I’m passionate about research impact beyond academic audiences. So I'm particularly excited to share the SMART (Strategic Metaphors for Antibiotic Resistance) Toolkit - a free, research-informed resource to support clearer communication about antibiotic resistance. smart.le.ac.uk #SMARTMetaphors

Anyone know a (preferably UK-located) expert on AI & financial crime?

One of the most impressive examples of research happening at @hertiedatascience.bsky.social. Evidence production is a massive soft power and some governments are currently shooting themselves in the foot by attacking the very institutions that nurture it.

📢 Final days to contribute to the DSA 40 Data Access Tracker. This month, we're making one last push to collect as many data access experiences as possible before we lock the dataset for our first publication. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 👉 www.soscisurvey.de/DSA40applica...

Speaking of, @hertieschool.bsky.social and @wzb.bsky.social are searching a professor of labour economics, inexplicably advertised here in PDF www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/5_... Applications due 17 May (sorry!)

Scholars devoting time to testing ideologically-driven attacks on fossil fuel companies' competitors find evidence that they're indeed baseless. bsky.app/profile/nber...

🏁 We’re hiring at the TUM Heilbronn Data Science Center (PhD & Postdoc). Focus: econometrics, innovation policy, and technology management—with a particular interest in the societal and managerial implications of #causalAI. Join a highly interdisciplinary, research-driven environment at TUM. 👇

Wie Konzerne Forschung zu Social Media behindern Ein DLF-Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche negativen Folgen soziale Medien haben, vor dem Hintergrund, dass die Forschung nur schwer an Daten kommt. Zu Wort kommt u.a. Simon Kruschinski von GESIS.

For the time being, please stay vigilant against phishing and account takeover attempts. Remember that no one from Signal Support will ever send you a message request or ask for your registration verification code or Signal PIN. 10/

Gewalt im öffentlichen Raum kann das Sicherheitsgefühl innerhalb der Bevölkerung beeinträchtigen. Wie können Gewaltschutz, Strafverfolgung und langfristige Prävention zu einer Verbesserung der Lage beitragen? Darüber diskutieren wir am 18.5. ab 18 Uhr am DIW Berlin. @rbb24.de diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Given the obvious returns, one would think that the German government is passionately discussing investments in childcare and early education. The bitter reality is that they don’t, even in the face of stagnation.

Eine neue Studie von @jgeyer.bsky.social zeigt, dass private und betriebliche Formen der Altersvorsorge in Deutschland wenig verbreitet sind. Warum auch das jüngst beschlossene Altersvorsorgedepot wenig daran ändern dürfte, erklärt der Rentenexperte im Wochenbericht-Podcast: diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Plus die zugrundeliegenden Daten werden über das Austrian Micro Data Center für die Wissenschaft zugänglich gemacht. Ein Meilenstein für die Bildungsforschung. Danke @chriswiederkehr.bsky.social @registerforschung.bsky.social @mhalla.bsky.social @arminhuebner.bsky.social

Eine Senkung des ⛽️ Preises für alle durch eine zeitlich befristete Aussetzung der Energiesteuer ist die schlechteste aller bisher diskutierten Optionen. Das ist eine Hilfe mit der Gießkanne, auch für Menschen, die den höheren Preis verkraften können. Es reduziert den Anreiz…

This looks like a spectacular public good #econsky (Full disclosure: @packlesshepherd.bsky.social is a co-author but my main skin in the game is maybe we'll finally finish our paper together now...) github.com/Davidvandijc...

These seem (from the abstract) like fascinating results on the Epstein effect on businesses whose CEOs were part of his network: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 Coming up at #VIDEseminar: Joshua Gans (Rotman School, University of Toronto) “How to Train Your AI When Humans Matter” 🔜 Wed, April 8, 11am New York, 5pm Berlin. Open to anyone! Further information: www.digitalecon.org/seminar

Remember to be wary, as today is the only day of the year that incorrect or misleading information is posted on the internet.

This is either brilliant or scary: Anthropic accidentally leaked the TS source code of Claude Code (which is closed source). Repos sharing the source are taken down with DMCA. BUT this repo rewrote the code using Python, and so it violates no copyright & cannot be taken down!

Counterpoint to the academic unionists www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/acade...

We hear the concerns about AI. Our goal is to use this technology to give people greater control, not to generate content. Attie uses AI to help you create custom feeds without having to know how to code.

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: submit your digital health economics papers and abstracts by April 6! More info here: www.digitalhealthecon.org

"there is no evidence of a reduction in job postings for industries or firms which have higher levels of AI adoption. The overall slowdown in national job postings...does not appear to be driven (even modestly) by AI." AI Adoption & Firms' Job-Posting Behavior by Liu and @dougwebberecon.bsky.social

"Ein wichtiger Beitrag der Kommission ist [...] eine Datenlage über die Entwicklung der Ausgaben und Einnahmen im Gesundheitswesen bereitzustellen. Solche Berechnungen sollten [...] regelmäßig als Teil der gesundheitspolitischen Prozesse herangezogen werden.“ @simonreif.eu zur #Krankenkassen Debatte

Meine 2cnts zum Bericht der Finanzkommission GKV: www.zew.de/presse/press... ✌️

Call for Papers! The 3rd Workshop Applied Economics in Digital Health will take place at HPI, Potsdam, 2-3 July 2026. Submission deadline on March 30. Exciting keynote, diverse academic program and policy discussions! Further info: www.digitalhealthecon.org @arieldora.bsky.social @simonreif.eu

Was mir gerade auffällt: Die vielen, großen Demonstrationen zum Thema sexualisierte Gewalt werden als politische Demonstrationen kaum ernst genommen. Und das, obwohl es bei vielen dieser Demonstrationen ganz klar nicht nur um politische Forderungen geht, sondern auch um gesellschaftlichen Wandel 1/2

It's also a very narrow and unhelpful view of innovation. Changing processes can be a very useful pathway to productivity growth, even though it's not as glamorous as "inventing the internet"

This by Rheinmetall CEO is precisely the arrogance that will come to haunt 🇩🇪. It was arrogance vis-à-vis Chinese competitors that helped bring German carmakers in the ditch they are in. And it‘s this type of arrogance vis-à-vis lessons learned by Ukrainians that will cost us.

