How has women’s status changed over the past 5000 years? Harnessing Wikipedia & machine learning, @arash_nekoei & Sinn have chronicled the patriarchy. Exception for Ancient Egypt, our societies were male dominated for millennia This work is phenomenal voxeu.org/article/origin…

Kommande åren ska jag fortsätta göra precis samma sak som jag gjort senaste två åren.

In 1631, Prague was conquered by Sweden, only to revert back to the Habsburgs six months later. France took Nancy from Burgundy in 1634 and held it for decades. Thousands of such city switches occurred throughout history. What can we learn from them? New research with Eric Weese:

Jag skulle vilja komma i kontakt med forskare som har arbetat mycket i forskningsprojekt över landsgränser inom EU, gärna med kvantitativa metoder såsom text- och datautvinning. Finns ni här? :) (RT får man gärna göra!)

Drottningen och kungen - jämte Carl-Gustaf

Dagen till ära ♀️kommer här en tråd med lite svensk kvinnohistoria. Mellan 1902 och 1921 organiserades sig landets kvinnor för att utöka kvinnors politiska rättigheter. Det stora målet var lika röst- och valrätt till såväl kommunala som riksdagsval. (1/14)

Disastrous decision by the Swedish government to scrap funding for development research. Including just submitted grants—thousands of wasted hours. Bad for Sweden’s standing in science; worse for people in low-income countries. For shame, Ulf Kristersson Mats Persson Johan Forssell

We started Malengo Inc. in 2021 to support Ugandan students on their journey to a Bachelor's degree in Germany. We admitted 10 students in 2021; 30 in 2022; and 120 in 2023. Our next goal: FOUR HUNDRED! We urgently need both investors and donors — please read and spread widely! 1/n

I am looking for a full- or part-time Research Assistant / Data Analyst, starting in the new year for at least 6 months. Would be great if you could share this!

Varför heter det plantskola och inte studentrabatt?

Can strongly recommend!

Hear Andreas Madestam and Anna Tompsett talk about their research project on making accessible a massive archive of aerial photographs from across the developing world, dating back to the late 1930s: youtube.com/watch?v=ABvMXV…

🚨 I’m on the job market! 🚨 Check out my JMP: Designing Debt Restructuring: The Adverse Effects on Labor Market Outcomes. Bonus: fun insights on examiner/judge IV designs. Very brief summary: 👇

📣 I am excited to share that I am on the academic job market this year. My JMP “Should Elder Care Be Subsidized? Theory and Evidence from Sweden” is available here: bit.ly/JMP_PM For my other work ➡️ patriziamassner.com

New Center for Global Development policy paper: *MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out. We examine why, and how to go faster. 🧵