🆕 How communities benefit from rural electrification in Africa Today on VoxDev, Maika Schmidt (University of Sussex) & Alexander Moradi (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) discuss how community services benefit from rural electrification in Burkina Faso: https://ow.ly/pXko50X8lv0

Forthcoming in *JDE*! We study Burkina Faso’s 2008–17 grid rollout to compare community vs. private electrification effects. Despite low household uptake, electrification boosted public goods—schools, water, lighting—and benefited even unconnected homes. ⚡📊 Now online: doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...

Congrats to Steve Stillman & @mhalla.bsky.social on winning FWF grant PIN6952224: *"Economic Consequences of the Option Agreement in South Tyrol,"* featuring deep archival work. Excited to co-lead Paper 3 — Reviewer 1 loved it! 😁 Can’t wait to launch our survey on culture, identity & politics. 📝📈

Back in Oxford to present at the Economic and Social History Seminar. Grateful to revisit the place that shaped me during my postdoc years (2005–08). Warm memories and familiar faces.

🎓 PhD in Economics and Finance – 41st Cycle 📍 Trento & Bolzano (+exchanges abroad) 📅 Deadline: May 21, 2025 – 16:00 (Rome) 🌐 Apply: webapps.unitn.it/Apply/en/Web... 💸 EUR 18,345/year + travel grant 🗓️ 3-year program 📚 English language 🧠 Research areas include: • Quantitative Economic History • ...

🌍 COLONIAL WORLDS, DIGITAL METHODS 🌍 🗓️ May 13, 2025 📍 Luxembourg 's Centre for Contemporary and Digital History 🔗 Join online or in person: www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... Deadline: Apr 18 Engage, Explore & Apply innovative digital methods that shed new light on colonial histories.

We - U of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy look for a new colleague (Tenured Associate Professor)! Economic Policy or Applied Economics Required: PhD in Econ, excellent pub record, teaching experience at BSc, MSc, and PhD level. Teaching load: 120 hours/year Lang: English + German or Italian at native lvl

📢 PhD Opportunity Alert! 📢 Sought: A PhD candidate for the ERC project Women at Work, studying the history of women's labour in Kenya. 📅 Deadline: 30 April 2025 🎓 Start: 1 November 2025 🔗 Apply here: In French: recrutement.ehess.fr/682_offre-em... In English: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/314857

Wrapping up the 3rd Bolzano Workshop! 🎉 Highlights: @essobecker.bsky.social keynote on: 1. Tackling spatial autocorrelation: a post-Conley practitioner's guide & 'spur' Stata package (based on Müller & Watson's work). Can't wait to use it! 2. The Past, Present & Future of Religion.

🥊 Ready for the 3rd Bolzano Workshop on Historical Economics! From the majestic South Tyrolean Alps, where economics meets history in a knockout bout of ideas. Electrifying debates and brilliant scholars await. The final program is now available—explore the highlights! @essobecker.bsky.social