Deadline this week! #econsky #econconf

📣 First European-level Conference in Development Economics of EDEG! 📅 June 11-12 2026 🌍 Kiel Institute for the World Economy Hosted by the Standing Field Committee for Development Economics of the German Economic Association Submit a paper: events.gwdg.de/event/1270/ Deadline: 15 Feb 2026

Insightful DEV-Connect webinar today! Two presentations on the impact of social media on young people wellbeing and educational outcomes. Thanks to the presenters: @pradeepkuc.bsky.social and Zubaria Anlib, and discussants: @hugchampeaux.bsky.social, John Egyir and Nicolas Pistolesi!

📣 Would you like to connect with researchers in your field? Apply to present at our webinars: shorturl.at/ZBqXf Presenters will receive feedback from a panel of discussants during the presentation and afterwards in writing. If your paper is not quite ready yet, we also have a mentoring programme!

A real pleasure to give a keynote at the 3rd Workshop on #Gender Issues & #Development at the Uni of Reading & to learn about impactful #research. I spoke on "Disrupting Violence, Protecting Lives: Strangulation Laws & Intimate Partner Homicides": shorturl.at/QCaA0 Many thanks to the organisers!

🆕 How competition between villages helped divided communities in Indonesia Today on VoxDev w/ Teevrat Garg (UCSD), Caterina Gennaioli (QMUL), Stefania Lovo (University of Reading) & Gregor Singer (LSE) discuss how competing for development grants helped build cohesion: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Had a great time at the workshop! Learned so much from the presentations and enjoyed connecting with others working on important challenges in climate change and development. Watch out for future events by @denebberlin.bsky.social and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, it’s a great network to be part of!

Apply to this year’s #SPANDE #development economics workshop by June 15! Great, fun and supportive community - this year we are partnering with @fundacionareces.bsky.social which is kindly hosting us in Madrid!! #econsky

And check out our keynote speakers: Bishnupriya Gupta (Warwick), @climent.bsky.social (Exeter) and Christine Valente (Bristol). 3rd Workshop on Gender Issues and Development 📅 3-4 November 2025 📍University of Reading Submit your paper by July, 2 here: shorturl.at/mUhPs

📣 Submit your paper to the 10th Conference in Development Economics organised by SITES. Keynotes: Stefan Dercon (Oxford), Nathalie Picard (Université de Strasbourg) Kevin Urama (AFB) 📅 15-17 September 2025 📍 Villa Mondragone, Rome, Italy Apply by 31 May 2025 Link: shorturl.at/unDqU

Do you do #development economics in Europe? Follow @ede-group.bsky.social for the latest updates on conferences, training etc. [Account in construction thanks to the unfatigable @stefanialovo.bsky.social 🙏🏽] #econsky

🆕 Can political representation boost forest conservation? Today on VoxDev, @saadgulzar.bsky.social, @apoorvalal.com & @benpasquale.bsky.social explore how decentralising power in India impacted forest conservation: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

Come work with us in Reading! Lecturer- equiv Assistant Prof level www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI229/l...

Erasmus+ empowers students through opportunities to study, work, and grow across Europe. Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/this_is_eras...

Hi #EconSky, Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄 It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open! Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Let me know if you're an env econ person and want to be added.

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here. It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here. If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X. 📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣ aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...