🚨 1 Week to Go! | #2026NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development ⏰Submit your paper by Feb 15, 2026! 🗓️ June 18–19 | Lisbon, Portugal 🎓 Keynotes: Abhijit Banerjee (@MIT), Isaac Mbiti (@NotreDame), Sandra Sequeira (#LSE) 🔗 Submit: bit.ly/4pKGkjs #NOVAFRICA2026 #CallForPapers

EfD Nigeria secures $1m IDRC grant for #climate #finance project in #Africa. ”The project aims to strengthen government #policies, #financial #systems, and #regulatory #frameworks to attract financing for climate action,” said Prof Nnaemeka Chukwuone. www.efdinitiative.org/news/efd-nig...

The new Energy Economics & Policy course in our Data, Economics, & Design of Policy online MicroMasters program is open for enrollment! 🌱 Explore how policy & economics shape energy markets & climate outcomes. It's free to audit—enroll today: https://bit.ly/3L56NJz

The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!

🎥 The recording of the Difference-in-Differences course by Prof. @cdechaisemartin.bsky.social , which I had the pleasure of organizing at @liser.lu , is now online! 📚 12 hours covering everything from the basics to advanced methods. 👉 Watch the course here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #EconSky

Finished teaching a new course on energy markets and the clean energy transition last month. Was a blast and have lots of thoughts for next year. One takeaway is the value of going beyond academic journals/textbooks and incorporating media articles, podcasts, and video. Here's a few we covered... 🧵

📣 We’re hiring! We're seeking a Country Office Administrator for the Zambia Evidence Lab in Lusaka. If you’re an excellent organiser w/ strong communication skills apply now. theigc.org/about/career... 🗓️Deadline: 15 Dec #ZambiaJobs #Admin

Noise pollution from electric passenger rail harms babies' health. "I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion." Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs. This is such a cool paper!

"On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator" (by @dlmillimet.bsky.social and Marc F. Bellemare) published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Most of us don't realize how many objects (payloads and debris) are in orbit around Earth. orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/

How to Reproduce this Book Exactly with LaTeX - great resource for writing Latex #linkoftheday github.com/BenjaminGor/...

Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility. Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...

UCD Graduate Studies and I have produced a Research Group Handbook template for supervisors and researchers. The template outlines core topics, resources, and policies that groups can adapt to their needs. ➡️ Template and details: www.ucd.ie/graduatestud... @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2

How can time-use data help us better understand gender inequalities? Our latest article in Sociology Compass answers this question — have a look! dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4... Yucheng Wu, Muzhi Zhou #timeuse

The CRAN Spatial Task View just got a proper table of contents (thanks to Krzysztof Dyba) -- easier to navigate all those R spatial packages now. 🌍 > https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial #rstats #rspatial #opensource #gischat

The Traffic Noise Externality: Costs, Incidence and Policy Implications: Enrico Moretti; Harrison Wheeler

What does co-creation really mean for agroecological transitions? Exploring theory and practice at the annual members forum meeting of the Agroecology TPP. Read more: 🔗 https://bit.ly/47osWcJ #aeTPP #Trees4Resilience

New publication: Designing Carbon Pricing Policies Across the Globe with Robert Schmidt and @moritzdrupp.bsky.social in Environmental and Resource Economics! We present the largest international expert survey on carbon pricing design (400+ participants, ~40 countries). Some highlights.

It is interesting to see how horse fodder and food was as much a part of our energy mix (20%) in 1820 as coal is today. In 1920 coal was up at 70%. Note these are percentages not quantities. visualizingenergy.org/americas-ene...

New Article: Heat Pump Performance for Normal People A simple guide to how heat pumps work, why they feel different to gas, and how to run them efficiently at home. energy-stats.uk/heat-pump-pe...

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢 "Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound Under Net Metering" by Matthew E. Oliver, Juan Moreno-Cruz ( @jmorenocruz.bsky.social ), and Kenneth T. Gillingham. Read it here: buff.ly/v7T2nxE 📈📉 #Econsky

Would you be interested in an online heat pump class for homeowners? There's so much jargon and conflicting information in the HVAC industry - it's hard to separate fact from fiction. A structured course with easy-to-watch videos might help. What do you think? www.heatpumped.org/c/online-class

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Cooking, Health, and Daily Exposure to Pollution Spikes" by Susanna B. Berkouwer and Joshua T. Dean. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Read the VoxDev article on this by @sberkouwer.bsky.social & Joshua Dean: voxdev.org/topic/health...

For 15 years, the National Rural Livelihoods Mission has been transforming rural India. At its heart are women who are not just earning—they’re leading, deciding & shaping the communities. Discover stories of dignity, equality & aspirations—told in their own voices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cB8...

