🚨🚨 Job alert 🚨🚨 Postdoc in Economic History at Tilburg University Come work with me as a postdoc in the beautiful Netherlands. The position is for 3 years, with very low teaching, and you'll have plenty of time to develop your own research agenda. econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

📢 I’m hiring a Student Research Assistant (Hiwi) in Political Economy & Geoeconomics at the Kiel Institute (start: Feb/March 26). Hands-on empirical research, data work, flexible hours (6h/week). 🗓 Deadline: Jan 12, 2026 🔗More info: www.kielinstitut.de/de/institut/... Please feel free to share!

🚀 New Postdoc Opportunity! Join our research community at the Kiel Institute. We’ve launched the Albert O. Hirschman Postdoctoral Fellow Program for researchers in international econ, development, macro, climate, and especially geoeconomics & security.

Very happy to be joining the Kiel Institute and the University of Hamburg!

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis. ‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Link & info in post #2.

What's the future of historical political economy in Europe? To find out, we (w/ @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @lhaffert.bsky.social) conducted a survey and workshop. Here are our main take-aways. Special thanks to all who participated!

What is geoeconomics? In the VoxTalks Economics podcast @voxeu.org @cepr.org podcast, ECONtribute member @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social and Christoph Trebesch @kiel.institute talk about tariffs on trade and great power rivalry. Listen to the podcast here: audioboom.com/posts/871200...

Had a great time joining @talknormal.co.uk at VoxTalks with Christoph Trebesch to talk about geoeconomics: what it is and why it matters today. If you're interested in the intersection of economics and global power, give it a listen!

Was lernt man im VWL-Studium und was genau macht eigentlich eine Volkswirtin? 🔎 Darum ging es heute beim Girls‘ Day an der @unibonn.bsky.social. @econtribute.bsky.social Cluster-Mitglied @cathrinmohr.bsky.social hat Bonner Schülerinnen von ihrem Beruf erzählt. @dfg.de #EconSky

Today, we held our #YoungECONtribute Program workshop where our excellent PhD students and postdocs from Bonn-Cologne presented their current research. Thanks to everyone involved! More about YEP 👉: econtribute.de/young-econtr... @wisocologne.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de #EconSky

Many thanks to @lhaffert.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and @beckerbastian.bsky.social for a very interesting Workshop on Historical Political Economy in Europe with great scholars and inspiring discussions.

Fantastic Scoping Workshop on the Historical Political Economy in Europe! Who knew PoliSci and EconHist do not wear such different hats? Huge thanks to @lhaffert.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @beckerbastian.bsky.social for an inspiring deep dive. Learned a lot!

Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28

💰 Money wins wars: A new study from Jonathan Federle, @schularick.bsky.social & @dominic-rohner.bsky.social analyzes 700+ conflicts (1977–2013) and finds financial power is key. A 10% GDP boost in military spending raises the chance of victory by 32% 👇 www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

Have you been hearing the term 'Geoeconomics' everywhere lately but aren't quite sure what it really means? Then this paper has you covered and will tell you all about the current state of the literature www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

You work in Historical Political Economy and are based in Europe and you have not filled out our survey yet? You can still do so until Sunday and help us to map the field: forms.gle/EtLna72JNXFh...

📢We are hiring 📢 We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History! 5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“ jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025 Please spread widely! @econtribute.bsky.social #EconSky

To all researchers in Historical Political Economy based in Europe: Please help @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @lhaffert.bsky.social, and me get a better picture of HPE in Europe and the challenges researchers face by participating in this 15 min survey: forms.gle/EtLna72JNXFh...

Inflation shocks strengthen extremist and populist parties in elections - new paper by Jonathan Federle, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social & @schularick.bsky.social: 🔹summary for press 👉 ifw-kiel.de/publications... 🔹paper 👉 ifw-kiel.de/publications... @unibonn.bsky.social 🧵👇

Meet our amazing ECONtribute job market candidates! 👇 econtribute.de/job-market-c...

Sind persönliche Verbindungen in die Machtelite gut oder schlecht für politische Karrieren? In der @wiwo spreche ich über Evidenz aus der DDR und was wir über China und Russland wissen.