Global biomass fires and infant mortality | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Deakin Economist Dr. Hemant Pullabhotla (Hemant K Pullabhotla) and co-authors from Stanford and Stockholm Universities show that crop burning and forest fires lead to a large number of infant deaths. Even small reductions in these fires can save 70,000 lives annually. Published in PNAS:

🎉 Exciting News! 📢 The paper by Pallavi Shukla 🇦🇺 🇮🇳, Hemant K Pullabhotla, and Kathy Baylis in the Journal of Development Economics has been crowned the winner of the Experimental Economics Best Young Professional Publication of the Year!⬇️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

If you're passionate about #economics and looking to further your #research career, join us for an upcoming webinar where we'll dive into the many advantages of pursuing a #PhD in Economics at Deakin University University. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🆕 Constructing rural roads in India caused farm labour exits, which increased the use of crop fires that hurt downwind communities Today on VoxDev, @teevrat UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, Maulik Jagnani The Fletcher School & Hemant K Pullabhotla @DeakinBusiness outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

India's largest rural road construction program moved labour away from agriculture, ⬆️ the cost of labour in villages that led farmers to use fire instead of labour to remove crop residue, ⬆️ air pollution and infant mortality. Read Deakin Economist Dr. Pullabhotla's

Ray & Pullabhotla find that India refocused rural electrification towards household electrification in early 2000's to the detriment of groundwater irrigation electrification. @Sudatta_ray Hemant K Pullabhotla nature.com/articles/s4146…

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

We invite you to attend the 10th Annual Natural Experiments Workshop (ANEW) on 4th Dec 2023. Keynote by the brilliant Prof. Pauline Grosjean of UNSW Economics. Check out the excellent lineup of speakers 👇🏽 Free registration closes on 24th Nov. Register here: 🔗bit.ly/3Qvid7Y

We invite you to attend the 14th Annual Australasian Public Choice Conference (APCC) on 5th and 6th Dec 2023. Check out the excellent lineup of speakers 👇🏽 More details here: sites.google.com/view/14th-apcc… @DeakinBusiness @deakinresearch @deakinmedia

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…

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

🚨 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.

Very excited about the 11th ANEW organised by the great people at Deakin Economics! Will be there in November to present our paper on religiosity of judges with Evangelos Dioikitopoulos! Can’t wait!

Check out the latest work by Deakin Economist Pallavi Shukla (Pallavi Shukla 🇦🇺 🇮🇳) and coauthors 👇