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Is it true that ruling powers like the U.S. became rich only through” inclusive, non-extractive” institutions (re Nobel economists AJR) - while China is an outlier? No. The U.S. and China are more similar than you think. Read here 🆓 noemamag.com/the-clash-of-t…

It would be a real shame if this tweet by Elon Musk (in 2022) saying that Trump is too old to be president went viral. You know what to do.

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We wrote a working paper taking stock of qualitative methods of evaluation. You can find it here: sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04810033. Happy to receive comments.

A call for scholars at risk teaching a class on Myanmar with off university (offuniversity.org). The class is remunerated. Please share the call and consider applying. offuniversity.org/news/call-for-…

Digital Security for Activists. A report with Kiron Open Higher Education uni-erfurt.de/en/brandtschoo…

Happy to announce that our project PolDigWork Politics and the Future of Work has published its second working paper with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, this time on Indonesia. Thanks to all the good people at FES and UniversitasIndonesia: library.fes.de/pdf-files/inte…

‼️Hiring ‼️ 2 (!) positions in my group at IPZ - Political Science UZH Universität Zürich in Zurich 📣1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international & friendly department with excellent working conditions

📢The 7⃣ issue of our blog is out! Read inputs on the #FutureofWork in the #GlobalSouth, focussing on 🇬🇭🇿🇦🇮🇩🇲🇽🇰🇭 Read all four articles here👇 futureofwork.fes.de/tew-7

Midway through our PolDigWork project, here is what we found so far how the Future of Work plays out in middle-income countries. Many thanks to FES Future of Work and Inga Sabanova to let us showcase those findings. futureofwork.fes.de/tew-7

As someone trained as a trade economist, it is my duty to share the 1929-1933 Kindleberger Spiral, showing the month-month decline in global trade due to the combined factors of the (global) Great Depression and retaliatory tariffs. Smooth Hawley is implemented mid-June 1930.

Kurzer Beitrag zu #USAID. uni-erfurt.de/forschung/aktu…

Just one of many examples what happens when #USAID disappears: thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/…

Why has no European politician so far demanded to close twitter/ X down?

The importance of green skill formation: some insights on its political economy from my great colleagues Marius Busemeyer, Jale Tosun, Martin B. Castensen and myself: nature.com/articles/s4416…

Off university offers courses for students and scholars fighting the autocratic attack on academic freedom. You can register for free here: bsky.app/profile/offuni…

🛜 ‘Digitalization and the future of the welfare state’ by Marius Busemeyer, Achim Kemmerling, Paul Marx, and Kees van Kersbergen: digit-research.org/event/digitali…

67% of the emissions driving climate change is attributable to the top 10% of the global income distribution - 20% is due to the top 1%. New paper in Nature Climate Change

Ich habe gerade für einen guten Zweck gespendet. Unterstütze jetzt auch du Sea Shepherd Deutschland e.V.! sea-shepherd.de/spenden-sofort…

Do corporate tax cuts boost economic growth? Nope. "There is evidence for publication selectivity in favor of reporting growth-enhancing effects of corporate tax cuts. Correcting for this bias, We cannot reject the hypothesis of a zero effect of corporate taxes on growth."