Francesc Amat

📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @DidacQueralt & @Cescamat 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #PleaseRT

We are launching the dual degree between our Masters in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona and King's College London #dual" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ub.edu/mipe/#dual

🚨 BIG NEWS: Starting in 2026–2027, the Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona launches a brand-new Dual Degree with King's College London @KingsCollegeLon One year in Barcelona. One year in London 👇 #dual" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ub.edu/mipe/#dual

"Si les crisis afecten àrees on els nivells de participació política havien disminuït, les conseqüències dels xocs econòmics són més perjudicials". @cescamat sobre la relació d'institucions i ciutadania a l'#ActualitatComentada de #Valors243 valors.org/institucions-i…

1. Happy to report that our paper with @JeanLacroixEcon, "The Church as Arbiter: A Divided Right in Interwar France," has been published online by the @The_JOP journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

AI talent is rapidly leaving academia for industry. By 2019, 68% of AI scientists worked in firms. Top AI salaries in industry rose from $595K to $1.9M, while academic pay barely moved. Attention—and money—are reshaping where innovation happens. tinyurl.com/Akcigit-et-al-…

Això que diu @AdamPrzeworski és el que cal entendre, la crisi de les democràcies no és només política, té arrels més profundes

Això és una vergonya. Tenim pocs instruments per retenir i formar talent, no s'hi val escatimar.

Can feed algorithms shape what people think about politics? Our paper "The Political Effects of X's Feed Algorithm" is out today in @Nature and answers "Yes". nature.com/articles/s4158…

Brillant aquest article de la Mar Reguant ara.cat/opinio/rodalie…

Are female economists treated differently than male economists in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023. They didn’t rely on surveys or self-reports. Instead, what they did was really cool: They had humans and LLMs code audio recordings of talks to measure: -Who interrupts -How often they interrupt -When interruptions occur -Whether interruptions are neutral or adversarial Here’s what they found: Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20%. Those interruptions are more likely to: - Cut women off mid-sentence - Come from men - Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature These gaps persist even after controlling for: -Field -Topic -Presenter seniority -Audience size Importantly, talks by women often draw larger and more diverse audiences. So pattern this isn’t about lower engagement. Bottom line: Economics seminar culture isn’t gender-neutral. In elite research settings, women face systematically different treatment that could affect their evaluation, visibility, and career trajectories.

Glad to have this important conversation on 𝗔𝗜'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 with @davidautor, @NatashaSarin, and @DLeonhardt in today's @nytopinion "Are we facing another Industrial Revolution—or something far more profound?" nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opi…🔗#econtwitter

Molt content amb la concessió de la Consolidación Investigadora 2025. 🎉 Really happy with this grant. Stay tuned — calls on HPE will be out soon! 😊

Esteu convidats i convidades al lliurament dels Premis IEA 2025 que tindrà lloc el proper dilluns 9 de febrer de 2026. Es lliurarà: 📚Premi al millor llibre publicat. 🎓Premi a la millor tesi doctoral no publicada. ✍️Premi al millor article. Inscriu-te! web.gencat.cat/ca/generalitat…

Quin home ❤️ "We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Here in our home they killed and roamed In the winter of ’26"

⚡️ Convocatoria de #becas de la #frAreces para ampliación de estudios #postdoc y #postgrado en el extranjero No pierdas la #oportunidad de investigar en universidades y centros de prestigio de todo el 🌐 mundo Hasta el 23 de febrero 📩fundacionareces.es/fundacionarece… #PhD #universidad

Fa una setmana, la Neus Penalba, en Toni Sala i jo vam conversar una estona sobre Rodoreda. Vam dir això: cccb.org/ca/multimedia/…

Just one week to go! The deadline is next Wednesday, January 21. Send us your proposals.

📢 En marxa la convocatòria d'ajuts Beatriu de Pinós Adreçada a personal investigador postdoctoral amb experiència internacional 🎯 Incorporar i retenir talent al sistema català de coneixement 💶 Pressupost: 9,9 M€ 📅 Termini: fins al 4/02 🔗 gen.cat/4q5MHgS

"Si les crisis afecten àrees on els nivells de participació política havien disminuït, les conseqüències dels xocs econòmics són més perjudicials". @cescamat sobre la relació d'institucions i ciutadania a l'#ActualitatComentada de #Valors243 Compra'l: iquiosc.cat/publicacions/v…

There is little historical evidence that regime change can produce “a stable, pro-American democracy,” argue Alexander Downes and Lindsey O’Rourke. “More often, U.S. interventions installed authoritarian regimes or triggered cycles of repression and violence.” foreignaffairs.com/venezuela/regi…