unfairly subsidizing production and transport. Both can be defended with facts. Which one do you hear more?

📢 New publication alert: "Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments" by @gricoc.bsky.social, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social and @ehernandez.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Finally got the printed copy! Thanks again @petraguasti.bsky.social and @mattiazulianello.bsky.social for the meticulous editorship!

At @epsanet.bsky.social in Madrid I show how new pedestrian areas in Milan may increase votes for the incumbent and reduce those for radical right parties, presenting in an amazing panel with Asya Magazinnik @chknutsen.bsky.social @vheddesheimer.bsky.social @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social! #epsa

It was a pleasure to present my research during this fantastic workshop! Amazing works and organization! @dec-gr.bsky.social

IN NEW ISSUE: How, when & where does authenticity appear & change in politics? Henrique Sposito examines authenticity performances in politics in Brazil & US since 1988. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/5k9AWzY @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky @sagepub.com #polsci

The big scaling of extractive productivity methods - like AI in the digital sector, monoculture in agriculture, trawling in fishing - pretty much always emerges w/ an aggressive, no-externality mode. At the very least govts need to ID the losers of tech and decide *with them* what to do w/ it.

China won't be defeated by Trump's chicken game. Beijing will respond despite the high economic cost of the trade war. This comes not only from its non-democratic system, but also because China sees time differently from Western countries. For italians, I suggest this podcast episode.

If we want to defend Europe, Just Stop Oil @juststopoil.bsky.social

Place wonderful, people amazing, research interesting. Highly recommended!!!

If our group chat doesn't involve confidential war plans, is it even a group chat?

“Exploring Gender Inequality: Firm Contribution and Policy Effects” w/ A. Casarico is now out at LSE PPR The paper reviews the literature on firms’ contribution to the gender pay gap & on firm and coworker responses to family policies ppr.lse.ac.uk/articles/117... #EconSky

Looking forward to presenting joint work with @nikhil-kalyanpur.bsky.social this Friday at @politicsoxford.bsky.social! Nik and I study the impact of US anti-corruption policy on international money laundering flows. Latest draft here: lorenzo-crippa.github.io/files/FCPA_o...

If you read one essay on the prospects for peace between Russia and Ukraine, read this: euideas.eui.eu/2025/01/24/w...

Che sollievo, e finalmente

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

Notice how, as soon as it became known that he was white and a Trump supporter, the Las Vegas cybertruck guy changed from perpetrator (terrorist) into victim (PTSD).