Are you interested in how poverty shapes mental health? 🌍 Join CEGA for the 2025 Global Mental Health Convening, exploring cutting-edge research on mental health in low- and middle-income countries. 🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/GMHC2025

Small-scale farmers face rising risks from climate change. How can AI and digital technology power profitable farming? Join CEGA and @j-pal.bsky.social on Oct 1 for CEGA’s Leveraging Digital Technology to Address Weather-Based Risk webinar to learn more. 🔗 Register: go.cega.org/registerATAI...

USAID's dismantling set back development globally. Now, investing in research on what works is more important. CEGA's @carsonchristiano.bsky.social discussed the impact of the cuts on @kqedforum.bsky.social with @elissamio.bsky.social of @devex.com & @hana-kiros.bsky.social. go.cega.org/forumusaid

🎧 Listen to the Podcast! @devex.com's @elissamio.bsky.social, @theatlantic.com's @hana-kiros.bsky.social, & @cega-uc.bsky.social's @carsonchristiano.bsky.social on the unraveling of USAID’s work & what America’s retreat means for the future of global health and humanitarian aid 🔗: buff.ly/kdLmHRw

🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @devex.com's @elissamio.bsky.social, @theatlantic.com's @hana-kiros.bsky.social, and @cega-uc.bsky.social's @carsonchristiano.bsky.social about the unraveling of USAID’s work and what America’s retreat means for the future of global health and humanitarian aid. 📻Listen:

📚 New evidence from Rwanda shows that school feeding programs are a cost-effective way to boost academic performance for primary school students. Learn more in a new publication by 2022 CEGA Fellow Aimable Nsabima: go.cega.org/schoolfeedingRwanda

Join the RSRI, @blumontdev.bsky.social, and @cega-uc.bsky.social for a timely webinar exploring emerging evidence on housing interventions for refugees and IDPs, and how these programs affect broader domains of #selfreliance, such as psychosocial well-being and economic resilience: buff.ly/BbmRpsA

Are you a social science researcher interested in advancing open science? @ucbitss.bsky.social is accepting applications for the BITSS Catalyst Program. Funding is available to develop a workshop, guidelines, or other open science materials. Apply by Sept 30th: go.cega.org/BITSScatalyst25

Save the Date! 📅 Join CEGA on November 7 for the Global Mental Health Convening, gathering experts to explore mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Speakers include: @johanneshaushofer.com, @saraevans-lacko.bsky.social, Judith Bass, Matt Lowe, and more. 🔗 : go.cega.org/GMHC2025

What if your predictions could help improve social science research? @socscipredict.bsky.social is recruiting new panelists for an upcoming forecasting panel. Earn up to $400 a year + a $300 bonus for panelists with high predictive accuracy. Apply by September 16: go.cega.org/SSPPpanel

In collaboration with @cega-uc.bsky.social, our team is now putting MOSAIKS into practice in Africa! 🌍 Through the launch of the Togo Data Lab, we're working to embed #DataScience tools like MOSAIKS directly into government decision-making. 👉 Learn more here: emlab.ucsb.edu/projects/cul...

🌍 Don’t miss CEGA’s upcoming webinar series: Research to Action for Resilient Agriculture! Hear from leading researchers & practitioners and explore evidence-based solutions at the intersection of climate adaptation & agriculture. Register here: go.cega.org/registerATAIwebinar

🚨 New Career Opportunity! The Government of Togo is hiring a Data Science Consultant to develop a new social registry that leverages innovative technologies like ML and GIS to support social protection programs. 🔗 Apply here: go.cega.org/togoDSconsultant

📣 Interested in making more forecasts? Want to get paid for doing so? Apply for the SSPP Forecasting Panel! Panelists receive $400 a year + a $300 bonus for high accuracy. Apply here: socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/09... @cega-uc.bsky.social @evavivalt.bsky.social @sdellavi.bsky.social

Does where you go to college really matter? In a new working paper, Deepshikha Batheja, Opinder Kaur, and Sarojini Hirshleifer explore how university ranking and certification exam performance impact hiring outcomes for engineering graduates in India. 📖: go.cega.org/WP245