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢 "Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari. Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW 📈📉 #Econsky

@cephie.bsky.social has opened registration for its FREE online CPD course The Development of the Irish Economy. 🧐 Led by @ronanlyons.bsky.social, the course begins and ends with a live session, and six ‘offline’ sessions over eight weeks. 💫 Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/bpajamz9 #econsky

Join us for the next @iiasa.ac.at AI for Climate Science Seminar with Dim Coumou (VU Amsterdam/Beyond Weather) on AI for (sub)seasonal forecasting-boosting predictability and understanding teleconnections Register: iiasa.ac.at/events/oct-2... Past and Future seminars: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ai-...

Weights for IPW and AIPW are automatically normalized. Holds for ATE and ATT. With MLE-based weights, the three estimators are all different, and the IPW and AIPW weights are not automatically normalized. We have an accompanying Stata command, teffects2.

#EconAdvice I'm looking for a short text or article that summarizes what the field of behavioral economics is about, and maybe some of its key findings. Written in a style that a smart undergraduate student can understand. What would you recommend?

Out today in JAERE! We measure water pollution released at India's industrial clusters. Does it hurt agriculture? Surprisingly: Not by much Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields & map hydrological relationships 🧵

From things I've seen recently, I think many people would benefit from reading this. It's short, and it's free. 👉 rdcu.be/dbFbB

⏰ Launching today! Interested in building your evaluation toolkit? Enroll in J-PAL’s free, self-paced Evaluating Social Programs online course on @MITxCourses to learn how to measure social impact. 🔗 Link: https://bit.ly/3VHBfLa

🌍 In Cameroon, engineer Steve Djeutchou is turning banana peels into eco-charcoal — a clean fuel that could ease deforestation. After Mongabay’s coverage, students & donors reached out from across Africa. Support our work: www.mongabay.org/donate.

Fascinating piece on how architects are rediscovering older technologies, materials and designs on how to keep cities cooler atmos.earth/the-future-o...

Gender-transformative approaches (GTAs) are breaking barriers to equality. From Ethiopia to Colombia, CIFOR-ICRAF research shows GTAs boost family harmony & incomes, while strengthening women’s voices in resource rights. Read:🔗 https://bit.ly/4lFdhuF #AnnualReport2024 #TreesPeoplePlanet

We at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social are excited to announce a new PhD program in Global Environmental Policy, accepting applications this fall for Sept 2026 start. We're looking for folks with interest in social sciences, data science, and enviro science and who have strong quant training 1/

"This work underscores the importance of Indigenous-led stewardship in addressing Arctic environmental and social challenges, offering a model for collaborative governance rooted in respect and reciprocity." 💯 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

📚 From the CIFOR-ICRAF Library Uncertainty in #soil data can skew yield predictions and fertilizer recommendations, impacting farmers' decisions. This study quantifies these uncertainties to enhance crop modeling for sustainable agriculture. Read: 🔗 https://t.co/GerKql77CW #TreesPeoplePlanet

📢 New Publication: Our paper “Information Nudges, Subsidies, and Crowding Out of Attention: Field Evidence from Energy Efficiency Investments” (with Matthias Rodemeier) is now out in the Journal of the European Economic Association #JEEA. academic.oup.com/jeea/article...

It was a privilege to participate @ 2025 DTU PES Summer School on Future Energy Systems at DTU (Copenhagen) Below is the video of my lecture: Designing Long-Run Electricity Markets Do not miss the other great lectures by P. Joskow, R. O'Neill, L. Romao & others www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEYb...

🤔 What happens when homes switch to heat pumps? 🌡️ Check out NEW updates to our HP paper - ft additional temperature analysis: www.centrefornetzero.org/news/what-ha... 🔗 Working paper: www.centrefornetzero.org/papers/decar... @rmetcalfe.bsky.social @lbernard.bsky.social @the-scheining.bsky.social

📚Explore 50+ FREE biodiversity courses at Learning4Nature by @undp.org! From Indigenous knowledge to gender linkages, climate action to ecosystem restoration, enhance your skills & contribute to conservation efforts.🌿🦋🌏🧪 Available in multiple languages:

A lot of what we think of as classical Italian design is a function of the need for cooling in hot climates before AC. This central courtyard provides shade on all sides. The sun’s heating of the square causes air to rise and pulls air from the building around it, creating an artificial breeze.

A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...

Important findings related to groundwater depletion and also some great sci art! www.propublica.org/article/wate...

Reviewing hierarchical multiple testing methods that improve power and interpretability by accounting for logical links among hypotheses, beyond standard Bonferroni-type correction, from Sebastian Calónico and Sebastian Galiani https://www.nber.org/papers/w34050

Excited to announce a new funding opportunity for research on "what works" in climate adaptation. We are specifically looking for strong causal designs that tell us what interventions work (or don't) to reduce impacts of a changing climate. Plz share + apply! seedfunding.stanford.edu/apply/U5N4

New paper: For 30+ years, researchers have worked on data-driven software (what some now call "AI") to heat and cool buildings more efficiently/comfortably and in better harmony with power grids. But <4% of papers in the field deploy in real buildings. We reviewed all the real stuff we could find.🧵