Gerda Asmus-Bluhm

APPLY NOW: Postdoc in #Economics, project “Economic and Ideological Causes of Political Radicalization and Violence: Evidence from the 1789 French Revolution”. French & English required. obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Inde…. @wiwigoettingen @EconBluhm @Raphael__Franck #EconJobMarket

📢New Update of our Ukraine Support Tracker. Due to Ukraine's counteroffensive, I had expected to see a big new wave of support. Once data collection was done, I was surprised how small total new commitments were March-May 👇 Plus: only ~50% of promised weapons have arrived. A 🧵

Please spread the news: Heidelberg University has a new M.Sc. program in development economics, taught in English. We accept applications until 9/30, 2023, axel-dreher.de/m-sc-developme…

An unexpected joy of being at the ⁦@BeckerFriedman⁩ political economy conference in Paris is having ⁦@k_sonin⁩ give us a real-time paper presentation on events as they evolve in the previous 24h. Will try to capture some of the main points.

*1 week left* Are you interested in pursuing a PhD and would like to work on topics in development economics, political economy, urban and regional economics, and macro? Consider applying to our team at UStuttgart by March 15: tinyurl.com/4dw763h7 #EconTwitter #econ_ra RT plz!

Great pre-Doc position in beautiful St. Gallen in Switzerland, located close to Lake Constanz. Great chance to learn from Paul, one of the most promising young researchers in political economy and development. Please share @econ_ra #Econ_Twitter paulschaudt.com/open-positions/

Montag in der SCRIPTS-Ringvorlesung: Der illiberale Konservatismus der 🇷🇺russischen Elite als nationalpatriotische Bewegung gegen einen "liberalen Globalismus“? Katharina Bluhm am 23.1., 18 Uhr ct aus Hörsaal 1b & Stream. Alle sind herzlich willkommen! 🌍scripts-berlin.eu/de/news-events…

Interested in the effects of palm oil on sustainability? If yes, join our seminar on Thursday, Jan 26, which is jointly organized with @DENeB_Berlin

Africa's development sector: #India engages in commercial competition w/ #China. It tends to launch projects where Beijing is also active, find Gerda Asmus (@UniHeidelberg), @vz_eich (@KOFETH_en), @fuchs_andreas (@kielinstitute) & Brad Parks (@AidData).👇megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/mt…

I'm looking for a PhD student interested in development economics and/or political economy, with a background in economics or political science. It would be great if you could help circulating...

As Germany moved to recognize Ukraine's 1930s Holodomor as genocide, I would like to reshare this article that indeed finds "that Ukrainian bias in Soviet policy was the main contributor to high Ukrainian famine mortality."