🆕 Geoeconomics and conflict: Bridging disciplines in the study of international warfare Today on VoxDev, @eoinmcguirk.bsky.social (@tufts.edu) & Christoph Trebesch (@kiel.institute) examine the intersection of conflict and geoeconomics: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Does climate change lead to conflict? That's the question behind one researcher's work.

Does Climate Change Lead to Conflict? Tufts researcher shows connection between low rainfall and the outbreak of civil wars between African pastoralists and farmers.

Great NYT write up of our new results on child mortality and cash transfers in Kenya: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...

Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

📢ReCIPE’s First Call for Compact Research Grants is now open! New deadline: 14 August. Proposals exploring the links between conflict & economic growth within ReCIPE research themes and in ReCIPE focus countries are welcome. More information here: recipe.cepr.org/funding/comp... #EconSky

📢ReCIPE’s First Call for PhD Research Grants is now open! New deadline: 14 August. We’re looking for research proposals from PhD students exploring the links b/w conflict & economic growth within ReCIPE research themes & in ReCIPE focus countries. recipe.cepr.org/phd-research... #EconSky

Did the great Irish Famine spark a revolution? Next in our new school video series with @discoverecon.bsky.social and @cephie.bsky.social, economist @gaianarciso.bsky.social‬ discusses the impact of the famine on rebellion and civil war 70 years later. ▶️ buff.ly/lAKXuWN

Tufts University is thrilled to host the North East Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference on November 8-9, 2025! 📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here: editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... More details to come! #NEUDC #NEUDC2025

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement,” by Buzard (@kbuzard7.bsky.social), Gee (@laurakgee.bsky.social), and Stoddard (@olgastoddard.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

🆕 How some development projects undermine Africa’s pastoral communities, sparking violence Today on VoxDev, Eoin McGuirk (Tufts University) & Nathan Nunn (University of British Columbia) outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...

🆕 Climate change causes conflict: How can policy respond? Today on VoxDev, @marshallburke.bsky.social , @joelferguson.bsky.social, Solomon Hsiang Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & @tedmiguel.bsky.social UC Berkeley explore the conflict-climate change relationship voxdev.org/topic/instit...

A recent paper by Eoin McGuirk and @nathannunn.bsky.social highlights how agricultural development projects can backfire in traditionally pastoral areas of Africa, fueling conflict instead of fostering development. #EconSky www.nber.org/papers/w33191

We are hiring! The University of Galway is on the market for an Assistant Professor in economics. The position is open to any field and is a permanent, tenured position. (1/5)

Agricultural development projects increase civil conflict in traditionally pastoral areas of Africa. The effect is reversed in agricultural areas, suggesting "mismatched" policy, from Eoin F. McGuirk and Nathan Nunn https://www.nber.org/papers/w33191

Recently accepted by REStud, ``Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa,'' from McGuirk and Nunn: t.co/nCIBTMgsmp

Excited to share my #JMP!🎉 "Do NGOs Matter for Development? Evidence from Pakistan" NGOs often fill gaps left by limited public spending on health, education, etc.📚🏥But do NGOs truly move the needle on development? Let’s dive in!👇🧵[/10] (www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pe7oz...)