Michiel de Haas

Finally, available in open access: bit.ly/3agZmfV The volume centers diverse patterns&drivers of migration across Africa over 2-centuries, highlighting intra-continental dynamism while Africans' presence in inter-continental migration was marginal mid-19th to mid-20th C.

Super low unemployment in the EU. Partially good news, partially just a reflection of an aging region. There are just not enough young workers out there to end up unemployed en masse.

Your regular reminder that it wasn’t until the mid 1990s that Africa caught up with Europe’s population. Relatively speaking, there *used to be* a lot of Europeans.

Every now and then I am reminded of this enduring tragedy that hasn't budged in nearly 40 years.

.@WageningenUR trok terecht de doctorstitel in van een oud-promovendus die in zijn proefschrift data gefabriceerde en gefingeerde. De uitspraak @RaadvanState beantwoordt eindelijk de vraag of 'ontpromoveren' juridisch eigenlijk wel mag. Voor @volkskrant volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/uni…

A collection of nearly 300 surveys finds that positive views of China among citizens in Africa outweigh negative views by a factor of about 3:1.

I'll keep my profile active but will no longer post here.

I've migrated to Blue Sky: @michieldehaas.bsky.social. It genuinely frustrates me that this is necessary. I don't think the polarization/politicization of social media platforms is a healthy development. But this place has become a cesspool, and is no longer of professional use.

I am in the job market with a super cool paper investigating the economic/development impacts of Africa’s wave of democratization that swept across the continent in the early 1990s.

“Borders are necessary to establish and preserve distinctive communities, notably self-governing democracies.” -- Aristide Zolberg noahpinion.blog/p/on-immigrati…

Birth rates are plummeting, The UN and other forecasters keep missing the mark Fertility in Latin America has dropped off a cliff. Do we need to update our models? Asks @jburnmurdoch

@PGKroeger @Leolucassen Wat een flauwe ad hominem! Wat mij betreft is dit een mooie, uitgesproken boekbespreking met op een aantal punten terechte kritiek op een ambitieus en retorisch zeer sterk boek dat zeker enige tegendruk verdient. En dat zeg ik als onderzoeker naar onder andere migratie.

Door een Berlijnse onderzoeker naar…..heksenvervolgingen. Je verzint het niet.

What an open sewer "X" has become, with "Elon" as all the fanboys reveringly call him leading the way (yes, I should stop looking at the "for you" tab)

@mininghistory Oh, they even respond to tweets. I've not tweeted much lately so hadn't found that out yet...

@MichieldeHaas Same. Fake profiles/bots immediately respond to my tweets as well.

I'm being followed by many obviously fake female profiles recently, all with either a single post of nonsensical AI generated text or with pictures. They seem easy to weed out. What happened to Musk's claim that he would finally do away with fake profiles?

The ASA Publications Committee has announced a Call for Statements of Interest for Editor-in-Chief of the ASA’s journal, @HistoryinAfrica (HIA) for the 2026-2030 editorial term. Read the full call, and submit your statement before Sept 15! ow.ly/iNpr50Se7Ak

In January 1983, the Nigerian government announced it was expelling the two million undocumented migrants. They had two weeks to get out. But why were there so many migrants in Nigeria?

Migration friends, can you share any examples of surveys that ask about aspirations or intentions TO STAY instead of or in addition to aspirations or intentions to migrate?

“When rich countries with well-fed populations oppose greater use of synthetic fertilizer in Africa, it smacks of the same green colonialism that is putting a brake on other aspects of African development in the name of climate policy.” @vijramachandran thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-20-…

Gerard Trienekens (1941-2024), lang docent geschiedenis aan de universiteit Utrecht, gestorven. Schreef een spraakmakend proefschrift over de voedselvoorziening in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, waarin hij Loe de Jong, die sprak over “verarmend Nederland”, corrigeerde.