💵 How far can $1 a year go? A recent @nytimes.com article features CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social’s research showing that childhood deworming interventions offer long-term economic benefits—for less than $1 per child per year. Read here: go.cega.org/NYTdeworming

🌍 In an era of uncertainty in global development, the 2025 Africa Evidence Summit marked a critical step towards reimagining the future of foreign aid. In a new #CEGABlog, @mayaranganath.bsky.social reflects on key takeaways from the event. 📖 Read here: go.cega.org/AES25blog

What is foreign aid and why should Americans care about it? In a new 101 video from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social News, CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social explains how foreign aid efforts like cash transfers in Kenya are investments in a healthier world for all. go.cega.org/101in101

New from CEGA: cash transfers ⬇️ infant mortality by 48% & under-5 mortality by 45%! Researchers including Michael Walker, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Grady Killeen and Nick Shankar found cash enabled mothers to rest more, eat better + access healthcare. go.cega.org/cashimpacts

The Development Impact Summit is underway! Hosted by Development Impact West Africa, a collaboration between CEGA & Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, the Summit is exploring how evidence can advance sustainable development in West Africa. Watch live: go.cega.org/DIS25live

💵 New from @voxdev.bsky.social: CEGA Faculty Affiliate Francis Annan shares evidence from Ghana that shows how to protect consumers in rural areas from mobile money fraud. Learn more: go.cega.org/mobilemoneyGhana

Collaboration across disciplines matters. A new #CEGABlog explores the benefits of interdisciplinary research, such as strengthening study design, generating nuanced insights, and improving cultural awareness. 🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/interdisciplinaryBlog

🚨 New Funding Opportunity! The Weiss Fund is now accepting applications for innovative research and policy projects in development economics. Applications are open to students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior and senior faculty. 🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/weissfundcall25

A new long-term study is out today that got covered by the NYT, absolutely destroying their own recent story about cash not helping poor kids. “This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty." 45% ⬇️‼️ archive.ph/ct2o0

🧠 How does poverty impact our psychology? In a new CEGA publication, Supreet Kaur, @jiayingzhao.bsky.social, Mahesh Srinivasan, and Kristina Hallez review evidence on how poverty shapes, and is shaped by cognitive function, mental health, beliefs, and preferences. 📖: go.cega.org/povertypsych

🔎 How reproducible is economics research? CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social and colleagues use a standardized, crowd-sourced analysis tool to assess 487 research studies, finding that only 30% meet basic reproducibility criteria. 🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/WP249

As the foreign aid landscape shifts, how can we do more with less? #AES2025 gathered researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how to build better aid systems and advance evidence-based policy. Learn more in a new Nation Africa article: go.cega.org/nationafricaAES25

💵 Can cash transfers save lives? At the 2025 @nber.org Summer Institute, CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social shared surprising new findings from Kenya showing that cash transfers have the potential to reduce child mortality. 🔗 Learn more here: go.cega.org/NBERsi25

How does political violence impact rural communities? 🔎 New research by 2021 CEGA Fellow Laura Barasa explores the impact of post-election violence in Kenya on rural households, examining effects on crop, livestock, off-farm, and per capita income. go.cega.org/kenyaPEV

How is the future of West African security being transformed? 🌐 A new #CEGABlog explores how factors such as militarization, cross-border instability, multipolarity, and climate change are influencing the region’s future. 📖 Learn more here: go.cega.org/westafricasecurity

🚨 New Research Funding Opportunity! CEGA and the Pharo Foundation are funding innovative research in Western Ethiopia and Somaliland. Open to PhD students at CEGA-affiliated universities, CEGA faculty affiliates, or fellowship alumni. 🔗 Apply here: go.cega.org/pharoRFP

Berkeley News recently released an article describing a collaboration with the African nation Togo that first began during COVID. This research, spearheaded by I School Prof. Josh Blumenstock and @cega-uc.bsky.social, has resulted in new lasting changes.

