AI industry giants owe their existence to taxpayer-funded, open research, but many have abandoned this collaborative model. I spoke to The Atlantic about how US science and tech leadership was built on shared knowledge. When companies hoard research, innovation suffers and accountability declines.

Lol, I literally found an empty bottle of bourbon and lots of used plastic cups in the meeting room for my 1:30 session

We're investing in the advancement of early career scholars who are conducting policy-relevant research on economic mobility, the labor market, and more. Apply for our Early Career RFP by Jan. 21, 2025 for the chance to help shape the future of economic policy. #EGgrantee

The Upjohn Institute jointly support dissertation research, with the Russel Sage Foundation, on employment-related topics in any discipline, with particular interest in policy-relevant research pertaining to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

less than 1 month until @russellsagefdn.bsky.social's Dissertation Research Grants deadline (2pm ET on Feb 4), co-funded by TPA (www.thepolicyacademies.org) and @upjohninstitute.bsky.social Up to $15k for ABD students. More: www.russellsage.org/research/dis... #fundsocsci #academicsky #research

Political Scientists attending SPSA, come learn how to get funding from @russellsagefdn.bsky.social and NSF, with Yalidy Matos providing some thoughts from the grantee/applicant perspective. Thursday at 2pm in San Cristobal B #polisky #fundsocsci #SPSA2025

Political Scientists attending SPSA, come learn how to get funding from @russellsagefdn.bsky.social and NSF, with Yalidy Matos providing some thoughts from the grantee/applicant perspective. Thursday at 2pm in San Cristobal B #polisky #fundsocsci #SPSA2025

#Econsky #ASSA2025 If anyone is interested in learning more about this funding opportunity, I'm here and available to grab coffee and chat about it!

Re-posting this call for applications targeting PhD students and early career researchers (PhDs 2014 or later) doing research on the fiscal and economic effects of three productivity policies: R&D, permitting, and immigration. Applications due at midnight on Thurs January 16.

New @russellsagefdn.bsky.social and @arnoldventures.bsky.social initiative for Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System More information and RFP: www.russellsage.org/special-init... up to $100k for TT AsstProfessors Deadline April 3 #SocialScience #AcademicSky #CriminalJustice #Criminology

New @russellsagefdn.bsky.social and @arnoldventures.bsky.social initiative for Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System More information and RFP: www.russellsage.org/special-init... up to $100k for TT AsstProfessors Deadline April 3 #SocialScience #AcademicSky #CriminalJustice #Criminology

Blog updated to v2 this morning. Lots of useful developments from ASSA that, for @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & I, show a path to meaningful participation in #ASSA2025 even if there are picket lines. I thank @lkatz42.bsky.social & team for leading to practical solutions.

There are so many twists and turns in this fascinating story by Fara Dabhoiwala about a painting of Jamaican polymath Francis Williams, which also appears to be the only 1759 painting of Halley’s Comet. Don’t click this if you’ve got somewhere to be. (via @calebcrain.bsky.social) [lrb.co.uk]

There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.

Sometimes the ultra wealthy would use their employees as human shields when threatened with bombs, see the suicide bombing assassination attempt of my employers namesake, Russell Sage longreads.com/2015/03/04/t...

#econsky #fundsocisci #2024SEA

This is huge. I don't have to chuck these bags in my carry luggage every trip south anymore,which had been a guarantee of enhanced security screening

Let's see if bsky has the juice. At the southern economics association conference? Monday at 2pm, come learn about how to get funding from Russell Sage and @arnoldventures.bsky.social, with insights from grantees/reviewers @brittanystreet.bsky.social and Jamein Cunningham

New feed just dropped. Econ conference feed displays posts with #EconConf or #AEA, #2025AEA, #AEA2025, #AEA25 & similar for APPAM, ASHE, LERA, SEA, & SOLE. Displays posts from last 7 days. Better than different feeds for each conference, each active just 1 week a year? bsky.app/profile/aaro...

I used to run a summer internship for expanding psychology... if you don't remember here it is: som.yale.edu/news/2018/09... The news is that we're back up and running in partnership with the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) at Northwestern: www.summerpsych.com Applications are open!

Reminder to myself to put a thread together for RSF

Friendly neighborhood political scientist here to remind you that everything is political, including and sometimes especially science. In fact, claiming your vocation is apolitical is itself a political claim with a political goal.

Absolute shots fired. From: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319924043957 #Science #academia #peerreview #research

I may or may not have just told a group of grad students at a panel: “If you’re primarily interested in the methods question, and not in understanding the world, you’re doing political science wrong. Methods are tools, not research.” Grad students looked like 😶

i just don't think Threads is gonna be someplace i want to hang out, and this email from them pretty much confirms that

Double rainbow for #apsa2024

If you've been seeing things like the White Dudes for Harris or White Women for Harris calls and wondering about the processes behind such things, there's a new book out for you! Jenn Chudy has been studying interracial politics for years, and shares her findings in this new book:

Big news in philanthropy, and he certainly was a lion in the field, but no mention of the end of the Ford fellows program, such a shame to have built such a community and then abandon it www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/a...

i'm mad they didn't include a slice of pizza as an open faced sammy, but it was a real missed opportunity for the times to get some angry internet clicks by not including a genuine nyc dirty water dog on this list. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

the Russell Sage Foundation, has a program called "behavioral science and decision making" which we abbreviate to bsdm. You can guess what accidentally gets said all the time.

Come work with us! The Department of Sociology at Queens College, CUNY is conducting a search for an assistant professor. Priority will be given to candidates specializing in climate science & environmental sociology but all areas are encouraged to apply. cuny.jobs/queens-ny/as...

The open letter from 400+ IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA is online: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

1 week until the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social Pipeline Grants Competition Application deadline. Fancy video by our comms dept: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMpG... academics procrastinate, so you definitely have time to put an 7-pg proposal together ?'s: [email protected]

1 week until the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social Pipeline Grants Competition Application deadline. Fancy video by our comms dept: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMpG... academics procrastinate, so you definitely have time to put an 7-pg proposal together ?'s: [email protected]

A year of reporting, and maybe the scariest story I’ve ever worked on—the cyber-stalker targeting Asian Americans www.theverge.com/c/features/2...

Russell Sage Pipeline Grants are open for submissions: www.russellsage.org/research/pip...

Sociologists & adjacent: Do I know anyone who's gotten a grant from Russell Sage Foundation who'd be willing to share their proposal (and/or LOI) with me? And in case I know anyone nominated for a Carnegie who hasn't asked me already, I'm very happy to share my materials with you!

What about celebrity social scientist interactions? Ben Bernanke used the urinal next to me at an ASSA years ago, he left the bathroom without washing his hands.

👀 look who joined the bsky party @russellsagefdn.bsky.social

New RFP for the Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grants. Note that the questions listed are examples, not all-encompassing. New this year: $35k limit for individuals, $50k limit for teams Same old: grant includes mentorship, capstone conference email [email protected] with questions

I recently saw an academic (no need to name & drag for these purposes) complain that academics use bluesky for the self-promotional purpose of... linking to their own newly-published articles. Let me throw in my voice & vote on the other side. One of the things I really value about social media 1/

Another piece of the backlash: policing firms experienced a big stock price increase in response to BLM. ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fmz3o...