I know people swear on ChatGPT capabilities. People whose judgment I trust. But I can’t get it to be useful for me for more than admin tasks. Is the problem that I am not paying? Do you only get real value added in paying versions? #help

First day of presentation of students on their final projects, and they are very good. Made me so proud. Go my people go! 😍

Should I be offended that every time I ask at Science Po reception for any info they think I am a student?

I am watching (a not great but entertaining TV series) set in Bogotá in the early 90s. I have never seen a more unrealistic representation of what a prison (in Colombia) looks like.

If only the political leaders of the traditional right in Europe read “How Democracies Die”. How much will it cost to send one copy of the book to each?

In words of Linz, Levitsky, and Ziblatt, the demise of many democracies can be traced to a party’s greater affinity for extremists on its side of the political spectrum than for mainstream parties close to the opposite side. CC Spain.

Now out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This in FT this morning 👇

Gigantic news for European academia:

Madrid se desborda en estos momentos en apoyo a Palestina 🇵🇸

Las mayores protestas en España desde el inicio de la masacre en Gaza sacan a una multitud a las calles - elpais.com/espana/2025-...

La radio pública española me parece maravillosa.

No, AI, no. This is for a master course. They should be long. And not, a summary won’t make the cut. There is depth that needs to be grasp via concentrated reading and thinking. Learning needs attention, not speed. We need to stop glorifying short pieces of info and instead reclaim our attention.

my favorite step in the scientific method: gossip

Honestly, I love teaching so much I just can’t understand how this is not every academic favorite part of the job. So much joy.

Seasoned humanitarian worker from UNICEF tells you how the situation is in Gaza. I think we should all listen. It’s 1h of your time, seems like the bare minimum is to take the time to be informed. open.spotify.com/episode/0BAu...

Sciences Po does not open until 7:45am. Coming from the US, this has blown my mind.

I might have to work all weekends from Sept to December because I decided to add to my full time job a lecturer job. Could not be happier with this decision (so far). Tune in in December.

I love teaching so much. Together with fieldwork is my favorite part of academia ♥️. I do not see a world where I voluntarily opt out of doing it.

Next Monday I start teaching at Sciences Po, could not be more excited! 😃

Being intimidated by fun… Although it makes ton of sense given that they run and thrive on inducing fear.

I really, really, enjoy working with the RAs in our project in Medellín. I do not know if they are around here to see (not as active as I used to be on Twitter). But they are fantastic. What a blessing a good team is. Past RAs are now in their PhDs and I can’t wait to see what they do :).

I am and work with a group of PhD level experts and we answer emails… so we fit in your pocket! AND we know how many bs are in blueberry! We really want to work with you, reach out to J-PAL! Here in Europe: www.povertyactionlab.org/europe

🌿Gaza. La portada de El País, domingo 27 de julio. “¿Por qué nos matan de hambre?

I have not yet discovered how I can leverage the non-paid version of ChatGPT for my work. The 1.0 task I have to do is summarize research. ChatGPT gets it’s wrong about 90% of the times. No matter how much I try to guide it so that it chooses from the “correct bag of words”. How do people use it?

Molinos de viento… esa cosa extraña que nunca existió en España.

What is happening and has happened in the south of Spain is absolutely disgusting and completely terrifying. I expect nothing less than unanimous and unwaveringly political and popular condemnation.

Popular mobilization matters in many more ways than meet the eye. Keep showing up. Keep speaking up.

“The fact that organized protest can break the spiral of silence, and correct our impressions of what other Americans think, is one of the most immediate and important values of protesting in the first place. Scientists have [shown] protests update our impressions of what other citizens believe.”

I could not be more excited of being designing my own course. I truly, truly, love teaching.

Given funding uncertainty, the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania has decided not to authorize any standing faculty hires during the current fiscal year. Zero hires. Across the entire school.

Shocking, even for their standards, that the Spanish far right is in favor of deporting even legal migrants if they “fail to integrate”—and that, at the same time, the mainstream right refuses to establish a cordon sanitaire. elpais.com/espana/2025-...

In September I start teaching Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation at Sciences Po, and I could not be more excited !

📣 Call for papers - 18th International Conference on #Migration and #Development 📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris 🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social ⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025 #EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization

Paris, I deeply appreciate 2025 hours of sun (so far). Great change from 2024 and 2023. 10/10 ☀️

UPCOMING EUROPE EVENT: #Research shaping #ClimatePolicy 🌍 Join us 14 May, 5:30–7pm CEST in Bonn 🇩🇪 for a roundtable on using evidence to shape climate policy—w/ speakers from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, @dgap.org, & @centrefornetzero.bsky.social. Register 👉 conference.iza.org/conference_f...

Take me back to my PhD. I miss it so dearly. Take me back to Princeton, to it’s greenery, to it’s seminars, to having time to execute with thought, to thinking about the topic and context I know and care of. Eliminate the COVID part though.

I am very proud of having earned my PhD at Princeton these days.

I am proud to have Chris Eisgruber leading my university. He is meeting the moment.

Don’t envy the job of university presidents but this strikes me as the right response

This is what leadership looks like. "I think it requires a very firm commitment to principle... University presidents and leaders have to understand that the commitment to allow academics... to pursue the truth as best they see it is fundamental... We have to be willing to say no to funding..."

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

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Hello, World! IPA is now on BlueSky. Bringing evidence, conversations, and the latest from #GlobalDev. Join us as we explore what works—and what doesn’t—to improve lives. Follow along for research, RCTs, and impact in action. #EconSky #Development #ImpactEvaluation #PovertyReduction

Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber: “The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research. Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully to protect their rights.” theatln.tc/9MMrKDHy

🚀Launch of the Inaugural #LISERPolicyLab 🗣️ LISER CEO Aline Muller & Dep. Director Frédéric Docquier welcome about 300 attendees. ℹ️ The event gathers key stakeholders + researchers to support #policymakers in the design, implementation & evaluation of #publicpolicies 🔗 www.liser.lu/event-policy...

If they didn’t think research matters, they wouldn’t try to destroy it.

New running path 💜

#StandUpForScience, today and always. Science not silence, from Paris, with love ♥️ (and strength ✊🏼).