With PhD applications due soon, thousands of young people are currently beginning their statements of purpose with the same cliché story, or the same anodyne statement Stop right now! Here are 10 thoughts for doing this right. Helps you, and helps admissions committees.👇

How are researchers using behavioral science in the fields of food, agriculture, and agri-environmental issues? To find out, we invited papers for a Special Issue of the journal Food Policy (Food Policy). Here’s what we learned (1/8): 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.food… Paul J. Ferraro

TODAY! Applying Behavioral Science to Agriculture, Food, & Agri-Environmental Policy. 10 EST USA. Presentation & Panel with Pallavi Shukla 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 Chris Barrett about special issue Food Policy Register here udel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

You ever feel jealous if your favorite co-author writes papers with other people? I mean, good for them, but also BETRAYAL #AcademicChatter

The University gave us potted plants to celebrate Wellness Week. My plant by the end of the week

We are very excited to share that @FrankSchilbach, Gautam Rao and I are run a special issue at Journal of Development Economics on a very important topic, “Mental Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes”! Deadline: 01/30/2025. Thank you Andrew Foster! #economics sciencedirect.com/journal/journa…

🛑 Need Help - I'm looking for lectures on Behavioral Econ for students with no (or very limited) background in economics. Slides, lecture videos, activities for classes/ discussion sections - anything would be helpful. Thanks! #EconTwitter

Aurora Australis in my backyard. Night mode on, no filter. Taken an hour ago on my phone camera

Please RT: I'm super excited that the BREAD Conference on Development Economics is coming to Asia for the first time! Hosted in December by NUS in collaboration with partner organizations. More info at breadasia2024.com. Deadline August 16. Welcome to Singapore!

Come and work with us Deakin Economics in Melbourne Australia! We are hiring an Associate Professor. Deadline is August 23. We are a small active department with fantastic colleagues and low teaching loads for high performers. Reach out with any questions.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Deakin Economist Hemant Pullabhotla (Hemant K Pullabhotla) for winning the DECRA 2025 for his project "Quantifying the long-term economic impacts of bushfire smoke in Australia!" Well done and well deserved! 👏🏽👊🏽💃🏽 Deakin University @deakinresearch @DeakinBusiness

🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Deadline 1st Oct! We are organising the 11th Annual Natural Experiments Workshop (ANEW) on 19th November 2024! We are delighted to welcome Professor Thomas Lemieux as the keynote speaker. Submit your abstracts by 1st October. More details here:

🚨 We are hosting the Melbourne Economic Development Seminar (MEDS) series 2024, co-organised by Monash, Deakin, and RMIT! Free registration! Details 👇 Speaker: Firman Kartaadipoetra, Australian National University Date & Time: 9th September at 2 pm AEST Registration 🔗:

🚨 Check out the latest work by Deakin Economist Mehmet Ulubasoglu and coauthor published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM). Read the full paper here: 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢Thinking about pursuing a PhD in Economics? Deakin University’s Department of Economics offers generous scholarships and expert guidance from leading researchers. APPLY NOW! Applications close October 6. More info here: 🔗inomics.com/program/2025-p… Deakin University @deakinresearch

The deadline is around the corner for abstract submissions to the 11th Annual Natural Experiments Workshop (ANEW), with Thomas Lemieux as the keynote. Funding support available for PhD students presenting. Deakin Economics

🚨 Check out the latest work by Deakin Economist Pallavi Shukla published in The Review of Economics and Statistics. Read the full paper here: 🔗direct.mit.edu/rest/article-a…

We invite you to attend the 11th Annual Natural Experiments Workshop (ANEW) on 19 Nov 2024. Keynote by Prof Thomas Lemieux from Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. Check out the excellent lineup of speakers 👇🏽 Free registration closes on 10 Nov.

Three field experiments are used to show that behavioral theories apply to producers like they do to consumers. In the September issue, by Paul J. Ferraro (Paul J. Ferraro), Pallavi Shukla (Pallavi Shukla 🇦🇺 🇮🇳), Collin Weigel (Collin Weigel), Kent D. Messer zurl.co/cyyC

📢CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 15th Aug We are organising the 16th Australasian Public Choice Conference (APCC) on 20th & 21st Nov 2025. Send us your complete papers or extended abstracts. More details below 👇🏼