The paper / ext. abstract submission deadline for this workshop is coming up on March 30 ! Further info: www.digitalhealthecon.org

On Tuesday, the 3rd edition of the @diw.de - @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Industrial Strategy Dialogue took place at DIW Berlin. This time, the panel discussed how Germany and Europe can more widely incorporate artificial intelligence into businesses. (1/4)

I heard Matlab is pretty good at matrix algebra

Das HB berichtet: www.handelsblatt.com/politik/konj...

Ein ständiges Zurückrudern bei Zielen & Instrumenten ist äußerst schädlich. Ohne Planungssicherheit über die künftige Klimapolitik – wenn also stets mit einer Abschwächung der EU-Ambitionen zu rechnen ist – tätigen Unternehmen die notwendigen Investitionen in CO₂-arme Technologien nicht.

Der 🇩🇪 - 🇫🇷 Rat der Wirtschaftsexperten spricht sich ausdrücklich für die Beibehaltung und Stärkung des europäischen Handels von Emissionszertifikaten #ETS aus. Die ständigen Angriffe darauf müssen aufhören. Mitentscheidend für den Erfolg von Klimapolitik ist ihre Stabilität.

Examining China's transformation from pharmaceutical free rider to global innovator over the past decade, driven by National Reimbursement Drug List reform, knowledge creation, and talent flow, from Panle Jia Barwick, Hongyuan Xia, and Tianli Xia www.nber.org/papers/w34977

In our new research paper (joint work with Leander Andres, Gordon B. Dahl, Helmut Rainer, and Simone Schueller), we show that birthright citizenship substantially declines youth crime of children born to migrant families. Here are more details of the study design, data, results, and mechanisms:

Very excited for this Friday's Chamberlain Online Seminar, where we'll muse about "The Future of Econometrics." Check out this panelist lineup! Friday 3/27 at Noon ET. Come see! t.co/pE1gZCMI7a

Every responsible decision maker in politics, industry etc. should read this. Or better yet the original WMO report it’s about (linked in the article). And then think very seriously: What am I doing to stop this? Is it enough? How do I want to be remembered? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🧵A thread on "AI one-shot papers". This has not been a focus on Bluesky, but on Twitter/X and LinkedIn, there has been a large discussion of the ability to "one-shot" policy evaluation, which David Yanagizawa-Drott has been pursuing in an interesting way: ape.socialcatalystlab.org

Tired of fragmented academic profiles? I built a tool to fix it: acadmc.com. A lightweight profile page that brings together your Scholar metrics, ORCID, and preprints in one place. Built by an academic, for academics. Your research graph in one place. #AcademicBluesky #Science #OpenTools

Digital platforms shape markets and public debate at a scale that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago. At the same time, independent researchers face obstacles when trying to study them. As a result, much of the digital economy remains difficult to examine from the outside.

Call for Papers! The 3rd Workshop Applied Economics in Digital Health will take place at HPI, Potsdam, 2-3 July 2026. Submission deadline on March 30. Exciting keynote, diverse academic program and policy discussions! Further info: www.digitalhealthecon.org @arieldora.bsky.social @simonreif.eu

Ohnehin zählt Deutschland im EU-Vergleich zu den teuersten Kraftstoffmärkten, nun fielen auch die jüngsten Preisanstiege hierzulande besonders hoch aus. Die Gründe dafür beleuchtet DIW-Ökonom @tomasoduso.bsky.social in seinem Gastbeitrag für @zeitonline.bsky.social: diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Takeshi Amemiya, my colleague and friend for many decades, has died at age 90. He made fundamental contributions to econometrics, having, as an empirical scholar, some gripes with the available toolkit. In retirement, he taught a course on the Economics of Ancient Greece. /1

🚨 Coming up at #VIDEseminar: Ginger Zhe Jin (University of Maryland) “Does Generative AI Crowd Out Human Creators? Evidence from Pixiv” 🔜 Wed, March 4, 11am New York, 5pm Berlin. Open to anyone! Further information: www.digitalecon.org/seminar

Congratulations to Charles Manski on winning the BBVA Frontiers Award for his foundational contributions to partial identification, semiparametric methods, subjective expectations, social interactions and policy decision-making under uncertainty www.premiosfronterasdelconocimiento.es/noticias/xvi...

Heute jährt sich der Beginn der russischen Vollinvasion der Ukraine zum vierten Mal. Unser Dossier bündelt die DIW-Forschung zu den sozialen, ökonomischen und energiepolitischen Auswirkungen des völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffskriegs. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... #StandWithUkraine

Germany is just great at own goals. This here is an impressive bicycle kick into its own net. www.handelsblatt.com/politik/konj...

Just to say the policymakers would be wise to always consider the scholarly level of their advisors. Among colleagues, Ulrike Malmendier is known to be a heavy hitter like very few on this planet.