🌍 As the foreign aid landscape shifts, CEGA remains committed to advancing rigorous evidence. In the year ahead, we’re prioritizing cost-effectiveness, nontraditional data methods, capacity-building programs, and more. 🔗 Learn more in a new #CEGABlog: go.cega.org/CEGAgoals2026

🎉 CEGA is excited to welcome @wnomikos.bsky.social as a new faculty affiliate! Read what Will is looking forward to as he joins CEGA’s robust network of researchers.

🚨 New funding opportunity! With generous support from the @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, CEGA is excited to announce a closed request for proposals for participants of our 2025 Multi-actor Security Networks workshop series in Honolulu, Accra, and Singapore. Learn more: go.cega.org/securitynetworksRFP

In Togo, data science is transforming governance and development. 🌍 A new Cal News story features the Togo Data Lab, a cutting-edge collaboration between CEGA and the Togolese government to embed data science in policymaking. 📖 Learn more: go.cega.org/TDLcalnews

🌱 New research from CEGA affiliated professor Michael Carter + colleagues reveals how financial and social factors impact farmers’ decisions to adopt agricultural subsidies in Uganda. Learn more here: go.cega.org/ugandasubsidy

🌟 This week’s faculty affiliate feature is Guilherme Lichand from Stanford University! Read more about what Guilherme is looking forward to as he joins CEGA’s robust network of researchers.

Really interesting conference happening in #Chile in January on Promoting Financial Inclusion and Innovation in Latin America! Jointly hosted by @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and @cega-uc.bsky.social 8 days left to apply Submit: lnkd.in/g_eS2cuy

🚨 CEGA is #Hiring! We’re hiring an undergraduate intern to support our Data Science for Development and Conflict & Governance programs, a unique opportunity at the intersection of data science, development, and political economy. 🔗 Apply here: go.cega.org/DS4Dintern

💵 New funding opportunity! CEGA and @nieraglobal.bsky.social are awarding $30,000 to projects designed to enhance the leadership of African scholars in development economics research as part of the Collaboration for Inclusive Development Research. 🔗 Learn more here: go.cega.org/cidrRFP

🔍 How can we make research more reproducible? @ucbitss.bsky.social’s RT2 program offers a step towards #openscience. This year’s cohort convened 28 early-career researchers to learn how to make their research more transparent + credible. 🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/2025BITSSRT2

👥 Does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? CEGA Faculty Affiliate @hmmlowe.bsky.social finds that: 📉 Smaller effects than previously thought 🧩 Meeting Allport conditions doesn’t guarantee success 💡 Stronger impact on individual perception than groups 📖: go.cega.org/MLigcontact

🌿 From tracking bat movement with weather radar to incorporating AI in biodiversity research, CEGA + the World Bank’s recent #MeasureDev conference convened experts to share insights shaping the future of conservation. Learn more in a new #CEGABlog: go.cega.org/measuredev25

As the global aid landscape shifts, evidence is critical—now more than ever. CEGA, @busaracenter.bsky.social, & @nieraglobal.bsky.social recently hosted #NairobiEvidenceWeek, featuring #AES2025 & #ESA2025, to advance research + policy that improves lives. Stream: go.cega.org/AES25live

🌟 This week’s faculty affiliate feature is @lindsey-novak.bsky.social from Reed College! Learn more about Lindsey and what she is looking forward to as she joins CEGA’s network of researchers.

🌾 How can farmers protect crops from flooding? A breakthrough study offered a promising tool, but how has it performed over time? CEGA’s Jenna Fahle talks with Kyle Emerick & Betty Sadoulet in a new #CEGABlog on their work on flood-resistant rice. 🔗 go.cega.org/ATAIinterview

As West Africa’s security networks evolve, new forms of governance are emerging. CEGA and partners recently held a workshop exploring this critical topic as part of our Security Networks & Contested Orders initiative. See past workshop insights: go.cega.org/conflictblogs

🌍 At the forefront of global poverty research, CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social‘s work has helped millions. He recently joined @seanmcarroll.bsky.social on the #MindscapePodcast to discuss how development economics is driving meaningful global action. 🎧: go.cega.org/EMmindscape

🎉 CEGA is excited to introduce @andydebarros.bsky.social, our newest faculty affiliate! Read what Andreas is looking forward to as he joins CEGA’s network of researchers.